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Folio 287. Draft letter from the Poor Law Board to W E Goodacre, Clerk to the Guardians...

Catalogue reference: MH 12/9362/238

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This record is about the Folio 287. Draft letter from the Poor Law Board to W E Goodacre, Clerk to the Guardians... dating from 18 June 1855 in the series Local Government Board and predecessors: Correspondence with Poor Law Unions and.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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MH 12/9362/238
Date
18 June 1855
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Folio 287. Draft letter from the Poor Law Board to W E Goodacre, Clerk to the Guardians of the Mansfield Poor Law Union. In reply to a letter of 12 June reporting cases of able bodied paupers granted outdoor relief. Stating, guardians are referred to the letter of 12 June, and as the letter did not reach before the relief was granted in the present situation; the relief will be sanctioned. Further stating that the determination expressed in the former letter must be adhered to; that relief is not to be sanctioned in future specifically to able bodied paupers out of the workhouse who are not set to work under the outdoor labour test of the 28 My 1847. Paper Number: 24220/1855. Poor Law Union Number 337. Counties: Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire.
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The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10530545/

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