tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3955617240705776425.post4238927256800522375..comments2024-02-03T10:25:45.587+00:00Comments on Napier Commission in the Outer Hebrides: Keose, Lewis, 12 June 1883 - Murdo McmillanADBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17737746983905368038noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3955617240705776425.post-75151813419451115702010-07-22T19:59:44.090+01:002010-07-22T19:59:44.090+01:00Appendix XXXIX to the Commission's final repor...Appendix XXXIX to the Commission's final report quotes the full letter, of which a mutilated copy is related in response to question 17454. <br /><br /><b>CALBOST LOCHS, BY STORNOWAY,<br />23rd December 1882.<br />LADY MATHESON OF THE LEWIS,</b><br /><br />HONOURED LADY,—On behalf of a number of fishermen residing at Calbost, Maravich, and Gravir, in the parish of Lochs, I beg leave most respectfully to send you herewith copy of a petition, addressed by us to your ladyship, through Mr M'Kay, chamberlain of Lewis, last January, and to <i>which we have had no reply</i>. Trusting we may not be led to resort reluctantly to <i>such steps </i> as many of our unfortunate countrymen are <i>forced</i> to adopt. <br />May I take the liberty of asking that you be so good as let the petitioners know your own views regarding the matters contained in the petition,—I have<br />the honour to be, your ladyship's obedient servant,<br />KENNETH NICOLSONADBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17737746983905368038noreply@blogger.com