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2nd September 10

Table of contemporary documents

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These are documents published by The City of Manchester Cultural Committee relating to the events at St Peter's Field.

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Plan of Peters Field, Manchester around 1819.
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Plan of Peterloo showing the positions and movement of Henry Hunt, the crowd and the Manchester Yeomanry.
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Representation of the events as the Manchester Yeomanry move in to disperse the crowds
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The forcible dispersion of the people by the Yeomanry calvary.
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'A View of St Peter's Place' - again showing the Yeomanry moving to the hustings.
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Dreadful scene at Manchester meeting of reformers
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"Manchester Heroes" - Contemporary cartoon of the events of St Peter's Field.
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The aftermath of the meeting
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Henry Hunt - radical speaker on reform
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William Hutton - Chairman of the Magistrates of Manchester
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Invitation for Manchester inhabitants to the meeting at St Peter's Field.
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Notice of the Public Meeting in the Manchester Observer from 7th August, 1819
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Account of events on 16th August, 1819
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Comment on the Events of 16th August from the Weekly Dispatch, 5th September 1819.
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Monies paid to the 'maimed, wounded or imprisoned' at St Peter's Field - raised by subscriptions.
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Letter from Charles C. Weston which accompanied his donation to the relief fund.
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Extract from the Globe Paper reporting the Coroner's Inquisition into the death of John Lees, fatally wounded at St Peter's.
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Song of the 'Achievements of Peterloo'
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Songs chronicling the events at St. Peter's.