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William P. (W. P.) Williamson, Ahorey, County Armagh, to Hugh Williamson, Buckeye, Shasta Co., California, 10 November 1903
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Collection Williamson Letters
Title William P. (W. P.) Williamson, Ahorey, County Armagh, to Hugh Williamson, Buckeye, Shasta Co., California, 10 November 1903
Description W. P. Williamson, reports the death of Aunt Sally, age 85, on 29 October 1903. Weather has been very wet, compounding Irish farmers' economic problems : declares that farming "does not pay", because prices are depressed by international competition. He extolls the new Wyndham Land Act, and reports that he and the other tenants are meeting soon to consider the law and choose a deputation to meet with the estate agent. Reports on his prosperous sawmill operations; he has a turbine water wheel, and a new shingle sawing machine from America, which is a "splendid machine." (Dr. Arthur P. Williamson, Coleraine, also has a copy of this letter.)
Date 10/11/1903
Date Issued 27/03/2023
Resource Type Text
Archival Record Id p155/4/1/2
Publisher University of Galway
Extent 4pp
Topic Williamson Letters
Geographic Aghory (townland),Armagh (county),Ireland,Buckeye,Shasta (county),California,United States
Temporal Twentieth century,Nineteen hundreds (Decade)
Genre Transcript,Reproduction
Note Title and description by Professor Kerby Miller. Transcript text by letter donor.
Creator / Author Name William P. Williamson