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Letter from Colonel Anthony Ormsby, eldest son to Thomas Ormsby of Ballinamore, Co. Mayo. The letter begins - "I have just heard from Adam [his brother] that my aunt wrote to you about my uncle not accepting the bill for the interest of your debentures. I think you ought not to answer the letter and if you get any more letters from her or from him I think you ought not to answer them until we see what can be done with him and I very much fear there will be no money or debentures got from him tho' it is very evident to every person that he has them in his house or in government stock in the Bank". The letter concludes in the usual way.

Letter from Colonel Anthony Ormsby, eldest son to Thomas Ormsby of Ballinamore, Co. Mayo, from 12 Rutland Street - "I received the letter which Peter Phibbs wrote to me and as you have desired it, I will send your will and Lord Clanmorris's bonds down by one of the boys. At the same time I must by leave to tell you that we are all here of opinion that it would be better to have your will and those two bonds lodged with Owen Phibbs. I must also take the liberty of telling you that I do advise you not to make any alteration or additions to your will, it is now made five years and I think it most advisable to leave it just as it is - indeed I am very much afraid that there is more willed in it than will be paid, as I am sorry to say my uncle is growing worse every day, however the business will soon be decided one way or the other. With love to all at Ballinamore, believe me your dutiful and loving sone Anthony Ormsby".

Letter from Colonel Anthony Ormsby, eldest son to Thomas Ormsby of Ballinamore, Co. Mayo. from Dublin, in which he expresses much concern about Charles Phibbs' financial affairs and the settling of his property to make provision for his eldest son Harloe and other children. Anthony asks his father whether "you think it advisable for him to give Harloe Bloomfield at a reasonable rent, suppose a guinea per acre and to stock it for him or would you think it better for him to see Bloomfield and pay Harloe an annuity ... I am doing all I can to make him sell Bloomfield as I think it madness for him to go live there, it is such a complete wreck ... I have been very unwell since I came here with a severe cold and bilious attack".

Letter from Colonel Anthony Ormsby, eldest son to Thomas Ormsby of Ballinamore, Co. Mayo. Largely concerning "the division" [of lands] to be made with Frederick Trench. He has been getting another opinion [legal "from a Mr. Adams". Regarding family matters he writes "Aunt Jenny has gone to Ashford with Mrs. Rainsford; will you tell Kitt to ride Tommy's pony". Includes a copy of a letter to Anthony from Frederick Trench, Berkley Square, in which Trench writes he is "extremely happy to find the proposition submitted to you has met your approbation ... my son Mr. Frederick Trench ... will wait on you in person on this business ... as will our surveyor Mr. Longfield ..." [May 1815].

Letter from Colonel Anthony Ormsby, eldest son to Thomas Ormsby of Ballinamore, Co. Mayo. Largely concerning the business with the Trench family. He saw Mr. Trench "yesterday for a few minutes ... I went to Swords to see him where he has been since he arrived [from England] with his son who has been living in that place ..." but Mr. Trench had left for town.

Letter from Colonel Anthony Ormsby, eldest son to Thomas Ormsby of Ballinamore, Co. Mayo. After referring to the health of his parents he continues "I hope please God, in the course of next month to bring Anne to see you and my mother. Tom is very well and going on very well at school ... will make every enquiry about the situation you want for Peter Phibbs ... I spoke to Whitelaw to speak to Lady Leitrim about Peter Phibbs and he promised he would ... My uncle and aunt are very well and Anne Phibbs etc. ..." There is also a brief mention of Anthony Phibbs and his half pay.

Letter from Colonel Anthony Ormsby, eldest son to Thomas Ormsby of Ballinamore, Co. Mayo. A letter concerning "a piece of stick you sent by Anthony Ormsby (his nephew) to get four boxes made to fit it, to bring it to a coachmaker he told me that if he made the four boxes to fit it, that it was most likely they would not fit the four arms ... on this I thought better not to bespeak them until I let you know ..."

Letter from Colonel Anthony Ormsby, eldest son to Thomas Ormsby of Ballinamore, Co. Mayo, from Bray, County Wicklow. "I put off writing to you this some time, expecting every day that my uncle would pay me the £170 you wrote to him to give me and which Adam told me he wrote you word he would pay me, but my waiting was perfectly useless, as there is no such thing as getting money from him of late. He is the most altered man I ever knew in money matters. The bills you sent me I will keep safe until they become due the 29th of Oct. and 10 Nov. I could not get one of them discounted as the acceptor is not much known as having a house, nor being a man [of] business and the Banks are very particular of late what bills they take on account of the number of failures. If you sell any cattle at Ball [Balla] I will be obliged to you if you will send me any bills you may get, as perhaps I might be able to get them discounted and in consequence of not getting money from my uncle I am in want of money at present. You ought to be cautious what bills you take now, if you don't get a good price for your cattle I will wait till Donnamona. I really think you ought to lose no time in writing to my uncle for your account, as he is now perfectly idle and when term begins in Nov. there will be no speaking to him, he will be so busy and I think it would be a great satisfaction to you to have your account settled, particularly since it is so long since you got it from him. It is perfectly useless for you to wait until Davy Ruttledge's law suit is over, as your account can just as easily be settled now as then and from every thing I can hear from both lawyers and attorneys it is very uncertain when it will be over. They may just as easily put it off next term, as they have done every term this past six years, particularly as the purchaser wishes it to be off, he will make every objection he can to the title. I hope please God to see you and my mother before the middle of October. Anne and Tom join me in Love and Duty, believe me your dutiful and loving son Anthony Ormsby".

Letter from Colonel Anthony Ormsby, eldest son to Thomas Ormsby of Ballinamore, Co. Mayo. In which he writes "... I have not heard from Adam this long time ... Charley [Phibbs] who came to town yesterday from Portarlington on his way to Lisconny, Robert Elwood is to be married next week to Miss Vesey ... Tommy is very well, I intend please God to bring him shortly to see you all ... the death of Mrs. Jackson ... she died at one o'clock on Monday morning ..."

Letter from Colonel Anthony Ormsby, eldest son to Thomas Ormsby of Ballinamore, Co. Mayo. All to do with the Trench family and division of "cares in common". He begins the letter "You will I suppose be as much surprized as I was at what I am now going to tell you ..." He went to the Registry Office to see "how Trench came by the acres in common or whether he could claim more than the 255 acres which were specified in the lease ..." He found a deed dated 1803 being "the very year you and he were writing to each other ..." in which Trench levied various fines and made settlements " but not one word about the acres in common ... how he could make such a settlement at the very time you and he were corresponding as more so, how he could be applying to you to divide what he has no power to do, except by filing a bill in Chancery which be a most expensive proceeding ... you must see clearly by this conduct of his that it requires to be very sharp and particular with him ..."