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Pub.d April 8.th 1802. by H. Humphrey, 27th S.t James's Street.\nNo. 20/ London 16 April 1802./ Robson, the present spokesman of the opposition. The last thing/ he says gives him most to laughter. As is well known/ he made so much noise about the non-payment of an accepted tratta in the Collegio of the Sick and Wounded: and immediately/ after that all the capitalists crowd to the minister to get the/ government bond; the stocks rise and the paper/ money gets a value it has never had before!/ Behind him sits Jones, one of the very most furious/ oppositionists./ Standing one sees Horne Tooke and Sir Fr. Burdett
Kunstbibliothek, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Title: Despair
Description:
Pub.
d April 8.
th 1802.
by H.
Humphrey, 27th S.
t James's Street.
\nNo.
20/ London 16 April 1802.
/ Robson, the present spokesman of the opposition.
The last thing/ he says gives him most to laughter.
As is well known/ he made so much noise about the non-payment of an accepted tratta in the Collegio of the Sick and Wounded: and immediately/ after that all the capitalists crowd to the minister to get the/ government bond; the stocks rise and the paper/ money gets a value it has never had before!/ Behind him sits Jones, one of the very most furious/ oppositionists.
/ Standing one sees Horne Tooke and Sir Fr.
Burdett.
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