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Folio 158. Letter from William E Goodacre, Clerk to the Guardians of the Mansfield...

Catalogue reference: MH 12/9364/107

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Date
1847 July 10
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Folio 158. Letter from William E Goodacre, Clerk to the Guardians of the Mansfield Poor Law Union, to the Poor Law Commission, advising that due to illness (mental insanity) of Jeremiah Allen, Collector for Sutton-in-Ashfield, and his almost total neglect of his duties, the overseers and the board are suffering great inconvenience. Goodacre states that at their last meeting the guardians'

proposed a resolution, suspending him from his duties as collector. However, he states, he has not received any opinion as to the probable duration of the suspension.

Annotated: ask for medical certificate as to his unsoundness of mind and inability to resign discharge the duties, on receipt of this the Commissioners will issue an order of dismissal.

Paper Number: 14595/B/1847.

Poor Law Union Number: 337.

Counties: Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire.

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