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Articles of Agreement of the Tontine Buildings Company of the Town of Ennis

Articles of Agreement of the Tontine Buildings Company of the Town of Ennis

Description

Name: Bindon Street Tontine
Year: 1836
Type: Building Tontine
Amount Raised: £2,000
Status: Operational 

The west side of Bindon Street, Ennis was financed via tontine. 20 shares priced at £100 each were issued to fund the building of five properties. The tontine annuities were paid from rents charged on the properties.

Source: Royal Irish Academy, HT (Box) 470/21, The Charter Party; or Articles of Agreement of the Tontine Buildings Company of the Town of Ennis; with a List of the Subscribers Names, and also of Their Nominees, (Ennis, 1836). The first nine pages are provided.

Reproduced with permission from the Royal Irish Academy. Please appropriately cite any sources used.


Dr Andrew McDiarmid

Newman Building, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
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