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S.W.Fores No. 18, for Right, Justice & Self, 2 Pence, 9 July 1819, promising to pay ‘Tom Leatherbrigs, alias Noodle, alias Doodle and Bob Sarum, alias Bounce, alias Welch Bob, or Bearer, when Magna-Charta shall become a Dead Letter, when the Trial by Jury shall have been abolished, and when Sir Francis Burdett shall have ceased to be a Patriot and an Honest Man’, signed Alfred Trueblood and Frank Freeborn, with a vignette showing Magna Charta, and labelled ‘Although mutilated, still in existence.’ extremely fine £100-£150

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Sir David Kirch Collection of Skit Notes.

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This is a note in support of the Chartist movement, and of Sir Francis Burdett, one of the main supporters of the movement in parliament.