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Bound volume containing copies of letters by Davys Tuckey [signed D Tuckey], attorney, to family and friends. The volume also contains verse, essays, and copies of essays and letters, including a letter by Rev John Armstrong on D Tuckey's death, dated 30 Nov 1819. The copy letters are all in one hand, and include initialled editorial notes. Tuckey's main correspondents are Dr Thomas Tuckey, Mallow [brother], Susan Tuckey (nee Kift, D Tuckey's wife), and John Thomas Kift (her brother). Subjects include his legal work, financial affairs, health, and family matters. One letter to Susan shortly precedes their marriage, which, as is noted, occurred on 5 Feb 1803. Many letters to her are addressed from English cities, including Bath, Portsmouth, and London. He also wrote regularly from Dublin, where he attended court sittings, and other Irish towns. The remainder of the volume includes an essay on the new testament and the virtues, a copy of an address of Rev John Alcock of Frankfield (23 Nov 1843), poems (including 'The Supper - A Mock Heroic Poem' by D Tuckey, 1789), and further verse, essays, and other writings on religious themes.

Volume of verse, with a note inside front cover stating 'Paper watermarked 1826. Some original verse by Francis H Tuckey of Cork & others'. The poem 'To Zaida', by FH Tuckey is dated June 1839 (p5). Another 'written on the Limerick Mail' is dated 1842 (p23). The last dated poems in the volume are from 1845. There are also poems by Rev John H Tuckey, Captain James H Tuckey RN, J Tuckey, and Miss M Tuckey. The final item is 'A Hymn for an Infant School' by Susanna M Connor. 56pp

Bound Volume entitled 'Schiller's Fight with the Dragon: A Poem'. The book begins with printed [engraved] images, a page stating 'Etched/Anna R Revins', a title page dated 1851, and a dedication from 'the artist' at Wilton to George Strong. These are followed by the poem, in English manuscript, on pages with decorative borders.

Counterpart lease, dated 13 Sep 1879, from John Tuckey, Kilronan, Dunmanway, Co Cork, to Wiliam Guest Lane, William Edward Gumbleton, Richard Hayes, and George Francis Hodder, trustees of the masonic First Lodge of Ireland, of 'premises formerly known as the Music Room with the shops thereunder situate' on Tuckey Street, Cork (No 27 Tuckey St), subject to existing shop tenancies, for 99 years, at an annual rent of £50 Sterling. On the reverse of the deed is a Survey of Premises, showing No.s 24-27 Tuckey St, by WC Ryder, 4 Sep 1879, scale 8 feet to one inch. Deed sanctioned by JP Hamilton, Recorder of Cork, 9 January 1880 (required as Tuckey is a limited owner under the Landed Property Improvement (Ireland) Act, 1860).