Record revealed
Letter from a ‘destitute’ man to the Poor Law Commission
In this letter, Thomas Henshaw of Derbyshire complained of his treatment by local officials who denied him welfare despite his ‘most distressing’ situation.
Piece
3 items extracted from HO 73/52 part 2. (1) Copy of The Northern Star and Leeds General...
Catalogue reference: EXT 9/90
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This record is about the 3 items extracted from HO 73/52 part 2. (1) Copy of The Northern Star and Leeds General... dating from 1837 in the series Public Record Office: Items extracted to flat storage from various classes of records.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- EXT 9/90
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1837
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Description (What the record is about)
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3 items extracted from HO 73/52 part 2. (1) Copy of The Northern Star and Leeds General Advertiser volume 1 no 3 dated Saturday December 2 1837; (2) Poster dated December 8 1837 advertising a public meeting of the inhabitants of the borough of Bradford, Yorkshire, to be held on Wednesday December 13 1837 'for the Purpose of considering the Propriety of petitioning the Legislature to institute an Enquiry into the Causes of the late Disturbances which have taken place in this Borough in connexion with the Administration of the Poor Law Amendment Act ...'; (3) Copy of The Northern Star and Leeds General Advertiser volume 1 no 5 dated Saturday December 16 1837.
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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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- Topics
- Archives and libraries
- Poverty
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11251184/
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