Photocopied letter from the Parish Council Clerk D. MacPhail dated 9/8/1895.
Letter from the Parish Council Clerk D. MacPhail dated 9/8/1895 to the Duke`s chamberlain with a excerpt from the Parich Council minutes listing the number of applicants wanting to lease small holdings and allotments from the Council.
Photocopied handwritten letter from Hugh MacDiamid dated 11/9/1899.
Letter from the factor Hugh MacDiarmid dated 11/9/1899 to the Duke`s chamberlain about a hay shed in Heylipol, the water supply to the Lodge, Donald Cameron – a squatter in Hough, cottars not paying rent and the croft of the late Neil MacLean, Caoles.
MacDiarmid’s Report on Applicants for Allotments November 1893
Transcription of Hugh MacDiarmid’s report on applicants to the County Council for small holdings and allotments in 1893.
Courtesy of His Grace the Duke of Argyll
In November 1893 the Tiree factor for Argyll Estates Hugh MacDiarmid reported on a hundred and seventeen islanders who had applied to the County Council for small holdings and allotments under the Small Holding Act of the previous year.
The Council was required by the Act to investigate whether a petition for small holdings was ‘presented in good faith and on reasonable grounds’ and to inquire into the circumstances of the petitioners. Most of those assessed in MacDiarmid’s report had little or no means.
The Act allowed councils to let small holdings, instead of offering them for sale, where ‘persons desirous of themselves cultivating small holdings are unable to buy’ and the land did not exceed fifteen acres in extent.
Three handwritten letters about the burning of a shepherd`s cottage on the Reef, 1899
Copies of three letters: (1) from the factor Hugh MacDiarmid dated 31/3/1899 about the burning of a shepherd`s cottage on the Reef, Tom Barr`s involvement and the decoration of the Lodge, (2) private postscript attached to letter from factor Hugh MacDiarmid dated 31/3/1899 about Tom Barr whom he finds `a violent tempered man`, (3) from solicitors Lindsay Howe & Co of Edinburgh dated 14/3/1899 re the burning of a shepherd`s cottage on the Reef and who is responsible for its restoration.
Photocopied letter from the factor Hugh MacDiarmid to the Duke`s chamberlain dated 27/9/1890.
Letter from the factor Hugh MacDiarmid to the Duke`s chamberlain dated 27/9/1890 about Tom Barr`s apllication for fencing in Balephetrish and the repayment of loans made to fishermen.
Photocopied letter from Hugh MacDiarmid to the Duke`s chamberlain dated 7/12/1898.
Letter from the factor Hugh MacDiarmid dated 7/12/1898 to the Duke`s chamberlain about the deaths of two crofters, Archibald Brown of Mannal and Donald MacDonald of Ruaig, the state of the miller`s house at Cornaig (rotten flooring), and a request by Donald MacFadyen to build a store in Cornaigmore and a Coal-ree at Kenovay.
Photocopied letter from the factor Hugh MacDiarmid dated 23/11/1898.
Letter from the factor Hugh MacDiarmid dated 23/11/1898 to the Duke`s chamberlain about the repair of the bridges at Kirkapol and Cornaig.
Photocopied letter from the factor Hugh MacDiarmid dated 22/11/1898.
Letter from the factor Hugh MacDiarmid dated 22/11/1898 about a deputation coming to see the Duke about the pier in Tiree.
Photocopied letter from the factor Hugh MacDiarmid dated 14/11/1898.
Letter from the factor Hugh MacDiarmid dated 14/11/1898 to the Duke`s chamberlain about a doorbell for Dr Buchanan`s house so that patients can rouse him during stormy nights, and the repairs required to the water supply at Island House.
Photocopied letter from the factor Hugh MacDiarmid dated 16/11/1898.
Letter from the factor Hugh MacDiarmid dated 16/11/1898 to the Duke`s chamberlain about the Campbells in Balinoe who lost their stock and are in rent arrears, Hector Lamont of Kirkapol who is requesting assistance to put a roof on the barn he`s built and the reasons why the cash balance for October is not as large as it appears.
