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James Grassby 1805 – unknown

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Where Manchester Chartists met in their thousands to hear Feargus O’Connor

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Chartist gun runner and gold diggers’ advocate at Ballarat, Australia

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Feargus O’Connor’s Chartist evening newspaper for London

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