Rights of Man excerpt causes Old Bailey libel case
A public prosecution hinges on the Rights of Man pamphlet. Jury convicts the defendant of publishing passages deemed seditious, while the judge urges careful consideration and notes the national constitutional critique by Thomas Paine and others, amid debates on representation and reform.
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George Storey
Eaton
Peron
Mr. Eaton
Max
Reeves
Crown and Anchor Tavern
Humphries
Payne
Vaudan
Atrorney-General
Lord Kenyon
French Executive Council orders free passage to American ships
Reports that American ships may pass freely with enemy property aboard if it is warlike stores. Emigrant priests sent to Canada received welcome in New York. Governor and Assembly offered 3000 acres at moderate rent, but they headed to Canada. Local notes: Oxford installation, wax candles and wine, and a rumor Duke of Manchester and Lady Sugann to wed in Mattimony before winter.
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New York Packet
Canada
New York
Hertford
Justice Butter
Nis Prits
Marquis of
Salursbury
Hatfield
Oxford
Mattimony
France private letter from Rouen June 24 on war upheaval
Extract details French insurrectionists seize horses and provisions in Evreux Caen to be central for coastal forces. General Wimpffen aids rebellion while urging cashiering May 31 and June 1 1793 decrees. Bourdeaux party calls for monarchy as city rebels against Marat.
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Rouen
Cavads
Evreux
Wimpffen
Paris
Committee of Public Safety
Euse
Calvados
Caen
Liseux
Bourdeaux
Marat
London
France
Account of Rebels in Paris Gazette June 28
The report describes rebel forces with white jackets and plumes, armed unevenly from cudgels to bayonets, led by masked officers. Rebels coerce soldiers to join, seize upon surrendered towns, plunder aristocrats and patriots, and feed on Beauce’s grain while threatening Paris and famine.
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Paris
Louis Rue
Beauce
France
Extract of an Official Letter from June 22
The letter reports rebel forces evacuating Saaur and carrying off artillery and plunder to Cholet. About 8000 joined Angers, others retreated to Cholet and Montagne. It notes harvest lifting morale, praises discipline among troops at Zeurs, and blames a Paris battalion for mutiny that nearly doomed the day. It promises punishment for rebellion organizers and hints at marching on rebels soon.
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Saaur
Cholet
Angers
Montagne
Zéurs
Sax
Unis
Coulfard
Wethouk
Gaumar
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Tsue
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Engler
Grey
Vaughan
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