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Libel and Slander

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Mr. Thomas Ros his owne hand writing of the famous libel, 1618

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Identifier: De.1.12/3
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This thesis is a copy by Thomas Ross of the one he affixed to the gate of a college at Oxford. It was a libel against his own countrymen (Scots) living in England. He was executed in Edinburgh in 1618 for his troubles.

Dates: 1618
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Manuscripts from the William Drummond of Hawthornden Collection / Bound Volume titled "Scottish Manuscripts from The Drummond Collection 1572-1618"

The Anti-Vivisection Libel Action, 1913

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Identifier: Coll-1618/2/1/3/2/68
Scope and Contents

A document containing extracts from various newspaper sources as to a libel case involving Lind-Af-Hageby, which took place in 1912.

These articles were collated and published by the Animal Defence and Anti-Vivisection Society.

Dates: 1913
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of OneKind animal welfare charity / Campaigns / Vivisection and Animal Experimentation / Leaflets and Pamphlets / Leaflets and Pamphlets Published by Other Animal Welfare Charities