Description
Item Description:Reproduction of the originals from the Burney Collection, the British Library (London).
A member of the House of Commons = Sir Richard Steele.
With a half-title.
A reissue of the first edition with a partially reset title page.
Published to "denounce Lord Sunderland's bill for limiting the power of creating new peers." Cf. DNB.
For responses to this work, cf. 'The Old Whig', attributed to Joseph Addison and 'The Patrician', by 'One who is neither a knight, nor a member of the House of Commons', which is sometimes attributed to Robert, Viscount Molesworth.
Although the numbering and frequency statement suggest this work was published serially, it is possible that these were issued as a finite run of numbered tracts.
Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Place of Publication:Great Britain -- England -- London.