Before the Bobbies. The Night Watch and Police Reform in Metropolitan London, 1720-1830

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Unless otherwise noted, place of publication is London.

I. UNPUBLISHED GOVERNMENT AND PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS

A. Public Record Office

Home Office Papers

HO 42/1-5, 112-113, 118-124 Domestic Correspondence

HO 52/2-5 Public Order

HO 59/1-2 Police Court and Magistrates In-Letters

HO 61/1-7 Metropolitan Police Correspondence

HO 62/1 & 4 Daily Police Reports

HO 65/1-3, 11-12 Police Entry Books

Metropolitan Police Papers

MEPO 1/1-2 Letter Books

MEPO 1/44 Commissioners Correspondence, Private and Confidential

MEPO 2/38 Recruiting Procedure: Sir Robert Peel's Proposals

2/39 Applications for Superior Posts

2/50 Accounts

2/51 Police Rate

MEPO 3/1781 & 1783 Office of the Commissioners, Correspondence

MEPO 4/1 Weekly Manning Returns

MEPO 4/6 Entry Book of Complaints from Members of the Public

MEPO 4/12 Daily Police Reports

MEPO 4/291 Register of Superannuation Fund

MEPO 5/1 Office of the Receiver, Correspondence and Papers

MEPO 8/34 Westminster Court, Daily Occurrence Book

B. House of Lords Record Office

MSS Draft of 1720 Night Watch Bill

MSS Petitions Concerning 1720 Night Watch Bill:

From

a. the Dean and Chapter of Westminster

b. Burgesses of Westminster

c. Inhabitants of Westminster

d. the Justices of Middlesex

e. the Gentlemen of Westminster

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