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- 27 May 1875 (Creation)
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4 ff., with 2 enclosures, each 1 f.
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63 Berners St, W. - Describes circumstances in which she was certified mad and incarcerated owing to a delusion of her husband's; unjust treatment in law; was denied access to Common Law Courts as a married woman; encloses abstract of trial by Commissioners in Lunacy; asks if Houghton will take up her case. Enclosures: copy order for incarceration of Louisa Lowe, 23 Sept. 1870, with statement respecting her sanity, both signed by George Lowe [verso contains printed address of The Lunacy Law Reform Association, 63 Berners St, London, W.]; 'Improper Incarceration in Lunatic Asylums: ex parte Louisa Lowe': summary of rejected application for a rule nisi against Lunacy Commissioners, 22 Nov. 1872, containing affidavit of Dr William Rhys Williams of Bethlehem Hospital as to Louisa Lowe's sanity [printed with MS annotation concerning reference to spiritualism].