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Correspondence with Government Offices: Emigration : Correspondence; Financial Papers.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Blachford, Frederic Rogers, Baron, 1811-1889, author.
- Murdoch, Thomas William Clinton, author.
- Elliot, Sir Thomas Frederick, author.
- Merivale, Herman, author.
- Walcott, Stephen, author.
- Series:
- Migration to new worlds.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2017.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Description: Correspondence, including draft legislation, exchanged between the Poor Law Board (latterly the Local Government Board) and the Colonial Office on the subject of assisted pauper migration. The correspondence focuses on the health of migrants, their numbers and requirements, education, religious instruction, the demand for labour and skills in individual colonies, various financial matters, and the conditions on board migrant ships. Also includes a copy of Colonisation Circular No. 11, July 1851.
- Notes:
- AMDigital Reference: MH 19/22.
- Description based on online resource (viewed on October 24, 2017).
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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