| Description | Addressed to the 'Freeholders and Inhabitants of Warwickshire', this draft for a broadside provides a response to the 'four years of disaster' endured by Britain since entry into the 'fatal war' with France, 'the terror of Europe' [a reference to the Napoleonic wars, 1793-1801]. It describes the various ills afflicting the nation, chastising the King [George III], the House of Commons and the House of Lords for failing to provide effective remedies. It closes with an appeal to the 'manliness of the nation's forefathers' and the 'independence of Englishmen… to write in supporting an address to the King' |