North Briton Extraordinary Feb 1769 Futile Occupation
A fragment from the North Briton Extraordinary issue dated February 1769. It references Majores and the Aventinum occupation with political sentiment about liberty and majesty, and includes a quotation from Sallust.
Extraordinary Norry Briton on Middlesex Freeholders
A London newspaper comments on ministers attempting to override the Middlesex freeholders and their right to elect Wixxes as representative. The piece, dated at King's Bench Prison on Saturday Feb 18, 1769, frames it as an extraordinary political intervention and notes the second address was issued through an unusual channel.
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Middlesex
Mr. Wixxes
Brentford
John Wilkes
King’s Bench Prison