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Newspaper report from the week after Peterloo.

Includes letter from the Home Secretary, Lord Sidmouth, conveying the thanks of the Prince Regent to the Militia for their actions for the "preservation of the public tranquility". And letters from Mr Henry Hunt from his confinement in the New Bailey Prison, Manchester.
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CreatorManchester Observer
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Date created24th August 1819
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Manufacturer/PublisherWroe, J.
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Holding organisationManchester Library and Information Service
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Associated Objects
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Image: an operative tending a beaming machine at Lily Mills, Shaw in the 1950s Image: Row of Terraced Houses in Ancoats, Manchester
Image: Manchester marchers during the General Strike,1926 Image: Lap-frame engraving by J.R. Barfoot, published 1835-40
Image: illustration of a worker at a Bleach Mill, c.1780 Image: Female Millworker, 1930s
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