He was an Irishman. as I remember. and an absentee landlord. rather a contradiction in terms. but nevertheless that was the fact. He had large ownerships and rented out. under very exacting leases. as much rackrent as there is in the potato fields of his native Ireland. some thousands of acres. Primarily. he was the provoking cause of this legislation. He had himself naturalized. and died. I think he died an American citizen in order to save having a forfeiture of his estate. I refer to this to show that in no single instance has a tract of land been exposed to sale under the alien ownership law that it ever lacked a purchaser.
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