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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 harvest, 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.
- Title
- 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 harvest, 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.
- Author
- Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Cheshire)
- Publication
- [Chester] : Printed by J. Fletcher, Foregate-Street, Chester, [1800]
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- iii, [1], 17, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill.; 20 cm
- Subject
- Soup kitchens > England > Chester
- Poor > England > Chester
- Food supply > England > Chester
- Note
- The "Copy of an order made at the general quarter sessions of the peace" is signed: "Charles Potts, deputy clerk of the peace."
- Illustration: Engraved plan, "Plan of the soup house," by J. Hunter.
- Access (note)
- Restricted access;
- Indexed In (note)
- ESTC
- Call Number
- Pforz (Portland, W. H. Copy of a letter from the Duke of Portland)
- OCLC
- 46911095
- Author
- Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Cheshire)
- Title
- 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 harvest, 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.
- Imprint
- [Chester] : Printed by J. Fletcher, Foregate-Street, Chester, [1800]
- Indexed In:
- ESTC T223232
- Access
- Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
- Local Note
- Pforzheimer copy: Sewn as issued; within white envelope. -- With ink ownership inscription on title page ("R.A. [---?] / Hawarden / Sept. 1932").
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809.Hunter, James, engraver.Fletcher, John, printer.
- Research Call Number
- Pforz (Portland, W. H. Copy of a letter from the Duke of Portland)