Kirkwall Water Supply: petition

• Reference:GB 241 D1/446
• Dates of Creation:1878
• Name of Creator:
  Irvine-Fortescue, James William (1937-1996), Chartered Accountant
• Language of Material:English
• Physical Description:
  0.01 Linear Metres

• Scope and Content

  Letter from William Firth, Kirkwall, to Archer Fortescue Esq., Swanbister, Orphir, enclosing a petition signed by residents in Kirkwall asking for current water supply to be maintained, 1878

• Administrative / Biographical History

  William Firth was a builder in Kirkwall who organised a petition, signed by 104 householders and residents in the upper portion of the burgh of Kirkwall, asking that the current water supply should be maintained.

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