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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!!

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To: epicure who wrote (67380)12/19/1999 1:15:00 PM
From: Ilaine  Read Replies (1) of 108807
 
As an example of how difficult the situation was in Ireland, here is an excerpt from the London Illustrated Times of 1849. A law was passed requiring landlords to contribute a tiny amount of money per tenant to the poorhouses. As a result, the landlords evicted the tenants, rather than pay for them. This sounds heartless, but most of the landlords were not wealthy, themselves.

people.virginia.edu

This seems to be a good source in general, in that it recounts versions from several perspectives:

people.virginia.edu

also:

toad.net
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