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Level	Item
Finding No	DDX871/1
Extent	1 item
Title	Robert Taylor's letter to relatives in Canada (transcript)
Date	[21 Jan 1830]
Description	Written by Robert Taylor of Ruston Parva to his wife's siblings in Upper Canada. Refers to family members and mutual acquaintances. Describes 'general poverty among almost all sorts of people' and the mixed reaction to the Catholic emancipation bill. Refers to 'a people which are called Ranters which have spread in England...call themselves Primitive Methodists, forgetting that all the primitive Methodists are dead.' Mentions he was born near Hull, is married to Katharine and has four sons with another child expected in May. 20th century typed transcript of original letter dated 21 January 1830.
AccessStatus	Open
PlaceCode	NA1613
Subject	METHODISTS
Subject	CATHOLICS

Places

Code	Set
NA1613	RUSTON PARVA/RUSTON PARVA/RUSTON PARVA/YORKSHIRE EAST RIDING