Containing over 100 pamphlets, this edition provides a resource for the study of Chartism, covering the main areas of Chartist activity, including agitation for the Charter itself, the Land Plan, the issue of moral versus physical force and trade unionism

Volume 1 General Introduction. The Chartist movement: a brief history Selection of texts Further reading London Working Men's Association, An Address from the Working Mens' Association to the People of England, in Reply to the Objections of the Press [1838] General Introduction. The Chartist movement: a brief history Allen Davenport, The Life, Writings, and Principles of Thomas Spence (1836) Humphrey Price, Reasons in Support of an Extension of the Elective Franchise to the Working Classes (1836) London Working Men's Association, Address and Rules of the Working Men's Association {c. 1836}London Working Men's Association, An Address to the People of Canada {c. 1837} Robert Lowery, State Churches Destructive of Christianity (1837) London Trades' Committee, An Address From The London Trades' Committee, Appointed to Watch the Parliamentary Inquiry Working into Combinations, to the Classes (1838) Rich and Poor. A Conversation Between Thomas Tomkins and William Wilkins (1838) Humphrey Price, An Address on the People's Charter {c. 1838} 'A Committee of Twelve Persons, Six Members of Parliament and Six Members of the London Working Men's Association', The People's Charter (1838) London Working Men's Association, The Working Men's Association, to the Working Classes of Europe, and Especially to the Polish People {c. 1838} London Working Men's Association, An Address from the Working Mens' Association to the People of England, in Reply to the Objections of the Press {1838}Peter Bussey, An Address to the Working Men of England, Especially those from Eighteen to Thirty Years of Age, who are Capable of Serving in the Standing Army(1838) Humphrey Price, A Glance at the Present Times, Chiefly with Reference to the Working Men (c. 1838) Joseph Rayner Stephens, The Political Preacher: An Appeal from the Pulpit on Behalf of the Poor (1839) J. R. Stephens, The Political Pulpit, Nos 1—13 (1839) 'The Trial of the Rev. Mr Stephens for Uttering Seditious Language. Before Mr Justice Patteson' (1839) [George Mudie?], The Book of Murder! A Vade-mecum for the Commissioners and Guardians of the New Poor Law throughout Great Britain and Ireland (1839).