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Letter from Christopher Ormsby of Dublin, uncle, to Adam Ormsby, Colonel in the 49th Regiment, Tralee. He begins the letter "I received your favour of the 22nd for one hundred pounds ... to purchase government debentures ..." Includes a newspaper cutting entitled "New half pay arrangement" for army officers.

Letter from Christopher Ormsby of Dublin, uncle, to Adam Ormsby, Ballinamore. He refers "to a rent roll of part of the concerns in South Great Georges Street occupied by the Government, amounting to the yearly rent of £461.18s.0d." He is trying to sell this property on a 20 year lease for $9230 "I have every reason to expect by Christmas to have these matters settled ... and so anxious am I that I am doing every thing in the power of Man to dispose of other property, in the meantime both what I possess in city and county are acknowledged by every person to be secure and let to solvent and punctual tenants ... the late William Slack whose widow for several years has got one hundred and twenty guineas for her house furnished and I have received for four years and seasons £120 for the same house unfurnished ..." [at Hollybrook, Clontarf, Co. Dublin.

Letter from Christopher Ormsby of Dublin, uncle, to Adam Ormsby, Ballinamore. In which he refers to "the inhabitants of London are pretty nearly in the same unsettled state the citizens of Dublin are in and likely to me while this unfortunate trial is going on". He is hoping to meet "with a purchaser for his property let to Government on so unexceptional a title I have from the Wide Street Commissioners ... which title is backed by several Acts of Parliament" enabling the Lord Lieutenant and Privy Council "either to purchase or to rent all the houses and ground in the vicinity of the Castle to provide for the defence and security of the realm ...."

Letter from Christopher Ormsby of Dublin, uncle, to Adam Ormsby, Colonel in the 49th Regiment, Fermoy, in which he writes of buying more government debentures on Adam's behalf and refers to the health of Adam's parents. In a long postscript he gives Adam the progress of the Ruttledge case and refers to "the receipts of the full [Ruttledge] estates in Mayo and Galway now near three thousand pounds ..."

Letter from Christopher Ormsby, Dublin, to Christopher Ormsby, Ballinamore, Co. Mayo in which he refers to Christopher's brother George becoming agent for Sir Robert Blosse "who lived in Wales". Sir Robert "finding it very necessary to have an agent living on or near his property on which he has very great arrears due ... and that in the present situation of the times it was necessary for the agent to attend the fairs where tenants had their cattle and corn etc. for sale as tenants in many parts of Ireland after selling their property left the land waste and emigrated to America ... I understand Sir Robert offered him his lodge at Moat with sixty acres of demesne and the house furnished ..." He hopes that George will also be offered an agency by Col. Trench.

Letter from Christopher Ormsby, Dublin, uncle to John Ormsby, Ballinamore, Co. Mayo, in which he refers to "your letter ... this day mentioning your father was uneasy at not hearing from me about the commissions he wrote to me to apply to Col. Anthony to look out for in old regiments for your nephews Messrs. Peter and Owen Phibbs. Col. Anthony told me this day I called on two or three army agents and that there is not one to be disposed of immediately ... Col. Anthony has and will continue to exercise himself to procure the commissions, he has taken a house next door to Mrs. Lloyd (no 11 Upper Rutland St) furnished for some months ..."

Letter from Christopher Ormsby, Dublin, uncle to John Ormsby, Ballinamore, Co. Mayo, largely concerning family matters and commissions and promotions in the army "the demand now in Peace ... is so great that the Duke of York and his secretary Mr. Torrance gives away the commissions to the favourites of those who support government in preference to strangers while the demand continues ... Your aunt received a letter three days ago from Christopher who is very well ..."

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.

Letter from Christopher Ormsby of Dublin to his brother Thomas Ormsby of Ballinamore, Co. Mayo, largely concerning business, legal and family matters. "Peter is just leaving town with very great hopes of success, having obtained from six or seven of the Medical Board the highest recommendation for the situation he is looking for, which with the strong recommendation of many high and respectable characters to the Governors of the County of Cavan there is every hope of him being appointed. The election will take place about the first of October and he purposes being there two or three days before. I gave him the hundred pounds you ordered and your draft in favour of Charles O'Malley dated 27th August I have accepted. Jenny and Christopher unite with me in love of you Bess and all friends at Ballinamore".

Letter from Christopher Ormsby of Dublin to his brother Thomas Ormsby of Ballinamore, Co. Mayo, largely concerning business matters, court cases and family matters. Mentions "George [Ormsby, his nephew] having outbid John McDonnell this day for Ballyglass".