Editing William Cobbett (section)

==Prison (1810–1812)==
[[File:The Hampshire hog in the pound LOC ds.10846.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|The 'Hampshire hog in the pound']]
Cobbett was found guilty of treasonous [[libel]]{{dubious|"Treasonous libel"|date=November 2024}} on 15 June 1810, after objecting in ''The Register'' to the [[flogging]] at [[Ely, Cambridgeshire]] of local [[militia]]men by [[Electorate of Hanover|Hanoverians]]. During his two years' incarceration at [[Newgate Prison]], he wrote the pamphlet ''Paper Against Gold'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cobbett |first=William |title=Paper Against Gold |url=https://archive.org/details/cobbettspaperaga00cobbrich |work=Cobbett's Paper Against Gold |publisher=California Digital Library |access-date=27 November 2013}}</ref> warning of the dangers of [[Banknote|paper money]], and many essays and letters. His daughter Anne lived with him in prison.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Cole |first=G. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MsM17kfk9UMC&dq=Anne+Cobbett+1795&pg=PA437 |title=The Life of William Cobbett |date=2010 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-1-136-88558-7 |language=en}}</ref> On his release, a dinner in his honour in London was attended by 600 people and directed by [[Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Baronet|Sir Francis Burdett]], who like Cobbett was a strong advocate of parliamentary reform. 

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