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.
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.
Photocopied letter to the editor from D. H. MacFarlane about the Duke of Argyll`s policy of land consolidation.
Letter to the editor from D. H. MacFarlane in response to the Duke of Argyll`s letter to the editor of 31/7/1886.
Photocopied newspaper article correcting an error in a letter to the editor from D. H. MacFarlane dated 6/8/1886.
Correction to letter from D. H. MacFarlane which should have read `six tenants paying over £2,600 and one over £1,200`.
Photocopied newspaper article about the sale of the Tiree by the Duke of Argyll.
Tiree was offered for sale by auction by the Duke of Argyll but withdrawn when there were no bids.
Photocopied newspaper article about Malcolm Campbell, Balemartine, who survived four sinkings in the two World Wars.
Newspaper article ‘Survived Four Sinkings in Two Wars’ published in the Campeltown Courier, 8th May, 1943. The story of Malcolm Campbell, a ship`s carpenter from Tiree, whose ship was sunk twice in World War I and who was torpedoed twice in four months during World War II.
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Copied newspaper artcicle about New Zealand pioneer Archibald MacLean.
Obituary for Archibald MacLean (1844-1929) originally from Greenhill who was one of the Hawke`s Bay pioneers.
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.
Photocopied newspaper article about the seizure of Greenhill by Tiree crofters.
newspaper article about the seizure of Greenhill by Tiree crofters.
Photocopied newspaper article about the seizure of Greenhill by Tiree crofters.
Article about the seizure of Greenhill by Tiree crofters and their impending arrest by Royal Marines.
