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      WILLIAM SHAW

      Copy letter from William Shaw to Sir William Napier

      9 Jun 1848

      Loose manuscript paper | 1 document (4 pages) (whole object) | RA VIC/ADDA10/58

      Copy letter from William Shaw to Sir William Napier in which he explains his assertion that Messrs Herbert & Co. were 'cheap clothiers' and states his aim to demand that army clothiers pay their workers, particularly women, a fair wage.

      • Creator(s)

        William Shaw (writer)

        Sir William Francis Patrick Napier (1785-1860) (addressee)

      • 1 document (4 pages) (whole object)

      • Place of Production
        34 Bloomsbury Street
      • Object type(s)
          • printed & manuscript material
            • documents
              • correspondence
        Language(s)
        English
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