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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William Henry Toovey Hawley, correspondence and papers related to the Northern District...
Catalogue reference: MH 32/41
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William Henry Toovey Hawley, correspondence and papers related to the Northern District (includes unions in Cumberland, Durham, Northumberland, North Yorkshire and Lancashire). Includes returns of potato disease at Durham, tables of school children in workhouses and tables of agricultural labourers, trades and wages.
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