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NAI REFERENCE: |
CSO/RP/1824/1811 |
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Letter from Samuel J Abbott Jr, King’s County, enquiring about reward and making application for a patent for his time keeping device |
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Letter from Samuel J Abbott Jr, Barnagrotty, Moneygall, King’s County [County Offaly], to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, seeking assistance in making application for a patent and requesting to learn if a reward is paid for his time keeping device. Claims to be the inventor of ‘a perpetual moving machine without either weight, spring, or pendulum, which will continue in motion during the time that the materials last, and will keep more regular time than any Clock or Watch which has yet been invented’. States on two occasions application has been made to the board of longitude [commissioners for the discovery of the longitude at sea] but without reply. Annotation on back indicates that no reward as such is available and directs reapplication to the board. |
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1 item; 3pp |
DATE(S): |
22 Nov 1824 |
DATE EARLY: |
1824 |
DATE LATE: |
1824 |
ORIGINAL REFERENCE: |
1824/10507 |
NAI REFERENCE: |
CSO/RP/1824/1812 |
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Declaration by the Attorney General, William Conyngham Plunket, concerning administration of the property of Captain James Nash, of 96th Regiment of Foot |
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Declaration by the Attorney General, William Conyngham Plunket, Dublin, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, relinquishing as representative of the crown rights to administer property of Captain James Nash, of 96th Regiment of Foot, an illegitimate man who died intestate; waives right of crown in favour of Captian Hippolitus Mitchel and Alexander Gardiner. Refers to memorial from Mitchel and Gardiner seeking license of administration in order to discharge debts and funeral expenses of Nash, who, prior to his demise lost soundness of mind. Records that an inventory of his property was made, which had an approximately value of £160, and notes Nash was without immediate family or close kindred connections. |
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1 item; 3pp |
DATE(S): |
20 Nov 1824 |
DATE EARLY: |
1824 |
DATE LATE: |
1824 |
ORIGINAL REFERENCE: |
1824/10508 |
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CSO/RP/1824/1813 |
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Letter from Alderman Frederick Darley and Peter Low, chief magistrates, Dublin, concerning application for a police station at Stillorgan or Newtown Park |
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Letter from Alderman Frederick Darley and Peter Low, chief magistrates, head office of police, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, reporting on application from inhabitants of Stillorgan, County Dublin, for establishment of a police station in Stillorgan or the village of Newtown Park. Admits desirability of having a party of police stationed in the district of Cabinteely but regrets that funds for such a purpose are not available nor are police personnel. Returns petition from the inhabitants of Stillorgan to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary of Ireland, seeking a residence party of policemen for the neighbourhood, signed by GC Swan and 17 other persons.[Contains list of names not given in this description] |
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2 items; 5pp |
DATE(S): |
12 Nov 1824 |
DATE EARLY: |
1824 |
DATE LATE: |
1824 |
ORIGINAL REFERENCE: |
1824/10512 |
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CSO/RP/1824/1814 |
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Letter from George R Dawson, joint under secretary of state for the Home Department, London, requesting information on Irish oysters and shell fishing |
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Letter from George R Dawson, joint under secretary of state for the Home Department, Whitehall, London, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, requesting to learn for information of Robert Peel, Secretary of State, the extent and nature of fishing for oysters and other shell fish off the coast of Ireland, especially as it relates to distance from the shore and whether private property. Also seeks information on foreign fishermen in search of oysters and shell fish, and wishes to know at what distance from the shore they fish. |
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1 item; 4pp |
DATE(S): |
19 Nov 1824 |
DATE EARLY: |
1824 |
DATE LATE: |
1824 |
ORIGINAL REFERENCE: |
1824/10514 |
NAI REFERENCE: |
CSO/RP/1824/1815 |
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File concerning application of Virgilius Staunton for relief following persecution for providing information on Ribbonmen in County Roscommon |
