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Description Dreadful Scene at Manchester Meeting of Reformers Augt. 16. 1819: A print depicting the Peterloo Massacre of 16 August 1819, at Manchester, England. Several copies had been published at the time of its creation.[1]
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Author Anonymous;[2] Published by J.Evans and Sons, 42 Long Lane West, Smithfield
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  1. Fox, Celina (1988) Graphic journalism in England during the 1830s and 1840s, New York, United States: Garland Publications, pp. p. 275 "There are at least two copies of the large sheet, 'Dreadful Scene at Manchester Meeting of Reformers Augt. 16. 1819' , one in Manchester, the other in the London Records Office, County Hall, Prints department, together with 'Smithfield Meeting London' and similar ..."
  2. Keane, John (2009) "The European Graveyard" in The Life and Death of Democracy, New York, United States: W. W. Norton and Company, pp. p. 503 Retrieved on 7 April 2010.

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