PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF THE LATE DANIEL O'CONNELL, M.P. BY WILLIAM J. O'N. DAUNT, ESQ., OF KILCASCAN, COUNTY CORK. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I. LONDON: CHAPMAN AND HALL, 186, STRAND. MDCCCXLVIII. ΤΟ CHARLES GLENDONWYN SCOTT, ESQ., OF EDINBURGH. wwwwwm MY DEAR SCOTT, I DEDICATE these volumes to you. They contain some traits of the illustrious man, of whom there was not a more devoted political disciple, nor a more attached personal friend, than yourself. Their materials have been, in a great measure, taken from such portions of my private diary as record the conversations that I and others have held with our lamented leader. Many memoranda, also, have been furnished by my kind and valued friend, Patrick Vincent FitzPatrick, Esq., of Dublin. The nature of a book thus compiled must of course |