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.
Series
Reports and Accounts: Welfare
Catalogue reference: RAIL 1115
What's it about?
RAIL 1115
This series contains reports and accounts of institutes, sick funds, provident societies, savings banks, superannuation funds, etc.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- RAIL 1115
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Title (The name of the record)
- Reports and Accounts: Welfare
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1927-1948
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains reports and accounts of institutes, sick funds, provident societies, savings banks, superannuation funds, etc.
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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)
- RAC 4.
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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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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 64 volume(s)
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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
- Welfare
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13264/
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