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Copy of a letter from the Duke of Portland, to the Lord Lieutenant of the county of Chester, and of His Lordship's letter, directing the same to be laid before the magistrates for the said county, at their general quarter-sessions, on the 14th Jan. 1800, for the purpose of alleviating the distresses of the poor, from the effects of the late unfavourable harves,, by the substitution of soup and other food, in lieu of bread corn; and copy of several suggestions transmitted by the Duke of Portland to the Lord Lieutenant, on the same subject: printed pursuant to an order made at the said quarter sessions.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Cheshire)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Poor--England--Chester.
- Poor.
- Food supply--England--Chester.
- Food supply.
- Soup kitchens--England--Chester.
- Soup kitchens.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (iii,[1],17,[1]p.,plate )
- Other Title:
- Copy of a letter from the Duke of Portland,
- Place of Publication:
- [Chester] : Printed by J. Fletcher, Toregate-Street, Chester, [1800]
- Notes:
- The 'Copy of an order made at the general quarter sessions of the peace' is signed: Charles Potts, deputy clerk of the peace.
- Including 'Suggestions offered to the consideration of the public, .. for the purpose of reducing the consumption of bread corn; .. by the substitution of other cheap, wholesome, and nourishing food; and especially by means of soup establishments, &c.'.
- Reproduction of original from British Library.
- Cited in:
- English Short Title Catalog, T223232.
- OCLC:
- 642544081
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