To the Right Honourable the House of Lords now assembled in Parliament. The humble petition of the young men, apprentices and seamen, in, and about the city of London

Folger bibliographic ID: 231521
ESTC number: R236306
Wing number: T1624
Folger call number: 265- 656b
Folger holdings ID: 280506
Accession Number: 265656

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General notes

Petition for the speedy settlement of the Irish rebellion in order that the government may turn its attention to the petitioners' own requests, vaguely threatening violence if relief is not forthcoming Two editions are known. In the edition described here, there is a full imprint and no headpiece. The other edition (ESTC R185227) has a type headpiece and only a date in the imprint. Wing does not distiguish between the editions Roman type. The last word of the first line of text is 'well'; the word at the lower right-hand corner of the initial is 'which'; the last word of the last full line of text is 'men' Dates appearing on the resource are calculated according to Lady Day dating, that is, accounting March 25 as the first day of the new year Wing gives imprint as "[London]"

Item information about Folger 265- 656b

Number '158' in ink in early hand; number '53' in pencil and red ink. Mounted on stiff paper backing. Disbound from the second of four volumes of the Ouvry-Rosebery Collection of English Civil War Broadsides. Acquired from C.R. Johnson, 2009-12-16

Alternate titles: Humble petition of the young men, apprentices and seamen, in, and about the city of London

Young men Apprentices Sailors Threats of violence Petitory actions London (England) Great Britain Ireland

former owner: Ouvry, Frederic, 1814-1881
former owner: Rosebery, Archibald Philip Primrose, Earl of, 1847-1929
addressee: England and Wales. Parliament