Sub-sub-fonds MB. - Chartist riots in Montgomeryshire

Papers, almost all correspondence with a few examinations, depositions, orders, etc., relating to the Chartist riots in Montgomeryshire. Most of the correspondence is either letters sent to Viscount Clive, who was lord lieutanant of Montgomeryshire when the riots broke out, by Lord John Russell, magistrates, local attorneys, military officers, etc., or draft or copies of letters sent by Clive, including to Lord John Russell. The papers relate to the riots themselves, more especially to enlisting the aid of the military and, to a lesser extent, to the prosecution of the rioters. All the letters are dated between 1838 and 1839 except the first letter, dated 1831, and the final two letters, dated 1842 and 1892, the latter enclosing a document relating to the riots.