Political Pamphlets by and about Dr. Charles Lucas

Pamphlets by Lucas Election of 1748/49
Pamphlets on Lucas

Pamphlets by Lucas
  • A remonstrance against certain infringements on the rights and liberties of the Commons and citizens of Dublin. Humbly addressed to the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, the recorder,... By Charles Lucas. Dublin: printed in the year, 1743 39, [1]pp., 8o.
  • Divelina libera: an apology for the civil rights and liberties of the Commons and citizens of Dublin. Containing an account of the foundation and constitution of this city;... By Charles Lucas. Dublin: printed by James Esdall, 1744 88p p., 8o.
  • The complaints of Dublin: humbly offered to his excellency William, Earl of Harrington, Lord Lieutenant General and General Governor of Ireland. By Charles Lucas. In behalf of himself and the rest of the citizens and inhabitants of the said city [ Dublin]: Printed in the year, 1747 48pp., 8o.; another edn. 1749 48, 6pp., pl., 8o.
  • An apology for the civil rights and liberties of the commons and citizens of Dublin: Containing a succinct account of the foundation and constitution of this city;... By Charles Lucas Dublin: printed by James Esdall, 1748/9 40, 8pp., 8o [Publ. in 6 pts.; first pt. in 1744 under the title: ‘Divelina libera’]
  • The British free-holder’s political catechism: addressed and recommended to the free citizens, and free-holders, of the city of Dublin. At this critical conjuncture
  • The second edition. Dublin: printed for James Kelburn, 1748 16pp., 8o. [Preface signed: C. Lucas]
  • Genuine letters between Alderman Nathaniel Kane, and Mr. Charles Lucas: concerning the purchase of the mills at Island Bridge. Published by order of Alderman Kane Dublin: printed for John Bradley; and sold by Abraham Bradley, 1748 15, [1]pp., 8o.
  • A word to the wise, or, Look before you leap, or, Lucas is the man. [ Dublin], 1748 1pp., 34 cm. (fol.).
  • A narrative and an accompt, concerning the Hospital on Oxmantown-Green, Dublin. Now re-published... by C. Lucas Dublin: Printed by James Esdall, 1749 52pp., 8o.
  • The great charter of the liberties of the city of Dublin / transcribed and translated into English Dublin: Printed by J. Esdall, 1749 vi, xliv, 31, 36pp., 8o. [Charter granted by Edward IV, 5 May 1483 ; Latin and English; annot. Charles Lucas.]
  • The history of the Dublin election in the year 1749: With a sketch of the present state of parties in the kingdom of Ireland / By A. Briton. London: Printed for John Swan, 1753 xiii, 160pp., 80 [Probably printed in Dublin.]
  • An address to his excellency William Earl of Harrington, Lord Lieutenant General and General Governor of Ireland, as it was presented to him, on Tuesday the third instant;... By Charles Lucas. Dublin: printed by James Esdall, 1749 15, [1], viiipp., 8o.
  • The great charter of the liberties of the city of Dublin transcribed and translated into English / By Charles Lucas,... [The text and translation have separate title-pages. Dublin: printed by James Esdall, 1749 vi, xliv, 31, [1],36pp., 19.5 cm
  • A critical review of the liberties of British subjects. With a comparative view of the proceedings of the H-e of C-s of I-d, against an unfortunate exile of that country [i.e. Charles Lucas]; who, in contending for the rights and liberties of the publick, lost his own... By a gentleman of the Middle-Temple. London: R. Watkins, 1750. 120pp., 8o.
  • The abuse of standing parliaments, and the great advantage of frequent elections. In a letter to a noble lord. London [i.e. Dublin ?]: printed by the booksellers, [1750?] 31, [1]pp., 8o.
  • [Yale Historical Library copy MS note: ‘This pamphlet was undoubtedly printed in Dublin and written by Lucas’]
  • The abuse of standing parliaments, and the great advantage of frequent elections. In a letter to a noble lord. London [i.e. Dublin ?]: printed by the booksellers, [1750?] 31, [1]pp., 8o.
  • The political constitutions of Great-Britain and Ireland, asserted and vindicated; the connection and common interest of both Kingdoms, demonstrated;... now republished... for the justification of the author, Charles Lucas,... In two volumes. London: printed in the year, 1751 2 vols.: xxii, xl, 160,159-176,169-264, [2], 265-606pp., 8o.
