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174 James Joyce's Manuscripts and Letters
p. [1] The Manor
p. -2- [no heading]
p. [3] The Church
p. [4] The Priory
p. [5] The Poor
p. [6] The Highways and Byways
p. [7] Merchants of Bristol
p. [8] Pirates
Dating: ca. 1927-38. These notes made for possible use in FW. 2
*IX. A. 3. MISCELLANEOUS MSS: NOTES
Loose Sheets, in hand of Michael Healy, Nora Joyce's uncle, (enclosed
in a letter to Sylvia Beach).
Title: "From the Freeman's Journal, Wednesday, January 9th, 1901.
Miss Margaret Sheehy's Recital."
Collation: 10 sheets of unruled paper; versos blank. Approx. 25.5 x
20 cm.
Contents: Copy of a review of "Miss Margaret M. Sheehy's Dramatic
& Musical Recital" of January 8, 1901. Joyce's participation in
Miss Sheehy's dramatic sketch, Cupid's Confidante, is mentioned
in the review. Mr. Healy copied the entire review which appeared
in the Freeman's Journal at the request of Miss Beach, acting for
James Joyce. (See Joyce's letter to Sylvia Beach, MS. X. B. 114.)
Dating: Copy enclosed in letter of May 7, 1928.
2 Some of the names which appear in the notes can be found in FW, e.g.:
p. [7] "John Whitson founded the Red Maid School, brought 3000 quarters of
Dantzic rye and sold it at low prices to the labouring classes." See
FW 359.23.
p. [7] "Robert Thorne Junior fitted out expeditions in search of new lands; invested
14,000 ducats in Cabot's voyage to Moluccas." See FW 192.11.
p. [7] "John Hopkins, a Bristol fishmonger, twice mayor of the city is one of
the Merchant Venturers of the sixteenth century, famous for his daring
part in the assault of Cadiz." See FW 26.2.
p. [8] "Andrew Barker, a Bristol merchant robbed by Spanish authorities
turns pirate and raids the town of Trinidad and other cities; is killed
by Spaniards. 1 ' See FW 127.11.
I am indebted to James S. Atherton, author of The Books at the Wake, for
identifying Hine as the author of The History of Hitchin and for locating a
number of references to this work in FW, e.g., 12.17, 241.31, 267.6, 484.21,
588.4, 617.2.