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daughters. Fanny is due to leave in 2 or 3 months after her “marriage by
proxy” to Mr. Bouvier. “Old Power” is strongly objecting to any marriage
between Eliza Nash and his son. Peggy Power and her daughters travelled to
meet them “nor ever was astonishment greater then theirs at seeing the kind
of being Eliza actually is, when she was represented to them…old, crooked,
sickly & ill tempered”. Queries who could have spread such rumours, and
voices her concern for the young man’s health. Inquires if Dan Ryan and
Alexander Mansfield have “ Come to Temple” and gives news of other
relatives.
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462 18 Dec 1807
Brief letter to Mary Anne Ryan, 55 Duke St., Manchester Square, London,
from Mary Nash, informing her of the marriage of Eliza Nash and David
Power “ I was kept in total ignorence untill he came here Wednesday night, &
then they informed me of her first act of disobediance”. Adds she is looking
forward to Phil’s visit which “comes very timely in my hour of tryal”.
463 13 Jan 1808
Letter to Mary Anne Ryan from Mary Nash, Cheltenham detailing Phil
Ryan’s recent visit, and giving news of family and friends. She is still upset at
the manner of the marriage of her daughter Eliza, however “the young pair are
as happy & as content with each other as possible to imagine”. She is a little
upset at the thought of leaving Jane and especially Eliza but “as she has been
away from me since her marriage, I am a little trained to it, the day she set out
with her husband to Worcester I thought I shd have died”.
464 Jan – May 1809
Bill directed to Mrs. Ryan for various expenditures, including “Feb 24 Paid
for Carrying poor Woman to hospital 5:0”.
465 26-28 June 1812
Letter to Mary Anne Ryan, 2 Lower Sackville Street, Dublin from her sister in
law Mary Nash, Marlow, thanking her for her letter with all its welcome news.
Refers to her case against McGhee (“impertinent fool”) which Phil Ryan is
handling for her “I would sell my gown to punish the viper legally”. Discusses
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