Letter from Lady Louisa Conolly to James Caulfeild, 1st Earl of Charlemont,
1798 Aug. 28.
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| Summary: | Letter from Lady Louisa Conolly in Castletown, Co. Kildare to James Caulfeild, 1st Earl of Charlemont, (1728- 1799) in Dublin to Lady Louisa Conolly concerning his difficulties in deciding with regard to the Bill of Attainder against Lord Edward Fitzgerald. She says she appreciates the necessity that has compelled him to favour the Bill of Attainder, particularly in view of the disclosures in the Report of the Secret Committee, remakring ‘I must submit in humility and sorrow, although my unshaken opinion remains that those very accomplices who have secured themselves behind his departed shade, have more to answer for than himself, and prove (what I always dreaded would happen) that his name and character, being necessary to their banner, they would put him foremost, as the best covering for themselves.’ She opposes the Attainder because Lord Edward's death ‘exonerated the severest justice from any further steps against him’. She thanks Lord Charlemont for offering to present the petition to the House of Lords, but feels she cannot impose on his sincere friendship to such an extent. |
| In collection: | Conolly-Napier papers, 1783-1840. |
| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | English |
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| Notes: | Physical description: 1 letter (2 pp.). |
| Arrangement: | Item |
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Letter from Lady Louisa Conolly to James Caulfeild, 1st Earl of Charlemont,
1798 Aug. 28.
| In Collection: | Conolly-Napier papers, 1783-1840. |
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| Description: | Letter from Lady Louisa Conolly in Castletown, Co. Kildare to James Caulfeild, 1st Earl of Charlemont, (1728- 1799) in Dublin to Lady Louisa Conolly concerning his difficulties in deciding with regard to the Bill of Attainder against Lord Edward Fitzgerald. She says she appreciates the necessity that has compelled him to favour the Bill of Attainder, particularly in view of the disclosures in the Report of the Secret Committee, remakring ‘I must submit in humility and sorrow, although my unshaken opinion remains that those very accomplices who have secured themselves behind his departed shade, have more to answer for than himself, and prove (what I always dreaded would happen) that his name and character, being necessary to their banner, they would put him foremost, as the best covering for themselves.’ She opposes the Attainder because Lord Edward's death ‘exonerated the severest justice from any further steps against him’. She thanks Lord Charlemont for offering to present the petition to the House of Lords, but feels she cannot impose on his sincere friendship to such an extent. |
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| Language: | English |
| Extent: | 1 letter (2 pp.). |
| Format: | Manuscript |
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MS 34,922/15
(Manuscripts Reading Room) |
| Rights: | Reproduction rights owned by the National Library of Ireland. |