Document Reference | Os C 71 |
Title | Letter from W. Huskisson, Eastham, Sussex, to J.E. Denison; 10 January 1830 |
Date | 10 January 1830 |
Extent | 4 ff |
Level | Item/file |
Content Description | Comments on plight of local farmers which he describes as 'subdued'; is to attend Quarter Sessions and alludes to problems with peacekeeping in Kent and Lincolnshire; believes Wellington ignores 'the state of the country' and does not expect any remedy; refers to Wellington's supporters as 'country gentlemen' and believes Wellington will call for Commission of Enquiry rather than act; calls for repeal of malt and beer duties to help working classes but only if enacted within defined economic system; believes country suffers not from want of money but from want of profit in industry; discusses political philosophies in terms of capital and labour and economic decay; states that he desires lowered rents and revision of taxation; enquires whether Denison has read article on Greece in Foreign Quarterly. |
Term | civil disorder, Greek Rebellion |
governments, Wellington Ministry 1830 |
poverty, relief of |
taxation |
currency, value of |
industry |
civil disorder, Captain Swing riots |
social conditions, England |
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Code | PersonName | Dates of existence |
NA6019 | Wellesley; Arthur (1769-1852); 1st Duke of Wellington | 1769-1852 |
NA9441 | Horton; Robert J.W. (1784-1841); 3rd Baronet | 1784-1841 |
NA9468 | Huskisson; William (1770-1830); Mr; statesman | 1770-1830 |
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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