1 89 Madison Avenue Sept. 30th1916 Hon: P. A. Philbin Dear Sir I feel under the greatest
obligation to you for letting me
see the Scrap Book — The portrait is simply a copy
of Petsie's sketch of Robert Emmet
on the back of a letter which I
have & if he found in the Memorium
of Robert Emmet. The full length
figure is copied from a large wood
cut gotten up in New York on the 30th
and has no special value. I found by good luck the
sketchs of the United Irishmen
published in the Weekly Freeman
which I have been trying to get
hold of for years, asespecially
as the author had access 2
to a copy of the proceeding
of the United Irishmen from 1791
to 1794, which belonged to T. A. Emmet
my grandfather and fully
annotated by him during a
period of which I could not
obtain a trace of his work.
To me this will prove of so
great a value as to call
for a second edition of my
work at some future day,
which I will get ready
when called for after my
death — I have also scanned
the second Scrap book but I have had
only time to glance through it. I shall take the greatest care
of the books, but, as I have trouble
with my eyes and can only work for
a limited time I must ask the favor I
may keep them for some weeks Iuntil
I return to town. Very Truly Yours Tho Addis Emmet