| Summary: | Contains estate correspondence of James Nixon, agent of the Leslie's Cordoo (Corduff) Estate, Co. Monaghan and Pettigo Estate, Co. Donegal, dated 1815-1835. Nixon also served in the Monaghan Militia alongside Colonel Charles Powell Leslie II and was appointed paymaster of the militia from 1798. Correspondence is largely between Nixon and Charles Powell Leslie and concerns topics including leases, tenants and rent, legal and financial affairs, land purchase opportunities and estate maintenance.
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