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The Wiseacre Corporation, 10 September 1804

 Item — Box: LF104/7 Box 1
Reference code: LF104/7/87
The Wiseacre Corporation, 10 September 1804
The Wiseacre Corporation, 10 September 1804

Scope and Contents

Published: Laurie & Whittle. Seven men sit round a table; the chairman, full face in the centre and raised above the others, addresses the meeting. Opposite him is 'Burn's Justice', open, lying on a map of 'Break-Neck Shire'. Hats hang on the wall. Beneath the title: 'Gentlemen I am not going to the further end of the Country to prove what I say; the Road which I am obliged to pass to my nown House, is quite unpassable to any thing but a beast. I likeways move that lamps in the Parish be taken down every night, and hung up every morning, to prevent their being broke: Agreed. Resolv'd that the thanks of this meeting be given to the Chairman for his Partial conduct: passed Crim. con.' Description from the British Museum.

Dates

  • Creation: 10 September 1804

Conditions Governing Access

Physical item available by appointment in our Reading Room

Extent

1.0 Item(s)

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository

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