Engraving to commemorate the 1842 petition
Described as a ‘splendid and costly prsent’ to Northern Star readers, the engraving shown here was a huge undertaking.
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Described as a ‘splendid and costly prsent’ to Northern Star readers, the engraving shown here was a huge undertaking.
Read MoreMPs voted by an overwhelming majority not to allow Chartists to address them about the 1842 petition.
Read MoreThe 1842 ‘leviathan petition’ was bigger than any paper petition before or since. This page looks at the events of Monday 2 May 1842, when a huge crowd took it to Parliament
Read MoreThe Chartist petition of 1842 was bigger than its predecessor – and all other petitions previously sent to Parliament. This is the the story of its origins and organisation
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Read MoreThomas Slingsby Duncombe was the best and most reliable advocate that the Chartist cause had in Parliament. In a long
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