Letter by Burchill et al Regarding Article, “Enalapril in Infants With Single Ventricle: Results of a Multicenter Randomized Trial”

Back to the Future? The Potters' Emigration Society and the Historians

“…In short, Evans' leadership proved 'a disaster' for trade unionism in North Staffordshire; it brought the potters 'to national disrepute' and contributed to their 'ultimately insular and isolated posture' in the second half of the nineteenth century. 49 They also poured water on the scheme's ideological pretensions, claiming it was 'hard to believe' that the economic arguments for relocating surplus labour to the New World 'required complex intellectual origins'. 50 Finally, Burchill and Ross downplayed the editor's support among working potters, pointing to the absence of a 'rush [.…”

“…49 They also poured water on the scheme's ideological pretensions, claiming it was 'hard to believe' that the economic arguments for relocating surplus labour to the New World 'required complex intellectual origins'. 50 Finally, Burchill and Ross downplayed the editor's support among working potters, pointing to the absence of a 'rush [. .…”

“…In 1867 Evans was replaced, according to union minutes, after disagreements over his political conduct and the expenditure of advertising revenues. 116 Notwithstanding these outcomes, the respect and affection that characterized pottery workers' attitude towards their former leader suggests the need to revisit the episode with which his name is indelibly linked. The Potters' Emigration Society failed to achieve its aims, sunk, at very least, by excessive expectations.…”

“…These efforts largely failed and the United Branches of Operative Potters soon ceased to exist as a viable organization uniting the various trades. 31 Desperate to revive the Society's flagging fortunes, in May 1848, with the active and, by historians, unacknowledged patronage of the Tory MP for Staffordshire North, C. B. Adderley, a fervent advocate of colonization, 32 Evans decided to open up the scheme to other trades and other areas, including the Lancashire cotton districts where the potters' leader campaigned intensely on its behalf. 33 By September Evans could report the establishment of thirty-nine individual branches, with dozens more imminent.…”

“…The high tide of discontent was reached in August 1850 when British newspapers published a report of a settlers' meeting held in June at Fort Winnebago, demanding an inquiry into the Society's management. 37 To all intents and purposes, the emigration project was dead. Within two months of the report's publication, the Society's assets in Wisconsin had been seized and the settlers themselves forced to take difficult and costly action to retain their property.…”