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Ms. letter from George Turnbull, Charleville Estate Office, Tullamore, concerning a meeting of the subscribers to the Charleville Presentation Fund. During a meeting of the Relief Committee held the same evening, Mr. D.A. Bradley was appointed secretary and was directed to write by that evening’s post to “her Ladyship forwarding a similar resolution to that passed at the former meeting”. Mr. Pat Rigney expressed his belief that Lady Emily had expressed the wish that the money should go to the Relief Fund and that the subscribers were in agreement.

Address and presentation to Lady Emily A.J. Howard-Bury by the residents of Tullamore and the tenants on the Charleville Estate. The latter groups express their congratulations on Lady Emily’s return to health and to Charleville Forest. They desire that Lady Emily’s children, who have accompanied her, may “always consider this their home… [and] continue to reside among their own people and with [ Lady Emily’s ] example adhere to the noble traditions of their family”. The subscribers beg her acceptance of the accompanying presentation “as a lasting memorial of the friendly feelings they entertain “towards her.
Includes Lady Emily’s reply of thanks for the diamond stais which she will “value…all [her] life” as a reminder of the “friendship and affection of all who have known [her] since childhood, and of their love and esteem for [her] family”. She also desires that her children, after an absence of three years in Charleville, will grow up amongst the tenants and “by & bye prove themselves worthy of your love and respect”. Lady Emily concludes with the wish that the “happy relations” so long existing between her family and the tenants may continue “ for many generations”