An edition of Political letters and pamphlets
(1830)
Political letters and pamphlets
published for the avowed purpose of trying with the government the question of law, whether all publications containing news or intelligence, however limited in quantity or irregularly issued, are liable to the imposition of the stamp duty of fourpence, &c., with a full report of the editor's trial and conviction, in the Court of Exchequer, at Westminster
by Carpenter, William
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Table of Contents
1. Report of the trial of Mr. Carpenter
2. A letter to the Duke of Wellington
3. A letter to Sir Robert Peel
4. A letter to the commissioners of stamps
5. A letter to the people of England
6. A letter to the aristocracy
7. A second letter to the Duke of Wellington
8. Facts and observations connected with the present times
9. A letter to Earl Grey
10. A letter to Lord Althorpe
11. A second letter to Lord Althorpe
12. A political mescellany
13. A political compendium
14. A political digest
15. A letter to the Right Honourable Wilmot Horton
16. A political mirror
17. A political chronicle
18. A political herald
19. A political register
20. A political letter[!]
21. Another political letter
22. A letter to the chancellor of the exchequer
23. A political pamphlet
24. A political olio
25. A letter of Lord Brougham
26. A political reflector
27. A political pilot
28. A political repertory
29. A political omnibus
30. A political observer
31. A political guardian
32. A political director
33. A political monitor
34. A political censor.
Edition Notes
Each part has separate pagination.
In order to evade stamp duty, each number has an individual title.
A series of 34 pamphlets, published weekly 9 Oct. 1830-14 May 1831. Goldsmiths' Library printed catalogue gives the date of the first issue as: 4 May 1830.
Some parts are from Hone's tracts and other similar publications; some with woodcuts by George Cruikshank.
Decided by the court to be a periodical, liable to stamp duty.
Reproduction of the original from the Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature, Senate House Library, University of London.
Shelfmark number: [G.L.] A.830 fol.
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