Note 5 — Chapter XXV · “I HAVE PLEADED THE CAUSE OF THE WORKING-PEOPLE, AND I SHALL NOW SEE THAT CAUSE TRIUMPH.”
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Sir Thomas Beevor presently showed a balance-sheet of the expenses, by which it appeared the cost was 1843l. 9s. 5d., whilst 1701l. 4s. 6d. had been received, leaving a small deficiency for Cobbett to make up. Some of the “subscribers’ names” are suggestive:—
A poor disciple of twenty years’ standing, 10s.
Cobbett, don’t be brow-beaten, 20s.
Nicodemus, for fear of the Jews, 25l.
To assist in getting the country out of its difficulties, so that property may become secure, 10l.
Pro bono publico, 2s. 6d.