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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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VOL. 2C Summary of Contents. Mainly administrative correspondence relating to recent...
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VOL. 2C Summary of Contents. Mainly administrative correspondence relating to recent and future legislation. Parliament and government administration: Registration Office establishment; bond of Superintendent Registrar; Charity Commission: Lord Brougham's resignation and question of a successor. Tithe Acts: appointments [see Ecclesiastical]. Appointments to Rural Police Commission and terms of reference. Poor Law and dietaries. False accusations against J.R. and Sir J. Hobhouse in a Sheffield speech. Correspondence: J.R.; T.H. Lister; F. Baring; J. Parkes; Dr. J. Bowring; Joseph Hume; S.M. Phillips; C. Gore; Lords Brougham, Lansdowne; Edwin Chadwick; C.S. Lefevre; T. Frankland Lewis; J.S. Buckingham (Sheffield speech) and others. Legal: appointment of magistrates in Sunderland, Penryn, Canterbury. Capital punishment: question of commutation in a case of forgery. Case of Liverpool highway robbery. Scotch Law Commission appointments. Proposal to convert Albany barracks, Isle of Wight, to a prison. Correspondence: R.M. Rolfe; Lord Denman; Revd. Whitworth Russell; Hedworth Williamson; Sir J. Campbell and others. Ecclesiastical: Tithe Acts (1835-6): appointments. Objections to loss of patronage under reform legislation. Pluralities and residence. Question of peers' chaplains. Correspondence: W. Blamire; T.W. Buller; R.K. Dawson; Bishop of Durham; Lord Tavistock; Duke of Bedford; Revd. J. Tate; Archbishop of Canterbury; Revd. Sydney Smith. Ireland: Poor Law administration: appointment of George Nicholls as adviser. Yeomanry and railway matters. Conditions in Donegal. Correspondence: Lords Mulgrave, Morpeth, Duncannon; T. Drummond; G. Nicholls and others. Scotland: Aberdeen affairs. Correspondence Alex Bannerman. Colonial affairs: Ionian Is. Lord Nugent's libel case against J.A. Stuart, editor The Courier. Personal: Letter (sent by Lady Holland to J.R.) from Sir Francis Palgrave soliciting Lady Holland's patronage. Lord William Russell's amours. [fs. 295-6] Aunt, Lady Bradford's concern for her servants' welfare. Letters from Duke of Bedford and Lord Tavistock on personal and public matters.
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