Substance of Mr. Glenie's address, to the freeholders of the county of Sunbury, at the opening of the poll on Tuesday the 1st of September instant: explanatory of the procedings of the late house of assembly, &c.&c. Taken by a person present, in short hand, and published a the particular request of a large majority of the electors. 1795.

People / Organizations

• John Ryan? ("printed by")
• James Glenie (Author)

Imprint

[St. John: printed by John Ryan?, 1795]

Publication year

1795-1795

ESTC No.

W43329

Grub Street ID

352963

Description

14, [2] p. ; 8⁰

Note

Imprint suggested by Tremaine.

The last leaf is blank.

Concerns the provincial election held in August, 1795, the first under the new elections act. The election was fiercely contested by popular and "official party" candidates, following a session which left the administration at deadlock with the assembly on appropriations. In the same session Glenie's Declaratory Bill, "declaratory of what acts of Parliament are binding inthis province" had been passed in assembly, 15 to 10, and refused even a reading in Council as smacking of that declaration of the American congress at Philadelphia in 1775. --Tremaine.

Uncontrolled note

Verify everything; catalogued from Tremaine and Fleming & Alston