A new Whig garland.
[Edinburgh : s.n.,
1832]
In two columns with a woodcut above the first.
Two ballads and a short address.
Concerning the campaign for election to the first reformed House of Commons. The election took place in December 1832, Francis Jeffrey and James Abercromby were the successful candidates.
A new whig garland - Tune - A begging we will go.
Song. Francis Jeffrey - Tune - Johnny Cope.
A new whig garland - first lines read: I am a freeman, tight and sound, / Of Edinbro's good town, / For trade and lads of honest heart, / A place of high renown.
Lord Advocate's address to Auld Reekie's sons - first lines read: Whose display of talent and independent spirit has been so long established in this his native city.
Song. Francis Jeffrey - first lines read: Oh! Jeffrey, welcome to your town / She prays an' greets you as a boon.
A new Whig garland - signed at the foot - 'C. M'K.'.
Lord Advocate's address to Auld Reekie's sons - signed at the foot - 'W. G.'.
Jeffrey, Francis Jeffrey, Lord, 1773-1850
Dunfermline, James Abercromby, Baron, 1776-1858
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