To the Right Honourable, the supreme authority of this nation, the Commons of England in Parliament assembled. The humble petition of firm and constant friends to the Parliament and Common-wealth, presenters and promoters of the large petition of September 11. MDCXLVIII.

Format:

Microformat

Contributor:

England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons.

Series:

Thomason Tracts ; 246:669.f.1373.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Freedom of the press--England--Early works to 1800.

Freedom of the press.

Politics and government.

History.

Great Britain--History--Civil War, 1642-1649--Early works to 1800.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--Politics and government--1642-1649--Early works to 1800.

England.

Physical Description:

1 sheet (1 unnumbered page)

35 mm

monochrome

service copy

positive

Other Title:

Humble petition of firm and constant friends to the Parliament and Common-wealth, presenters and promoters of the large petition of September 11. MDCXLVIII

Place of Publication:

[London] : [publisher not identified], [1649]

Notes:

Caption title.

Complains of Parliament's censorship of the press, nominally aimed at malignants but really punishing puritans, as Lawrence Sandars (God's Love to Mankind), John Lilburn, William Larner, Richard Overton, &c. The Parliament has had much support from unlicensed printing. Especially complains of the punishment of whipping -- Cf. Steele.

Imprint from Wing.

Brief account of the reception of the petition signed: Hen. Scobell Cler. Parl. Dom. Com.

Annotation on Thomason copy: "Jan. 19 1648.".

Reproduction of the original in the British Library.

Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms International, 1980. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Thomason Tracts ; 246:669.f.13[73]). s1980 miun a

Cited in:

Wing (2nd ed.) T1710.

Steele I, 2821.

Thomason 669.f.13[73].

OCLC:

61382306