  • To the Rt. Hon. the Lord Mayor, Sheriffs, Commons, and citizens, of the city of Dublin, the memorial of C. Lucas, M.D. [ Dublin ?, 1751?] 34 cm. (fol.)
  • Free will to freeholders. London: [s.n.], 1753 8pp., 19 cm. 8o. [Text signed: C[harle]s L[uca]s [Cf. 2 nd edn. Halkett & Laing.]
  • An address to the inhabitants of Ireland: By C. L[uc]as, M.D. Dublin: printed in the year, 1753 [1754] 24pp., 8o.
  • An appeal to the Commons and citizens of London: By Charles Lucas, the last free citizen of Dublin. London: printed in the year, 1756 [4],100pp., 8o.
  • Letters of Doctor Lucas and Doctor Oliver: Occasioned by a physical confederacy discovered in Bath. Bath: James Leake, 1757 [2], v, [1], 22pp., 19.4 cm. [From the Bowdler Tract Collection [of] Letters result[ing] from the refusal of Oliver and other doctors to attend consultations with Lucas]
  • Seasonable advice to the electors of Members of Parlement [sic] at the ensuing general election:... By Charles Lucas. London: printed for T. Davies; J. Coote; and T. Becket, 1760 [4],72pp., 8o.
  • An address to the free electors of the City of Dublin. [ Dublin, 1761] 1sheet ; (1/2mo) [Signed and dated: Dublin, May 7, 1761. C. [Lucas]. - Thanking the electorate for choosing him as their representative in Parliament]
  • To the very worshipful and much respected the Masters, Wardens... of the several free corporations of the City of Dublin. [An electioneering address.] [ Dublin], [1761.] s. sh. fol.
  • To the Right Honorable the Lord-Mayor, the aldermen, sheriffs, Commons, citizens, and freeholders of Dublin. The address of Charles Lucas. Dublin: printed by Alex. M’Culloh, 1765 16pp., 8o.
  • To the Right Honorable the Lord-Mayor, the aldermen, sheriffs, commons, citizens, and freeholders of Dublin, etc. [An address on a Bill to prevent the export of corn from Ireland.] Dublin: M’Culloh, 1765. pp. 16. Alex.; 8o.
  • A second address to the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, the aldermen, sheriffs, commons, citizens, and freeholders of the city of Dublin / from Charles Lucas; containing an answer to a new address to his lordship and the citizens. Dublin: Printed by A. M’Culloh, 1766 38pp., 8o.
  • A third address to the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, the board of aldermen, and the sherifs, Commons, and citizens of Dublin: From Charles Lucas,... Relative to the late proceedings of the board and the Commons. With an appendix. Dublin: printed by Alex. McCulloh, 1766 64pp., 8o.
  • A fourth address from Charles Lucas, M.D. representative of the city of Dublin in Parlement, [sic] to his constituents. Dublin: printed at St. Audeon’s Arch, 1766 28pp., 8o.
  • The Tonnelett vindicated; or, Some animadversions upon the principles and practice set forth in two tracts, intitled, 1. Traité des eaux minerales de Spa, and 2. Recueil d’observations sur les effets des eaux minerales de Spa, de l’an 1764... par Jean Phillipes de Limbourg... In a letter to M. de Vivignis, etc.. Dublin: Peter Wilson, 1766. pp. 59. ; 8o.
  • […] the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor of the city of Dublin. The counter address of a free citizen Dublin: printed in the year, 1766 8pp., 8o. [Signed at end: A free citizen, i.e. Charles Lucas. - The Lord Mayor = Sir James Taylor. - In connection with Lucas’s unsuccessful opposition to a bill to prevent the exportation of grain]
  • A fourth address from Charles Lucas, M.D. representative of the city of Dublin in Parlement, [sic] to his constituents. Dublin: printed at St. Audeon’s Arch, 1766 28pp., 8o.
  • To the Right Honorable the Lord Mayor, the worshipful the board of aldermen, the sherifs, Commons, citizens, and freeholders of Dublin, the address of C. Lucas:... Upon the proposed augmentation of the military establishment. Dublin: printed for Thomas Ewing, 1768 36pp., 8o. [The London reprint of the same year is entitled: ‘An address to the Right Honorble the Lord Mayor,.]
