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Freedom of the press - Great Britain - Early works to 1800

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    A certain and necessary method of regulating the press, ...

    | Date: 1711?]
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    A letter to Mr. Reeves, chairman of the Association for preserving Liberty and Property. By Thomas Law, ...

    Law, Thomas, of Washington. | Date: 1793]
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    Liberty and the Craftsman: a project for improving the Country Journal.

    | Date: [1730]
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    The celebrated speech of the Hon. T. Erskine, in support of the liberty of the press. Delivered at Guildhall, December 18, 1792. To which is prefixed, a preface by a Scotch member of Parliament. Taken in short hand, by Gurney, the principal short hand writer in London.

    Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823. | Date: 1793
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    The livery-Man: or, plain thoughts on publick affairs. In which the present situation of things, some late writings concerning the liberty of the press, the general disposition of the people, the insults offered to the city of London, and the true nature and infallible characteristicks of publick spirit, in contradistinction to that of a faction, are consider'd and explain'd. Addressed to the lovers of truth and liberty.

    | Date: M.DCC.XL. [1740]
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