Address: 2 Garnet Street, Hillgate, Stockport. [To ?Joseph Hume]. Congratulates him 'for not receiving the presents offered to you in Scotland', which will 'repress the ... enthusiastic impetuosity of several Bodies of Workmen'; agrees with the views of [John Ramsay] McCulloch on the influence of the use of machinery on workmen's wages and the price the commodities produced; proposes to publish supporting this view.
Autograph, with signature.
William Longson letter
This material is held atSenate House Library Archives, University of London
- Reference
- GB 96 AL483
- Dates of Creation
- 9th Nov 1825
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English
- Physical Description
- 220 mm x 180 mm 1 leaf
Scope and Content
Arrangement
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This document is inserted in J R McCulloch 'The principles of political economy: with a sketch of the rise and progress of the science' (1825) (copy formerly belonging to J Hume) - Library classmark [G.L.] 1825. To request the document, please place an order for the volume, specifying that you wish to see the autograph letter AL483.
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