Papers, 1742-1860.

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Papers, 1742-1860.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19536436

Collection contains a group of documents, 1742-1842, on poor relief at Idle, Yorkshire, England, and other places nearby, including papers dealing with the construction and operation of a workhouse at Idle. Also correspondence and papers, 1833-1838, concerning the agitation of woolen manufacturers for repeal of the Factory Acts, including a printed draft of a bill, a list of persons who signed a mill owners' petition, and correspondence with Lord Morpeth, the Earl of Harewood, Earl Fitzwilliam, Edward Baines, and William Rookes Crompton Stansfield about the campaign in Parliament.

26 items.

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6965494

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Baines, Edward, 1774-1848

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6057r5j (person)

Epithet: MP British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000677.0x00012d Epithet: MP; Knight 1880 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000677.0x000118 Epithet: of Leeds British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000677.0x00012f Epithet: journalist British Lib...

Edmondson, William

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rn3bjn (person)

Fitzwilliam, William Wentworth Fitzwilliam, Earl, 1748-1833

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6s77bm7 (person)

Title: 4th Earl Fitzwilliam British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001161.0x000236 English statesman. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Milton, 1783 Jan. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270525055 ...

Howard, George, Earl of Carlisle, 1773-1848

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vh67tp (person)

Harewood, Henry Lascelles, Earl of, 1767-1841

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rr2163 (person)

Stansfield, William Rookes Crompton.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64r144g (person)