Peter Murray McDouall, 1814 – 1854
Physical force Chartist, political exile and delegate to the First Convention. Peter McDouall was Ashton-under-Lyne’s delegate to the General Convention
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Teetotal Chartism
Looking for the Charter “at the bottom of a glass of water”? Chartism and alcohol enjoyed an uneasy relationship. The
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This page looks at the development of Chartism in Ashton under Lyne after 1838, and draws on the work of
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Chartism is defined by the three great petitions to Parliament of 1839, 1842 and 1848. What is often overlooked is
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