  • To the Right Honorable the Lord Mayor, the worshipful the board of aldermen, the sherifs, commons, citizens, and freeholders of Dublin, the address of C. Lucas, M.D., one of their representatives in Parlement, upon the proposed augmentation of the military establishment
  • Dublin: Printed for Thomas Ewing, 1768 36pp., 20 cm. 8o. [Later edition called An address].
  • An address to the Right Honorable the Lord Mayor, the worshipful the board of aldermen, the sheriffs, Commons, citizens and freeholders of Dublin, relating to the intended augmentation of the military force in the Kingdom of Ireland / By Charles Lucas. [ London]: Dublin printed: London reprinted for G. Kearsly, 1768 [4], 36pp., 8o. [The Dublin 1768 edition is entitled: ‘To the Right Honorable the Lord Mayor, the worshipful the board of aldermen, …’] [Caption title: To the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, the Worshipful the Board of Aldermen, the sheriffs, commons, citizens and freeholders of Dublin.]
  • A mirror for courts-martial: in which the complaints, trial, sentence and punishment of David Blakeney, are represented and examined with candor. The sixth edition. By C. Lucas
  • Dublin: printed for Thomas Ewing, 1768 48pp., 8o.
  • The liberties and customs of Dublin asserted and demonstrated upon the principles of law, justice, and good policy: with a comparative view of the constitutions of London and Dublin, and some considerations on the customs of intrusion and quarterage / addressed to his constituents, by C. Lucas.The second edition, corrected and enlarged. Dublin: Printed by W.G. Jones, for Thomas Ewing..., 1768 v, [6]-64pp., 20 cm. 8o.
  • An address to the Right Honorable the Lord Mayor, the worshipful the board of aldermen, the sheriffs, Commons, citizens and freeholders of Dublin, relating to the intended augmentation of the military force in the Kingdom of Ireland / By Charles Lucas. [ London]: Dublin printed: London reprinted for G. Kearsly, 1768 [4], 36pp., 8o. [The Dublin 1768 edition is entitled: ‘To the Right Honorable the Lord Mayor, the worshipful the board of aldermen, …’]
  • The rights and privileges of Parlements asserted upon constitutional principles: against the modern anticonstitutional clames of chief governors... By C. Lucas. 1770
  • Lodge, John (1692-1774), The usage of holding parliaments and of preparing and passing bills of supply, in Ireland, stated from record: to which is added, annotations, together with an address to His Excellency George Lord Viscount Townshend... by C. Lucas. Dublin: Re-printed for Thomas Ewing, 1770 76pp., 20 cm. 8o. [‘Published by authority. Dublin: Printed by Boulter Grierson, Printer to the King’s most Excellent Majesty. M, DCC, LXX’; pre-1956 NUC Cat.; attrib. to Lodge].
  • The usage of holding parliaments: and of preparing and passing Bills of supply, in Ireland, stated from record.... To which is added, annotations, together with an address to his Excellency George Lord Viscount Townshend,... By C. Lucas. Dublin: re-printed for Thomas Ewing, 1770 76pp., 8o.
  • The rights and privileges of Parlements asserted upon constitutional principles: against the modern anticonstitutional clames of chief governors,... By C. Lucas. Dublin: printed for Tho. Ewing, 1770 80pp., 8o.

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Electioneering Pamphlets by Lucas (1748-49)
  • To the free citizens, and free-holders, of the city of Dublin. Dublin: printed for James Kelburn, 1748, 8pp., 8o. [Signed C. Lucas at end] [Bradshaw 1476; English Short Title Catalog, ESTCT132573].
  • Some body’s letter, to some Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. London: printed in the year, 1748, 24p., plate; 8o. [i.e., by Charles Lucas].
  • ‘To the free citizens, and free-holders of the city of Dublin. Dublin: printed by James Esdall, 1748, 8pp., 8o.
  • [Anon,] An address to the free citizens and free-holders of the city of Dublin. The fourth edition. Dublin: printed by James Esdall, 1749, 8pp., 8o. [First published as To the Free Citizens in 1748].
  • A free-man’s answer to the Free-holder’s address to the merchants, traders, and others, the citizens and free-men of the city of Dublin. [ Dublin ?]: Printed in the year, 1748, 16pp., 8o.