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File of material relating to application of Virgilius Staunton for relief following persecution for providing information on Ribbonmen in County Roscommon, and his subsequent appointment to the police establishment. Includes letter from Reverend Annesley Strean, Church of Ireland clergyman, Glebe House, [Cornasier; Cornaseer, County Roscommon], to the Chief Secretary’s Office, Dublin Castle, reporting on case of Staunton, who has been subject to persecution for provided information on a planned night meeting of Ribbonmen in November 1823, 6 November 1824. Also includes letter from Staunton to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, complaining of distress endured on account of loyalty to crown and seeking assistance to remove to ‘some distant Land’, c20 November 1824. Also includes letter from Major Thomas D’Arcy, Belfast, County Antrim, inspector general of police for province of Ulster, to Goulburn, indicating intention of making Staunton a police constable, 28 November 1824. Also includes letter from D’Arcy to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, reporting that Staunton was placed in the police establishment of Belfast, but being discontented with that appointment, was transferred to Cavan, County Cavan; observes he is ‘equally dissatisfied’ with work as constable in Cavan and appears ‘in fact disposed to pursue a line of conduct totally at variance with his duty’, 2 February 1825. Encloses letter from Captain Charles L Kennett, chief constable and pay master, Cavan, complaining of Staunton’s disobedience and failure to follow basic instructions, 27 January 1825. Also encloses copy reply from D’Arcy requesting that Staunton be informed that unless he comply with police regulations and obey orders, he may resign his situation of constable, 1 February 1825. |
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12 items; 27pp |
DATE(S): |
6 Nov 1824-2 Feb 1825 |
DATE EARLY: |
1824 |
DATE LATE: |
1825 |
ORIGINAL REFERENCE: |
1824/10515 |
NAI REFERENCE: |
CSO/RP/1824/1816 |
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Letter from the magistrates of the head office of police, Dublin, concerning claim of Patrick Burke to portion of the reward for assisting with capture of one of the murderers of Thomas Laurence |
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Letter from the magistrates of the head office of police, Dublin, to Alexander Mangin, clerk, Civil Department, Dublin Castle, enclosing copy of advertisement published in ‘Hue and Cry’ in connection with the killing of Thomas Laurence, lieutenant of the 50th Regiment of Foot, [naming suspects as Patrick Culloton, Thomas Collins and Michael Shea] and observing the handwriting on the original is likely that of James Smith, magistrate, of Newpark, Mountrath, Queen’s County [County Laois]. Returns memorial of Patrick Burke, pensioner of 70th Regiment of Foot, Naas, County Kildare, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, seeking investigation of his claim to having given information on one of the murderers of Laurence [Shea] to Smith, but never received any portion of the reward, with certificate added to base from John Connor, magistrate, of County Kildare. |
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3 items; 8pp |
DATE(S): |
3 Aug 1821-25 Nov 1825 |
DATE EARLY: |
1821 |
DATE LATE: |
1824 |
ORIGINAL REFERENCE: |
1824/10519 |
NAI REFERENCE: |
CSO/RP/1824/1817 |
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Letter from Jonathan Sisson Cooper and D’Arcy Mahon, Stamp Office, Dublin, concerning detention of John Mountain, of Castlemartyr, County Cork, for passing an unstamped receipt |
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Letter from Jonathan Sisson Cooper, commissioner, and D’Arcy Mahon, inspector general of stamp duties, Stamp Office, William Street, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary of Ireland, reporting on the case of John Mountain, a prisoner under detention in the gaol of Cork held on charge of passing an unstamped receipt. Indicates that Mountain failed to respond to an application for payment of the stamp office charge and was subsequently brought to court; remarks he may secure his liberty by ‘causing an appearance to be entered’ in the Court of the Exchequer and paying expenses of about 10 shillings. Encloses memorial from Mountain, Castlemartyr, County Cork, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, seeking investigation of the charges against him and alluding to responsibility for immediate family. Expresses view that the charge against him for making out an unstamped receipt to John Mansfield, of Ballybutler, County Cork, is without foundation. Emphasises necessity of continuing his employment with the Countess of Shannon [Sarah Hyde, wife of Henry Boyle, 3rd Earl of Shannon]. Also affidavit of Mountain denying he had signed and conveyed an unstamped receipt to Mansfield; also affidavit of Alicia Mountain [wife of John] indicating she did not make out a receipt as ‘she does not know how to write her name’ but states her sister did sign the document under pressure from Mansfield; also copy of the writ of attachment from the Court of the Exchequer issued against Mountain for contempt and other ‘trespasses’. |
