Sir, the Presbytery of Paisley having appointed a Committee of Inquiry into the existing state of destitution among the working classes, and also among the poor in general, within their bounds, and the Committee having drawn up a set of queries embracing this object I beg, as convener, to lay these queries before you ([s.n.], 1840)
A four-page questionnaire, signed in ms.: Rob. Burns, convener. - Dated at head of text: Nov. 24, 1840. - Goldsmiths'-Kress no. 31705. - OCLC, 18310531. - Reproduction of original from Goldsmiths' Library, University of London. - Title taken from opening line of text