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  • Letter from Hugh Allingham to Helen Allingham, June 26, 1914
    Multi-Page Item | 6 pages | 1914 | William Allingham papers, 1846-1920One letter from William Allingham's half-brother and bank manager, Hugh Allingham to Helen Allingham, writing regarding a clipping of "George Champan's further remarks in 'J.P's Weekly,'" which Hugh writes regarding a plagiarism claim. Hugh also answers Helen's questions regarding "Hedge Schools," which Hugh explains have not existed in more than a century and were instructe...
  • Letter from Hugh Allingham to Helen Allingham, November 13, 1906
    Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 1906 | William Allingham papers, 1846-1920One letter from William Allingham's half-brother and bank manager, Hugh Allingham to Helen Allingham, providing the information Helen had asked for. Hugh provides the date of birth for William's siblings from his father's first marriage: Catherine Allingham (born March 25, 1826), John Allingham (born December 12, 1827), and Jane Allingham (born August 25, 1829). Hugh also pr...
  • Letter from Hugh Allingham to Helen Allingham, December 1911
    Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 1911 | William Allingham papers, 1846-1920One postcard from William Allingham's half-brother and bank manager, Hugh Allingham to Helen Allingham, with the words "William Allingham Jr., This nam's duration may surpass the Hand thus wrote it on the glass." Below that message, Hugh writes that those words were written with a diamond on a pane of glass by William Allingham in the room where he did much of his literary w...
  • Letter from Hugh Allingham to Helen Allingham, June 8, 1900
    Multi-Page Item | 6 pages | 1900 | William Allingham papers, 1846-1920One letter from William Allingham's half-brother and bank manager, Hugh Allingham to Helen Allingham, expressing his delight in receiving a letter from Helen. Hugh writes in response to questions from Helen, the first being about the Allingham's family history in Ireland. Hugh writes that the Allingham family moved to the Ballyshannon area during the Elizabethan time, and th...
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