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E T Scammell, Honorary Secretary of the Exeter and District Chamber of Commerce [ Victorian campaign for a national system of laBiblio.com

Victorian campaign for a national system of labour exchanges. Printed pamphlet: 'A National Labour Bureau with Affiliated Labour Registries and the Evidence given thereon before the Royal Commission on Labour.'

réf. 20365Published by A. Wheaton & Co. Booksellers Fore Street Exeter. 1893. 16pp. 8vo. Stapled pamphlet. Aged and worn with all text intact. Dedicated 'To Nathaniel Lewis Cohen Esq. Founder of the First Free Labour Registry in England.' The text begins: 'A National Labour Bureau with Affiliated Labour Registries Is one of the pressing needs of the time. Therefore at the desire of two or three gentlemen who are greatly interested in the question I having given considerable attention to the matter venture to express my views thereon and at the same time to incorporate in a pamphlet the evidence I gave upon the subject before the Royal Commission on Labour in December last. In the views herein expressed I do not claim any special originality as they are very much the result of conference and correspondence with a number of representative men. My part has been first the initiation of the proposal to bring the subject under the notice of the Royal Commission; and secondly the formulation of a definite scheme.' What follows is divided into sections: 'Statement before Commission' 'Examination by Members of Commission' 'National Bureau' 'Cost of Scheme' 'Periodic Report' 'Employment of Post Offices' 'Private Registries' 'Importance of Prompt Action'. The final page is headed: 'Outline of Proposed Scheme.' This begins: 'A National Labour Bureau being an extension of the Labour Department of the Board of Trade or a separate department in affiliation with the Factory Inspectors' Department and with the Emigrations' Information Department in connection with which it should be vested with special powers for dealing with the questions of emigrations. The objects of this Bureau would be first to obtain and disseminate information on labour questions and general statistics of employment and secondly to act as a clearing house for the District Labour Bureaus.' Scarce: the only copies on OCLC WorldCat and COPAC at the Bishopsgate Library and the University of Essex Albert Sloman Library. Accompanying the item are a couple of newspaper cuttings neither complete one headed: 'A Labour Department Adoption by the Cabinet Outline of the Scheme'. Published by A. Wheaton & Co., Booksellers, Fore Street, Exeter. 1893. unknown

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Hercules Ross (1745-1816) of Rossie Castle, Montrose, friend of Lord Nelson, Scottish merchant in the Jamaican slave trade, whoBiblio.com

Hercules Ross of Rossie Castle Forfarshire friend of Lord Nelson Jamaican merchant who later denounced the slave trade. Autograph Letter Signed

réf. 26299‘Rossie Castle Montrose 19th. June 1804.’. See the entry on his son Horatio Ross 1801-1886 – named after his father’s friend Lord Nelson who was the boys godfather and died the year after the writing of this letter - in the Oxford DNB. 1p 4to. Twenty-two lines of closely and neatly written text. In good condition lightly aged and creased with strip of paper from mount to one edge. With fold lines. The recipient is addressed as ‘My dear Sir’ and not named and the letter signed ‘H. Ross’. Written in a spirited style. The commencement indicates the spirited style in which the letter is written: ‘You’ll be surprized at my still dating from hence but owing to our friend Mr. Mure being at Harrowgate my letters have travelled thither which has until this morning delayed the receipt of Mr Black’s which your letter of the 6th. Gave me reason to expect and I learn by it that the necessary authority has been transmitted to Mr. Shawe so that I have now no longer any excuse for lingering here; and infact sic this evening I shoud have step’d off but I have received notice of a Visit from Mr. Alexander McLeod & his Wife whom I have never seen – altho’ he was many years my abbreviation ‘Auy’. I shall only delay the morning on their Account – and afterwards God willing proceed on leisurely.’ He urges the recipient to return with him: ‘I pledge myself that you will be highly satisfied with your Journey – You’ll enjoy one of the finest spots to be seen any where; & become one of a chearful people where you’ll not miss the Opera or I’m mistaken -’. He ends with a paragraph discussing ‘the complete termination of my business at the Auditors and their Report on my public accounts – Even & quit – without one exception – thank God!’ He complains about his treatment and announces his resolve to ‘apply for my expences’. ‘Rossie Castle Montrose 19th. June 1804.’ unknown

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Thomas Burt (1837-1922), trade union leader and Radical Member of Parliament; General Secretary, Northumberland Miners' AssociatBiblio.com

Thomas Burt trade union leader and Radical Member of Parliament. Three Autograph Letters Signed and one Secretarial Letter Signed to A.G.L. Rogers Secretary of the Liberal Publication Department regarding the composition of publicity leaflets.

réf. 249232 June 1892; and 2 and 11 February and 11 October 1893. The first two on House of Commons letterhead; the third on letterhead of the Reform Club Pall Mall; the fourth from Cromer on letterhead of the Board of Trade Whitehall London. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. Under Gladstone Burt served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade 1892-1895. From the papers of Arthur George Liddon Rogers 1864-1944 son of the editor of the economist Thorold Rogers and written while Rogers was Secretary of the Liberal Publication Department a sort of public relations department a position to which he was appointed in November 1891. The four items all addressed to ‘Dear Mr Rogers’ and signed ‘Thos Burt’ are all bifoliums in good condition folded for postage. ONE 2 June 1892: 2pp 12mo. With regard to an LPD publication he regrets that he ‘cannot do the leaflet’. Not only does he have ‘more work on hand than I can get through my having a member of the Royal Commission inquiring into the subject hampers me’. He does not think he could ‘with propriety write publicly on the subject at a time when I am engaged with others in preparing the Report’. TWO 2 February 1893: 4pp 12mo. A ‘rush of correspondence’ has left him without a ‘spare minute’. He is enclosing a letter from one of his constituents ‘in the hope that you may be able to forward him some leaflets bearing upon the points he mentions’. Burt’s own paper ‘on the Mines Reg Act that I wrote for you might be useful and I have no doubt you have something on Free Education and the other questions referred to’. He asks if there is ‘a cheap edition of Mr John Nohle’s book’. He ends with reference to the return of a book and the settling of an account. THREE 11 February 1893. 2pp 12mo. In thanking him for his ‘kind letter & for yr prompt attention to my request’ he is returning a cheque. FOUR 11 October 1893. 4pp 12mo. In a secretarial hand with Burt’s autograph signature. He is ‘away from the Board of Trade until Parliament re-assembles’ and is consequently ‘not in a position myself to verify all the facts contained in the enclosed pamphlet’. He believes ‘the facts given are strictly accurate except under the heading Seaman’s Wages’. As ‘chairman of the departmental Comttee that enquired into the subject’ he makes suggestions towards the way ‘the beginning of that paragraph should I think be somewhat modified’. He knows ‘that steps are now being taken to extend the system to foreign posts. If the leaflet is not issued before I return to the B of T I will make further enquiry should you so desire with a view to ensure absolute correctness.’ 2 June 1892; and 2 and 11 February, and 11 October, 1893. The first two on House of Commons letterhead; the third on letterhead unknown

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