State of the Poll

Newcastle University Special Collections

Printed state of the poll produced during the first day of voting for the Newcastle election of 1820. The precise time given on the text (a 'Quarter before 3 o'Clock') indicates the rapidity with which printed electoral interventions could be produced during the polling process.

'Addresses and Squibs in the Contested Election, for Members in Parliament, 1820', Newcastle University Special Collections; RB 942.82 ADD

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Candidate: Cuthbert Ellison
Candidate: William Scott
Candidate: Matthew White Ridley
Constituency: Newcastle-upon-Tyne
date: 10 March 1820
date: 1820
Election: Mar-1820
keyword: Printed Text
keyword: State of the Poll
maker: George Angus (Printer)
materials: Ink
materials: Paper
place: Newcastle-upon-Tyne