Henry Law: vindication of his conduct in Ely and Littleport Riots, 1816.

Scope and Content

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.

Access Information

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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).

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