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JAMES STEPHENS, FENIAN - WANTED
Proclamation: Stephens (James) Fenian. The Police Gazette, or Hue-and-Cry, Dublin, Tuesday December 6, 1866. With the Governor-General's Proclamation offering...
JAMES STEPHENS, FENIAN - WANTED
Proclamation: Stephens (James) Fenian. The Police Gazette, or Hue-and-Cry, Dublin, Tuesday December 6, 1866. With the Governor-General's Proclamation offering a reward of One Thousand Pounds for the arrest of James Stephens, following his escape from Richmond Prison in Dublin; also gives lists of deserters, etc. Lg. folio 4pp., approx. 42cms x 26cms (16 1/2" x 10 1/4"), now loosely framed.
*Probably the most celebrated issue of this entire publication.
Stephens' escape from custody rocked the administration to its foundations. In spite of the enormous reward, he was not recaptured and made his escape to Paris & America. Stephens was the founder of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, better known as the Fenian Movement. (1)
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