Burke Manuscript

Burke Manuscript: Page 077

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Martin Birmingham Tuam Street

Martin Birmingham, a very old identity from Hobart Town, had a grand orchard in this block in the fifties. He had the freehold of eight sections, from Tuam to Montreal and St Asaph Streets. I.L. Fleming leased the corner and put up a public. E.W. Samuels was the 1^st landlord. Later on H. Gaslaad. When Martin died, no will was found, but a piece of paper made in the Zetland Arms public when kept by John Parker, by which he gave the eight sections to his wife, but there was an error in the numbers of two of the quarter acres. The old lady had some difficulty but in the end got all. She then got married to a young fellow, both took to drinking, and the end was that the landlord of the public not only got the public house, but the other sections and the old lady died a pauper and he flourished in luxury.