Draft letter from [Joseph Butterwoth], Fleet Street [London] to 'My Lord'

Annotated in pencil 'Not sent'. Thanks him for his letter re 'Sunday Drilling'. Inconsistency in exemptions from military drilling and exercising on Sundays. In some instances those who have asked to be exempted have been maltreated and punished. Impact of Sunday drilling on public morals. Entreats...

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Order number: MMS/Special Series/Various Papers/FBN 45
Date(s) of creation: 21 Apr 1806
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Order number: MMS/Special Series/Various Papers/FBN 45
Summary: Annotated in pencil 'Not sent'. Thanks him for his letter re 'Sunday Drilling'. Inconsistency in exemptions from military drilling and exercising on Sundays. In some instances those who have asked to be exempted have been maltreated and punished. Impact of Sunday drilling on public morals. Entreats (on behalf of the [Wesleyan]Methodist Committee) that the Government prohibit, except by special order, all further exercises on Sundays.
Extent: 2 pages
Access status: Open
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Language: English
File number: 4
Format: Archive