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.