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William Henry Carroll Tontine Company 

William Henry Carroll Tontine Company 

Type

Private Building Tontine


Description

William Henry Carroll Tontine Company 
Year:1838
Type: Building Tontine
Amount to be raised: £100,000
Status: Non-operational

For building a new street, from Richmond Bridge to the temple in the Queen's Inns between Henrietta Street and Constitution Hill, to be called 'Great Wellesley Street'.

Source: RIA, HP 1719/7, W.H. Carrol, Proposed Prospectus for Forming a Tontine Company, for Building the New Intended Street, from Richmond Bridge to the Temple in the Queen’s Inns between Henrietta Street and Constitution Hill, to Be Called, by Permission of the Most Noble the Marquis Wellesley, ‘Great Wellesley Street’ (Dublin, 1838).

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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