[38] Hand-loom Weavers' Commission, Assistant-Commissioner's Report, Part III, p. 551.

[39] Anti-bread Tax Circular, No. 91, June 16, 1842.

[40] First Report of the Factory Commissioners, 1833, p. 27.

[41] Report of Commissioner on the Condition of the Framework Knitters (1845), p. 109.

[42] Ibid., p. 115.

[43] William Felkin, History of the Machine-wrought Hosiery and Lace Manufactures (1867), p. 458.

[44] Evidence before the Truck Commissioners (1871), Q. 37,500.

[45] Pamphlet of 1825, p. 14.

[46] Home Office Papers, 40, Letter from R.J. Blewitt, Esq., M.P., November 6, 1839.

[47] Richard Fynes, Miners of Northumberland and Durham, p. 72.