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The struggles of an old chartist : what he knows, and the part he has taken in various movements
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- Creator
- by Benj. Wilson, of Salterhebble
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Northgate [Halifax] : J. Nicholson, 1887
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- 40 pages ; 26 cm
- OCLC
- ocn613357231
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- Photocopy.
- The Peterloo Massacre; the chartist movement and its leaders; the exciting scenes of 1839 and '48; how elections and township's affairs were conducted 40 years ago; the Plug Plot Riots of 1842; the origin and struggles of the co-operative movement in Halifax; the reform league's agitation and Hyde Park Riot; the marquis of Salisbury's description of the 1867 reform bill; a complete record of the Halifax Borough and municipal elections.
- Benjamin Wilson, 1824-1897, Chartist and horticulturist--obtained 5/11/10 on line at http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101074989/Benjamin-Wilson.