Margaret C. Osgood to Mary Alden Childers, [between approximately 1912-1918]. IE TCD MS 7867/79

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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.

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Autobiographical and Biographical Writing World Wars: History Literature and Impact Biographical and Historical Analysis

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Digital Collections (East Carolina University)
Publication date
23 February 2026
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EN