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Yorkshire Association.- , A report of the proceedings of the Committee of Association, appointed at the adjourned general meeting of the County of York, held on the 28th day of March, 1780, York, Printed by A. Ward, in Coney-Street, 1783; and the...

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Yorkshire Association.- A Report of the proceedings of the Committee of Association, appointed at the adjourned general meeting of the County of York, held on the 28th day of March, 1780, presented to the general meeting of the County of York, held on the 19th day of December, 1782, York, Printed by A. Ward, in Coney-Street, 1783; The second report of the proceedings of the Committee of Association, presented to the general meeting of the County of York, held in the 1st day of January, 1784. To which are added An Account of the proceedings of the two county meetings, Held on the 17th of December, 1783, and on the 1st of January, 1784, York, Printed by A. Ward, in Coney-Street, 1784, occasional spotting or light browning, first report outer ff. with some soiling, stitched as issued, large 12mo (2)

⁂ Two report of the proceedings of the influential Yorkshire Committee of Association, which represented the first successful translation of metropolitan political radicalism into the shires. Its foundation was precipitated by the woeful administration of Lord North, including notably the British loss of the American colonies. At its core it had three aims: economic (the reduction of public expenditure), representative (reforming county representation in the commons) and constitutional (the return of triennial parliaments).

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Yorkshire Association.- A Report of the proceedings of the Committee of Association, appointed at the adjourned general meeting of the County of York, held on the 28th day of March, 1780, presented to the general meeting of the County of York, held on the 19th day of December, 1782, York, Printed by A. Ward, in Coney-Street, 1783; The second report of the proceedings of the Committee of Association, presented to the general meeting of the County of York, held in the 1st day of January, 1784. To which are added An Account of the proceedings of the two county meetings, Held on the 17th of December, 1783, and on the 1st of January, 1784, York, Printed by A. Ward, in Coney-Street, 1784, occasional spotting or light browning, first report outer ff. with some soiling, stitched as issued, large 12mo (2)

⁂ Two report of the proceedings of the influential Yorkshire Committee of Association, which represented the first successful translation of metropolitan political radicalism into the shires. Its foundation was precipitated by the woeful administration of Lord North, including notably the British loss of the American colonies. At its core it had three aims: economic (the reduction of public expenditure), representative (reforming county representation in the commons) and constitutional (the return of triennial parliaments).

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