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CSO/RP/1819/384

Letter from Dr John Gordon, 40 North Great George's Street, Dublin, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, requesting consideration for appointment as physician to proposed new fever hospital in James Street, Dublin, which he has heard government is contemplating. Outlines his qualifications and experience, particularly with fever cases.

2 Apr 1819

1819

CSO/RP/1819/385

File of papers relating to request of Beresford Graham for government employment, and recalling an unfulfilled promise of employment made to Graham upon his father's retirement from the post of surveyor general in revenue department in 1796. Includes letter from Graham, 33 Holles Street, Dublin, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, detailing events since his father's retirement upon a promise that his son would receive a government post. Encloses copies of letters from the late John Beresford, Abbeville, Dublin, to Graham, on the subject, 19 November 1796-3 September 1798. Also damp press copy of letter of reply from Gregory to Graham stating that he should hold no hopes of government employment based on a promise made 23 years ago, 7 May 1819.

19 Nov 1796-7 May 1819

1819

CSO/RP/1819/386

Letter from Lieutenant Joseph Griffiths, Dublin, commander of the ship HMS 'Mosquidobit', to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, informing him that the wind has turned fair for sailing the convicts to Cork, and requesting that the ship must get ready to sail quickly.

12 May 1819

1819

CSO/RP/1819/387

File of papers relating to claims of Joseph Green, resident magistrate, Greenville, County Waterford, against William Perceval [possibly, Reverend William Perceval of Kilmore Hill, County Waterford]. Includes letter from Green to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, making claims that William Perceval misappropriated money granted by government to assist the poor in his area, 24 June 1819. Also note by William Gregory instructing letter to be written to Perceval, asking for details of the individuals in receipt of relief from the grants of money. Also original letter from Perceval, Mullinavat, County Waterford, to Gregory, describing the distress and misery of the poor in parish of Mullinavat since failure of potato crop in 1816, and subsequent outbreak of typhus fever. Requests government assistance to establish a place to provide medical aid to the poor, 15 January 1819.

15 Jan 1819-15 Jul 1819

1819

CSO/RP/1819/388

Letter from Reverend William Galwey, Woodvale, County Tipperary, Church of Ireland Archdeacon of Cashel, to Chief Secretary's Office, Dublin Castle, requesting government relief and emphasising the distress of the inhabitants of parish of Drangan, County Tipperary. Notes lack of employment and potato shortage in area. Annotation by William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle notes 'return the same answer as has been given to similar applications'.

2 Jul 1819

1819

CSO/RP/1819/389

Petition of Thomas Smith, prisoner in Lifford jail, County Donegal, to Earl Talbot, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, making complaints against Reverend John Graham, inspector and chaplain of Lifford jail. States that he has been refused the 'gaol allowance' and is starving as a result. Also complains that his wife is not allowed to stay in the jail with him, 27 June 1819. Also letter from Reverend John Graham, Lifford, County Donegal, to Chief Secretary's Office, Dublin Castle, responding to claims made in petition of a prisoner in Lifford jail. States that grand jury order states that the allowance cannot be given to any prisoner in receipt of a pension, 6 July 1819.

27 Jun 1819-6 Jul 1819

1819

CSO/RP/1819/390

Petition of John Grant, formerly sub constable in proclaimed baronies of Kilnamanagh and Eliogarty, County Tipperary, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, requesting sum of money from government to assist him in his trade as a shoemaker, or appointment to another police force, 25 June 1819. Encloses petition of Grant to Edward Wilson, chief police magistrate of baronies of Kilnamanagh and Eliogarty, requesting acceptance of his resignation from post of sub constable, following his fears for his life in relation to a prosecution he was involved in. Petition is certified by Wilson, who writes that he has accepted his resignation, and noting that if Grant remains 'he will be certainly assassinated'. Signed by Wilson, Thurles, County Tipperary, 25 June 1819.

25 Jun 1819

1819

CSO/RP/1819/391

Letter from Thomas E Greene, 52 South William street, Dublin, solicitor to Dublin Corporation, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, defending himself from accusations made against him in a report sent from the Pipe Water commissioners of Dublin, to the imprest commissioners, concerning the metal main act. States that report blames Green for misappropriation of metal main funds, and outlines his attempts to seek a copy of the report. Requests that Gregory sends him a copy of the report, so that he may clear his name.

16 Jul 1819

1819

CSO/RP/1819/392

3 letters from Thomas E Greene, 2 Dawson Street, Dublin; and Ticknock, Dundrum, County Dublin, solicitor to Dublin Corporation, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, concerning Gregory's request to meet him, and apologising for failing to attend. Also note by Gregory concerning the meeting.

28 Jul 1819-29 Jul 1819

1819

CSO/RP/1819/393

Letter from a ship owner [unnamed], Passage West, County Cork, to the governors of the Foundling Hospital, Cork city, concerning his proposal to government to take a number of boys and girls from public charities in Ireland to settle and be apprenticed in the Cape of Good Hope colony.

1 Aug 1819

1819