Record

Document Reference	Os C 31
Title	Letter from C. Wood, [later 1st Viscount Halifax] to J.E. Denison; n.d. [1825-46]
Date	1825-1846
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	He has been unable to make promised enquiries into local wages rates [in Yorkshire?] although has gained some information from his father [Sir Francis Wood]; comments on changes from agriculture to manufacturing; refers to 'stirring action' of people of middle ranks in North of England compared to South; refers to impending travels to Edinburgh. Dated from bundle.
Term	agriculture
	salaries and wages
	manufacture
	social conditions, England
	manufacture

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA9478	Wood; Francis L. (1771-1846); 2nd Baronet; succeeded 1795 High Sheriff of Yorkshire 1814-15	1771-1846
NA211	Wood; Charles (1800-1885); 1st Viscount Halifax; Secretary of State for India 1859-66 created Viscount Halifax 1866	1800-1885
NA199	Denison; J. Evelyn (1800-1873); 1st Viscount Ossington; M.P. Speaker of House of Commons 1857-72 created Viscount Ossington 1872	1800-1873