Skip to main contentPolitical tract - A serious call to the Corporation of London, to address His M[ajest]y to remove from his Councils and Person forever Weak, and wicked M-----s, &c. Humbly adress'd to the Right Honorable the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, Common Council and Liverymen of the said City | McCord Museum
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A serious call to the Corporation of London, to address His M[ajest]y to remove from his Councils and Person forever Weak, and wicked M-----s, &c. Humbly adress'd to the Right Honorable the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, Common Council and Liverymen of the said City
Date
[ca 1755]
Dimensions1 textual record ; 44 x 28.7 cm
ClassificationCommunication Objects - Advertising Media
Object NumberS001/B3.3,7.1
DivisionArchives - Textual Archives
CollectionStewart
Scope and ContentAnonymous appeal to the Corporation of the City of London suggesting that it persuade the king to remove from his councils those responsible for the failures of the British forces since the start of the Seven Years’ War (1754-1763). The author of this large pamphlet makes numerous insinuations and accusations of corruption and treachery, in an evident effort to incite a sense of patriotic indignation among the British.NotesSource of title: Based on the title of the document.
Physical condition: Creased.
Language of the document: The document is in English.
Physical condition: Creased.
Language of the document: The document is in English.
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Report on the movements of the various councillors sitting on the Royal Councils
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S001/A2.1,4.1
Rebellion Losses (Canada). Return to an Address of the Honourable The House of Commons, dated 5 June 1849; -for, "'The appendix to the First Report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the Losses occasioned by the Troubles in Canada, during the Years 1837 and 1838, and into the Damages arising therefrom' ; -containing a List of the Names of the said Claimants, referred to in a Marginal Note of the Papers (page 43) relative to the Rebellion Losses in Canada, ordered by The House of Commons to be printed 2 May 1849, Sessional Paper, No. 253."
June 6, 1849
S001/C4.1,1.1.1
The Lamp-Lighter's Poem: Humbly Presented, to all his Worthy Masters and Mistresses
1746
S001/B3.3,6.1
A Proclamation, to such as are desirous to settle on the lands of the crown in the Province of Upper Canada; by his excellency John Graves Simcoe, Esquire; Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief of the said Province, and Colonel Commanding His Majesty's Forces, &c. &c. &c.
1795
S001/C3.4,1.2
Rebellion Losses, U.C. Return to an Address from the Legislative Assemblly to His Excellency the Governor General, dated the 8th instant, praying His Excellency will cause to be laid before them, the Report of the Commissioners appointed to enquire into, and allow or reject, the Claims of the inhabitants of the late Province of Upper Canada, arising out of the late Rebellion and Invasion of this Province
March 19, 1849
S001/C4.1,1.1.2
His Worship Médéric Martin, M. L. C. Mayor of Montreal
Arthur George Racey
1922
M20111.10
Some considerations on the importation and exportation of beaver; with remarks on the hatter's case
1731
S001/B3.2,1.6
A True and Perfect Relation of Elizabeth Freeman of Bishops-Hatfield in the Country of Hertford, of a Strange and Wonderful Apparition Which Appeard to Her several times, and commended Her to declare a Message to His Most Sacred Majesty
January 24, 1680 - January 27, 1680
S001/B2.6,1.4
A True narrative of that grand Jesuite Father Andrews; who lived at Hardwick in Monmouthshire How he Fled into a Large Wood to Escape Justice. How he came to an Untimely End, and the Manner of his Burial. In a Letter to a Friend in London
July 2, 1679
S001/B2.6,1.2
A letter from a Jesuit at Paris, to his correspondent in London; shewing the most effectual way to ruine the Government and Protestant Religion
February 12, 1678
S001/B2.6,1.1
The Matter of Fact A la Mode de France : or the Case stated After the French Manner, In Relation ot the Alliance proposed by the Two Crowns of England and France, With the States of the United Netherlands with Rational Reflections thereon, In a Letter From a Burgher of Amsterdam, to his Friend in the Campagne, Dated January 30. 1630. Englished from the French Copy.
January 30, 1630
S001/B2.1,4.7
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