A Manuscript Letter from Hugh Stoney Abbey Leix and Electoral Divisions Abbeyleix Union and a Hand drawn and Hand Coloured Map of Some of the Areas That Make Up the Union

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There are 4 items: 1. letter from Stoney is to Captain Black explaining that he has had an urgent messsage from Durrow to go there at once and he fears he will not be back on time to meet him. 2. A coloured map 3. and a list of Townlands. He goes on to say that he and Dr.Walshe have been asked by more than one Guardian to make a proposal and he makes the proposal in the letter and asks Black to consider the advisability of supporting it suggesting it would be carried more easily than a general change in the Union.would serve the interests of the poor and rate payers perhaps the best. The letter is signed. Holes to one leaf but minimal effect on text. With this are 4pp. of notes which appear to be the basis on which this proposal was arrived at. A large folio sheet lists 22 electoral divisions with the names of the Townlands that make up each division. Along the left margin in red pen the names of the union area within which the townlands are located is indicated. Undated, but likely late 19th century.4. 4 pp. of notes outlining the size of the area and population of the Townlands with additional notes. N° de ref. del artículo 020646

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