Letter to John Henry Capper. August 25, 1829

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Letter to John Henry Capper. August 25, 1829

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In 1829, Sir John Beckett (1775-1847) was Judge Advocate General and Member of Parliament for Haslemere. In this letter, he wrote to John Henry Capper, a Home Office official from 1815 to 1847, who was at the time Superintendent of Prisons and the Hulk Establishment. Beckett wrote to Capper at the instigation of [Michael Thomas?] Sadler (1780-1835), a Member of Parliament for Newark. Sadler had contacted Beckett on behalf of a couple who wanted to visit their son, Samuel James, aboard a hulk, a prison ship.

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University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Department of Special Collections

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Beckett, Sir John, 1775-1847.

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Sadler, Michael Thomas, 1780-1835

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Michael Sadler, 1780-1835, was born in Snelston, Derbyshire. While he was still young he assisted the Methodist movement. In 1800 he moved to Leeds where he became an importer of Irish linens. He was Tory MP for Newark, 1829 and 1830, and for Aldborough, North Yorkshire 1831-1832. He moved unsuccessfully for the establishment of poor law in Ireland, and moved resolution for improving the living conditions of the agricultural poor in England, 1831. On 16th March 1832 Sadler introduced a Bill in t...

Capper, John Henry, flourished 1815-1847

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