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Loan £700
HW Classes L.G. Board, Dublin Dec 1st 1915 Sir With reference to the application of the
Longord Urban Dt. Council for the issue of the final
instalment of the supplemental loan of £700
sanctioned for the purpose of erecting woring class
lodging houses under the housing of the Working
Classes Acts, I am directed by the Local Gov Board
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Board for Ireland to request that they may be
informed as to exact amount required to
defray all expenditure and liabilities incurred
in connection with these works. By order of the Board
M Gregg The Clerk Urban Council
Longford
Letter from Michael Gregg to Nicholas Lamb concerning a loan taken out by the Longford
Urban Council to erect houses under the Housing of the Working Classes Act.
Michael Gregg (b. 1859) was the Principal Clerk in Local Government Board, Dublin.
Nicholas Lamb (b. 1861) was the Town Clerk of Longford and served on the Longford
Urban District Council. The Longford Urban District Council was the towns local authority
and was renamed the Longford Town Council in 2002.