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's friends and acquaintances were varying and numerous. In her youth the radical politician John Cartwright
was a neighbour. Her literary work as an adult led to the formation of a number of lasting...
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Ann Jebb
AJ
formulated for John Cartwright
her concept of political reform: I see every day more and more the necessity of forming an association of the friends of the people, independent of any party whatever.
qtd. in
Meadley, George William. “Memoir of Mrs. Jebb”. The Monthly Repository, Vol.
7
, Oct. 1812, pp. 597 - 604, 661.
602
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Ann Jebb
AJ
wrote to John Cartwright
of her fears that parliament
would plunder the East, and enslave this nation at their leisure.
qtd. in
Meadley, George William. “Memoir of Mrs. Jebb”. The Monthly Repository, Vol.
7
, Oct. 1812, pp. 597 - 604, 661.
602
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Ann Jebb
AJ
's personal correspondence with John Cartwright
(author of the Wilkesite Give us our Rights!, 1782) expresses her views on the party struggles and constitutional crisis of this period.
Meadley, George William. “Memoir of Mrs. Jebb”. The Monthly Repository, Vol.
7
, Oct. 1812, pp. 597 - 604, 661.
601-3
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1776: Josiah Tucker and John Cartwright, in the...
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1776
Josiah Tucker
and John Cartwright
, in the course of a printed exchange on the topic of taxation and representation, raised the issue of representation of women.
Tomalin, Claire. The Life and Death of Mary Wollstonecraft. Revised, Penguin, 1992.
342-3
April 1780: The radical John Cartwright founded the Society...