| Title: | Joshua Peel, Solicitor, Armagh to A. W. Smyth. |
|---|---|
| ID | 2113 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Peel, Joshua/11 |
| Year | 1906 |
| Sender | Peel, Joshua |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | solicitor |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Armagh, N.Ireland |
| Destination | Co. Tyrone, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Smyth, Andrew Wood |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | business |
| Source | Copyright Retained by Brendan O'Reilly, O'Reilly's Bar &Restaurant, Main St., Dromara, Co. Down. |
| Archive | Original Held by Above Donor. |
| Doc. No. | 9809081 |
| Date | 8/11/1906 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LET |
| Log | Document added by LT, 11:09:98. |
| Word Count | 366 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | Andrew Smyth, Esq. M.D. Dunamanagh [Dunnamanagh?] Co. Tyrone. Confidential JOSHUA E.PEEL & SON, SOLICITORS JOSHUA E. PEEL JOHN A. PEEL ENGLISH STREET ARMAGH 8th Nov 1906 Dear Sir We have this day had a long letter from a Mr. Ernest T. Florance Cousellor of Law and Notary Public of 320 St. Charles St. New Orleans. He states that he is legal adviser of the British Consulate there, and also Counsel for the Public Administration at New Orleans. He states that it is part of the duty of such administration to protect the property there of persons who have been absent from the State for over ten years, and who have no representative there if that property is in danger of being lost and he states that you have property there which was at one time of little value and which you appeared to have abandoned on account of an unjust judgment against you, but that it has since owing to railway enterprise increased enormously in value, and as you are more than ten years absent the administration has taken your interests up, but he is being thwarted and opposed by an attorney named J.R. Richardson who professes to be acting on your authority, but who (Mr. Florance believes) has no such authority, but may possibly be trying to obtain a power of attorney from you. Our correspondent asks us to warn you against giving any such power to Mr. Richardson or if you have given such, states it ought to be revoked without delay, and he advises you to give a Power to either Mr. Hewes T. Gurley whom you know, or the British Consul Mr. H. Carew Hunt and he has sent us a form of power suitable with blank for the name, which you will require to execute before the American Consul at Belfast or Derry if there be one. We have had no correspondence with Mr. Florance previously but his advice seems sound and you appear to have a large pecuniary interest in the property and we are of opinion you should give that matter your immediate attention. Yours faithfully, Joshua Peel & Son. P.S. We shall of course supply you with the form of Power should you so desire and also if you desire it with copy of the letter. J.E. P & S. [Joshua Peel & Son?] |