  • A second letter to the free citizens, free holders, and tradesmen of the city of Dublin. Dublin: [s.n.], 1748, 8pp., 20 cm [Attributed to Charles Lucas in NUC pre-1956].
  • A second address to the free citizens, and free-holders, of the city of Dublin. The third edition. Dublin: printed for James Kelburn, 1748, 13,[1]pp., 8o.
  • [Anon,] A second address to the free citizens and free-holders of the city of Dublin. The fifth edition. Dublin: printed by James Esdall, 1749, 12pp., 8o. [Aug. 27. 1748].
  • A third letter to the Commons and citizens of the city of Dublin. Dublin: printed by James Esdall, 1749, 15,[1]pp., 8o.
  • A third address to the free citizens, and free-holders, of the city of Dublin. The second edition. Dublin: printed for James Kelburn, 1748, 15,[1]pp., 8o. [Signed at end: C. Lucas.]
  • A third address to the free citizens, and free-holders, of the city of Dublin. The second edition. Dublin: printed for James Kelburn, 1748, 15,[1]pp., 8o. [Signed at the end: C. Lucas].
  • A fourth letter to the Commons and citizens of the city of Dublin. Dublin: printed by James Esdall, 1749, 16pp., 8o.
  • A fourth address to the free citizens, and free-holders, of the city of Dublin. The second edition. Dublin: printed for James Kelburn, 1748, 16pp., 8o.
  • A fiveth [sic] letter to the Commons and citizens of the city of Dublin. Dublin: printed by James Esdall, 1749, 15,[1]pp., 8o.
  • A fifth address to the free citizens: and free-holders, of the city of Dublin. Dublin: printed for James Kelburn, 1748, 16pp., 8o.
  • A sixth address to the free citizens, and free-holders, of the city of Dublin. Dublin: printed for James Kelburn, 1748, 32pp., 8o.
  • A seventh address to the free citizens: and free-holders, of the city of Dublin. Dublin: printed for James Kelburn, 1748, 24pp., 8o. [Signed at end: C. Lucas.]
  • An eighth address to the free citizens: and free-holders, of the city of Dublin. Dublin: printed for James Kelburn, 1748, 20pp., 8o. [Signed at end: C. Lucas].
  • A nineth [sic] address to the free citizens, and free-holders, of the city of Dublin. Dublin: printed for James Kelburn, 1748, 24pp., 8o. [Signed at end: C. Lucas.]
  • A tenth address to the free citizens and free-holders of the city of Dublin.Dublin: Printed for James Kelburn..., 1748, 32pp., 20 cm. 8o. [Signed at end: C. Lucas. Dublin , Jan. 13th, 1748; tp. vignette (seal of Dublin ?)].
  • An eleventh address to the free citizens: and free-holders, of the city of Dublin. Dublin: printed for James Kelburn, 1749, 32pp., 8o. [Signed at end: C. Lucas].
  • A twelveth [sic] address to the free citizens, and free-holders of the city of Dublin. The second edition. Dublin: printed by James Esdall, 1748[1749] 35,[1]pp., 8o. [Signed at the end: C. Lucas. - A reissue of the first edition, with the titlepage partly reset.]
  • A twelveth [sic] address to the free citizens, and free-holders of the city of Dublin. Dublin: printed by James Esdall, 1748[1749] 35,[1]pp., 8o.
  • A thirteenth address to the free citizens, and free-holders of the city of Dublin. Dublin: printed by James Esdall, 1748 [1749] 32pp., 8o. [Signed at end: C. Lucas, March 1st. 1748. (O.S)].
  • A fourteenth address to the free citizens: and free-holders of the city of Dublin. Dublin: printed by James Esdall, 1748 [1749] 36pp., 8o.
  • A fiveteenth [sic] address to the free citizens and free-holders of the city of Dublin. Dublin: Printed by James Esdall, 1748, 32pp., 20 cm. 8o. [Signed C. Lucas, Dublin , March 16th, 1748 , i.e., 1749]. [Title-page vignette (seal of Dublin ?)].
  • A sixteenth address to the free citizens and free-holders of the city of Dublin. Dublin: printed by James Esdall, 1748 [1749] 35,[1]pp., 8o.
