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Bishop Thomas Grant, 1870

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Identifier: IOLM/BER/18/3

Scope and Contents note

Printed articles and notices on the death of Bishop Grant in Rome, 01 June 1870. Two handwritten volumes containing copies of his letters, puzzles, anecdotes and retreat notes, plus letters from Florence Nightingale to Grant, as recorded by a Sister in his memory. Extracts from the Bermondsey Annals on Bishop Grant, being "Extracts from Letters, Sayings, Mementoes, Meditations and Pious Thoughts and affairs connected with the Community from the Convent Annals of our revered Bishop Grant of holy Memory 1851-1870". A handwritten volume entitled "A few recollections of our late holy Bishop" containing an extract from a letter and an extract of a review in the 'Month' about the Bishop. "The Farewell Gift of our revered Bishop" in the form of a very small piece of paper with words in faint pencil on the reverse.

Dates

  • Creation: 1870

Conditions Governing Access note

As a private archive, access to the Institute of Our Lady of Mercy Archive requires application to the Archivist and approval by the Institute's Leadership Team. Where items are closed for access, this is indicated at the appropriate level.

Full Extent

2 file

Language of Materials

English

BER Box 74

Formerly doc BER/300/2/108, BER/400/4/17-25, 28, BER/800/1/49

Related Archival Materials note

See also Spiritual direction IOLM/BER/3/3/6. See also Correspondence to M. Clare Moore RSM IOLM/BER/3/3/1

General Physical Description note

Cleaning required. Paper, ink, pencil, print (ink).

Geographic

Repository Details

Part of the Bermondsey Convent of Mercy Repository

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