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Great chartist meeting

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(1) Great chartist meeting
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Permanent URL	https://digital.nls.uk/74891959
Description	Ballad concerning the Chartist 'revolution' of 1848 when special constables were brought to defend London. First line reads: Cheer up my lads, says farmer Bull.
Shelfmark	Crawford.EB.1745
Additional NLS resources:	Library catalogue record

Form / genre:	Miscellaneous > Ephemera > Broadsides
Dates / events:	1848 [Date printed] Chartism, 1838-1850 [Date/event in text] 1800-1900 [Date printed]
Places:	Europe > United Kingdom > England > Greater London > London (inhabited place) [Place printed]
Subject / content:	Ballads Politics Meetings Police officers
Person / organisation:	Bebbington, John Oliver [Printer]
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English ballads
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Description	Collection of 2,300 broadside ballads, mostly printed in England in the 19th century. Topics range from courtship, crime, disasters and emigration to fashion, theatre, politics, laments sports and old age. Includes ballads on Scotland and Ireland. Part of the Crawford Collections on deposit from the Balcarres Heritage Trust.
Attribution and copyright:	Reproduced with permission from materials on loan to the National Library of Scotland from the Balcarres Heritage Trust.

Form / genre:	Miscellaneous > Ephemera > Broadsides
Dates / events:	1800-1900 [Date printed]
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