Sir Robert Peel's Address to the Electors of the Borough of Tamworth

  • As Issued.
  • No place. , No date [Dec. 1834].
By Peel, Sir Robert - FOUNDING DOCUMENT OF BRITISH CONSERVATIVE PARTY
No place., No date [Dec. 1834].. As Issued.. Very good; old horizontal fold; some modest discoloration along the backstrip. . 4to, [4] pp. A folded sheet producing a bi-folium; page meas. appx. 278 x 220 mm.; unwatermarked paper. Printed as two columns per page. The text is pp. 1 - 2; pages 3 - 4 are an integral blank leaf.

The original electioneering pamphlet articulating Peel's political philosophy, now known as the "Tamworth Manifesto", issued prior to the election that immediately followed his initial appointment as Prime Minister. It is regarded as the founding document of British conservatism in the modern era. Unlocated. See the Gash biography of Peel.

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Sir Robert Peel's Address to the Electors of the Borough of Tamworth

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Peel, Sir Robert - FOUNDING DOCUMENT OF BRITISH CONSERVATIVE PARTY

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As Issued.

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Date

No date [Dec. 1834].


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