The Ten Pounder [magazine] : No.14. Edinburgh, December 8, 1832
1832
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This item is a magazine from 1832 called the Ten Pounder (the name comes from the 1832 Great Reform Act, which saw the franchise extended to land-owners and long-term lease-holders of property worth £10 or more). It contains a satirical poem 'The Dunfermline garland. A new song to an old tune' which questions the sincerity of Whig Sir James Gibson Craig. This is followed by an article on Sir James in which he is described as 'the chief of that junto of Edinburgh Whig lawyers' and categorised as a political opportunist. He is described as having spoken ('oratorical exhibitions') at Dunfermline, and as having been in the recent past a supporter of 'staunch Tory' James Johnston, before becoming patron to Lord Dalmeny 'in the Dunfermline district of burghs'.
Imprint:
Edinburgh : Peter Brown, 1832
Collation:
8p. [p. 105 - p. 112] ; 26 cm.
Local class:
D/POH P BOX 26
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
3452372