A letter on the necessity of a public inquiry into the cause of the death of ... the Princess Charlotte and her infant / [Jesse Foot].

  • Jesse Foot
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1817
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Credit: A letter on the necessity of a public inquiry into the cause of the death of ... the Princess Charlotte and her infant / [Jesse Foot]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    newiy exdianged their conditions from a vir¬ gin state, and cherished in their infiaginations the natural fruition of becoming matrons, not henceforth to tremble at the example that has passed, like timid doves when they hear the hawk’s rustling wing. I will now clo«e this question, which I con¬ ceive to be too solidly founded in reason, dnd> too strongly supported by light and reflection^' to be denied a Public Inquiry^ Names, in such a case, cannot supply the place of truth, and from such high authority as the moral Archdeacon Paley, 1 come to his conclu¬ sion—“ We appear astonished when we see the multitude carried away by sounds: if sounds work miracles, it is always upon igno¬ rance ; the influence of names is in exact pro¬ portion to the want of knowledge.” JESSE FOOT. Nov. 18, 1817. Dean-streety Soho. Printed b;' J. V\ Dovt^ St. John’s-sqv»re.
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