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.
Series
Colonial Office: Advisory Committee on Treatment of Offenders in the Colonies and...
Catalogue reference: CO 912
What's it about?
CO 912
This series contains minutes and papers of Colonial Penal Administration Committee, the Penal and Treatment of Offenders Sub-committees of the Colonial Social Welfare Advisory Committee and the Advisory Committee on the Treatment of Offenders in...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- CO 912
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Title (The name of the record)
- Colonial Office: Advisory Committee on Treatment of Offenders in the Colonies and Related Bodies: Minutes and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1880-1961
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains minutes and papers of Colonial Penal Administration Committee, the Penal and Treatment of Offenders Sub-committees of the Colonial Social Welfare Advisory Committee and the Advisory Committee on the Treatment of Offenders in the Colonies.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Colonial Office, Advisory Committee on Treatment of Offenders in the Colonies, 1952-1961
- Colonial Office, Colonial Penal Administration Committee, 1937-1943
- Colonial Office, Colonial Social Welfare Advisory Committee, Penal Sub-Committee, 1943-1946
- Colonial Office, Colonial Social Welfare Advisory Committee, Treatment of Offenders Sub-Committee, 1946-1952
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 23 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Welfare
- International
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5101/
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