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5 items; 8pp |
DATE(S): |
1 Nov 1824-26 Nov 1824 |
DATE EARLY: |
1824 |
DATE LATE: |
1824 |
ORIGINAL REFERENCE: |
1824/10520 |
NAI REFERENCE: |
CSO/RP/1824/1818 |
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Letter from James M Pike, governor, Richmond Lunatic Asylum, Dublin, concerning appointment of individual Protestant and Roman Catholic chaplains |
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Letter from James M Pike, governor, Richmond Lunatic Asylum, Dublin, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, expressing opposition to appointment to the institution of individual Protestant and Roman Catholic chaplains on account of the potential for ‘violent and dangerous contentions’ amongst the inmates, 19 May 1824. Also letter from Lord Robert Seymour, Portland Place, London, director of the poor of parish of St Marylebone, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary of Ireland, stressing value of having a formal curate appointed to bring regular instruction to asylum inmates, 24 July 1824. Encloses letter from Reverend Henry Budd, chaplain of Bethlem [Bethlehem] Royal Hospital, London, endorsing use of religious instruction for confined mentally ill patients by professional curates, especially for those who ‘are capable of receiving it’. Suggests a number of strategies for preventing an outbreak of discord between patients of competing religious establishments and emphasises overall advantages of such instruction, 21 July 1824. Also encloses copy outline of duties to be expected from a chaplain of a lunatic asylum, being an extract of a letter from Jonathan Gray to ‘WWCW’. |
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4 items; 10pp |
DATE(S): |
19 May 1824-24 Jul 1824 |
DATE EARLY: |
1824 |
DATE LATE: |
1824 |
ORIGINAL REFERENCE: |
1824/10522 |
NAI REFERENCE: |
CSO/RP/1824/1819 |
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Letter from Hill W Rowan, governor, Richmond General Penitentiary, Dublin, concerning application of Elizabeth Freeman for post of matron to institution |
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Letter from Hill W Rowan, governor, Richmond General Penitentiary, Grangegorman Lane, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, indicating that of the candidates who have put themselves forward to fill the situation of matron, the most suitable is Elizabeth Freeman, 23 November 1824. Also letters from Lady de Vesci [wife of John Vesey, 2nd Viscount de Vesci] and Elizabeth W Blackwood, [granddaughter of Earl Camden], Strangford, County Down, to Freeman, in support of her character, qualifications and abilities; plus 4 other similar letters of support mainly written by persons in County Down. Also letter from Mary Elizabeth Sarah Trench, Heywood, Ballynakill, Queen’s County [County Laois], and certificate from Reverend Stewart Trench, Church of Ireland rector of Dysert Gallen, Queen’s County, in support of Freeman’s application; plus 5 other similar letters in her favour [all letters of reference for Freeman are numbered in pencil 1-13]. |
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14 items; 37pp |
DATE(S): |
6 Aug 1824-23 Nov 1824 |
DATE EARLY: |
1824 |
DATE LATE: |
1824 |
ORIGINAL REFERENCE: |
1824/10523 |
NAI REFERENCE: |
CSO/RP/1824/1820 |
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Petition of Mrs Bracker, widow, Elphin, County Roscommon, seeking redress over false imprisonment at suit of Terence Caughlan |
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Petition of Mrs Bracker, widow, Elphin, County Roscommon, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting assistance and relief over alleged false imprisonment following case taken against her by Terence Caughlan over ownership of a cow. Claims that Caughlan seized her animal while it had strayed to other pastures and had a warrant taken against her for theft of the cow, for which she was imprisoned in Roscommon Gaol for 5 months. Observes that it was later admitted by the court that a miscarriage of justice had occurred but found that the decree awarded to her was not carried forward, due, she alleges, to the ‘connivance’ of Mr Lowther, an attorney. |
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1 item; 2pp |
DATE(S): |
11 Nov 1824 |
DATE EARLY: |
1824 |
DATE LATE: |
1824 |
ORIGINAL REFERENCE: |
1824/10525 |