The Catalpa expedition

A copy of Z.W. Pease, ‘The Catalpa expedition’ (New Bedford, Mass., G. S. Anthony, 1897). The book offers an account of the expedition in the bark ‘Catalpa’ to Australia, which set free the Irish political prisoners who were sentenced to a lifetime of servitude in the English penal colony. A manuscript annotation indicates that the book was formerly part of the library of Scoil Éanna in Rathfarnham in Dublin.

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Item
Date
1897
Reference
49
Extent and medium
iv, 215, [1] pp; frontispiece, plates, portraits; printed
Scope and content
A copy of Z.W. Pease, ‘The Catalpa expedition’ (New Bedford, Mass., G. S. Anthony, 1897). The book offers an account of the expedition in the bark ‘Catalpa’ to Australia, which set free the Irish political prisoners who were sentenced to a lifetime of servitude in the English penal colony. A manuscript annotation indicates that the book was formerly part of the library of Scoil Éanna in Rathfarnham in Dublin.
General note
A digital copy of the text is available to view online at https://archive.org/details/catalpaexpeditio00peas
Repository
Irish Capuchin Archives
Context
Irish Capuchin Archives > Papers of 'The Capuchin Annual' and the Irish Capuchin Publications Office > Papers of Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. > Book Collection

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THE CATALPA EXPEDITION Z.W. PEASE