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HOUG/E/K/4/6
Title
Letter from John Richard Armitstead to Hungerford, 3rd Baron Crewe
Date(s)
- 8 Jun. [1893?] (Creation)
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2 ff.
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Scope and content
The Vicarage, Sandbach. - Confirms account of Lord Russell's son having been found insane in Sandbach; he created a disturbance at Old Hall and was taken to the workhouse; now placed by his family in an asylum at Chiswick; whilst at the workhouse he stabbed a fellow inmate and became violent; had been taken in the previous night but absconded; Armitstead believes 'he had been odd before'.