. The Tiernan and other families. ld be very much obliged to you, if youwould lend it to me for a short time, It will be not at all injured, and may I ask thefavor for you to let me have it at once. I will return it in a few yours, E. G. Kennedy.^ C. B. Tieman replied to this letter, expressing his-great regret that the piece could not be found. It was discovered afterwards, and a reduced fac-simile of the two first verses is here shown. Mrs. Somerville had given it to her daughter, Agnes,who had died in Natchez, Mississippi, in 1861, and in1864, it was difficult to have communicati
. The Tiernan and other families. ld be very much obliged to you, if youwould lend it to me for a short time, It will be not at all injured, and may I ask thefavor for you to let me have it at once. I will return it in a few yours, E. G. Kennedy.^ C. B. Tieman replied to this letter, expressing his-great regret that the piece could not be found. It was discovered afterwards, and a reduced fac-simile of the two first verses is here shown. Mrs. Somerville had given it to her daughter, Agnes,who had died in Natchez, Mississippi, in 1861, and in1864, it was difficult to have communication with thatpart of the Country. Mrs. Somerville was very kind to C. B. Tiernan,and after her death, a good many of her papers cameinto his possession. When Charles Tiernan died, his papers also cameinto the possession of his son. In 1894, the Catholic Historical Researches ofPhiladelphia, edited by Mr. Martin I. J. Griffin, askedC. B. Tiernan for a sketch of Luke Tiernan, which hegave them with great pleasure. >5 ^) ^ H N^ Hi. ^ ^ § MRS. REBECCA SOMERVILLE. 89 He thought, also, that some of these letters andpapers of his Aunt and Father were worthy of beingpreserved, and possessed a public and general interestin giving pleasant pictures of the private life of personswhose names were tolerably well known, and that hewas paying a debt of honor in producing this publica-tion. In 1896, The Catholic Mirror published in itscolumns some of the material which is here collected,and which is the foundation of this work. C. B. Tiernan sent the Number in which thispiece appeared to the present Mrs. Shields, in replied in a long and most kind letter, which isgreatly valued, and says :^ Natchez, January 22, Dear Mr. Tiernan: So long a time has elapsed since any of us haveheard from you that I feel a little anxious, fearing youmay be unwell. ***** The Catholic Mirror you sent, I acknowledgeat once, thanking you for the kind, good things yousaid of me and mine. * * * I
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