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- 1819 (Creation)
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2 ff. (f. 35 formerly folded as two leaves)
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Peter Harrington Ltd Antiquarian Bookseller; London; Purchase; March 2020; 991037236302419.
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Two letters from the social reformer Robert Owen, New Lanark, 14 November 1819 (f. 35), and [London], 11 [?December] 1819 (f. 36), to the lawyer William Tooke FRS, both seemingly referring to Owen's 'Plan to Improve the Condition of the Lower Classes', as unveiled at a meeting at Freemasons' Hall, London, the previous June, as well as personal matters.
Owen states his intention to 'act in complete unison with the principles I have patiently advocated' (f. 35), has sent copies of his address to the Prime Minister and others (f. 35) and has been busy lobbying members of parliament (f. 36). A debate on the plan in the House of Commons on 16 December came to nothing.
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Arranged chronologically at NLW.
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- English
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English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Remains of mounts on ff. 35, 36 verso.
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- Owen, Robert, 1771-1858 -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Tooke, William, 1777-1863 -- Correspondence (Subject)