IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/100
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: REVOLUTION SOCIETY IN LONDON
Date(s): 1788-1793
Level of description: Collection
Extent: One production unit.
Name of creator(s): Revolution Society in London
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Society's origins are obscure. It appears to have met annually, from the time of the Glorious Revolution, at a number of taverns in the City of London, to commemorate the ideal of civil, political and religious liberty it saw enshrined in the events of 1688. Reinvigorated by the approaching centenary of the Revolution, it campaigned for a national day of celebration to be held on 4 November, the birthday of William III. On the outbreak of the French Revolution in 1789, the Society corresponded enthusiastically with radical societies throughout France; this correspondence was published as The Correspondence of the Revolution Society in London, with the National Assembly and with various societies of the friends of liberty in France and England, 1792.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Membership list of the Revolution Society in London.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
One item.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to these records rests with the City of London.
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
This photocopy of the list was made in September 1987 and was catalogued in the same year by a member of Guildhall Library staff. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
The minutes for 1788 were published as An abstract of the history and proceedings of the Revolution Society in London, London, 1789; a copy is available in the Guildhall Library Printed Books Section. The original is British Library Add MS 64814.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: June to August 2010.