This work brings together key texts drawn from the history of suffrage advocacy and agitation. The whole issue of voting rights and representation is shown to be anchored firmly in the wider political culture of Britain and Ireland as well as the Empire as a whole.
Volume 2: Address of the London Corresponding Society (1793), W. Playfair, Inevitable Consequences of a Reform (1792), G. Philips, The Necessity of a Speedy and Effectual Reform (1792) [G. Tierney], The State of the Representation of England and Wales (1793) N. M ‘Leod, Two Letters from Norman M'Leod (1793) Facts, Reflections and Queries (1792) W. Knox, A Letter to the People of Ireland (1792) General Meeting of Catholic Delegates (1793) Address from the Society of United Irishmen (1794) W. Roscoe, A Letter to Henry Brougham (1811) Address of the Reformers of Fawdon (1819) Leeds Reform Meeting (1819) C. Phillips, Address to the Electors in The County of Sligo (1818) F. Burdett, The Plan of Reform Proposed by Sir Francis Burdett (1809) [T. Harral], The Distresses of the Times (1817) The Smith field Parliament (1819) The Hermit of Marlow [P. B. Shelley], A Proposal for Putting Reform to the Vote (1817)
Biography
Anna Clark, Sarah Richardson
