Address to the French National Convention, from the following Societies of Britons, united in one common cause, namely, the obtaining of a fair, equal, and impartial representation in Parliament
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- Maurice Margarot
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- Thomas Hardy
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- London Corresponding Society
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- Adresse à la convention nationale de France, par des sociétés de Bretons unies dans une cause commune, c'est-à-dire pour obtenir une représentation juste, égale & impartiale dans le Parlement: Lue dans la séance du 7 Novembre 1792, l'an premier de la République. Imprimée par ordre de la Convention nationale et envoyée aux 83 départements translation has other edition
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This is a Joint Address countersigned by the Manchester Constitutional Society, Manchester Reformation Society, Norwich Revolution Society, London Constitutonal Whigs and Independent Friends of the People. Hardy, Margarot, John Martin and George Walne 'were given the responsibility of having the Joint Address sent to France. At a meeting with Bernard-Francois Chauvelin (1766-1832), the French ambassador in London, the address was approved and despatched to the French National Convention where it was read on 7 November 1792' p.27. It was 'cited in 1794 as evidence against the radicals in the Second report from the Committee of Secrecy of the House of Commons respecting seditious practices.' See London Corresponding Society 1792-1799, vol 1. edited Michael T. Davis. Hardy writes about the address in his memoir (p. 20): 'It was confided to the French Ambassador, who was, soon after, suddenly ordered to quit this country. In the Convention it was received with rapturous applause, as the first address from this country; and was afterwards one of the documents brought against the prisoners tried for High Treason. The National Convention distributed printed copies throughout all the Departments of France, where it caused a very great sensation'.