GB 0096 AL136
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Fonds
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1890
Letter from Samuel Plimsoll of 28 Park Lane, London to [?a newspaper editor], 26 Feb 1890. Complaining of frequent allegations that: 'I seek to subject English ship-owners to restrictions and regulations from which foreigners are exempted.' He has obtained evidence from the Board of Trade to show that foreign ships are not thus privileged.
Autograph, with signature.
Plimsoll , Samuel , 1824-1898 , politician and shipping reformer