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Photocopied letter dated 12/9/1893 to the County Clerk from a group of cottars and fishermen.

Letter dated 12/9/1893 to the County Clerk from a group of cottars and fishermen wanting to rent land in Crossapol or Heylipol..

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Request for land to rent in 1893

Letter dated 12th September 1893 to the County Clerk from a group of cottars and fishermen wanting to rent land in Crossapol or Heylipol from the Duke of Argyll. Cottars were poor, landless islanders who struggled to make a living.

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