Major Durbin to James McCrone: subscription appeal for school at Foxdale lead mines
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AP_49-46.txt
- Name
- Major Durbin to James McCrone: subscription appeal for school at Foxdale lead mines
- Description
- Letter from Major Joseph J Durbin (Mount Murray) to James McCrone requesting assistance in securing the Duke of Atholl's patronage for a subscription to build a schoolhouse for poor children at Foxdale lead mines. The letter dates to 1825, well after the 1765 Revestment, but provides contextual information about Atholl family charitable interests and land-holding patterns on the Isle of Man during their post-Revestment period.
- Date
- 17 October 1825
- Place
- Isle of Man
- Type
- Administrative Correspondence
- Date Created
- 1825-10-17
- Creator
- Major Joseph J Durbin, Mount Murray
- Audience
- James McCrone (intermediary to the Duke of Atholl)
- Identifier
- AP_49-46
- Language
- English