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Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)LAdd/1906
TitleLetter from [Mary Tighe] to Susan [Catherine] Butticuz
Extent2 items
Date[Late 18th-early 19th century]
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DescriptionUndated letter sent to Rossana, Wicklow. The author writes that she has received two doves from Uncle Tom to send to the recipient. She invites Butticuz to visit and makes reference to her ill health.

Accompanied by a note by J.E.D. which identifies the author as Mrs Henry Tighe (1772-1810), author of 'Psyche', and the recipient as his mother, Susan Catherine Butticuz (afterwards Mrs Davis).

Rossana, County Wicklow is the address of Mary Tighe's cousin Caroline Tighe (later Hamilton) and her mother Sarah.
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