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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Correspondence of John Leslie, 2nd Baronet,

1865-1943.
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In Collection: Leslie papers, 1619-1992.
Description:Contains the correspondence of John Leslie, 2nd Baronet, from family and friends, dated 1865-1943. Topics include his intention to propose to Léonie Jerome and Leslie family opposition to the engagement, his son Seymour's muscular dystrophy, the death of his son Norman in 1914 and father in 1916. Correspondents include: Sir Charles Harding; Charles Leslie; his grandmother Christiana Leslie (née Fosbery); mother Constance Leslie (née Dawson-Damer); father Sir John Leslie, 1st Baronet; sister Mary Leslie; Seymour Leslie; Shane Leslie; sister-in-law Jennie Churchill; mother-in-law Clara Hall Jerome; and B. M. Skelton.
Main Creator: Leslie, John, 1857-1944
Language:English
Extent:2 folders (30 items).
Format:Manuscript
Call Number: MS 49,495/945-946 (Manuscripts Reading Room)
Rights:Reproduction rights owned by National Library of Ireland.