VI.ii.3. Correspondence between Caroline Hamilton of Hamwood, Co. Meath, and her sister Elizabeth Kelly,
1840-1847.
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| Summary: | Correspondence relates to family matters (notably Edmond Kelly's travelling to America in 1840), mutual friends, the failure of the potato crop and resulting food shortages. Dated letters cover the period 25 August 1840 to 29 June 1847. Hamilton, in an undated letter, refers to reports of starvation in Co. Wicklow, including an account of 'thirty men all lying dead in Aughrim'. With an attached envelope. |
| In collection: | Tighe, Hamilton and Howard Papers, 1749-1919. |
| Format: | Manuscript |
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| Notes: | Elizabeth Kelly was born in 1774, the eldest daughter of William Tighe of Rossana, Co. Wicklow and the heiress Sarah Tighe (née Ponsonby). She was married to the Rev. Thomas Kelly, of Kellyville, Stradbally, Co. Laois. Physical description: 8 pp more |
| Arrangement: | Sub-fonds |
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VI.ii.3. Correspondence between Caroline Hamilton of Hamwood, Co. Meath, and her sister Elizabeth Kelly,
1840-1847.
| In Collection: | Tighe, Hamilton and Howard Papers, 1749-1919. |
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| Description: | Correspondence relates to family matters (notably Edmond Kelly's travelling to America in 1840), mutual friends, the failure of the potato crop and resulting food shortages. Dated letters cover the period 25 August 1840 to 29 June 1847. Hamilton, in an undated letter, refers to reports of starvation in Co. Wicklow, including an account of 'thirty men all lying dead in Aughrim'. With an attached envelope. |
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| Extent: | 8 pp |
| Format: | Manuscript |
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MS 38,639/1/24
(Manuscripts Reading Room) |
| Rights: | Copyright owned by the National Library of Ireland. |