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Three Accounts of Peterloo by Eyewitnesses Bishop Stanley, Lord Hylton, John Benjamin Smith; with Bishop Stanley's Evidence at the Trial

Bruton, F. A. (Francis Archibald), 1860-1929 [Editor]; Hylton, William George Hylton Jolliffe, Sir, 1st Baron, 1800-1876; Smith, J. B. (John Benjamin), 1794-1879; Stanley, Edward, 1779-1849· 5 chapters· 19,645 words

APPENDIX A 75 Some Relics of Peterloo:-- 1. A Banner carried at Peterloo. 2. Bamford's Cottage at Middleton. 3. Constables' Staves. 4. Head of Flagstaff. 5. Hussar's Plume. 6. Account-Book of the Relief Committee. 7. Account-Book recording amounts raised for the relief of Spec...

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2. Part 2

I saw nothing that gave me an idea of resistance, except in one or two spots where they showed some disinclination to abandon the banners; these impulses, however, were but mome...

3. Part 3

You say when he was addressing the mob, you did not hear his words, "but I think, whatever his words were, they excited a shout from those immediately about him, which was re-ec...

4. Part 4

... The people, disappointed in their expectations that prosperity and plenty would follow the return of peace, and having no faith in a legislature which as soon as the war ter...

1. Part 1

APPENDIX A 75 Some Relics of Peterloo:-- 1. A Banner carried at Peterloo. 2. Bamford's Cottage at Middleton. 3. Constables' Staves. 4. Head of Flagstaff. 5. Hussar's Plume. 6. A...

5. Part 5

I have to thank Dr. A. A. Mumford for calling my attention to another account-book connected with Peterloo, which I believe he met with while going over the Crossley papers at t...