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[003372] [Northumberland Election Notices]. Collection of Forty-Four Election Notices from the Northumberland Election of 1826. Various: Various, 1826. First Edition. Various. Unbound. Good. Collection of forty-four broadsides, broadsheets and leaflets from the Northumberland 1826 election.

All but one are single sided, mainly in good condition, a few only fair with occasional loss to a few words of text, some minor chipping and browning, but generally in decent order.

Further details available on request. Comprising – 01. [Northumberland Election Song] Matty’s Done It. Boag [Printer], Newcastle 02. [Northumberland Election Song] The Celebrated Circular From Mr John T-nl-y, of North-Shields, Notary, and A New Song by His Friend The Honourable H-n-y Thos. L-dd-ll. No publisher, North Shields 03. [Northumberland Election Song] Victory for Bell for Ever – A New Song. Edward Walker, Newcastle 04. [Northumberland Election] A Speech Delivered From the Hustings last Night at 12 o’Clock. J. Graham [Printer], Alnwick 05. [Northumberland Election] A Weak Invention of the Enemy. E. Walker [Printer], Newcastle 06. [Northumberland Election] Dinner to Lord Howick at Alnwick. T. & J. Hodgson [Printer], Newcastle (in three columns and double sided) 07. [Northumberland Election] Freeholders! Who Have Promised Lord Howick, and Not Yet Redeemed Your Pledges, By Your Votes. Smith [Printer], Alnwick 08. [Northumberland Election] Impromptu on Mr. Bell’s Speech, Delivered from the Hustings, Tuesday 4th July. J. Graham [Printer], Alnwick 09. [Northumberland Election] Lots of Fun! W. Boag [Printer], Newcastle 10. [Northumberland Election] Mr Bell’s Committee. E. Walker [Printer], Newcastle 11. [Northumberland Election] Mr Bell’s Committee. W. Boag [Printer], Newcastle 12. [Northumberland Election] Mr. Beaumont’s Speech at North Shields, on Wednesday, the 7th of June, 1826. W.A. Mitchell [Printer], Newcastle 13. [Northumberland Election] Mr. Beaumont’s Speech at the Close of the Poll, Friday, June 30, 1826. Davison [Printer], Alnwick 14. [Northumberland Election] Mr. Beaumont’s Speech at the Close of the Poll, on Wednesday, July 5th, 1826. Davison [Printer], Alnwick 15. [Northumberland Election] Mr. Bell’s Speech from the Hustings on the Close of the Poll, June 29th, 1826. Smith [Printer], Alnwick 16. [Northumberland Election] Northumberland Election – Mr Bell’s Committee. E. Walker [Printer], Newcastle 17. [Northumberland Election] Northumberland Election. Edw. Walker [Printer], Newcastle 18. [Northumberland Election] Speech Delivered by the Hon. H.T. Liddell, on His Arrival at the Commercial Hotel, North Shields, on Tuesday the 14th March, with a Particular and Interesting Detail of the Procession. Stephenson [Printer], Gateshead 19. [Northumberland Election] Speech of John Brandling, Esq. At Morpeth, on Wednesday, the 22nd Day of March, 1826. E. Walker [Printer], Newcastle 20. [Northumberland Election] The Comparison; or Beaumont Versus Purvis. Smith [Printer], Alnwick 21. [Northumberland Election] The Northumberland Chronicle of Liberty, No.V, Vol.I. W. Boag [Printer], Newcastle 22. [Northumberland Election] The Poor Whigs. Davison [Printer], Alnwick 23. [Northumberland Election] To the Freeholders of Northumberland. Smith [Printer], Alnwick 24. [Northumberland Election] To the Freeholders of Northumberland. W. Boag [Printer], Newcastle 25. [Northumberland Election] To the Members of Lord Howick’s Committee. Graham [Printer], Alnwick 26. A Coquetdale Freeholder. Northumberland Election. Davison [Printer], Alnwick 27. A Freeholder. To the Unpolled Freeholders of Northumberland. Davison [Printer], Alnwick 28. A Northumbrian Freeholder. To the Freeholders of Northumberland. W.A. Mitchell [Printer], Newcastle 29. A Whig. To Lord Howick. J. Graham [Printer], Alnwick 30. An Alnwick Freeholder. Lord Howick No Longer A Candidate. Davison [Printer], Alnwick 31. An Antiquated Whig. To the Honourable Earl Grey. Marshall [Printer], Newcastle 32. Beaumont, T.W. To the Freeholders of Northumberland. W.A. Mitchell [Printer], Newcastle 33. Beaumont, T.W. To the Freeholders of Northumberland. W.A. Mitchell [Printer], Newcastle 34. Bell, Matthew. To the Freeholders of Felton, Warkworth, Alnmouth and Places Adjacent. E. Walker [Printer], Newcastle 35. Bell, Matthew. To the Gentlemen, Clergy, and Freeholders, of the County of Northumberland. Smith [Printer], Alnwick 36. Brutus. To Matthew Bell, Esquire, M.P. W. Boag [Printer], Newcastle 37. Brutus. To Mr. Bell’s Committee. W. Boag [Printer], Newcastle 38. Fides, Lord Howick’s Promised Votes Released? Davison [Printer], Alnwick 39. Hotspur. To the Freeholders of Northumberland. T.&J. Hodgson [Printers], Newcastle 40. Howick. To the Gentlemen, Clergy, and Freeholders of the County of Northumberland. Smith [Printer], Alnwick 41. Leaton, George Thomas. At a Meeting of the Freeholders of Northumberland and Other Friends of the Honorable H.T. Liddell, Resident in Gateshead, and its Vicinity, Held at the Anchorage on the 13th Day of March 1826, for the Purpose of Taking Into Consideration the Best Means of Securing His Election for the County of Northumberland. J. Clark [Printer], Newcastle 42. Liddell, Henry Thomas. Speech of the Hon. Henry Thomas Liddell at Morpeth, March 28, 1826. W. Boag [Printer], Newcastle 43. Observer. To the Freeholders of the County of Northumberland. Imprint excised 44. Virginius. To Lord Viscount Howick. W. Boag [Printer], Newcastle.

The election was between Henry Thomas Liddell, Matthew Bell, Thomas Wentworth Beaumont and Henry Gray Viscount Howick, it was keenly contested and the voting at the close of the poll showed Liddell with 1562, Bell 1382, Beaumont 1335 and Howick 997