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.
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Criminal law reform: Law Society memorandum on vagrancy; Home Office proposal to...
Catalogue reference: HO 342/166
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This record is about the Criminal law reform: Law Society memorandum on vagrancy; Home Office proposal to... dating from 1968 Jul 05 - 1968 Jul 08 in the series Home Office: Miscellaneous (MSC Symbol Series) Files. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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HO 342/166
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Date (When the record was created)
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1968 Jul 05 - 1968 Jul 08
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Description (What the record is about)
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Criminal law reform: Law Society memorandum on vagrancy; Home Office proposal to include memo in their Criminal Law Reform programme
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Note (Additional information about the record)
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Previously missing at transfer; found May 2008
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
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MSC 68 1/1/1
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Public Record(s)
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Open on Transfer
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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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- Topics
- Poverty
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Record URL
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HO 342
Home Office: Miscellaneous (MSC Symbol Series) Files
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