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Office-Holders in Modern Britain
… 1867 Anderson, a barrister previously employed by the Irish government, was brought to London and attached to the … to retain his services indefinitely as Assistant on Irish Affairs. 64 In February 1868 one Assistant and one …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… form Eburacum, accepted by philologists, 9 is cognate with Irish ibhar, iubhar, 'yew'and this, combined with -acum, may … Report 9; cf. Symmachus, Epistolae, II, 77, on seven Irish wolf-hounds in iron cages; pointers, Oppian, …
Calendar of State Papers, Scotland
… she required his help against her "traitorously affected Irish" (p. 467), and found that her policy reacted on her. … Both he and Argyll were tempted with fair offers from the Irish rebels, whereas parsimony threatened to cost Elizabeth … leaves an unfinished tale both in the story of the Irish rebellion and in the story of domestic politics and …
Prisoners' Letters to the Bank of England, 1781-1827
… exposing a local accent; for instance, Scottish ( 63), Irish ( 5756, 596, 672), London ( 215, 677). The heavy …
Chelsea Settlement and Bastardy Examinations, 1733-1766
… also confirm the presence in London of large numbers of Irish ( 27, 127, 144, 164, 192, 205), Scots ( 19, 141), and Welsh ( 139) migrants. Of the Scottish and Irish samples almost all had been soldiers who ended up in …
The Letters of William Freeman, London Merchant, 1678-1685
… of his sister's brother-in-law, William Stapleton, 'an Irish-born, French-trained, English-court-connected soldier … gentleman of known valour and integrity' with a deepseated Irish understanding of how 'to govern his countrymen' (many … with food and drink provisions (like Madeira wine and Irish beef and butter), building materials (such as paving …
Unpublished London Diaries
… Less cultural amusements were also popular. An anonymous Irish clergyman ( 64) joined friends for a summer walk in … Nerves of their Neighbours.' In 1827 his compatriot the Irish journalist Edward Moran ( 237) 'Went for the first time …