Extracts from a letter from Laurence Eyre at 60 Beaver Street, New York City, United States of America, to Sophia Clibborn in Moate, County Westmeath.

Research on Streamstown Tower House (Site), Co. Offaly (Parish of Reynagh, Barony of Garrycastle). County Inventory Registration: 862.
Contains field sheet with a written report over one page and 3 photographs.

Original incoming and copy outgoing letters relating to Ernest H Browne's management of the Bellair Estate. Matters referred to include:
outstanding head rent owed by Henry Adamson for holdings at Curries, Co. Westmeath; attempts to establishment the tenant of the estate between Henry Adamson and Captain Arthur G Adamson; negotiations of purchase price; affidavit granting application the Judicial Commissioner for payment of arrears and Land Commission case.

Includes letter from Browne to Mulock, "I quite agree with your views, but the difficulty is, from what Goodbody tells me, taking any proceedings against any man who is at the Front, however, we are making inquires at the Land Commission to see exactly how this case stands, and are going to try and ascertain from the Land Commission Officials whether they think it would be likely that a Judge would give an Order for them to pay us direct". (18 February 1916).

Original incoming and copy outgoing letters relating to Ernest H Browne's management of the Bellair Estate. Matters referred to include: the sale of untenanted lands of Mulock's estates in Killeenboylegan, Knockdomny and Ballynagarbry.

Includes memo from William Bury Homan Mulock, "I am given to understand that my King's County estate will be inspected by the Land Commission early next year and my Westmeath towards the end of the same year. I have lately had much trouble on these Westmeath lands owing to Cattle driving, boycotting of my herd, assaults on my steward and herd, and injuries to my walls, which have been knocked down, and to my pumps which have had stones thrown down them thereby depriving my cattle of water. I therefore find much difficulty in managing the said farms and retaining my subordinates in my service... My mowing and haymaking machinery, horses, and labourers which I sent yesterday from here to my Westmeath farm had to be protected on the six miles of road by the police and I am in dread of my meadows being spiked or my hay and shed burnt, and my old herd writes me that he is in nightly dread of his house being fired into. To farm profitably under such conditions is quite out of the question" (20 July 1910) .

Letter from William Bury Homan Mulock the Secretary of Estates Commissioners, "At this price, as life tenant, I shall be suffering a considerable pecuniary loss, for instance, if I sell these valuable fattening lands I am absolutely handicapping my home farm at Bellair, where I breed extensively and have hitherto been able to finish my young stock. The extra police patrolling these lands, the subject of your offer, having lately been withdrawn, I greatly fear that if we do not come to terms the cattle driving, and perhaps other outrages, will be resumed and a disturbance caused in the country." (2 February 1911)

Letter from Dalkeith Holmes Plunkett-Johnston at 54 Wellington Road, Ballsbridge, County Dublin, to Maria Blanche Fuller at Rockfield, Moate, King's County (County Offaly), regarding his private trial results, her next visit to Dublin, and an upcomming horse race.

Letter from Lizzie Helen Fuller at Rockfield, Moate, County Westmeath, to her sister Maria Blanche Plunkett-Johnston. This letter is attached to another sheet of paper, which has a caption written by Adam Lamb in 1924. On the back of this sheet is another letter, from Eva Sophia Marsh at Rockfield, Moate, County Westmeath, to her sister Maria Blanche Plunkett-Johnston on 5 March 1881.

Letter from Reverend Abraham Stritch Fuller at 24 Leeson Park, Dublin, County Dublin, to his niece Maria Blanche Plunkett-Johnston at Rockfield, Moate, County Westmeath.

Letter from Reverend Abraham Stritch Fuller at 24 Leeson Park, Dublin, County Dublin, to his niece Maria Blanche Plunkett-Johnston at Rockfield, Moate, County Westmeath.