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Catalogue description Petition from members of churches at Greenwich expressing their deep concern at the...
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| Reference: | RAIL 635/200 |
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| Description: |
Petition from members of churches at Greenwich expressing their deep concern at the accident on Sunday 28th June 1857 (at Lewisham) which resulted in 12 deaths, and their feeling that "no company of professing Christians is justified in holding out special inducement to the desecration of the Lord's Day by Railway traffic, demoralizing to the community generally and most injurious in its effects on the servants of the company". 12 Sheets of signatures |
| Date: | 1857 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in its original department: | SER 4/14 |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Closure status: | Open Document, Open Description |
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