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Letter from John Bright …

Letter from John Bright, Rochdale, Lancashire, to Henry Pease, remarking that ‘nothing is known of the intentions of the Govt. about the National Defences – my opinion is, they will do little or nothing in them this session – It is however well to show that the people are alive to the question, & I think a large petition will go up from Manchester, & several from the Towns in Lancashire & Yorkshire’; referring to Eliza Holmes’ possible admission to the school at Ayton Yorkshire, 15 January 1848 – From: Quaker families of Darlington,Pease family, Henry Pease (1807 – 1881), Correspondence

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D/X 1667/8/139

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1 paper

Date

1785,
1952

Era

Hanoverian (1714 to 1837),
Mid 20th Century (1933 to 1966),
20th Century (1901 to 2000)

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1785

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People	Holmes, Bright, Darlington, Pease
Places	Rochdale, Lancashire, Ayton, Yorkshire, Manchester
Organisations	National Defences
Keywords	Expand 1 paper Letter, John Bright, Henry Pease, National Defences, large petition, Eliza Holmes, possible admission, Ayton Yorkshire, Quaker families, Pease family, Lancashire Yorkshire, Rochdale, intentions, Govt., opinion, session, people, question, Manchester, Towns, school, January, Darlington, Correspondence