Catalogue description Folio(s) 60-61. Copy out-letter to George Simcox from the Home Secretary in reply to the...

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Folio(s) 60-61. Copy out-letter to George Simcox from the Home Secretary in reply to the letter of 7 October 1800 from the Birmingham magistrates. He opposes any policy to intervene in the market for grain, whether by central government or local initiative, fearing that it would encourage consumption and turn a scarcity into a famine.

Date: 1800 Oct 10
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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