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A number of additional items were listed in February 1996 and added to the collection. The bulk of this material are letters. They are written mainly to and from family members and cover business and family matters. They are also interesting for the picture they give of the life of a gentry family in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, for example their preoccupation with their health with visits to Bath to drink the waters as a cure for gout (LE40/515) and to the spa at Lucan for its curative effects (LE40/502). The letters cover such subjects as poteen-making (LE40/602) and the use of the canal to Tullamore as a mode of transport (LE40/483).

Letters to Anthony Ormsby, of Ballinamore, Co. Mayo.

Letter from Thomas Ormsby of Cummin, Co. Sligo (Older brother) to Anthony Ormsby of Ballinamore, Co. Mayo. It concerns business matters to do with a decrees in French v Gore and money for a Mr. Arthur Cooper "who has a mind to be cross". He urges Anthony to settle the affair as soon as possible "for men are mortal". Includes mention of Jack Trumble.

Letter from Thomas Ormsby of Cummin, Co. Sligo (Older brother) to Anthony Ormsby of Ballinamore, Co. Mayo. He discusses Jack [his son, who married Margaret Ruttledge in May 1763] and his financial dealings with George Knox and a Mr Delap - "Mr. Ruttledge may consider what ought to be done". There is also a mention of George's debt. The letter ends "poor jack is both giddy and ignorant".

Letter from Thomas Ormsby of Cummin, Co. Sligo (Older brother) to Anthony Ormsby of Ballinamore, Co. Mayo. Written in Dublin. He refers to Kitt [Anthony's second son] having taken his "last doze of physick" and that Kitt had been out walking. He writes that the illness not prevent him going to the country but rather the arrival of his daughter "Bock" last April. He invites Cousin Nancy to stay "for I bet Ballinamore is too dull a place for her" and he has sent "an account of what the boys cost since Adam's first illness [the account is not included].

Letter from John Ormsby, Cummin, Co. Sligo. nephew, to Anthony Ormsby, Ballinamore, Co. Mayo. Relates to financial matters relating to the Ruttledge family and his first marriage settlement. Includes references to Tom, Mr Knox, Mr Wood and David Courtney. He asks his uncle to convey to Mr Ruttledge and his family "how much I wish to convince them of my most affectionate memory of his charming daughter, their amiable friend and relation, who it is impossible I should ever forget. He would also like a remaining sum of money as it would "help to hinder my enemies from hunting me from this place".

Letter from John Ormsby, Cummin, Co. Sligo. nephew, to Anthony Ormsby, Ballinamore, Co. Mayo. Relates to financial matters relating to the Ruttledge family and his first marriage settlement. Includes references to Tom, Mr Knox, Mr Wood and David Courtney. He asks his uncle to convey to Mr Ruttledge and his family "how much I wish to convince them of my most affectionate memory of his charming daughter, their amiable friend and relation, who it is impossible I should ever forget. He would also like a remaining sum of money as it would "help to hinder my enemies from hunting me from this place".

Letter from John Ormsby, Cummin, Co. Sligo. nephew, to Anthony Ormsby, Ballinamore, Co. Mayo. Relates to financial matters relating to the Ruttledge family and his first marriage settlement. Includes references to Tom, Mr Knox, Mr Wood and David Courtney. He asks his uncle to convey to Mr Ruttledge and his family "how much I wish to convince them of my most affectionate memory of his charming daughter, their amiable friend and relation, who it is impossible I should ever forget. He would also like a remaining sum of money as it would "help to hinder my enemies from hunting me from this place".

Letter from John Ormsby, Cummin, Co. Sligo. nephew, to Anthony Ormsby, Ballinamore, Co. Mayo. Relates to financial matters relating to the Ruttledge family and his first marriage settlement. Includes references to Tom, Mr Knox, Mr Wood and David Courtney. Refers to the "addresses" being paid to his sister Hannah over the past six and a half years by a Lieutenant Colville of 46th Regiment and asks his uncle's agreement to allow them to marry. He concludes "the sooner everything can be settled the better".