ABSTRACT
I have seen several cases of decrepitude and mutilation, which I must reserve for another letter.
I am, &c.
L E T T E R VIII. Bradford, Octeber 4, 1841.
over-exertion and long hours of labour in this town, who, I find, are very numerous. In passing through the streets, I met many who would, in all probability, have been stout, able-bodied men, had they never known the factories; but who are now, although in the prime of life, unable to earn a living in any way whatever. I invited several of them to take tea with me at my lodgings, and visited others at their own homes; and I now beg to lay before your Lordship the his tory of a few of them, in nearly their own words.
