Political letters and pamphlets
Subtitle: published for the avowed purpose of trying with the government the question of law, whether all publications containing news or intelligence, however limited in quantity or irregularly issued, are liable to the imposition of the stamp duty of fourpence, &c., with a full report of the editor's trial and conviction, in the Court of Exchequer, at Westminster
By: by William Carpenter
Contributors: Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, illustrator; Hone, William, 1780-1842, contributor
Series: Making of the Modern World, Part IV: 1800-1890; Making of the Modern World, Part IV: 1800-1890
Publisher: William Carpenter
Published: 1830
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: Stamp duties; Freedom of the press
Notes: Each part has separate pagination.

In order to evade stamp duty, each number has an individual title.

A series of 34 pamphlets, published weekly 9 Oct. 1830-14 May 1831. Goldsmiths' Library printed catalogue gives the date of the first issue as: 4 May 1830.

Some parts are from Hone's tracts and other similar publications; some with woodcuts by George Cruikshank.

Decided by the court to be a periodical, liable to stamp duty.

Reproduction of the original from the Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature, Senate House Library, University of London.

Shelfmark number: [G.L.] A.830 fol.
Table of contents: title: 1. Report of the trial of Mr. Carpenter; title: 2. A letter to the Duke of Wellington; title: 3. A letter to Sir Robert Peel; title: 4. A letter to the commissioners of stamps; title: 5. A letter to the people of England; title: 6. A letter to the aristocracy; title: 7. A second letter to the Duke of Wellington; title: 8. Facts and observations connected with the present times; title: 9. A letter to Earl Grey; title: 10. A letter to Lord Althorpe; title: 11. A second letter to Lord Althorpe; title: 12. A political mescellany; title: 13. A political compendium; title: 14. A political digest; title: 15. A letter to the Right Honourable Wilmot Horton; title: 16. A political mirror; title: 17. A political chronicle; title: 18. A political herald; title: 19. A political register; title: 20. A political letter[!]; title: 21. Another political letter; title: 22. A letter to the chancellor of the exchequer; title: 23. A political pamphlet; title: 24. A political olio; title: 25. A letter of Lord Brougham; title: 26. A political reflector; title: 27. A political pilot; title: 28. A political repertory; title: 29. A political omnibus; title: 30. A political observer; title: 31. A political guardian; title: 32. A political director; title: 33. A political monitor; title: 34. A political censor.