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{Left} {Inverted text} any bad effect on them, I did not find them worce and I me say with truth vastly bether, and ever sence thank God have continu’d so I think any little labour, I have the Almighty has given me health to go true it, and if I did not make use of it in his service; he may soon deprive me of it, I hope yours is bether we all pray for your long life, and your sisters beg I will assure you of their sencere love and mine to Miss Corbalis I thought
{Vertical text} Mrs. Mulally in proper Lean Dublin
{Inverted text} to send this by Miss Creagh that was, she has married a young gen tleman, who I hope she will be very happy, as he has so good a character and I know him to be mighty charitable, her uncle is to leave her at his death, the best part of his fortune she will have I am sure above six thousand pd: I must beg you will present my best respects to Mr Mullan and believe me to be with the great’s esteem and sincere love Dr madam your most afftn friend Nano Nagle
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{Right} Cork July 29 yr 1780 GHAD/FD/8
29th July 1780 This in Dr Hutch's Life of Nano Nagle page 41
I believe my long silence has surpris’d you, be assur’d it was not for want of a sencere love and respect the delay was owing, to my waiting to give an account that we were fix’d in the new house which I thought we wou’d have being there at Xmas, was provent'd by part of the wall of our yard being broak down, to make room for cars, to come in to bring stones to make the garden wall for the ladies, which if I prevented must have cost them a vast dale, on this I did leave my old habitation, as I cou’d not have the back part of our house expos’d it was not safe to venter, we have diet’d yourselves there sence Ash Wednesday, which we found more convenient then when the disturbances broak out in London I was a fread to venter, imagining the same contagious frenzy may break out in this kingdome, so wait’d till the times seem’d quiet peacefull, yet notwithstanding we stole like thiefs, I got up before three in the morning, had all our beds taken down and sent to the house before
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{Left} any was up in the street, beg’d of the ladies not to say a word about it to any of their company, that wou’d come to see them, nor did not let any person know it, in the town of my friends as I was sure acting in this maner, the good work cou’d be carried on much bether, then in making any noise about it, we remov’d 15 so was there on the festival of our bless’d Lady, under whose protection we are; I hope she will proserve us from our visible and invisible enemies, and make this house prosper, and others of the same charitable institution in time. I imagine the lady you had hopes, wou’d settle something towards a foundation for this society, will deffear it at present, and you may rely on me, that I shall never send you any from this that I shou’d not think proper for the place, I have some thoughts of taken two in soon, I shall not say anything of them till, we live some time onder the same roof, then wan be a much bether judge, I know great fault was found with, me for dismissing Miss Wolf, I never told my reasons to the publick only to a few that I cou’d not avoid tho’ I was accus’d of doing what was very on-charitable, in her regard, for fear of being any determent to her, she was taken in at Mrs Moran’s to teach the young ladies and if
{Right} they lik’d her, she intend’d to take her to be an Nun they did not keep her a month, as the found she was not fit for that state of life, I pity her, as its not her fault only: her misfortune. Doctor Moylan I gave him your letter to read, and he disir’d me to assure you of the high esteem he had for you and at the same time to beg you wou’d ask father Austin if he did not tell him at the time, he made Dublin his way when come from England, the same faults that was found in your friend here, and beg he wou’d write to her on them, to see if she wou’d change, and I believe there is not wan that lives with her thinks she has the lest zeal, as they are all very good religious, and very exact to keep up to their rule, I believe the wou’d be glad to live in more peace then she is dispos’d to do. - as you was so good as to disire to know how my eyes were, that was so many months very sore I thank God got, the bether of them, and I must tell you how I was cur’d which I believe few will try this receipt, that had such a wonderly affect on me, wan of the coldest days last winter and a most sharp piercing wind, and found nothing effected them so much as the wind, tho’ I thought I might on account of them plade some excuse, yet at the same time it was not giving good example, not to go true as much as others, and I walk’d out to the school at North gate and so far