Piece
HO 42. Letters and papers.
Catalogue reference: HO 42/42
Date: 1798 Jan 01-1798 Mar 31
HO 42. Letters and papers.
Item
Folios 124A-124B. Petition to the king on behalf of more than 14,000 distressed journeymen...
Catalogue reference: HO 42/28/56
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This record is about the Folios 124A-124B. Petition to the king on behalf of more than 14,000 distressed journeymen... dating from 1794 Jan 25 in the series Home Office: Domestic Correspondence, George III. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 42/28/56
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1794 Jan 25
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Folios 124A-124B. Petition to the king on behalf of more than 14,000 distressed journeymen silk manufacturers of Spitalfields and its environs, bemoaning the decline in demand for figured velvets, brocades and flowered and other rich silks, partly through the loss of foreign orders, and forecasting poverty, ruin and depopulation in that part of the Metropolis. The petitioners ask for royal adoption and promotion within the Court of these 'ornamental branches of British manufacture'.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10324895/
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HO 42
Home Office: Domestic Correspondence, George III
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