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HOUG/E/B/7/50
Title
Letter from Joseph Hammond to Lord Houghton
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- 17 Nov 1877 (Creation)
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2 ff, with enclosure, also 2 ff.
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On embossed notepaper, All Saint's Vicarage, Pontefract. - Thanks Houghton for promising to support bazaar; recent controversy arose from Hammond's reference at Temperance Meeting to excessive drinking within Corporation; advocates abstinence but is not a 'Teetotal fanatic'.
With enclosure: letter from Richard Moxon to Joseph Hammond, 5 Oct. 1877, Pontefract. - Objects to Hammonds description of Pontefract as the most drunken town in England; any intemperance is due to the presence of migrant workers; Moxon will continue to exercise Mayor's prerogative to distribute wine after church services; withdraws support for bazaar to fund alterations at parsonage.