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Folio 313. Letter from Thomas Day, Clerk to the Guardians of the Bromsgrove Poor...

Catalogue reference: MH 12/13906/172

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MH 12/13906/172
Date
1844 Apr 25
Description

Folio 313. Letter from Thomas Day, Clerk to the Guardians of the Bromsgrove Poor Law Union, to the Poor Law Commission. He asks if they would sanction the expenditure by any of the parishes on clothing and travel to the port of embarkation, for any able-bodied pauper and his family, currently in the workhouse, who wishes to emigrate to Australia if they can obtain a free passage.

Annotated: Mr Lumley [William Golden Lumley, Assistant Secretary to the Poor Law Commission].

Annotated: can only be under the 62th section [Poor Law Amendment Act s62].

Paper Number: 6150/B/1844.

Poor Law Union Number 526.

Counties: Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire.

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Language
English
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Open Document, Open Description
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