note book / Accounts, 1797

Jotter or account book bearing dates in 1797, in which two copies of the The Declaration, Resolutions, and Constitution of the Societies of United Irishmen were found wrapped in. Found in the thatched roof of a house in Port Road, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal (during demolition) in May, 1936. The owner of the house at that time was Mr. John Boyce. He said that the house was occupied circa 1798 by a Presbyterian and United Irelander called Pearson.;