Letters to Duffy, 1880-1902

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The 1880-1902 letters were written to Duffy when he was living in France or while he was visiting England or Ireland. They deal with his return to Ireland in 1880, Irish Home Rule, the publication of Young Ireland (1880), the book's reception in Australia, visitors to Nice, Irish historical writings, recollections of the Young Ireland party and the 1848 uprising, economic and social conditions in Ireland, politics in Victoria, land reform in Ireland, Charles Parnell, pamphlets, articles and other writings by Duffy, and contemporary Irish literature. The quantity of letters diminishes considerably in Duffy's last years. There are also a few drafts by Duffy.

The correspondents include Matthew Arnold, Rev. P. Birmingham (Wagga), Lord Bryce, Lord Carnarvon, Joseph Chamberlain, Archbishop T.W. Croke, Michael Davitt, Lord Dufferin, John Forster, Arthur Geoghegan, W.E. Gladstone, Frederic Harrison, J. Henniker Heaton (Sydney), Sir John Pope Hennessy, D.P. Keogh (Melbourne), W.E.H. Lecky, W.J. Linton, Justin McCarthy, Cardinal Henry Manning, P. Murray, Cardinal John H. Newman, T.P. O'Connor, Richard O'Gorman, Horace Plunkett, Lord Ripon, Thomas O'Shea, Sir Henry Parkes (Sydney), W.P. Ryan, Samuel Smiles, Sir George Trevelyan, Archbishop W. Walsh and W.B. Yeats. The volume ends with a long series of letters from Mary McGhee (Dublin), undated but written to Duffy in the 1840s.

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