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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

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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

Cork 1780
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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