Adam's The History Sale Tuesday 24th April 2018

49 The History Sale 72 INDENTURE ON VELLUM DATED 4TH MARCH, 17.. between Henry,Viscount Palmerstown and James Reilly of the City of Dublin (coach owner) for lease of lands at Cullenswood, sealed and signed by the principals, with coloured outline survey map, on vellum, entitled “A Survey of Part of Cullenswood in the County of Dublin, the estate of the Right Honourable, Lord Palmerston, let to Mr Riely” By John Browning, 1785; together with, Indenture on vellum (part pre-printed) 2nd December 1813 between Matilda Blakely (administration of James Reilly of the City of Dublin, coach owner, deceased) and James Lawlor of the Riverstown in the King’s country re lands of Old Merrion in the County and City of Dublin (8 acres, 2 roads and 30 perches) sealed and signed by the principals HenryTemple (1739 - 1802) succeeded as 2ndViscount, he inherited large estates in Ireland set up in the 17th century by SirWilliamTemple and his son, Swifts benefactor.At the time of these transactions theTemples were Anglicised absentees with a magnificent country house at Broadlands in Hampshire € 600 - 1,000 73 COUNTY KERRY A small but informative archive of papers relating to the great Catholic landown- ers of Kerry the Brownes, Earls of Kenmare and the Mahoney’s of Dunloe Castle, unsorted, comprising in brief: military, landowning and money matters (a) A bundle, re-transfer of land, Lord Henry Petty head leasor, between Daniel and John Mahoney, council’s opinion, bill of costs to settle O’Connell, Indenture 28th February 1793 between Cornelius Meara of Killoghane, Co. Kerry, farmer and Timothy Connor, weaver, and related documents (b) A bundle with covering label “Letters from my uncle, Colonel Denis Mahony to different members of his family at home, Daniel Mahony, Dunloe, Co. Kerry 12th April 1839”.Approx. 20 long and densely written letters from military camps and entitled Europe c. 1780/1781, all addressed to County Kerry, most with postal au- thorities directions “par Prague, Nuremberg, Bruxelles, Londres, Dublin” containing a wealth of detail on military and social matters (c)‘Pedigree of Demitrius O’Mahoney’, an old copy of certificate “Donné a Dublin le jour de Novembre 1767” and some attached documents (d) Daniel Mahoney of Dunloe, an extensive correspondence including a series of letters from Lord Kenmare in Dublin c.1780s, descriptions of service in India incluing graphic eye witness account of the storming of the fortress of Malliah and the horror of the slaughter “Oh Dan, the scene was truly pitiable, heartrending and sickening”, letters to his sister and mother, the matter of bankruptcy, negotiations to sell a company of foot and extraneous items € 1,000 - 1,500