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'''The English Constitution Produced and Illustrated''' is an 1823 book by English ] ], explaining the unwritten constitution of ] and ]. '''The English Constitution Produced and Illustrated''' is an 1823 book by English ] ], explaining the unwritten constitution of ] and ].


The book was written in response to ], who expressed scepticism in '']'' of the existence of an English constitution. The book was written in response to ], who, in '']'', expressed scepticism of the existence of an English constitution.


==Reception== ==Reception==
Cartwright sent a copy of ''The English Constitution'' to ]. Jefferson wrote to Cartwright in July 1824: <blockquote> Your age of eighty-four, and mine of eighty-one years, ensure us a speedy meeting. We may then commune at leisure, and more fully, on the good and evil, which in the course of our long lives, we have both witnessed; and in the mean time, I pray you to accept assurances of my high veneration and esteem for your person and character.<ref>John W. Osborne, ''John Cartwright'' (Cambridge University Press, 1972), p. 152.</ref> </blockquote> Cartwright sent a copy of ''The English Constitution'' to ]. Jefferson wrote to Cartwright in July 1824: <blockquote> Your age of eighty-four, and mine of eighty-one years, ensure us a speedy meeting. We may then commune at leisure, and more fully, on the good and evil, which in the course of our long lives, we have both witnessed; and in the mean time, I pray you to accept assurances of my high veneration and esteem for your person and character.<ref>John W. Osborne, ''John Cartwright'' (Cambridge University Press, 1972), p. 152.</ref> </blockquote>

==See also==
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==External links==
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Latest revision as of 10:06, 10 January 2025

The English Constitution Produced and Illustrated is an 1823 book by English Radical John Cartwright, explaining the unwritten constitution of England and Anglo-Saxon law.

The book was written in response to Thomas Paine, who, in Rights of Man, expressed scepticism of the existence of an English constitution.

Reception

Cartwright sent a copy of The English Constitution to Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson wrote to Cartwright in July 1824:

Your age of eighty-four, and mine of eighty-one years, ensure us a speedy meeting. We may then commune at leisure, and more fully, on the good and evil, which in the course of our long lives, we have both witnessed; and in the mean time, I pray you to accept assurances of my high veneration and esteem for your person and character.

See also

References

  1. John W. Osborne, John Cartwright (Cambridge University Press, 1972), p. 152.

External links

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