Mr Pitkethley letter

Address: Huddersfield, [West Riding of Yorkshire]. To Francis Place, Charing Cross, [London]. Covering note to 2 copies of of a pamphlet by Joseph Wood, 'Right of Labour to legislative protection ...' (1832). Asks Place 'if he approves of the principle of the work, to use his influence to favor [sic] its circulation.'
Autograph, with signature. Dated 19 October [1832].
An autograph draft of Place's reply has been added to the sheet: '... I hope you will return Mr. Wood to Parliament, if he can be returned at all, he may be returnd [sic] free of expense, by proper arrangements which the electors are bound to make. Mr. Wood seems to me to be a sincere well wisher to the working people, and therefore commands my respect ... A session or two in Parliament would probably lead him to revise his opinions. I am sure he is able and I conclde he is honest, and consequently ... will not fail to entertain them'. Dated 28 October 1832. [Joseph Wood was not, in fact, elected in 1832.]

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