Political letters and pamphlets : published for the avowed purpose of trying with the government the question of law, whether all publications containing news or intelligence, however limited in quantity or irregularly issued, are liable to the imposition of the stamp duty of fourpence, &c., with a full report of the editor's trial and conviction, in the Court of Exchequer, at Westminster / by William Carpenter.

Other author Carpenter, William, 1797-1874, editor.
Other author Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, illustrator.
Other author Hone, William, 1780-1842 contributor.
Format Electronic
PublicationLondon : William Carpenter, 1830-1831.
Description1 online resource (volumes) : illustrations, portrait.
Supplemental ContentGale, Making of the Modern World, Part IV: 1800-1890
Supplemental ContentGale, Making of the Modern World, Part IV: 1800-1890
Supplemental ContentGale, Making of the Modern World, Part IV: 1800-1890
Supplemental ContentGale, Making of the Modern World, Part IV: 1800-1890
Supplemental ContentGale, Making of the Modern World, Part IV: 1800-1890
Supplemental ContentGale, Making of the Modern World, Part IV: 1800-1890
Subjects
Stamp duties--Great Britain.
Freedom of the press--Great Britain.

SeriesMaking of the Modern World, Part IV: 1800-1890
Making of the Modern World, Part IV: 1800-1890. UNAUTHORIZED
Contents 1. Report of the trial of Mr. Carpenter -- 2. A letter to the Duke of Wellington -- 3. A letter to Sir Robert Peel -- 4. A letter to the commissioners of stamps -- 5. A letter to the people of England -- 6. A letter to the aristocracy -- 7. A second letter to the Duke of Wellington -- 8. Facts and observations connected with the present times -- 9. A letter to Earl Grey -- 10. A letter to Lord Althorpe -- 11. A second letter to Lord Althorpe -- 12. A political mescellany -- 13. A political compendium -- 14. A political digest -- 15. A letter to the Right Honourable Wilmot Horton -- 16. A political mirror -- 17. A political chronicle -- 18. A political herald -- 19. A political register -- 20. A political letter[!] -- 21. Another political letter -- 22. A letter to the chancellor of the exchequer -- 23. A political pamphlet -- 24. A political olio -- 25. A letter of Lord Brougham -- 26. A political reflector -- 27. A political pilot -- 28. A political repertory -- 29. A political omnibus -- 30. A political observer -- 31. A political guardian -- 32. A political director -- 33. A political monitor -- 34. A political censor.
General noteEach part has separate pagination.
General noteIn order to evade stamp duty, each number has an individual title.
General noteA series of 34 pamphlets, published weekly 9 Oct. 1830-14 May 1831. Goldsmiths' Library printed catalogue gives the date of the first issue as: 4 May 1830.
General noteSome parts are from Hone's tracts and other similar publications; some with woodcuts by George Cruikshank.
General noteDecided by the court to be a periodical, liable to stamp duty.
General noteReproduction of the original from the Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature, Senate House Library, University of London.
General noteShelfmark number: [G.L.] A.830 fol.
General notePresented by the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, 1903.
General noteLibrary has: v. 1-6.

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