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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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Poor Law Schools Royal Commission on the Poor Law: Memoranda by Mr Eaton on the Majority...
Catalogue reference: ED 24/232
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This record is about the Poor Law Schools Royal Commission on the Poor Law: Memoranda by Mr Eaton on the Majority... dating from 1908-1910 in the series Board of Education and predecessors: Private Office: Papers (Series 1). It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- ED 24/232
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1908-1910
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Description (What the record is about)
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Poor Law Schools
- Royal Commission on the Poor Law: Memoranda by Mr Eaton on the Majority and Minority Reports of the Commission Summary of proposals Memorandum analysing the different Branches of Work comprised in the present Poor Law System and explaining a proposed re-organisation of it on lines appropriate to its several constituent elements Conclusions and Recommendations Printed
- Local Government Board Circular to Boards of Guardians regarding Children under the Poor Law Printed
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3370664/
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ED 24
Board of Education and predecessors: Private Office: Papers (Series 1)
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