Context: Letter from Emily Fitzgerald Ogilvie, Dowager Duchess of Leinster to her sister Lady Louisa Conolly,

Bibliographic Details
Main Creator:	Leinster, Emilia Mary Lennox Fitzgerald, Duchess of, 1731-1814
Contributors:	Conolly, Louisa, 1743-1821
Summary:	The Dowager Duchess of Leinster [Emily, (1731-1814), daughter of Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond, wife (1747-1773) of James, 1st Duke of Leinster, and wife (1774-1814) of William Ogilvie] writes to her sister Lady Louisa Conolly in Castletown, Co. Kildare and also, internally addresses her sister Lady Sarah Napier. She remarks - ‘…Thank God I have nothing to fear for my beloved Eddy [her son, Lord Edward Fitzgerald]. I am not the least nervous’ and is glad that Lord Edward’s wife [Pamela] is near them: ‘I dread her health being sadly affected by his absence and uncomfortable situation. … I enclose a letter to her as those directed to her might perhaps be stopt [sic] at the Port and not delivered to her!…’. Discusses the recovery from a fever by Lady Sarah’s husband.
In collection:	Conolly-Napier papers, 1783-1840.
Format:	Manuscript
Language:	English
Subjects:	Leinster, Emilia Mary Lennox Fitzgerald, > Duchess of, > 1731-1814 > Correspondence Fitzgerald, Edward, > Lord, > 1763-1798 Fitzgerald, Edward, > Mrs. Ireland > Politics and government > 18th century Ireland > History > 18th century
Notes:	Physical description: 1 sheet.
Arrangement:	Item

Bibliographic Details
In Collection:	Conolly-Napier papers, 1783-1840.
Description:	The Dowager Duchess of Leinster [Emily, (1731-1814), daughter of Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond, wife (1747-1773) of James, 1st Duke of Leinster, and wife (1774-1814) of William Ogilvie] writes to her sister Lady Louisa Conolly in Castletown, Co. Kildare and also, internally addresses her sister Lady Sarah Napier. She remarks - ‘…Thank God I have nothing to fear for my beloved Eddy [her son, Lord Edward Fitzgerald]. I am not the least nervous’ and is glad that Lord Edward’s wife [Pamela] is near them: ‘I dread her health being sadly affected by his absence and uncomfortable situation. … I enclose a letter to her as those directed to her might perhaps be stopt [sic] at the Port and not delivered to her!…’. Discusses the recovery from a fever by Lady Sarah’s husband.
Main Creator:	Leinster, Emilia Mary Lennox Fitzgerald, Duchess of, 1731-1814
Language:	English
Extent:	1 sheet.
Format:	Manuscript
Call Number:	MS 34,922/3 (Manuscripts Reading Room)
Rights:	Reproduction rights owned by the National Library of Ireland.

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