Dates: 1880s

1999.191.15

Photocopied letter to the editor of the Times from the Duke of Argyll dated 27/7/1886.

Letter to the editor of the Times from the Duke of Argyll dated 27/7/1886 correcting an error in article which stated that notices of ejection were issued for non-payment of rent rather than because of violent seizure of land occupied by other tenants.

1999.191.18.1

Photocopied newspaper article and letter about the seizure of Greenhill by Tiree crofters, 1886

Newspaper article about the seizure of Greenhill by Tiree crofters, and letter to the editor from D. H. MacFarlane about the injustice of the Duke of Argyll`s policy of land consolidation which pushed smallholders of the land.

1999.191.19.1

Photocopied newspaper article and letter about the seizure of Greenhill by Tiree crofters, 1886

Newspaper article about the seizure of Greenhill by Tiree crofters and the arrival of the Royal Marines on board HMS Ajax in Oban, and letter to the editor from the Duke of Argyll disagreeing with point of view put by D. H. MacFarlane.