Copies by the Revd Henry Law of letters justifying his part in events surrounding the riots at Littleport. Includes letters sent and received: Peploe Ward to Law, John Vachell to Law, Sir Henry Bate Dudley and Law, Viscount Sidmouth (Home Secretary) to William Plumer, Law and Viscount Sidmouth.
Henry Law: vindication of his conduct in Ely and Littleport Riots, 1816.
This material is held atCambridge University Library
- Reference
- GB 12 MS Add.4492
- Dates of Creation
- 1816
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English .
- Physical Description
- 1 volume(s) 1 volume paper paper
Scope and Content
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Acquisition Information
Presented by J.E. Foster, 1910.
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Bibliography
For a full account, in which this MS was used, see A.J. Peacock, Bread or blood. A study of the agrarian riots in East Anglia in 1816 (London, 1965).