Letter from William Rathbone V to William Rathbone VI
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Title
Letter from William Rathbone V to William Rathbone VI
Subject
Great Britain--History--19th century
Liverpool (England)--Politics and government
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Description
A letter from William Rathbone V, a wealthy Liverpool merchant and politician, to his son William Rathbone VI, noting distress among the poor in Liverpool.
Creator
William Rathbone V
Source
University of Liverpool Special Collections & Archives
Date
1862-03-04
Contributor
AB, PP
Rights
Reproduction here courtesy of University of Liverpool Special Collections & Archives.
Format
pdf
Language
English
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Text
Excerpt: The distress among the poor here and in the manufacturing districts is great, and I fear on the increase.
Citation
Rathbone, William. “William Rathbone V to William Rathbone VI, March 4, 1862." Letter. From University of Liverpool Library, Special Collections & Archives, "Rathbone Papers, 1721-1971.” Letter cited in Chapter 9 of Empire of Cotton: A Global History by Sven Beckert. New York: Vintage Books, 2015.
Files
Citation
William Rathbone V, “Letter from William Rathbone V to William Rathbone VI,” Creating Digital History @ NYU, accessed September 17, 2026, https://aphnyu.org/creatingdigitalhistory/fall2016/items/show/59.
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