| Description Of Item | From the collection of Richard Poole. Includes letters to Poole from P D Handyside requesting a list of the professional men in Montrose who may able to provide information to the Poor Law Commission, asking for information on Montrose to help the Association for Inquiry into the Pauperism of Scotland and sending on reports including [William Pulteney] Alison's on Tranent; letter from John Henderson, sanitary inspector in Montrose; draft letter from Poole to Provost Sim (of Montrose) including Edinburgh's report; letter from William Sim with an extract from his letter to Edwin Chadwick on the application of the Police Act to Montrose; letter from David Walker with figures of those employed by Richards & Co, Montrose; and figures for those employed at the Chapel Works of Patons. |