Letter from Dr. Thomas Addis Emmet, M.D. to P.A. Philbin, 30 September 1916 Letters 1916-1923 Dr. Thomas Addis Emmet

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This is a letter from Dr. Thomas Addis Emmet (1828-1919) thanking Mr. Philbin for the use of his scrapbooks. Emmet mentions sketches and portraits of the United Irishmen and his ancestors, Robert and Thomas Addis Emmet. Thomas Addis Emmet was the grand nephew of Robert Emmet, a medical doctor of much renown and a leader of Irish opinion in America.

 American Irish Historical Society The P.A. Philbin Collection https://letters1916.ie/item/3059 English Dr. Thomas Addis Emmet 1916-09-30 89 Madison Avenue, New York, New York, United States P.A. Philbin Archebald, Pennsylvania, United States Male 1919 Culture and the Arts Culture and the Arts

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 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 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 89 Madison Avenue, New York, New York, United States Letter from Dr. Thomas Addis Emmet, M.D. to P.A. Philbin, 30 September 1916 Archebald, Pennsylvania, United States Letter from Dr. Thomas Addis Emmet, M.D. to P.A. Philbin, 30 September 1916 Dr. Thomas Addis Emmet Letter from Dr. Thomas Addis Emmet, M.D. to P.A. Philbin, 30 September 1916