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Labourers and voters in Highworth 1874 election letter
Arthur Clayden writes from Faringdon about Highworth polling where over 20 percent of 260 voters could not write their names and labouring class voters showed "blank stupidity" in voting. He notes low turnout in a nearby village and urges Union support to end ignorance, praising the Labourers' Chronicle and urging Mr. Bird to accept the union for a universal blessing.
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