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The eccentric and singular productions of Sir W. Courtenay, K.M. alias Mr. Tom, spirit merchant and maltster, of Truro in Cornwall, late candidate for the representation of the city of Canterbury in Parliament, now an inmate of the lunatic asylum, Barming Heath, near Maidstone : to which are added his weekly publication "The lion," from the first number to its conclusion ; the whole accurately reprinted, as issued by him during and after the election ; his trial at Maidstone for perjury, on Thursday, July they 25th, 1833, before Mr. Justice James Parke, with other interesting information never before published, embellished with fac-similes of the signatures of this extraordinary individual, both as Mr. N. Tom, and Sir William Courtenay, K.M. and a neatly executed print, representing the High Street, Canterbury, with the knight addressing the public from the balcony of the Rose Inn.
- Title
- The eccentric and singular productions of Sir W. Courtenay, K.M. alias Mr. Tom, spirit merchant and maltster, of Truro in Cornwall, late candidate for the representation of the city of Canterbury in Parliament, now an inmate of the lunatic asylum, Barming Heath, near Maidstone : to which are added his weekly publication "The lion," from the first number to its conclusion ; the whole accurately reprinted, as issued by him during and after the election ; his trial at Maidstone for perjury, on Thursday, July they 25th, 1833, before Mr. Justice James Parke, with other interesting information never before published, embellished with fac-similes of the signatures of this extraordinary individual, both as Mr. N. Tom, and Sir William Courtenay, K.M. and a neatly executed print, representing the High Street, Canterbury, with the knight addressing the public from the balcony of the Rose Inn.
- Author
- Tom, John Nichols, 1799-1838.
- Publication
- Canterbury : Printed and published by Henry Ward, no. 14, Sun Street, sold in London by Lacey, St. Paul's Church Yard, [1833?].
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- 39, [1] pages, [1] leaf of plates : 1 illustration; 21 cm
- Subjects
- Note
- Lithographed frontispiece, "High Street, Canterbury, during the election, 1832," printed by Lefevre & Kohler.
- Call Number
- Pforz (Tom, J. N. Eccentric and singular productions)
- OCLC
- 504234316
- Author
- Tom, John Nichols, 1799-1838.
- Title
- The eccentric and singular productions of Sir W. Courtenay, K.M. alias Mr. Tom, spirit merchant and maltster, of Truro in Cornwall, late candidate for the representation of the city of Canterbury in Parliament, now an inmate of the lunatic asylum, Barming Heath, near Maidstone : to which are added his weekly publication "The lion," from the first number to its conclusion ; the whole accurately reprinted, as issued by him during and after the election ; his trial at Maidstone for perjury, on Thursday, July they 25th, 1833, before Mr. Justice James Parke, with other interesting information never before published, embellished with fac-similes of the signatures of this extraordinary individual, both as Mr. N. Tom, and Sir William Courtenay, K.M. and a neatly executed print, representing the High Street, Canterbury, with the knight addressing the public from the balcony of the Rose Inn.
- Publisher
- Canterbury : Printed and published by Henry Ward, no. 14, Sun Street, sold in London by Lacey, St. Paul's Church Yard, [1833?].
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Local Note
- Pforzheimer copy: 20th century plain blue wrappers. -- Within white envelope.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Ward, Henry, 1802-1857, printer.Ward, Henry, 1802-1857, publisher.Lacey, Edward (Publisher), publisher.Lefevre & Kohler, lithographer.
- Research Call Number
- Pforz (Tom, J. N. Eccentric and singular productions)