Went to the National Library of Ireland and registered for
my reader’s card. Used the Irish Times on-line database and found three McEnery
obituaries. Looked at some Friends of Irish freedom material, and a couple of
books on Ulster emigration to America—all published in the US! Went to the
Chester Beatty Library, famous, among other things, for its collection of early
scripture fragments. I went back to my room for a nap, and woke up towards
evening.
I also received an e-mail from a Belleville native, a
numismatist (coin collector) who is studying the early copper industry in
Belleville and a private mint that was set up there. We will exchange
information.
On my way to pick up Eileen the day before we left, I went
to use the DuPont archives in Belleville to see a letter from John Mitchel of
Belleville, who was working for the Bellona Powder Mill and was making some
contacts of behalf of DuPont. He was trying to get Nicolas Roosevelt to hurry
up with the steam engine he was building for DuPont.
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