Title: Meeting of the Freeholders of Middlesex, at the Mile-End Assembly-Room, convened to consider the critical and alarming state of the country, Instructions from the Freeholders of Middlesex to John Wilkes and John Glynn, Knights of the Shire for the County, Letter from the Freeholders of Middlesex to the Freeholders of Great Britain, Thanks to the Earl of Effingham, for having refused to draw his sword against his fellow subjects.
Citation: American Archives Series 4, Volume 3, Page 0785
Author/Presenter: England, Middlesex County Freeholders
Type: Proceedings
Themes: Economy: empire; Economy: taxation; Key people, events, and institutions: King George III; Key people, events, and institutions: Parliament; Political philosophy: Catholicism and anti-Catholicism; Political philosophy: conspiracy; Political philosophy: corruption and virtue; Political philosophy: English constitution; Political philosophy: harmony; Political philosophy: justice, law, and natural law; Political philosophy: liberty; Political philosophy: longing for peace, peace overtures; Political philosophy: monarchy; Political philosophy: parent-child analogy; Political philosophy: rights of Englishmen; Political philosophy: tyranny, oppression, and despotism; Politics and causes of revolt: Intolerable Acts; Social reality: internal disorder, civil war
Date Presented: 1775-09-26
Before Whom: England, Middlesex County Freeholders
Where Presented: London, England
Date Composed: 1775-9-26
Where Written: London, England
Recipient: England, Middlesex County Freeholders
Document ID: S4-V3-P01-sp16-D0334
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