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HIGGINS, GODFREY. A Letter to the Right Honorable Earl Fitzwilliam . . . respecting the Investigation which has lately taken place,into the Abuses at the York Lunatic Asylum. [4], 29, [1]; [2], 48, [2]; 52, [2] pages, including 2 blanks. 3 parts in one volume. 8vo, 213x132 mm, mid-19th-century cloth with handwritten spine and front cover labels; contents partly toned, contemporary owner's signature on general title. Doncaster: W. Sheardown et al., 1814
first edition. Higgins's efforts to publicize the mistreatment of patients at the York Asylum helped bring about the 1815-16 Parliamentary inquiry into madhouses. Hunter & Macalpine, pages 696-703; not in RBH or ABPC. bound with: A Few Free Remarks on Mr. Godfrey Higgins's Publications respecting the York Lunatic Asylum. By Corrector. 14, [2] pages, including final blank. York: W. Blanchard for J. and G. Todd et al., 1814. and: A Vindication of Mr. Higgins, from the Charges of Corrector: including a Sketch of recent Transactions at the York Lunatic Asylum. 40 pages. Title soiled, with contemporary owner's signature. York: Wm. Hargrove and Co., 1814. and: Strickland, George, Sir. A Letter to the Rate-Payers of Yorkshire on Asylums, their Management and Expenses . . . Second Edition. 31 pages. York: (Coultas for) J. Sampson, and J. Whittaker in London, 1859.
