James Asperne / Reprints the following RESOLUTIONS of the Inhabitants of the Parish / of ST. MARY LAMBETH, held at the Royal Oak, Vauxhall, July 26th, / 1803, ROBERT SLADE, Esq., in the Chair, from a Conviction of their / Utility at the present important Crisis, and that he may have an Oppor - / tunity of dispersing them with his other loyal Papers, which he has / already circulated to the amount of nearly 30,000 in Number. / [followed by nine resolutions, each forming a paragraph]. Signed in type "Robert Slade, Chairman."

Published by Printed for James Asperne by T. Maiden, London, 1803

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Printed broadside, 16 3/4 x 10 1/4 inches, the headline in a large display type. Reading in part: "That it appears to this Meeting, that the First Consul of France, having enslaved the People who he undertood to set free, and plundered and subjugated all orders of the Inhabitants, rich and poor, of Holland, Switzerland, and Italy, under the most solemn assurances of Fraternity and Friendship, is now determined on the INVASION OF THIS UNITED KINGDOM, and is making the most formidable Preparations for that purpose . [after cataloguing atrocities committed in various Napoleonic campaigns] Resolved, That it is the duty of every Inhabitant of this Parish, capable of bearing Arms, to come forward at this important Crisis, and voluntarily enrol himself for the purpose of being trained to the use of them." Indeed, Napoleon gathered an army for an invasion in 1803 and the British took various counter defensive measures, but other events prevented any action across the channel. OCLC ("on the threatened invasion by Napoleon") locates three copies (Harvard, Massachusetts Historical Society, Corporation of London Libraries). Traces of mounting on verso, some light foxing, but a nice example. (2678).

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• Title: James Asperne / Reprints the following RESOLUTIONS of the Inhabitants of the Parish / of ST. MARY LAMBETH, held at the Royal Oak, Vauxhall, July 26th, / 1803, ROBERT SLADE, Esq., in the Chair, from a Conviction of their / Utility at the present important Crisis, and that he may have an Oppor - / tunity of dispersing them with his other loyal Papers, which he has / already circulated to the amount of nearly 30,000 in Number. / [followed by nine resolutions, each forming a paragraph]. Signed in ...
• Publisher: Printed for James Asperne by T. Maiden, London
• Publication Date: 1803
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)