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London: Subscription books, minute books, index to correspondence, and other papers...
Catalogue reference: T 91/241
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This record is about the London: Subscription books, minute books, index to correspondence, and other papers... dating from 1823-1832 in the series Irish Reproductive Loan Fund: Records. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- T 91/241
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1823-1832
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Description (What the record is about)
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London: Subscription books, minute books, index to correspondence, and other papers of a Committee for the relief of certain distressed districts in the Metropolis.
Please note that this piece is wider ranging than just London and includes, inter alia:
- Society for Improving the Condition of the Irish Peasantry. 1823 report from parish of Bannow, Co Wexford.
- The Ladies' Hibernian Female School Society, 1823.
- Agricultural School of Bannow, barony of Bargie, Co Wexford, 1823.
- Pamphlet authored by Robert Owen (of New Lanark fame) on 'The Power that Ireland Possesses to Create Wealth beyond the Most Ample Supply of the Wants of its Inhabitants', 1823.
- Unnamed Female Emigrants from Cork to NSW.
- Copy of Cork Mercantile Chronicle of 27th June 1832.
- Copy of Connaught Journal of 5th Nov 1827.
- Material on the relief of distress being suffered by weavers in Blackburn, Lancashire.
This is in addition to the London material, which most relates to the Metropolitan Relief Committee of 1832.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- Accidentally included in this series, the same person having been Secretary to the Metropolitan Committee and to the Directors of the Irish fund.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2586840/
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Series information
T 91
Irish Reproductive Loan Fund: Records
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London: Subscription books, minute books, index to correspondence, and other papers...
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