The laboring classes of England : especially those engaged in agriculture and manufactures; in a series of letters / by an Englishman ; also, A voice from the factories, a poem, in serious verse.

  • Dodd, William, 1804-
Date:
1847
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Credit: The laboring classes of England : especially those engaged in agriculture and manufactures; in a series of letters / by an Englishman ; also, A voice from the factories, a poem, in serious verse. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    convinced that a reduction in the hours of labor is only a prelim- inary to the measures we must introduce for the benefit of the working classes ; but it is an indispensable preliminary. We must first settle this just principle, and then go on, by God's bles- sing, to draw long advantages from it. Limited as I am in Par- liament, and out of it, I cannot undertake more than one thing at a time ; but I think of a great many, and hope to be able here- after to effect a few of them. Your labors have been very serviceable. It must be a pleasure to you, to find yourself by God's mercy, in a way to be of use to your fellow sufferers, to make at least an ingenuous effect. I hope that your remaining days may be so assured to you in com- fort, that you may have leisure and means to pursue your plans for the welfare of the operatives. Your faithful servant, A . [No. 3.] March 31, 1842. . Pray go to the house of Mrs. Torvey, 41 A 1 Street, Regent's Park. You will there see a poor girl whose arm has been torn off by a wheel in a silk mill. Pray talk to her, and tell me what you think of the case. You will be able to judge whether I can assist her by giving her a false hand, such as you have. Your humble servant, A . My plans alluded to in letter No. 2, were chiefly the establishment of a self-acting asylum in the neighbor- hood of London, for the reception of the thousands of destitute factory cripples, in which they might be provi- ded with the means of spending the remainder of their days in comfort, and in preparing for another and a bet- ter world. I had also formed some plans for preventing, as far as human means could prevent, the making of cripples in future. Although I did not succeed in carry- ing out these desirable objects, it was gratifying for me