Folios 374-377. Letter from Harry White, Clerk to the Guardians of the Blything Poor...

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Reference	MH 12/11730/171
Date	1836-12-20
Description	Folios 374-377. Letter from Harry White, Clerk to the Guardians of the Blything Poor Law Union, to the Poor Law Commission with two enclosures: Copy of the minutes of a meeting of the board of guardians held on 19 December 1836 at which Mr Davy, Guardian for Yoxford, drew the attention of the Board, to the Ipswich Journal of 17 December 1836, in which it was reported that Mr C Cobbold at a meeting held on 14 December 1836 in Ipswich, in order to consider the working of the new Poor Law Amendment Act refered to the case of a pauper named Spacham living in Ipswich St Clements but belonging to Walpole in the Blything Poor Law Union. Mr Davy feels the incorrect statement should be publicly contradicted and the meeting of guardians decided to ask the clerk, to write to the Poor Law Commission to express anxiety and to ask for permission to write to the editor of both papers, to say that the statement was being investigated and a correct statement from the guardians would be made public in the papers; The Ipswich Journal in which the case is reported [not included]. Must be returned. Paper Number: 6096/A/1836. Poor Law Union Number 432. Counties: Suffolk.
Held by	The National Archives, Kew
Legal status	Public Record(s)
Language	English
Closure Status	Open Document, Open Description

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