Letter 1: Nano Nagle writing to Miss Fitzsimons on 17 July 1769
Manuscript copy of a letter written by Nano Nagle, detailing her intent to found schools for the poor in Cork. The letter was written to Miss Fitzsimons, on 17 July 1769. It refers to the dangers attached to her education venture, at a time when penal legislation prevented Catholics from owning and running schools. The original Ms letter was transcribed in the early twentieth century, and this is a copy of the transcription. The whereabouts of the original is unknown. This is the first of the seventeen surviving letters by Nano Nagle, and is generally known as Letter 1. The manuscript was gifted by the Urusline Sisters, Ireland, to the Presentation Sisters Congregation Archive, Cork, in 2018, on the occasion of the tercentenary of the birth of Nano Nagle.
Nano Nagle (1718 – 1784)
Nano Nagle (1718-1784): Irlandesa educadora y fundadora de las Hermanitas de la Presentación. Pionera de la educación católica bajo los Leyes Penales, defensora del acceso al aprendizaje para los pobres.
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Sobre esta obra
- Título: Letter 1: Nano Nagle writing to Miss Fitzsimons on 17 July 1769
- Artista: Nano Nagle
- Año: 1769
- Formato: Landscape
- Estado de derechos de autor: Dominio público
- Ubicación: La Biblioteca de la Universidad College de Dublín
- Técnica y materiales: Manuscript
- Paleta de colores: Monochrome
- Finalidad: Cultural
- Palabras clave: aged yellow paper , sepia ink text , 18th century letter
Datos clave
- Title: Letter 1: Nano Nagle to Miss Fitzsimons
- Artist: Honora (Nano) Nagle
- Location: Presentation Sisters Archive, Cork
- Subject or theme: Catholic education and social justice
- Year: 1769


