See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

JOHN See also:

• JOHN ALMON (1737-1805)

ALMON (1737-1805)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• POLITICAL

political pamphleteer and publisher, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• LIVERPOOL
• LIVERPOOL, EARLS
• LIVERPOOL, EARLS OF

Liverpool on the 17th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1737 . In See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• LIFE

life he was apprenticed to a printer in his native See also:

• TOWN

town, and he also spent two years at See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea . He came to See also:

• LONDON

London in 1758 and at once began a career which, if not important in itself, had a very important See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence on the political See also:

• HISTORY

history of the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country . The Whig opposition, hampered and harassed by the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

Government to an extent that threatened the See also:

• TOTAL

total suppression of See also:

• INDEPENDENT

independent See also:

• OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think)

opinion, were in See also:

• GREAT

great need of a channel of communication with the public, and they found what they wanted in See also:

• ALMON, JOHN (1737-1805)

Almon . He had become personally known to the leaders through various publications of his own which had a great though transient popularity; the more important of these being The Conduct of a See also:

• LATE

late See also:

• NOBLE, SIR ANDREW (1832- )

Noble See also:

• COMMANDER

Commander [See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George See also:

• SACKVILLE, GEORGE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1716-1785)
• SACKVILLE, MORTIMER

Sackville] Examined (1759); a See also:

• REVIEW (Fr. revue, from revoir, to see again, Lat. re and videre)

Review of his late See also:

• MAJESTY (Fr. majeste; Lat. majestas, grandeur, greatness, from the base mag-, as in magnus, great, major, greater, &c.)

Majesty's Reign (1760); a Review of Mr See also:

• PITT, THOMAS (1653-1726)
• PITT, WILLIAM (1759-1806)

Pitt's See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

Administration (1761); and a number of letters on political subjects . The review of Pitt's administration passed through four See also:

• EDITIONS

editions, and secured for its author the friendship of See also:

• EARL

Earl See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

Temple, to whom it was dedicated . Brought thus into the counsels of the Whig party, he was persuaded in 1763 to open a bookseller's See also:

• SHOP

shop in Piccadilly, chiefly for the publication and See also:

• SALE
• SALE, GEORGE (c. 1697-1736)
• SALE, SIR ROBERT HENRY (1782—1845)

sale of political See also:

• PAMPHLETS

pamphlets . This involved considerable See also:

• PERSONAL

personal See also:

• RISK

risk, and though he generally received with every pamphlet a sum sufficient to secure him against all contingencies, he deserves the See also:

• CREDIT (Lat. credere, to believe)

credit of having done much to secure the freedom of the See also:

• PRESS (through Fr. presse from Lat. pressare, frequentative of premere, to crush, squeeze, press)

press . The government strengthened his influence by their repressive See also:

• MEASURES

measures . In 1765 the See also:

• ATTORNEY (from O. Fr. atorne, a person appointed to act for another, from atourner, legal Lat. attornare, attorn, literally to turn over to another or commit business to another)

attorney-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general moved to have him tried for the publication of the pamphlet entitled Juries and Libels, but the See also:

• PROSECUTION

prosecution failed; and in 1770, for merely selling a copy of the London Museum containing See also:

• JUNIUS
• JUNIUS, FRANZ (in French, Francois du Jon)

Junius's celebrated " See also:

• LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

Letter to the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King," he was sentenced by Lord See also:

• MANSFIELD
• MANSFIELD, RICHARD (1857-1907)
• MANSFIELD, WILLIAM MURRAY, 1ST EARL

Mansfield to pay a See also:

• FINE

fine of ten marks and give See also:

• SECURITY (Lat. securus, free from care, safe)

security for his See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good behaviour . It was this trial that called forth the letter to Lord Mansfield, one of the bitterest of the Junius See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series . Almon himself published an See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the trial, and of course did not let slip the opportunity of reprinting the See also:

• MATTER

matter that had been the ground of See also:

• INDICTMENT (from Anglo-Fr. enditernent, enditer, to charge; Lat. in, against, dictare, declare)

indictment; but no further proceedings were taken against him .

In 1774 Almon commenced the publication of his See also:

• PARLIAMENTARY

Parliamentary See also:

• REGISTER

Register, a monthly See also:

• REPORT (O.Fr. report or raport, modern rapport, from O.Fr. reporter, mod. rap porter, Lat. reportare, to bring back, in poetical use only, of bringing back an account, news, &c.)

report of the debates in See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament, and he also issued an abstract of the debates from 1742, when See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard See also:

• CHANDLER, HENRY WILLIAM (1828-1889)
• CHANDLER, RICHARD (1738-1810)
• CHANDLER, SAMUEL (1693-1766)
• CHANDLER, ZACHARIAH (1813-1879)

Chandler's Reports ceased, to 1774 . About the same See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time, having earned a competency, he retired to Boxmoor in See also:

• HERTFORDSHIRE [HERrs]

Hertfordshire, though he still continued to write on political subjects . He became proprietor in 1784 of the General Advertiser, in the management of which he lost his See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune and was declared insolvent . To these calamities was added an imprisonment for See also:

• LIBEL

libel . The claims of his creditors compelled him to leave the country, but after some years in See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France he was enabled to return to Boxmoor, where he continued a career of undiminished See also:

• LITERARY

literary activity, See also:

• PUBLISHING

publishing among other See also:

• WORKS

works an edition of Junius . His last See also:

• WORK

work was an edition of Wilkes's See also:

• CORRESPONDENCE
• CORRESPONDENCE (from med. scholastic Lat. correspondentia, corrcspondere, compounded of Lat. cum, with, and respond ere, to answer; cf. Fr. correspondance)

correspondence, with a memoir (18o5) . He died on the 12th of December 18o5 . Almon's works, most of which appeared anonymously, have no great literary merit, but they are of very considerable value to the student of the political history of the See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period .