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• Held At: Parliamentary Archives: GB-061
• Catalogue Reference: HL/PO/RO/1/144
• Accession Number: 4013
• Ref No: HL/PO/RO/1/144
• Date: [1882]
• Level: File
• Extent: 2 folios
• Creator Name: Parnell; Charles Stewart; (1846-1891) Political Leader
• Administrative or Biographical History: Parnell was Leader of the Irish Nationalist Party (1880-1890), in favour of "home rule" for Ireland. He sat for Meath from April 1875 to April 1880, when he was returned simultaneously for Meath, Mayo and Cork city and was MP until his death in Oct 1891.
• Acquisition: Purchased by Parliamentary Archives from Roy Davids Ltd, Historical Books and Manuscripts Dealer, Great Haseley, Oxfordshire, in March 2002. Accession number 4013.
• Description: This letter relates to two key issues of Parnell's political career, the Land Acts and the Land League. He is sending suggestions of draft land purchase clauses, for insertion in the Land Commission Bill to Lord Richard Grosvenor MP and Liberal Chief Whip. He explains that he is sending a copy of the Bill itself showing how the clauses would be added. Parnell also suggests that Parliament should introduce a Bill giving the Lord Lieutenant powers to make a new redistribution of the constabulary, in order to immediately raise the present force to the maximum number authorised by Parliament.
• Terms:
  • Political leadership,
  • Ireland,
  • Legislation,
• Language: English
• Related Material: Correspondence and papers (1880-82) (110 items) of Charles Parnell relating to the American branch of Irish Land League can be found at Boston College Libraries, Special Collections, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts MA 02167, U.S.A.; correspondence with TC Harrington (1881-91) is held at the National Library of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin, Republic of Ireland, as well as letters from Charles Parnell from his agent in Liverpool (1884-90) in 1967 Repositories; correspondence with John Dillon can be found at Trinity College Dublin, College Street, Dublin 2, Republic of Ireland in MSS 6455-6909; copies of letters from Michael McCartan are held at University College Dublin, Archives Department, Belfield, Dublin 4, Republic of Ireland, in P11/B.
• Access Status: Open
• Physical Description: Manuscript

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