The Making of the Crofting CommunityDonald, 1976 - 309 pages |
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Page 37
... MacDonald estate and , for that matter , on every other property in the west Highlands and islands were consequently ... estate in Skye rose from £ 2,296 in 1800 to £ 7,374 in 1811 ; ( 30 ) while that of Lord MacDonald's estate on the ...
... MacDonald estate and , for that matter , on every other property in the west Highlands and islands were consequently ... estate in Skye rose from £ 2,296 in 1800 to £ 7,374 in 1811 ; ( 30 ) while that of Lord MacDonald's estate on the ...
Page 62
... MacDonald for particular censure . Confronted with a destitute population of about 14,000 he had agreed to employ ... estate management made ' a handsome profit ' on the transaction . ( 128 ) The upshot , as Major Haliday remarked with more ...
... MacDonald for particular censure . Confronted with a destitute population of about 14,000 he had agreed to employ ... estate management made ' a handsome profit ' on the transaction . ( 128 ) The upshot , as Major Haliday remarked with more ...
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... MacDonald estate in the early nineteenth century , ( 26 ) they added , Ben Lee had been outside the officially recognised marches of the Braes townships whose tenants , therefore , had had the use of the hill ' merely ... on sufferance ...
... MacDonald estate in the early nineteenth century , ( 26 ) they added , Ben Lee had been outside the officially recognised marches of the Braes townships whose tenants , therefore , had had the use of the hill ' merely ... on sufferance ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Beginnings of Crofting 18001820 | 15 |
A Redundant Population 18211844 | 34 |
Copyright | |
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