The John Sadleir archive consists of a series of letters written by John Sadleir (1813-1856), banker and M.P. to Michael Dunne (J.P and M.P. 1850-1865).Tipperary born solicitor, John Sadleir was a founding member of the Tipperary Joint Stock Bank, (est.1839), a parliamentary agent, legal advisor, and M.P for Carlow and then Sligo, whose disastrous speculation and fraud led to the failing of the Tipperary and other banks and the ruin of many of his investors.This archive contains 34 letters written by John Sadleir from November 1852 to May 1854 to his colleague Michael Dunne M.P. of Stradbally, county Laois. The letters concern both national and local politics, including Sadleir’s appointment to the junior ministry (PP18/5), the Tenant League’s efforts to see him defeated in the election (PP18/8), the introduction of income tax to Ireland (PP18/25) and Gladstone’s budget of 1853 (PP18/27), as well as local matters such as the Barrow River drainage (PP18/12) and the appointment of a postmaster at Mountrath (PP18/13).
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