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Autograph Letter Signed ('J Montgomery') from the poet James Montgomery to 'Miss A. Hodgson, Coupland's Lodgings', explaining his reasons for suggesting a title for her literary anthology.

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James Montgomery (1771-1854), Scottish poet, hymnwriter and campaigner aginst slavery and child labour [Miss A. Hodgson, Coupland's Lodgings]
Publication details: 
Clayton's Lodgings, Harrogate. 5 September 1826.
£95.00

3pp., 12mo. On bifolium. 50 lines. On aged and creased paper, with glue from mounting in album on reverse of second leaf, which carries the address. The letter begins: 'What think you of the Bazaar for a title for your new work.

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Anno Tertio & Quarto Victoriae Reginae. Cap. LXXXV. An Act for the Regulation of Chimney Sweepers and Chimneys. [7th August 1840.]'

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[Chimney Sweeps; Chimney Sweepers; Victorian child labour; Act of Parliament]
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London: Printed by George E. Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode, Printers to the Queen's most Excellent Majesty. 1840.
£25.00

8vo, 4 pp, paginated [605] to 608. Disbound bifolium. Two stab holes. Good, on lightly aged paper, with slight loss along crease line. A piece of landmark legislation in the field of employment rights. 'And be it enacted, That [...] any Person who shall compel or knowingly allow any Child or young Person under the Age of Twenty-one Years to ascend or descend a Chimney, or enter a Flue, for the Purpose of sweeping, cleaning, or coring the same, or for extinguishing Fire therein, shall be liable to a Penalty not more than Ten Pounds or less than Five Pounds.'

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