Robert Goodbody Journal

that several years at a boarding school and I think came home in 1832, and remained at home for about a year , being very attentive to his business particularly up early every morning sending out the bread carts. I think it was in the spring of 1834 that I took him too Dublin and placed him at Samuel Bewley's shop in dame street. He paid a visit home that summer and again in the summer of 1835, which was the last time he was ever at home. It was the time when the assizes was first held in Tullamore, the 1st day before the Quarterly meeting in Moate, 9th mo. 1853. I was at the meeting of Ballymunway with Cooper Glibborn lodged in Moate that night and returned home next morning, when I found a letter from him which he only signed saying that he was ill. I forgot whether that was the 1st account I had of his illness, perhaps the signed letter came after. However I hoped that he was getting better, but had no cause for it. On 2nd day there was no post. On the 3rd day perhaps it was the letter I mentioned came, but I had a letter I think from Dr. Eustces saying that he heard that he was ill and went to see him, that he found him ill, but hoped he would soon be better. I waited until 4th day when another letter came when I was so uneasy about him that I went to Dublin that day on the coach, getting therein the evening, and found him very ill, but very glad to see me. From that until his death in about 12 days after I suffered as much anxiety as I ever did in the course of my life. His complaint was gastric fever. He was sometimes better but often got worse, and was at different times so delirious that it was most trying to be with him. At other times he would be quite rational and sensible and would do anything he would be advised to do. I had Dr Marsh several times to see him and at times he seemed to

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