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Agricultural Labourers' Union at the Memorial Hall, Farringdon-Street...1876. Creator: Unknown.

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Agricultural Labourers' Union at the Memorial Hall, Farringdon-Street, [London]: Delegates signing Petition, 1876. 'About a thousand persons from different parts of the country were present, and the body of the room and the galleries were densely crowded. Nearly all the labourers' delegates wore sashes and rosettes, with the initials of the Union...The practical object of the conference was to strengthen the hands of Mr. Trevelyan in connection with his pending motion relating to electoral reform. With this view, after hearing a number of speakers, resolutions were passed in favour of making the county franchise qualification the same as that of the borough franchise. A petition to the House of Commons in support of the measure was then adopted, and was signed by the delegates present'. From "Illustrated London News", 1876.

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