Leslie papers,

1528-1992.

Contains the estate and family papers of the Leslie family of Co. Monaghan, dated 1528-1992. Estate papers includes deeds, leases, rentals, legal papers, estate correspondence, documents from the Land Commission and from the Sir John Leslie Estates Company, maps and plans, financial papers, and miscellaneous documents relating to the Leslie estates of Glaslough, Pettigo and others. The Leslie family papers include correspondence, diaries and journals, writings, photographs, scrapbooks, sketchbooks, gamebooks, ephemera, legal and political papers, and miscellaneous material kept by the Leslie family.

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Main Creator: Leslie family
Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Latin
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Notes:Physical description: 106 boxes, 182 volumes, 32 sketchbooks, and 12 large folders.
Arrangement:Fonds.
Access:The following manuscripts require conservation and are not available for consultation: MS 49,495/42 ; MS 49,495/48 ; MS 49,495/61 ; MS 49,495/79 ; MS 49,495/112 ; MS 42,142 ; MS 42,181 ; MS 49,495/227 ; MS 49,495/456 ; MS L 320 ; MS 49,495/1347; MS L 317 ; MS L 318; and MS L 493.
Provenance:These papers were purchased by the National Library from Castle Leslie in 2001.
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Items regarding schools on Leslie estate lands,

1816-1922.
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In Collection: Leslie papers, 1619-1992.
Description:Contains miscellaneous items concerning schools on the Leslie estates in Co. Monaghan and Co. Donegal, dated 1816-1922. Includes: a statement of account for the School Fund (to provide education for the Monaghan Militia's children), dated February 1816; a letter fom Rev. John Hudson, Vicar of Donagh, to James McCullough regarding the appointment of a school master, in which he advises against appointing a woman, dated 1881; the daily roll of Monaghan Collegiate School between February 1895 and December 1899 (some missing); and correspondence between B.M. Skelton (for the Sir John Leslie Estates), the Board of Education and the Diocesan Board regarding the transfer of schools on Sir John Leslie's Estates to the Clogher Diocesan Board of Education.
Language:English
Extent:3 folders (32 items).
Format:Manuscript
Call Number: MS 49,495/747-749 (Manuscripts Reading Room)
Rights:Reproduction rights owned by National Library of Ireland.
Corporate Author:Board of Education