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HO 42. Letters and papers.
Catalogue reference: HO 42/42
Date: 1798 Jan 01-1798 Mar 31
HO 42. Letters and papers.
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Folio(s) 130-131. Letter from the Reverend John Robinson, at Southwold [Suffolk],...
Catalogue reference: HO 42/55/52
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This record is about the Folio(s) 130-131. Letter from the Reverend John Robinson, at Southwold [Suffolk],... dating from 1800 Dec 18 in the series Home Office: Domestic Correspondence, George III. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- 1800 Dec 18
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Folio(s) 130-131. Letter from the Reverend John Robinson, at Southwold [Suffolk], reporting the discovery of an anonymous letter in the street in Southwold. Robinson expresses his determination, as a clergyman of the Church of England, to increase the loyalty of the population.
The appended copy of the letter is addressed to the Archbishop of Canterbury at Lambeth. It warns of public dissatisfaction with the present Parliament and the belief that scarcity of corn is entirely due to 'the consolidating of farms and monopolizing dealers'. It adds that 'The nation in general is already ripe for mutiny', and that if there were to be 'a Cromwell at the head of the Army, the most dreadful scene of massacre & bloodshed will ensue'.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- English
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HO 42
Home Office: Domestic Correspondence, George III
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