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Typescript, Draft Letter, To: Cornelius F. Neenan From: Mary Shore, October 8, [1945].
Author
Shore, Mary, 1912-
Date Added
11 January 2014
Language
English
Publish Date
[1945]-10-08
Source
McGarrity Papers
Topic
Neenan, Cornelius F. Enright, M. H., Major. McGarrity, Joseph, 1874-1940 --Friends and associates. McGarrity, Joseph, 1874-1940 > Biography.
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Aftor runy unsuccossful. aticnnts to soaSajor Enright wo we
finally rmaged to brine hin hero lant week and get a You storics fren 7
hing I had premired questions as a groundwork to stimulate his recollection
and though his reniniseenses stray fron the track often,i think I noenaured
to vot u few 2acts thich ray bo more useful Zor your proposed biegrurh=
deal sketches of Cliun menbors than they will be in u eompilution of
stories about Pape
Hovever,I think the talk stirwlote his nind on the rutter and
the next tive we tect we can fill in the cans, I told him Z vould type
‘at up for further elaboruticn on his parts
ZL em sending you the outline I now haves You may have au tow
sucgestions 4s to wits further questions could be agkotle : :
, His wind tas a bit hesy as to dates and names often and he ad=
mitted he wus *6lipping’s: .
Your outline seems to me excollcnt. If you can claborute on most
of the activities you mention 1 think yours would be tho nost uuthentic ae
record. | ‘the Major felt you,irsiicCurtan ,laloney und kia jor idnkeud,etce Va
would be u far bester source of information than Rinself, Lovover,cach
personal version may reveal sone hitherto unknown or uniotiecd cide of
& BOL e
Teli ne if you tent such stories as LibutUillon’s atéermmt to
plow up the Jiouse of Cormons in the 1880's, ‘the Major pave is to mein
great detuil.,
In your list of references at the end of your,last letter you \ -
mension the Gavlie émericaun,ind the Inish World, Vo you Imow the Ipish
Pres3 in ulso on file in the Logan Swure Mita. Libecry,
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vhut do you know of the South émorican teins. sloboud zeay) oo
Ho wrote an account of it and itis typed up und in the possession of
EVivabeth I believeese It docs not reve.) houever, why he went -horee
wne New Holland Hotel sojurn vou.da yield sone interesting anece
dotes as most of. tho 2ucsts were reully 7ucstsss.cuch UO Le5ePcu. SO,
Nelic&ktiney, lage Uewmun,oger Cascients sister,iho talked of hin(ReC.)
by tho how und vho was in and out ccnstentlye anda host of othorde
Lowondered if BLL Barry (Balu Gol2@ Glub) cowld give ony storics
on tho ting ho nunvged the *Bucry? restuurunt for bapareeseiiy Gellcaly ,
SuyD eee"Zhough we ofsen vaunted to yo there to diineo,e didat,as Joo would
never let you pay your checks" see oo
that do you think? . :
If L vas only in the cst i-feol sure I eould do botter by
seoing ell these pcoplo in persone I sould nevor have wicovered half
the Vajors story thru correscondence, and without probingee