John Baxter, was a radical British writer and silversmith, living in St Leonards parish, Shoreditch during the 1790s and until at least 1817. He is noteworthy as chairman of the London Corresponding S
Title page of Baxter's History of England, 1796
1794 Treason Trials
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The 1794 Treason Trials, arranged by the administration of Prime Minister William Pitt, were intended to cripple the British radical movement of the 1790s. Over thirty radicals were arrested; three we
John Baxter (political reformer)
…1790s and until at least 1817. He is noteworthy as chairman of the London Corresponding Society in 1794 and as one of the twelve indicted during the 1794 Treason Trials. He also compiled and published ‘’A new and impartial history of England’’ in 1796. John Baxter was the son of Samuel and Elizabeth Baxter, born 17…
Thomas Paine; a painting by Auguste Millière (1880), after an engraving by William Sharp after a portrait by George Romney (1792)
John Horne Tooke
James Gillray's cartoon of Thelwall speaking at Copenhagen Fields on 26 October 1795