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Copy of answer
Buswell's Hotel Molesworth St Dear Sir I am very much obliged
from your letter, & I beg you will offer
DP Board my appreciation of their
kindness in allowing the C & C.P.S. an
increased bonus on the price of eggs
supplied by them of 35% — I feel
most grateful for this favourable
consideration of the difficulties
which I explained in my letter
and which will be considerably
relieved by the concessionof the
board - I think the C & C.P.S. will
long continue to supply eggs to
your hospital & give complete
satisfaction in all their dealings Faithfully Augusta Clonbrock
John Thompson Esq
This letter was written by Augusta Caroline Dillon Clonbrock, Lady Clonbrock (1840-1928)
to John Thompson Esq. In the letter Lady Clonbrock thanks Thompson and the board of
the hospital for allowing the Clonbrock Co-operative Society an increased bonus and
recognizing the increasing difficulties faced by the society.Aside from being the
wife of Luke Gerald Dillon, 4th Baron Clonbrock, Lady Clonbrock was also a prominent
member of the Irish Women's Association, founded to provide aid and assistance to
Irish soldiers and prisoners of war. The letter was addressed to John James Thompson
(1872-1924), the registrar at the Royal Hospital for Incurables.