Correspondence, 1843-1857

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Correspondents include: S. Shelton, C. Herbert, J. Reddington, S. Barrington and R. Jebb.

Subjects include: Disapproval of the Poor Law system, suggestions offered for alternative systems and a petition, a newspaper article that stated the Depot of the 4th Regiment when embarked at Cook gave three cheers for Repeal campaign which supported the re-creation of an independent Ireland from Great Britain - strictly denied by leaders of the regiment, quoted cost of a new pair of colours, developing the agricultural school in Limerick, grant from the London Reproductive Loan Fund for the establishment of an agricultural school.

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