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
Home Office: Ireland: Correspondence and Papers
Catalogue reference: HO 100
What's it about?
HO 100
Original correspondence and papers classified under the headings: civil, military, private and secret, and miscellaneous; and correspondence and papers relating to special subjects: Catholic emancipation, 1824; peerage claims, 1828 to 1831; poor...
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- HO 100
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Title (The name of the record)
- Home Office: Ireland: Correspondence and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1782-1851
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Description (What the record is about)
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Original correspondence and papers classified under the headings: civil, military, private and secret, and miscellaneous; and correspondence and papers relating to special subjects: Catholic emancipation, 1824; peerage claims, 1828 to 1831; poor law reform, 1836 to 1839; reports of outrages, 1836 to 1840; and the report of the Irish Land Commission, 1820 to 1823.
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 264 volume(s)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8964/
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