Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
The character of a rebellion, and what England may expect from one, or The designs of dissenters : examined by reason, experience, and the laws and statutes of the realm.
Call Number
Oversize Lapidus 5.2378q
Oversize 1445.247q
Identifier
ark:/88435/dc3t946221h
Publisher
London : Printed for Benj. Tooke, 1681.
Language
English
Date Created
1681
Extent
[2], 18 p. ; 30 cm. (2⁰)
Source Acquisition
Princeton copy 1 Gift; Sidney Lapidus, Princeton Class of 1959, 2021.
References
ESTC R4252
Wing N91
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Signatures: A-E².
Title within double line border.
Attributed to Nalson by Wing. DNB does not mention this in its account of John Nalson, a royalist pamphleteer. Other authorities list this under title.
A royalist tract describing chaos brought about by a rebellion inspired by dissenters; one result would be the "discharter" of Virginia, Maryland, Carolina, etc., royal grants.
Binding Note
Princeton copy 1 Disbound.

Discovery Information

Subject
Dissenters, Religious—England
Great Britain—Colonies—America
Great Britain—Politics and government—1660-1688

Physical Characteristics

File Count
21

Institutional Information

Collection
The Sid Lapidus '59 Collection on Liberty and the American Revolution
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/830f48e2-e55b-4fb3-940a-4b87a31235b7/manifest