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Catalogue description ff. 197-200 Letter from George Coode, Assistant Secretary Poor Law Commission Office, to...
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| Reference: | HO 73/54/49 |
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| Description: |
ff. 197-200 Letter from George Coode, Assistant Secretary Poor Law Commission Office, to S M Phillipps, Home Office, relating to the emigration of 'redundant population' from Stroud Union. He explains that the market in China for coarse cloth, produced in the area of Stroud and known as 'stripes', has greatly reduced since the East India Company lost its export charter. There is no employment for weavers of coarse cloth either in Yorkshire or in the recently founded colony of South Australia. The new colony in New South Wales, which took emigrants from Stroud in 1837, can take more married people up to 50 years of age with children over 7. They can be employed as wool sorters, labourers and manufacturers of coarse cloth. |
| Date: | 1838 Aug 25 - 1838 Aug 25 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Closure status: | Open Document, Open Description |
| Access conditions: | Open on Transfer |
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