COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
English_MS_1396_9.pdf
Reference Number:
English MS 1396/9
Link to Catalogue:
Series Title:
Letters from Richard Cobden, (1844-1860)
Parent Work Title:
Letter from Richard Cobden to Edmund Potter
Creator:
Cobden, Richard, 1804-1865
Creator Role:
Author
Date Created:
1853-12-29
Description:
Letter marked "private" sent from Midhurst, West Sussex, thanking Potter for his letter. Cobden writes about the strikes in Preston, Lancashire. Cobden talks of working class attitudes and mentalities: he says they need a man like [Benjamin] Franklin to remedy them by putting the truth "in a simple and acceptable form" to become "household words of the labouring classes", though there is "no present opening for the exercise of cool reason and argument". Cobden sees the strikes as "a warning of the dangers we incur by neglecting the education of the masses". Cobden expresses surprise at the success of the strikes in a period of unemployment and low agricultural wages. Cobden mentions his casual employment of a dozen men from "one of the worst" parishes and criticises a Mr Cowell about his notion of fixed wages. He adds a postscript about his admiration of the speech by Mr Atkins at Glossop reported in the Manchester Examiner.
Language Code:
eng-GB
Language:
English
Category of Material:
Archives
Sub-Category:
Letters (correspondence)
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
Creation Site:
England: West Sussex: Midhurst
People Covered:
Potter, Edmund, 1802-1883
Item Height:
180 mm
Item Width:
110 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
Copyright restrictions may apply
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2023-02-02
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2023-03
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Rylands