Shop
Stick ’em on your fridge or post ’em to a friend. These Chartist Ancestors postcards show original documents and objects from the 1830s and 1840s. You can buy yours now.
Each pack costs £5 plus £1.50 in postage, package and PayPal fees. Every penny of the £5 headline price helps to fund the annual Chartism Day event. NB, if you have a slightly more complicated order than the options below can offer (eg three each of postcards 1 and 2), email me.
NB. Due to high postage costs I can only accept orders from the UK. For international orders please email me.
Pay by credit or debit card or by PayPal.
 | Complete set of six different cards £5 for set of six postcards (plus £1.50 p&p) Featuring one of each of the postcards shown below, Buy now |
 | Postcard 1 – the 1842 petition Taken from an engraving given to subscribers to the Northern Star, the card shows the Chartist procession to Parliament, the House of Commons, Chartist convention and London buildings. £5 for pack of six postcards (plus £1.50 p&p). Buy now |
 | Postcard 2 – the People’s Charter The document that started it all. This card shows the front page of the People’s Charter, listing the famous six points. £5 for pack of six postcards (plus £1.50 p&p). Buy now |
 | Postcard 3 – Chartist membership card Those who joined the National Charter Association received a copy of the membership card shown here, listing the six points of the Charter and featuring radical imagery including the liberty cap. £5 for pack of six postcards (plus £1.50 p&p). Buy now |
 | Postcard 4 – Feargus O’Connor medal Issued to members of the Great Northern Union, the organisation set up by Feargus O’Connor to unite radical workers in the North of England, this medal features a picture of O’Connor on the front and ‘the five great principles of radicalism on the back. £5 for pack of six postcards (plus £1.50 p&p). Buy now |
 | Postcard 5 – Royal proclamation In the summer of 1842, as a great strike wave swept across Britain’s industrial heartlands to oppose pay cuts and demand the People’s Charter, the monarch, Queen Victoria, issued this proclamation offering potential informers a reward of £50 for each person convicted – a year’s wages or more for many. £5 for pack of six postcards (plus £1.50 p&p). Buy now |
 | Postcard 6 – Chartist public meeting Issued by ‘the mayor and magistrates’ of Devizes in March 1839, this placard was posted around the town in an attempt to deter or perhaps intimidate people from attending a Chartist meeting at which the orator and organiser Henry Vincent spoke. £5 for pack of six postcards (plus £1.50 p&p) Buy now |
Privacy
PayPal
We transfer the details of your order and your name and address to PayPal. We do not and cannot access your bank details or payment card details. You can find information on PayPal’s data privacy here.