A full and particular account of the great meeting at Manchester on Monday last, the 16th August; with an account of the great riot which took place; and a correct list of all those who were killed, wounded, and made prisoners. From the Manchester Mercury--August 16.
[Glasgow? : s.n.,
1819].
Caption title.
Printed for John Muir.--foot of sheet.
An account of the Peterloo massacre in Manchester in 1819, printed for a Glasgow-based publisher of broadsides John Muir. The account is said to be taken from the Manchester Mercury, a 'Loyalist' newspaper, unsympathetic to the demonstrators. The broadside's postscript, dated the following day, Tuesday, August 17, 1819 reports a false rumour spread in the city of an armed uprising by 'Reformers' taking place, which led to shops closing down and the army being mobilised.
Peterloo Massacre, Manchester, England, 1819.
Scotland Glasgow.