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Class Consciousness in Oldham and other North-West Industrial Towns 1830–1850
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 February 2009
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9 Butterworth diary, Dec. 1832, Oldham Local History Library.
10 Manchester and Salford Advertiser, 12 Jan. 1833.
11 Poor Man's Guardian, 5 Jan. 1833.
12 Butterworth diary, Dec. 1832, Aug. 1836.
13 The diary kept by Edwin Butterworth serves as the best source of information about Oldham's radical leaders: see also 1832 Oldham pollbook, Oldham L.H.L.
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22 For a description of Wood's reception see Butterworth diary, Dec. 1832.
23 Cobbett's Political Register, 29 Sep. 1832.
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35 Cobbett's Political Register, 7 Dec. 1833; Herald of the Rights of Industry, 8 Feb. 1834.
36 Herald, 26 Apr. 1834.
37 Northern Star, 29 Sep. 1838, 27 Apr. 1839.
38 Ibid. 13 Oct. 1838.
39 Butterworth diary, May 1839. For O'Connor's version of events see Northern Star, 1 June 1839.
40 Butterworth diary, May 1839.
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