From John Tyndall, Snr   Sep. 6th. 1841.

Mr John Tyndall | Ordinance Survey Office | Kinsale | Sep. 6th. 1841.

<text missing> that the base brutal and bloody whigs has been kicked out of office and Peel at the head of the torys now holding the reigns of Government,¹ and as soon as everything is settled I will use all my exertions to get you a situation and I think it will go hard with me if I am not victorious as I have some weighty metal to stand in the gap. Mr Conwill was here on Saturday evening last and read your letter² which was <text missing> give up such exercise for every paper I read gives an account of people being drowned by the boat upsetting³ and though I have not written to you sooner still my mind is very uneasy since I heard of it.

The people here are outwardly peaceable but the inward man I think much agitated. Exclusive dealing⁴ is still carried on to a great extent. Very few Romans⁵ come into my house and no shoemaker but Lorry Kavanagh.⁶ Captain Woodcock the agitator is dead and buried and would not let a papist Priest near him during his illness though Priest McMahon remained in John Cummins house⁷ for five days expecting to be called for. But nothing could bend Woodcock, he ordered his sister Cummins’s wife⁸ to bring his Bible and prayer book. She did so he place them under his head and told her that it was in their contents he believed and that no Priest should meddle with him, that though he joined them in politics he did not in religion. Mrs Groves⁹ is very ill with fever and I am afraid but bad hopes of her recovery. We are all well and hope you are well also

I am your affectionate father | John Tyndall

Remember me to Phil.¹⁰

RI MS JT/1/10/3241

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