When was it published?

October 17, 1771 in The Virginia Gazette

Foreign News October 17, 1771

The Virginia Gazette

Q: What entities or persons were involved?

Brass Crosby, Lord Mayor Of The City Of London, John Wilkes, Richard Oliver

Q: What keywords are associated?

Dublin Merchants, Guild Freedom, Brass Crosby, John Wilkes, House Of Commons, Speaker's Warrant, Royal Proclamation

Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia

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What is this article about?

On July 15, Dublin merchants in full Guild assembly voted the Freedom of their Corporation to London's Lord Mayor Brass Crosby and Aldermen John Wilkes and Richard Oliver, in silver boxes, approving their opposition to the House of Commons' violence in imprisoning printers via Speaker's Warrant and asserting a Royal Proclamation is not law.

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On Monday the 15th of July the Merchants of Dublin, in full Guild assembled, voted the Freedom of that respectable Corporation to the Right Honourable Brass Crosby, Lord Mayor of the City of London, and to John Wilkes and Richard Oliver, Esquires, Aldermen, to be presented to them in Silver Boxes, as a Testimony of Approbation of their Conduct in opposing the Violence of the House of Commons, by discharging the Printers who were taken up by Virtue of the Speaker's Warrant, issued in Consequence of a Vote of that House; and also for showing that a Royal Proclamation is not the Law of the Land, nor sufficient to imprison any of the Subjects of Great Britain.

What sub-type of article is it?

Political

What keywords are associated?

Dublin Merchants Guild Freedom Brass Crosby John Wilkes House Of Commons Speaker's Warrant Royal Proclamation

What entities or persons were involved?

Brass Crosby, Lord Mayor Of The City Of London John Wilkes Richard Oliver

Where did it happen?

Dublin

Foreign News Details

Primary Location

Dublin

Event Date

Monday The 15th Of July

Key Persons

Brass Crosby, Lord Mayor Of The City Of London John Wilkes Richard Oliver

Outcome

voted the freedom of the corporation in silver boxes as a testimony of approbation

Event Details

The Merchants of Dublin, in full Guild assembled, voted the Freedom to Brass Crosby, John Wilkes, and Richard Oliver for opposing the Violence of the House of Commons by discharging the Printers taken up by Virtue of the Speaker's Warrant issued in Consequence of a Vote of that House, and for showing that a Royal Proclamation is not the Law of the Land nor sufficient to imprison Subjects of Great Britain.