Letter from James Hamilton, 8th Earl of Abercorn to William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire

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Scope and Content

Concerns the certificates acquired by Papist enlisting in the Irish army being written by Presbytarian ministers or forged, rather than being incorrectly granted by parish priests as the 4th Duke assumed. Written from Baronscourt [County Tyrone]. Signed: "Abercorn".

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This is a reply to CS4/229.

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