A POWERFUL PLEA
BRIGGS
(Jeremiah, Attorney at Law, General Manager of the National Labour Alliance)
'The Labour-Advocate', No. 1, price one penny,
headed "Wages without Stoppages!!!", describing how piece-earnings of 4s to 13s a week have all but a few pence stopped as Frame-Rent, Charges and Fines, the misery that follows, and the need to establish by law "</i>Net</i> instead of Nominal Contracts", with verses and articles on the "fatal scourge" of competition and "truck", advertisements for "The Labour Hall, Park Street, Derby", its reading room, and nightly meeting at 8 p.m., 8 sides 4to., 28 Iron Gate, Derby, no date, c.
light damage at end with loss (?deliberate) of the printer's name and some text on the inside as a result
Item Date:
1855
Stock No:
19542
£75
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[BRIGHT
(John, 1811-1889, Radical Statesman and Orator)]
Fine unsigned carte de visite photo by H. J. Whitlock
showing him half length in semi-profile, seated at a table looking very serious, 4" x 2½", Birmingham, no date circa
Item Date:
1870
Stock No:
40827
£35
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BRIGHT
(Jacob, 1821-1899, Radical M.P., brother of John)
Autograph Letter Signed ‘John Bright’ to Mrs Jeune
saying he “will try to come on Friday the 20th if the House of Commons will permit. I thank you for your kind note...”, 1 side 8vo., 7th July
Item Date:
1883
Stock No:
42898
£35
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BRIGHT
(John, 1811-1889, Radical Statesman)
Autograph Letter in the third person to W. Sandford,
returning "his papers on Rhodes, which he has read with considerable interest", 1 side 8vo., Rochdale, 11th November
Item Date:
1850
Stock No:
18824
£15
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BRIGHT
(John, 1811-1889, Radical Statesman and Orator
Fine signature, November 12th,
Item Date:
1868
Stock No:
11416
£10
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