Item 523 - Christopher Ormsby to Thomas Ormsby

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Letter from Christopher Ormsby of Dublin to his brother Thomas Ormsby of Ballinamore, Co. Mayo, largely concerning business, legal and family matters. "I have great pleasure in informing you that Jenny and Anne Ransford arrived here on Tuesday evening ... by the Tullamore packet boat, Anne Ransford is surprisingly well and in very good visits ... Frank Elwood arrived in town Monday evening, looks very well. He came up to bring down the carriage he got from Mr. Darcy in exchange for his brooch ... and to purchase a pair of horses and to sell his wool, Eliza has taken a cottage for a month or two at Oucterard ..." Much reference to the case with David Ruttledge, whose attorney was a Mr. McAlpine, contact with Mr. Livesay and a subpoena which "is to prove David Ruttledge's marriage to his present wife and also that the heir and his brother has been born in wedlock to prevent there being put to trouble hereafter ... I received a letter from your son Lt. Col. Adam Ormsby ... he has only 3 months leave to come to Ireland, we expect him every packet, he mentions being sixteen years abroad which he thinks and no doubt it does entitle him to longer leave of absence ... he has been serving his King and country now above 23 years in America, West Indies and on the Continent.

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22/08/2018
11/07/2025