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Letter to George F. Fitzgerald from J.S. Goodbody

Title

Letter to George F. Fitzgerald from J.S. Goodbody

Creator

Goodbody, J.S

Date

October 28th

Identifier

GFF 9/5

Subject

Goodybody, J. S.

Description

A handwritten letter from J.S Goodbody to Professor George F. Fitzgerald, dated October 22nd.

J.S. Goodbody sends Fitzgerald a photo taken by Marcus as a memento of his visit, mentions Marcus has gone to St Paul’s, hopes the pressed flowers arrived safely, shares news about cycling activities, and wishes Fitzgerald found everyone well at home.

3pp.

Transcription:

Dear Mr Fitzgerald,

Marcus asked us to send you this copy of his photo of you while you were here, in memory of your visit.
Marcus left yesterday for St Pauls and expected to arrive tomorrow morning and have Sunday.

To look about before beginning work. I hope your pressed flowers arrived quite safely, Aunt Bonnie has also been collecting them here, but has not found as many I do not think as yet. Papa has not yet tried the bicycle although Mother is becoming quite expert at it, I am afraid he wont succumb. We had a splendid ride on Wednesday over twenty miles in which Marcus took me on a tandem which made it very easy work. I hope you found everyone quite well when you get home.

Ever yours sincerely,

J.S. Goodbody

Source

RDS Library & Archives GFF collection of letters

Contributor

Fitzgerald, George Francis, 1851-1901

Rights

Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.

Relation

RDS Science Archive

Format

Manuscript

Language

English

Type

Text

Coverage

1870-1901

Collection

George Francis Fitzgerald Letters

Citation

Goodbody, J.S, “Letter to George F. Fitzgerald from J.S. Goodbody,” RDS Digital Archive, accessed July 19, 2025, https://digitalarchive.rds.ie/items/show/2364.

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