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This letter is another letters from John Carvill to a Mr. T. Callan Macardle, Esq, Dundalk.   In later letters it is clearer that the subject of this "private" letter is the state of affairs of the Carvill's daughter, Ruth Martin Carvill Crossle, who was having an affair.   [Her husband, Philip Crossle, filed for divorce in Jan 1918 and it was finalized by the courts in Jan 1920.] Later letters indicate that Philip Crossle was intending at that point to move to Canada [that did not happen.] This letter has a note at the top "The envelope in which this was enclosed was marked Private and addressed to him at St. Margarets, Dundalk. T Callan Macardle, Dundalk J. Carvill [John Carvill] A brief history of Sir Thomas Callan Macardle, owner of Macardle Brewery in Dundalk, is at this web page:   https://www.jstor.org/stable/90021949 Sir Thomas Callan Macardle KBE 1915 Sir Thomas Callan Macardle is awarded the KBE for services in supplying grain to the British Troops during World War 1. Findagrave for Sir Thomas Callan Macardle:

Sir Thomas Callan Macardle

Signed

J. Carvill [John Carvill]