Reference
Z22/22
Title
Draft letter to the editor of The Essex Standard, criticising a letter of R S Sadler published in last week's paper and his postscript.
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"... the only point in which is the handling of the ratepayers with the feudalism of the middle ages and the labourers with the serfdom of Russia ... Had he helped the voluntary plan and in case of its failure then introduced that of the Government we could have given him credit for what he says, but what were the facts? His estate stands proudly forward in refusing all help. Not one pound does it yield towards maintaining a school master, or to put the machinery of the school at work for the benefit of the little serfs in whom he professes to take so much interest"
Signed "a constant subscriber"
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