Richard Oastler: king of factory children; six pamphlets, 1835-1861.
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| Language: | English |
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New York,
Arno Press,
1972.
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| Series: | British labour struggles: contemporary pamphlets ;
1727-1850 |
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Table of Contents:
- Eight letters to the Duke of Wellington, a petition to the House of Commons, and a letter to the editor of the Agricultural and industrial magazine
- More work for the Leeds new thief-catchers. A letter to George Goodman, Esq., Mayor of Leeds
- The rejected letter, with a dedication to the man wot [!] would have it read. A letter to the owners & occupiers of mills, in the town and parish of Halifax
- A letter to those millowners who continue to oppose the ten hours bill. Appeal to members of Parliament, and to the working classes, respecting the ten hours' factory bill
- Sketch of the life of the late Richard Oastler, with an account of his funeral obsequies and the three funeral sermons preached on the occasion, by G. S. Bull.