The History Sale

Wednesday 26th April 2017 3:00pm

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PETITION 1942

An original petition form addressed to His Grace the Duke of Abercorn, Governor of Northern Ireland, seeking clemency for Thomas Williams and five others sentenced to death over...

PETITION 1942

An original petition form addressed to His Grace the Duke of Abercorn, Governor of Northern Ireland, seeking clemency for Thomas Williams and five others sentenced to death over 'the tragedy which resulted I n the death of Constable Patrick Murphy'. Single sheet, folio size, unfilled.

Williams was executed on 18 August 1842; the others were reprieved and their sentences commuted to imprisonment.

With an offprint of an article in French on 'La Question Irlandaise' by W. Allison Phillips, Bologna 1918.

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Hammer Price: €30

Estimate EUR : €60 - €80

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