Table of Contents

Selected Letters:

• Letters from Germany, Switzerland, England, Scotland — 1858-66, Vol. I-III
• Letters from the South of France & Italy — 1865-66
• Letters From America, In Print — 1866–1873   NEW Jan 1 2020
• Letters from America — 1868-73, Vol. MS 1-3
• Letters from F. E. Prendergast to His Father — 1874-89, Vol. I-VII
• Letters from Mary A. Prendergast — 1903-1904


Other documents:

• Newspaper Cuttings - Francis Ensor Prendergast — 1868-1874
• Photo album of F. E. Prendergast
• "Memoir of Francis Ensor Prendergast" by David W Cunningham and H.N. Savage, Proceedings of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Volume 24, No. 6 (June 1898), p. 656.
    
• The Prisoner of War : Journal of a Captivity in France during the Revolutionary War of 1794 and 1795 by Jeffrey Prendergast   NEW Jan 1 2020

Selected Letters

  Volume: M.S. A: Letters from Germany, Switzerland, England, Scotland — Vol. I 1858-59

• Scanning status Volume 'M.S.A.' (11/28/2019):
  • All letters in volume MSA have been scanned.
  • Page numbers with missing or orphan pages: #7-#10 and #56-#57.
  • Letter #14 is either missing, or is the same letter as #15 (Dear Papa Jan 22.)
  • Web page - a work in progress.
     
• Transcription, Volume 'M.S.A.' — The transcriber writes:

  • "I attach my transcriptions in the incomplete state they happen to be in, in case someone wants to start reading right now. They are bound to contain many typing errors; any corrections are welcome. Note however that I want to reproduce the original spelling, punctuation, etc. whenever possible, including manifest errors unless corrected by the writer himself. If explanations are necessary or useful, I add them at the end of the respective letter in braces ("{}").

    Also, I plan to add some genealogy about those Prendergasts, Ensors, Irwins etc. mentioned in the letters. Any contribution is welcome.

    The text is yours to share with anybody, but please mention that it is just work-in-progress.

    Please do not mention my name in any Google-accessible context unless with my prior consent."

    
     
• List of letters

  Volume: M.S. B: Letters from Germany, Switzerland, England, Scotland — Vol. II 1859-60

• List of letters
• #1 - July 17, 1859 - trip to Switzerland and the Alps *
• #3 - July 21, 1859 *
• #4 - July 23, 1859 *
• #5 - July 26, 1859 *
• #6 - July 27, 1859 *
• #19 - Sept 19, 1859 - Munich beer, food, Americans *
• #26 - Sept 26, 1859 - plan of Dresden *
• #27 - Sept 29, 1859 - three languages *
• #29 - Sept 30, 1859 - itinerary of summer trip *

  Volume: M.S. C: Letters from Germany, Switzerland, England, Scotland — Vol. III 1861-66

• Status Volume M.S.C. (11/10/2019): All letters for 1861 - 1863 (about 1/2 the volume) have been scanned.
• List of letters
• April 2, 1861
• July 1862
• August 1862
• September 1862
• May 7, 1863
• July 3 - 14, 1863
• July 18 - 30, 1863
• August 1863
• September 5, 1863

  Volume: M.S.:    Letters from the South of France & Italy — 1865-66

• List of letters

  Volume: Letters From America, In Print — 1866–1873

  Volume: M.S. 1: Letters from America — 1866..    MISSING

• Reportedly lost by Curtis Prendergast while attending Stanford University, mid-1930s.

  Volume: M.S. 2: Letters from America — 1868-71

  Volume: M.S. 3: Letters from America — 1871-73

  Volume: Letters from F. E. Prendergast to His Father — Vol. I. 1874-76

• Preface, letter by John P. Prendergast to his son, Aug. 15, 1890
   
• There are no letters between those of June 6, 1875 and April 30, 1876. The letters themselves do not explain the gap. Son Jeffrey was born 31 August 1875 in Wisconsin, and FEP's mother Caroline Ensor Prendergast died 'a few months before' (exact date not found).

  Volume: Letters from F. E. Prendergast to His Father — Vol. II. 1877-78

• July 1878 - Frederic Francis born and named

  Volume: Letters from F. E. Prendergast to His Father — Vol. III. 1879-81

• May 1880 - Lucretia born

  Volume: Letters from F. E. Prendergast to His Father — Vol. IV. 1882-83

  Volume: Letters from F. E. Prendergast to His Father — Vol. V. 1884-85

  Volume: Letters from F. E. Prendergast to His Father — Vol. VI. 1886-87

  Volume: Letters from F. E. Prendergast to His Father — Vol. VII. 1888-89

• Title page and contents
• Dec 24, 1888 - Arthur born
• Jan 19, 1889 - Arthur Curtis named
• Dec 8 & 16, 1889 - last letters from Newton Highlands
• Dec 20, 1889 - on train to California
• Dec 23, 1889
• Dec 26, 1889
• Dec 29, 1889 - FEP's last letter in the collection

  Volume: Letters from Mary A. Prendergast 1903-1904

• Mary A. Prendergast with four of her children, Lucretia, Ruth, Arthur and Joe (ages 23 - 15), and their cousin Abbie, lived in Dresden Germany from fall 1903 through summer 1904. She wrote regularly to her brothers Richard and Curtis Childs in Hennicker N.H., and a few of the letters are by the children.

Other Documents

  Volume: Newspaper Cuttings - Francis Ensor Prendergast - 1868-1874

  Volume: Photo album of F. E. Prendergast

• People
• European buildings and landscapes - not scanned

  Volume: The Prisoner of War : Journal of a Captivity in France during the Revolutionary War of 1794 and 1795 by Jeffrey Prendergast

• The journal author Jeffrey Prendergast Esq. later in life became General Sir Jeffrey Prendergast (1769-1856). After the captivity he spent most of his life in India, and for many years was the Military Auditor-General at Madras. He was the brother of Francis Ensor Prendergast's paternal grandfather Francis (1757-1846).
   
• The Prisoner of War