Irland, lord viscount Morpeths testamente, 1841

Ireland, Lord Viscount Morpeth's Testimonial Roll, 1841

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Ancestry.com. Irland, lord viscount Morpeths testamente, 1841 [webbaserad databas]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors.
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The 1841 Irish Testimonial to Lord Morpeth. Castle Howard, York, England.

 Irland, lord viscount Morpeths testamente, 1841

När George Howard (lord viscount Morpeth) lämnade sin befattning som minister för Irland lämnade han efter sig en anmärkningsvärd avskedsgåva: en 350 meter lång pergamentrulle med namn och ibland adresser över 300 000 irländska medborgare. Männen på rullen kom från hela Irland och tillhörde alla samhällsklasser.

When George Howard (Lord Viscount Morpeth) left his post as Chief Secretary for Ireland, he was presented with a remarkable parting gift for an Englishman: a 420-meter roll of parchment signed by close to 160,000 people. The signers came from all over Ireland and from all levels of society, and some included their address or residence.

The 1841 date of the roll is particularly significant because it predates the beginning of the Great Famine in 1845 and because most 19th-century Irish census records have been destroyed.

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