Item 401 - Thomas Ormsby to Adam Ormsby

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Thomas Ormsby to Adam Ormsby

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  • 1810-1830

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Seven letters from Thomas Ormsby of Cummin Co Sligo to his brother Adam Ormsby of the 5th Dragoon Guards. One letter is addressed to Adam's wife. The letters mainly concern money matters but there is also mention of Adam's marriage in 1810, that George had married his cousin 'Bick Jones', the birth of Adam's two daughters in 1811 and 1819, Thomas Ormsby of Castledargan's death, Jack and his wife at Boyle, local news, marriages and deaths, delicate health of his son Henry and the deaths of two of his sons aged 11 and 9 in Brussels, where he and his family had gone to live for health reasons. one letter is written from Brussels 1819 and gives a detailed description of life there, visiting personalities and Waterloo.

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      30/07/2018
      22/03/2019

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