Igor Vinogradov

Here is an account of a typical Parliamentary election of 1770, in the small English town of Greathampton. Listeners will look in vain for this by-election in the historical records, but this evening they will hear the unique account of it given by Colonel Amaziah Penmayne, an American who was visiting England during the election and wrote a very full account of it to his fiancee in New England. The Colonel was an enthusiast for the cause of progress and civil liberties; so, apparently, were some of the rowdiest elements in Greathampton at the time.