VI.ii.2. Letters to Elizabeth Kelly from her sister Caroline Hamilton of Hamwood, Co. Meath,
1817-1818.
Hamilton's letters refer to food shortages near Dunboyne ('The people about us are actually starving') and she and her husband's decision to dispense oats to the poor. She also writes of mutual friends, her garden at Hamwood, her children's daily schedules, her thoughts on child rearing and outlines her position on home versus public school education for boys.
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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: 4 pp more |
| Arrangement: | Sub-fonds |
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VI.ii.2. Letters to Elizabeth Kelly from her sister Caroline Hamilton of Hamwood, Co. Meath,
1817-1818.
| In Collection: | Tighe, Hamilton and Howard Papers, 1749-1919. |
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| Description: | Hamilton's letters refer to food shortages near Dunboyne ('The people about us are actually starving') and she and her husband's decision to dispense oats to the poor. She also writes of mutual friends, her garden at Hamwood, her children's daily schedules, her thoughts on child rearing and outlines her position on home versus public school education for boys. |
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| Extent: | 4 pp |
| Format: | Manuscript |
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MS 38,639/1/23
(Manuscripts Reading Room) |
| Rights: | Copyright owned by the National Library of Ireland. |