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Document Reference	Os C 505
Title	Draft letter by J.E. Denison, to newspaper; n.d. [1850]
Date	1850 (c)
Extent	3 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Refers to publication of Sir R[obert] Peel's letter to tenants in newspapers; comments that it was lauded by some newspapers as standard for landlords and tenants; considers this to be alarming for tenant farmers; comments on drop in income from produce; discusses Peel's comments on drainage; gives own examples.
Term	agricultural improvements
	agriculture, drainage
	estate business, rentals
	estate business, tenants
	landlords
	press, attitudes towards

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA1860	Peel; Robert (1788-1850); 2nd Baronet; Prime Minister 1841-1846	1788-1850
NA199	Denison; J. Evelyn (1800-1873); 1st Viscount Ossington; M.P. Speaker of House of Commons 1857-72 created Viscount Ossington 1872	1800-1873

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