[156] _The Town Labourer, 1760-1832_, by J. L. and B. Hammond, 1917, p. 15. Whether Gravener Henson, the bobbin-net maker of Nottingham, subsequently author of a _History of the Framework-Knitters_ (1831), who had long been a leader of the Framework-knitters, was the “King Lud” under whose orders the machine-breakers often purported to act, is yet unproven (_Life of Francis Place_, by Prof. Graham Wallas, revised edition, 1918). The Report of the House of Commons Committee on the Framework-knitters’ petitions (1812) affords evidence of the all-pervading misery of the time. For other glimpses of the Luddite organisation, see _An Appeal to the Public, containing an account of services rendered during the disturbances in the North of England in the year 1812_, by Francis Raynes, 1817 (in Home Office Papers, 40); _Report of Proceedings under Commission of Oyer and Terminer, January 2 to 12, 1813, at York_, by J. and W. B. Gurney, 1813; _Digest of Evidence of Committee on Artizans and Machinery_, by George White, 1824 (see p. 36, Richmond’s evidence as to the appeals of the Luddites to the Glasgow cotton-spinners); and _Annual Register_, 1812. [157] Evidence of a colliery engineer in the Newcastle district before Committee on Combination Laws, 1825; summarised in _Report on Trade Societies_, 1860, by Social Science Association. See also _A Voice from the Coalmines_, 1825; _A Candid Appeal to the Coalowners and Viewers of Collieries on the Tyne and Wear, including a copy of the Collier’s Bond, with Animadversions thereon and a series of proposed Amendments, from the Committee of the Colliers’ United Association_, 1826 (in Home Office Papers, H.O. 40 (19), with Lord Londonderry’s letter of February 28, 1826); _The Miners of Northumberland and Durham_, by Richard Fynes, pp. 12-16 (1873); _An Earnest Address ... on behalf of the Pitmen_, by W. Scott, 1831. [158] See Appendix to Report of Select Committee on Combinations, 1825. [159] R. _v._ Yates and Others, Liverpool Sessions, August 10, 1823. See newspaper report preserved in Place MSS. 27804--154. [160] The entries in this old cash-book are of some interest: May 29, 1810 Paid ye Brushmakers £15 0 0 Lent ye Brushmakers 10 0 0 Paid ye Friziers 20 0 0 June 26, 1810 Paid ye Silversmiths 10 0 0 Expenses to Pipemakers 0 4 10 July 24, 1810 Paid ye Braziers 10 10 0 Paid ye Bookbinders 10 0 0 Paid ye Curriers 10 0 0 Aug. 21, 1810 Lent ye Bit and Spurmakers 5 0 0 Lent ye Scalemakers 5 0 0 Paid ye Leathergrounders 5 0 0 Oct. 26, 1810 Paid ye Tinplate Workers 30 0 0 Dec. 11, 1810 Lent ye Ropemakers 10 0 0 May 30, 1811 Received of Scale Beam-makers 5 0 0 June 25, 1811 Expenses with Papermakers 0 12 6 July 20, 1812 Lent ye Sadlers 10 0 0 Oct. 12, 1812 Paid to Millwrights 50 0 0 Dec. 7, 1812 Borrowed from the Musical Instrument-makers 2 0 0 [161] Home Office Papers, 40--18, March 31, 1823. [162] See report in the _Manchester Exchange Herald_, about 1818, preserved in Place MSS. 27799--156.