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Satirical broadside on silk entitled "Fr_E TR_N Theatre, H_LMH_D Street", 1849

 Item — Box CLX-A-1702
Identifier: Coll-1848/22-0012
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Satirical broadside printed on silk advertising the trial of the Rev. James Macbeth as though it were a popular play. Macbeth, preacher in the Norfolk Street Free Church in Laurieston, Glasgow, was accused by several women of indecent treatment, though eventually, after the case was appealed all the way to the General Assembly, found not guilty by the Free Church.

Dates: 1849

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