1689 Glorious Revolution Election Broadside — “Considerations Proposed to the Electors” — Manuscript Distribution Note

1689 Glorious Revolution Election Broadside — “Considerations Proposed to the Electors” — Manuscript Distribution Note

[London: printer unidentified, circa January 1689].

An evocative English political broadside issued during the Glorious Revolution, urging electors to choose representatives who would defend Protestantism, civic rights, and parliamentary liberties.

Entitled Considerations Proposed to the Electors of the Ensuing Convention, the text attacks those who supported interference with London’s charter, restricted electoral choice, and promoted the “Arbitrary Designs” of the royal court. It advocates candidates who opposed “Popery and Arbitrary Power,” concluding with an appeal to establish “Religion, Laws and Liberties.”

The reverse bears manuscript annotations naming Sir Patience Ward, Sir Robert Clayton, Alderman Love, and Alderman Pilkington in connection with London’s representation. A further note appears to record that 1,200 copies were printed and delivered at Guildhall to electors. The annotations’ date and the printer’s name remain subject to confirmation.

The title is recorded in Wing as C5912B and cataloged as a London broadside of 1689. This example offers particular research interest through its apparent record of electoral distribution.

Condition: Substantial age browning and staining, creasing, old folds, tears, and significant edge losses affecting portions of the printed text. The title, much of the argument, and the principal reverse annotations remain legible. Photographed within a transparent enclosure, the edge of which is fused to the edge of the paper..

A compelling survival of political campaigning at a pivotal moment in English constitutional history.