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Title: Second Report from the Select Committee on the Poor Laws; (1818) with an Appendix About Mining.
Description: House of, 1818. Soft Cover. 8p inc Appendix. The report focuses on destitiution in parts of the North Riding of Yorkshire brought about by the decline in the mining industry. With particular reference to the Parishs of Melbecks, Reeth, Arkengarthdale and Grinton - with a chart showing expenditure in each parish from 1801 until 1818. No report from Marwick which was one of the partitioning townships. Folds to tall 8vo. Sewn binding ; horiziontal folds and edge wear consistent with age. See scans. . Good +

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