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Wilkes Attacks Power as The North Briton Is Condemned
The House debated the publication of The North Briton No 45 and Wilkes’s role. The majority deemed the paper a treasonous libel against the king and Parliament, voting to burn the document and adjourn for further talk. Wilkes appeared, denouncing the assault on public rights and his own treatment.
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Wilkes
George Kearsley
Richard Balfe
Mr. Morton
John Phillips
Thomas Townshend
William Baker