A description of the crimes and horrors in the interior of Warburton's private mad-house at Hoxton, commonly called Whitmore House : dedicated to the Right Honourable Viscount Sidmouth, late Secretary of State, &c. and the Right Honourable Lord Redesdale, late Lord Chancellor of Ireland, &c.

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A description of the crimes and horrors in the interior of Warburton's private mad-house at Hoxton, commonly called Whitmore House : dedicated to the Right Honourable Viscount Sidmouth, late Secretary of State, &c. and the Right Honourable Lord Redesdale, late Lord Chancellor of Ireland, &c.