THE ANTI JACOBIN - TREATY OF PILNITZ / FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE 1798 - $48 - (South Slocan, BC)

THE ANTI - JACOBIN, LONDON - JULY 2, 1798 8 PAGES - # 34. LETTER # 3 FROM DETECTOR ON THE TREATY OF PILNITZ, 35" ARTICLE.; LETTERS TO THE EDITOR OF THE ANTI - JACOBIN, 8 COLS.; POETRY, 10" ARTICLE.; FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE FROM VARIOUS PARTS OF EUROPE, 20" ARTICLE. IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. THIS CLEVER LITTLE NEWSPAPER WAS PROJECTED BY GEORGE CANNING AND THE ENERGETIC GROUP OF YOUNG POLITICIANS AND SCHOLARS WHO, AS DISCIPLES OF PITT, CLAMOURED FOR MORE VIOLENT MEASURES THAN PITT HIMSELF PROPOSED. THE ANTI - JACOBIN ONLY RAN THROUGH 34 NUMBERS. THEN STOPPED AT THE CLOSE OF THE PARLIAMENTARY SESSION ON JULY 9, 1798, BUT WHILE IT LASTED, IT WAS A POWERFUL MEDIUM IN THE HANDS OF ITS SKILFUL WRITERS FOR ATTACKING THE WHIGS AND SYMPATHISERS.

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