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          <addressline>County Offaly</addressline>
          <addressline>Ireland</addressline>
          <addressline>Email: archivist@offalyhistory.com</addressline>
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          <addressline>Offaly Archives<lb/>Unit 1F Axis Business Park<lb/>Clara Road</addressline>
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        <p>Pattersons &amp; Co. Ltd. traded at the Old Established House, J.K.L Street, Edenderry and consisted of a public house, a general provisions shop and an undertakers.</p>
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      <p>Donated to Offaly County Library by Mr S Collins of Edenderry in September 1995.</p>
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            <p>Pattersons &amp; Co. Ltd. traded at the Old Established House, J.K.L Street, Edenderry and consisted of a public house, a general provisions shop and an undertakers.</p>
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          <p>Consolidated accounts ledger for Patterson's &amp; Co. Ltd arranged by customers' accounts for local and national accounts. Local customers include Daniel Alesbury, Saw Mills, Edenderry and Cassidy &amp; Co., Distillers, Monasterevan.<lb/>Majority of the customers based in Dublin, London, Liverpool, including Arthur Guinness Son &amp; Co., St James Gate Brewery, Dublin.</p>
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          <p>Bills of account and invoices between John Patterson and various suppliers including Joseph Dollard and Brown &amp; Polson.<lb/>Includes memo from John Patterson issued on Patterson &amp; Co letterhead, 1918.</p>
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          <p>2 letters from Wallace Bros. Ltd., Coal Merchants, D'Olier Street, Dublin to Pattersons &amp; Co regarding the settlement of the coal account.</p>
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          <p>Letter from E A Merrey, agent at the Downshire Estate office, Blessington, Wicklow, to Mr Patterson regarding the latter's possible purchase of holdings on the Downshire Estate near Edenderry. Reply from Patterson overleaf states that he hopes that Lord Downshire will accept £100 for the holding (6 May 1922).<lb/>Also includes a printed notice of Merrey's attendance at the Downshire Office, Edenderry for the collection of rents (1 May 1924).</p>
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