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Jeremy Bentham letter
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-HUT-019
Scope and Contents
The collection is formed by one unpublished, holographic letter of the English jurist, Jeremy Bentham, to Sir Samuel Romilly (1757-1818) dated June 15, 1807. The letter was written during a period when Bentham was concerned with the reform of the Scottish courts and had written a pamphlet, "Scotch Reform...In a Series of Letters to the Right Honorable Lord Grenville." In the letter to his friend, Sir Samuel Romilly, Bentham writes that he is sending a copy of the "Letters" and he hopes...
Dates:
1807 June 15
Found in:
Special Collections
William Cobbett petition
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-HUT-018
Scope and Contents
Collection consists of one hand-written petition to the House of Commons, February 15, 1830. The bound manuscript numbers eight pages. Cobbett's address was presented during the end of Tory rule. In the petition, cobbett argued for economic and political reform and the relief in agricultural areas where the farmers were seriously deprived.
Dates:
1830 February 15
Found in:
Special Collections