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Lilburne (19  April  1826) Lilburne, John Unable to identify specific title read on this date.
WG reads Lilburne in the British Museum. During 1826 and early 1827 he writes on Lilburne for Volume III (volumes 5 and 6 of the 8-volume edition) of his History of the Commonwealth.
WG's History of the Commonwealth cites the following materials in treating Lilburne's relation to the Levellers' insurrection against the Commonwealth in 1649 and his publications against the government in 1649:
Lilburne, Picture of Council of State (5:61).
[Lilburne,] Lilburne Revived, Letter 2, p. 2 (5:81).
Journals [of parliament] (5:99 ff.)
Order Book of Council [of state] (5: 99 ff.)
Whitlocke [Memorials of English Affairs] (5:99 ff.)
Lilburne, The Legal Fundamental Liberties of the People of England Revived,
Asserted, and Vindicated (5:165).
[Lilburne,] Impeachment of Cromwel and Ireton, p. 5, 6 (5:166).
[Lilburne,] Preparative to Hue and Cry (5:166-67).
Lilburne, An Outcry of the Young Men and Apprentices of London, addressed to the
Private Soldiers of the Army… (5:168).
Evidence of Tooke,Lewis and Skinner, on Lilburne's Trial (5:169).
Lilburne, Strength out of Weakness (5:172).
Lilburne, Innocent Mans Second Proffer [21 October 1649] (5:173).
WG's History of the Commonwealth cites the following materials in treating Lilburne's further attacks on government, his banishment and return, and imprisonment:
[Lilburne,] Reasons for Taking the Engagement, passim. (6:334).
[Haselrig] Lilburne Tried and Cast, p. 4, et seqq. (6:334).
Lilburne, Apologetical Narration, p. 48 (6:336).
Journals [of parliament] (6:336-37 ff.)
Parliamentary Diary, Vol. I, p. 30 (6:339).
Defensive Declaration of Lilburne, p.16 (6:551).
Several Informations and Examinations taken concerning Lilburne (6:551).
Lilburne, The Prisoner's Most Mournful Cry (6:552).
Weekly Intelligencer, No. 124 (6:554).
[Cobbett] State Trials (6:558).

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