Margaret C. Osgood to Mary Alden Childers, [between approximately 1912-1918]. IE TCD MS 7867/79
Abstract
Digitised version of IE TCD MS 7867/79, a note written by Margaret C. Osgood, Tahanto Farm, Harvard, Massachusetts, United States to her daughter Mary Alden Childers, date not identified but between approximately 1912-1918, with accompanying photograph (postcard?) of the town of Assisi: "This is Assisi where our beloved St Francis lived. Is it not beautiful? I am homesick for a sight of the hallowed unearthly place. Mama." Margaret Cushing Pearmain Osgood (1847-1941), was an American writer and poet, mother to writer and nationalist Mary ('Molly') Alden Childers who was married to Erskine Childers, and the maternal grandmother of Erskine Hamilton Childers (1905-1974) who became the fourth President of Ireland 1973-1974.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Autobiographical and Biographical Writing
World Wars: History
Literature
and Impact
Biographical and Historical Analysis
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Digital Collections (East Carolina University)
- Publication date
- 23 February 2026
- Language
- EN