Letters of a great Irish Landlord.
Author: MAGUIRE, W. A. (Editor).
Belfast: HMSO, 1974. 189 pages. Illustrated. Large format Paperback.
A selection from the estate correspondence of the third Marquess of Downshire, 1809-45. The letters are divided into 12 sections of interest: purchase of land, landlord and agent, debt, payment of interest, collection of rent, tithes, the postwar crisis, leases, tenant right, politics, improvements, the landlord. The book includes a chart of the `Pedigree of the Hill family to 1845′. Much interesting social and economic history pertaining to estates in Wicklow, King’s County (Offaly) and County Down.
ISBN: None/Unknown
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