From The National Archives:
"...we should be clem'd and starved...": Welsh pauper letters
"In this talk, Professor Stephen King (University of Leicester) will delve into the
rich primary source material of pauper letters held at The National Archives.
"Stephen will demonstrate how people of Wales in the 19th century adjusted to the new
Poor Law system, and will bring out some of the very personal experiences of poverty
through the accounts of the people who experienced it.
"In Their Own Write is a three-year, AHRC-funded project, running from 2018 to 2021,
which uses letters from paupers and other poor people, and associated manuscript material
such as petitions, sworn statements and advocate letters (those written on behalf of
paupers) to investigate the lives of the poor between 1834 and 1900.
"It is run jointly by The National Archives at Kew and the Department of History at
the University of Leicester."
Free
See <
https://tinyurl.com/yawt5vyl> for information and to register for the talk.
The National Archives
Bessant Drive
Richmond
TW9 4DU