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- 1666-1702, 1714-1778, [c. 1800]. (Creation)
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Printed newsletters and broadsides, several of which are satirical, covering the political and military events of the Stuart and Hanoverian periods in Britain and Europe between 1666 and [c. 1800]. They include Publick Occurrences Truly Stated, 1687-1688, A Continuation of the Proceedings in Scotland, 1689, A Hue-and-Cry after an Old Cock Robin [1680s?], Gazette de Londres, 1697, Dawks 's Newsletter, 1697, Whitehall, 1702, and The Last Expressions and Dying Words of James II, 1702. The Stuart material, 1666-1702, concerns post-Restoration intrigues involving Titus Oates, the Duke of Monmouth and others; the accession and early reign of William and Mary; Jacobite rebellions in Scotland and Ireland; protestants, dissenters and legislation affecting the Scottish Church; and the contest for the electorship of Saxony (in French), 1697. The remaining papers provide news of Whig/Tory opposition, 1714, the weavers' riots, 1719, the imprisonment of the Bishop of Rochester, 1722, the Shrewsbury elections, 1734, and accusations of libel against John Wilkes, 1768-[1769]; together with lampoons of public figures, 1746-[c. 1800], and the disposition of the army camp at Coxheath, 1778.
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Mainly English, 1 item in French.
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Some newsletters are pasted together.
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Preferred citation: PQN2/1.