The Chartist ‘attack’ on the Isle of Wight in 1847 – well… nearly!
Keen Isle of Wight historians may be unaware of an episode in the Island’s history involving the Chartists, a radical working-class political movement in Victorian times.
Transcribing an old letter from Priscilla Young to her cousin Ann in 1847, I came across the following anecdote:
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