Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
A letter concerning libels, warrants, and the seizure of papers : with a view to some late proceedings, and the defence of them by the majority.
Call Number
14463.974.33.11
Lapidus 5.1920
Identifier
ark:/88435/dcsq87c4881
Publisher
London : Printed for J. Almon..., 1764.
Language
English
Date Created
1764
Extent
100 p. ; 21 cm. (8vo).
Source Acquisition
Princeton copy 1 Gift; Sidney Lapidus, Princeton Class of 1959, 2021.
References
ESTC T37760
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Signed at end: The Father of Candor.
With a half title.
On the trial of John Wilkes for libel; with an answer to Charles Lloyd's Defence of the majority in the House of commons, 1764.
Authorship disputed; usually attributed to John Almon.
First published under title: An enquiry into the doctrine, lately propagated, concerning libels, warrants, and the seizure of papers ... upon the principles of law and the constitution. In a letter to Mr. Almon from the Father of Candor.
Signatures: [A]² B-N⁴
Binding Note
Princeton copy 1 Disbound.

Discovery Information

Subject
Wilkes, John 1725-1797
Lloyd, Charles 1735-1773—Defence of the majority
Trials (Seditious libel)—Great Britain
Libel and slander—Great Britain
Constitutional history—Great Britain

Physical Characteristics

File Count
99

Institutional Information

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

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/f9e84193-4f11-4cec-a42e-d5e23e30df09/manifest