ABSTRACT
Sir – As you are a gentleman by birth and education, and are in the enjoyment of youth, of good health, of an independent fortune, and of great influence among the Irish people, I take the liberty of addressing you as follows: I believe the prosperity and happiness of the people of Ireland would be greatly advanced by such large increase in the number of freehold properties in land as that the number of resident owners in fee simple should be increased at least one hundredfold. I therefore desire that the multiplication of small holdings in fee simple should be promoted by the abolition of the laws of primogeniture and entail, and by the simplification of legal proceedings for the transfer of ownership of land.
