Card to Lord Hood

Description

Title: Card to Lord Hood
Creator: Independent Shopkeeper
Published / Created: [1788]
Publication Place: London and England London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Description: Caption title.
An address to Lord Hood and Pitt expressing outrage at a riot of sailors in Westminster and the damage done to the tradesmen in the area, on top of the grinding taxes imposed by the Pitt admisitration.
Signed: An independent shopkeeper.
"Bond-Street, Friday evening, July 25, 1788."
Westminster election handbill.
Not in ESTC.
Partial watermark. For further information, consult library staff.
Provenance: Michael S. Kemp; March 2020.
Extent: 1 sheet ([1] page) ; 17 x 22 cm
Language: English

Genre: Early works to 1800
Ephemera
Propaganda
Brit tracts
Material: laid paper.
Resource Type: text and still image
Subject (Geographic): Great Britain.
Great Britain
England.
Subject (Name): Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Hood, Samuel Hood, Viscount, 1724-1816.
Pitt, William, 1759-1806.
Subject (Topic): Elections, 1788
Retail trade
Taxation
Public opinion
Sailors
Subjects: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons > Elections, 1788
Hood, Samuel Hood, Viscount, 1724-1816
Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Retail trade > Taxation > Great Britain
Taxation > Great Britain > Public opinion > Early works to 1800
Sailors > England
Brit tracts > 1788

Access: Public
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