British Publicised Petitions and Replies, 1721 - 1776. Supplemental Data for Dissertation 'Voice of the People or Raving of the Rabble? Petitions and Disputes on Political Representation in Britain, 1721 - 1776' (Appendix 1 & 2)

Abstract

The database contains information on 464 publicised British petitions (including petitions to parliament, instructions to members of parliament, and addresses to the Throne) and 65 replies, submitted in 1721 - 1776. Appendix 1 contains following information per petition: Year, location, subject, petitioners, receiver, replies, verbs defining petitioners' expectations, volume of published copies and sources. Appendix 2 contains following information per reply: Year, location, replier, position of the replier, recipient, position of the recipient, number of copies and sources.