Author: Anon
Title: Souvenir of the Grand Demonstration at Hamilton Held on Thursday 28th August 1884 in Favour of the Franchise Bill
Description: Hamilton , Hamilton Liberal Association, c1878. First edition. Cloth. An extremely rare souvenir printed to celebrate the 1884 demonstration at Hamilton, which Celebrated the instigation of the Representation of the People Act (1884). Sections of the Act included; Men inhabiting a dwelling-house as an employee, whose employer did not live there, were to be treated as if they were occupying as tenants for franchise purposes. And section four; Prohibition of multiplicity of votes. This was not to stop people acquiring multiple votes in different constituencies, plural voting was still permitted, but to restrict sub-division of one property to qualify multiple voters. The demonstration is described as "To say that the result fairly exceeded the most sanguine expectations of the promoters and the public is but faintly to describe the entirenness of its success". Created and published by The Hamilton Liberal Association which was led by Alexander Mitchell, Member of Parliament for Berwick-upon-Tweed. In original red cloth binding with gilt text to the front board. Externally, cloth is slightly faded and is a trifle rubbed. Hinges are slightly strained. Internally, binding tender with some pages detached but present. Pages are bright, with foxing to front and back endpapers. Good . Ill.: None. Good .
Keywords: Hamilton Liberal Hamilton Liberal Association Alexander Mitchell Liberal None
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Title: Souvenir of the Grand Demonstration at Hamilton Held on Thursday 28th August 1884 in Favour of the Franchise Bill
Description: Hamilton , Hamilton Liberal Association, c1878. First edition. Cloth. An extremely rare souvenir printed to celebrate the 1884 demonstration at Hamilton, which Celebrated the instigation of the Representation of the People Act (1884). Sections of the Act included; Men inhabiting a dwelling-house as an employee, whose employer did not live there, were to be treated as if they were occupying as tenants for franchise purposes. And section four; Prohibition of multiplicity of votes. This was not to stop people acquiring multiple votes in different constituencies, plural voting was still permitted, but to restrict sub-division of one property to qualify multiple voters. The demonstration is described as "To say that the result fairly exceeded the most sanguine expectations of the promoters and the public is but faintly to describe the entirenness of its success". Created and published by The Hamilton Liberal Association which was led by Alexander Mitchell, Member of Parliament for Berwick-upon-Tweed. In original red cloth binding with gilt text to the front board. Externally, cloth is slightly faded and is a trifle rubbed. Hinges are slightly strained. Internally, binding tender with some pages detached but present. Pages are bright, with foxing to front and back endpapers. Good . Ill.: None. Good .
Keywords: Hamilton Liberal Hamilton Liberal Association Alexander Mitchell Liberal None
Price: GBP 49.99 = appr. US$ 71.38 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: GEN22-G-2
- Book number: GEN22-G-2
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