[posted] Posted(#32807, Ritchie)

[David Price]

Freehold Land Societies, by J. Ewing Ritchie                             32807
   [Subtitle: Their History, Present Position, and Claims]
   [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/3/2/8/0/32807 ]
   [Files: 32807.txt; 32807-0.txt; 32807-h.htm]




For those wishing to know: a short pamphlet on the Freehold Land Society 
movement.  The movement sought to get working-class men to purchase plots 
of land which would not only then provide food for their families, but a 
good return when later sold on.  The main point, however, was that by 
owning a small piece of land the working-class man was then entitled to 
vote for the M.P.  It was a factor in breaking the landed-classes hold 
over parliament.

All the best,
David,
England, cloudy with a warm breeze