| Title: | Dublin Castle to Rev Robert Gage, Rathlin Island: Famine. |
|---|---|
| ID | 2208 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Redington/20 |
| Year | 1846 |
| Sender | Mr Redington |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | civil servant? |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Dublin, Ireland |
| Destination | Rathlin Island, Co. Antrim, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Rev Robert Gage |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | Mr. Redington communicates Rev. Gage |
| Source | T 1883/57: Copied by Permission of D.B. Mc Laughlin, ESQ. #TYPE LET [W?] Redington, Dublin Castle, to Rev Robert Gage, Rathlin Island, 5th September 1846. |
| Archive | Public Record Office, N. Ireland |
| Doc. No. | 8910091 |
| Date | 05/09/1846 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LET |
| Log | 13:10:1989 LT created 15:01:1990 CMCN input 16:01: |
| Word Count | 77 |
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| Transcript | L 4579 Revd [Reverend?] Robt [Robert?] Gage Mr Redington Castle Rathlin Island 5 Sept [September?] 1846 Ballycastle About Employment of poor Famine Dublin Castle 5 Sept [September?] 1846 Sir I am directed by the Lord Lieutenant to Acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 26th Ultimo, representing the great distress of the in the Inhabitants of the Island of Rathlin in the Barony of Cary County of Antrim and to acquaint you, in reply, that His Excellency will consider the Expediency of introducing the provisions of the Poor Employment act into the District alluded to, for the relief of the Poor in that locality I have the honor to be Sir Revd [Reverend?] Robt [Robert?] Gage your obedient Servant Rathlin Island [W?] Redington Ballycastle |
