Alfred or A narrative of the daring and illegal measures to suppress a pamphlet intituled, Strictures on the declaration of Horne Tooke, Esq. respecting "Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales," commonly called Mrs. Fitzherbert: with interesting remarks on a regency : proving, on principles of law and common sense, that a certain illustrious personage is not eligible to the important trust

• • Is type of work 

    Special collections

• Alternate title

  Narrative of the daring and illegal measures to suppress a pamphlet intituled, Strictures on the declaration of Horne Tooke, Esq. ...

By

• • Has author 

    Withers, Philip

Publisher

• Publication

  London: Printed for the author ..., 1789

• Year

  • Publication year 

    1789

Is about

• Person

  • As subject 

    George IV (koning van het Verenigd Koninkrijk)
  • As subject 

    Fitzherbert, Maria Anne

• Subject

  • As subject 

    pamphlet
  • As subject 

    staatkundige geschiedenis
  • As subject 

    persvrijheid

Type

• Language

  • Has publication language 

    English

Annotations / title notes

• Notes

  • Exordium signed (on p. 6): Philip Withers.
  • "Strictures on the declaration of Horne Tooke ..." is part of the author's History of the royal malady.
  • Signatures: [A]-F⁴
  • "The narrative contains a reference to those parts of the pamphlet which caused the alarm, and the names of the illustrious personages in Pall-Mall interested in this lawless attack on the sacred freedom of the press, the privileges of Parliament, and the common rights of citizens."

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