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The Reports of the Committee of Secrecy of the House of Commons, on the Papers belonging to The Society for Constitutional Information, and The London Corresponding Society, seized by order of Government, and presented to the House by Mr. Secretary Dundas by COMMITTEE OF SECRECY - 1794.

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The Reports of the Committee of Secrecy of the House of Commons, on the Papers belonging to The Society for Constitutional Information, and The London Corresponding Society, seized by order of Government, and presented to the House by Mr. Secretary Dundas by COMMITTEE OF SECRECY - 1794.

The Reports of the Committee of Secrecy of the House of Commons, on the Papers belonging to The Society for Constitutional Information, and The London Corresponding Society, seized by order of Government, and presented to the House by Mr. Secretary Dundas

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Edinburgh: Printed for Bell & Bradfute, and W. Creech, 1794.. 8vo, 40, 92, 23, (1), 174 pp, some light marking - mostly marginal, Library stamp to title and brief inscription to verso, rebound in modern quarter cloth, gilt spine title. Two reports along with a supplement and appendix from May 1794, concerning 2 radical organisations which supported the aims of the French Revolution and agitated for social reform. Reports such as this were instrumental in the prosecutions brought against their leaders, such as Thomas Hardy and John Horne Tooke, and includes here some of their pamphlets. The Society for Constitutional Information was eventually formally suppressed in 1797.
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The Reports of the Committee of Secrecy of the House of Commons, on the Papers belonging to the Society for Constitutional Information, and , the London Corresponding Society, seized by order of Government, and presented to the House by Mr Secretary Dundas.

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Edinburgh; Printed for Bell & Bradfute, and W. Creech; 1794.. First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. 40, 92, 23,174 (First and Second reports Supplement to the Second report (with appendix) and Appendix to the Second report); bound in modern binder's cloth, leather spine label, title lettered in gilt on label, very good clean copy. SCARCE. This volume comprises the First Report from the Committee of Secrecy, Second Report, Supplement to the Second Report, and Appendix to the Second Report. They are reprinted in this public form from the parliamentary printings by order of the House of Commons, the parliamentary printings not being available to the public (none were, incidentally, until 1836). Ferguson, 195.
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