  • A sixteenth address to the free citizens and free-holders of the City of Dublin. The second edition. Dublin: Printed by James Esdall, on Cork-Hill, 1748, 35, [1]pp., 21 cm. 8o. [Signed and dated at end: C. Lucas, March 23d. 1748.]
  • A seventeenth address to the free-citizens and free-holders of the city of Dublin. [ Ireland?: s.n.], 1749, [1], 36, [1]pp., 21 cm. 8o. [Half title: ‘Mr. Lucas’s seventeenth address On the government of the city of Dublin.’ [Signed and dated: C. Lucas, Aug. 9, 1749.]
  • An eighteenth address to the free-citizens: and free-holders of the city of Dublin. Dublin: printed by James Esdall, 1749, 51, [1]pp., 8o.[ Signed at end: C. Lucas.]
  • A nineteenth address to the free-citizens and free-holders of the city of Dublin. Dublin: printed by James Esdall, 1749, 36pp., 8o.
  • A letter to the free-citizens of the city of Dublin. Dublin: Printed by James Esdall, at the Corner of Copper-Alley, on Cork-Hill, 1749, 36pp., 8o. [Signed at end: C. Lucas.]
  • A twentieth address to the free-citizens and free-holders of the city of Dublin. Dublin: printed by James Esdall, 1749, 38pp., 8o.
  • C[harle]s L[uca]s’s last advice to the freemen and freeholders of the city of Dublin; in their choice of a representative in the ensuing election. [ Dublin]: Printed in the year, 1749, 2pp., 12o.
  • A letter to the Commons and citizens of the city of Dublin. Dublin: printed by James Esdall, 1749, 8pp., 8o.

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Pamphlets on Lucas
  • The whipster whipt. Dublin: printed in the year, 1741. 8pp. (8o); 19cm. [An attack on Charles Lucas, the author of “Pharmacomastix”; at foot of p.8: ‘To be continued’.Mr. Nobody’s Anti-Ticklerian Address to Mr. Lucas. Dublin, 1748, 8o. [A satire on his Candidature for the City of Dublin.]
  • Liberty and Lucas the same thing [ Dublin,], 1748, 8o. [by Lucas?]
  • A Free-Man’s Answer, [signed, Britannicus, i.e. C. Lucas] to the Free-Holder’s Address [signed, Hibernicus, i.e. J. D. Latouche] to the Merchants, Traders, and others... of the City of Dublin [on the subject of the Election of a Member of Parliament for the City of Dublin.] 1748
  • Lucas against the World, and the World against Lucas. [ Dublin ?], 1748, 8o. [By Lucas?]
  • A letter from Travey, a free cobler, to Charles Lucas, apothecary, a free citizen, and some time one of the Commons of the city of Dublin: 14 Feb. 1748. Dublin, 1748 1 leaf; 34 cm. (fol.)
  • A letter from [James] D[igge]s L[atouch]e to Charles Lamb [ Dublin 1748?] 1pp., 34 cm. (fol.)
  • The Honest Man’s Speech [i.e. Eaton Stannard’s in the House of Commons of Ireland, on the prosecution of C. Lucas]. Second edition. Dublin, 1749, 8o.
  • The Chymerical Patriot; or, Lucas awake. [In verse.] Dublin, 1749, 8o.
  • Sir James Taylor [Lord Mayor of Dublin], Lucas detected: or, vindication of the Sheriffs and Commons of the City of Dublin ; from the scandalous aspersions contained in a fourth letter to the Commons and Citizens. The second edition, corrected. Dublin, 1749, 8o.
  • View of the Conduct and Writings of Mr. Charles Lucas. Being an answer to some passages in the eighteenth address of C. Lucas, p. 13, 25, 28, reflecting on the late Sir Samuel Cooke... Number II. Dublin, 1749. pp. 15. ; 8o.
  • Doctor Anthony’s Letter of Advice, to the freemen and freeholders of the city of Dublin. [With reference to Charles Lucas’ candidature for the parliamentary representation of Dublin city, 1748.] Dublin, 1748. pp. 8., 8o.
  • Britanno-Hibernus, W., pseud., An Appeal to the People of Ireland. Occasioned by the insinuations and misrepresentations of the author of a weekly paper, entitled, The Censor [i.e. Charles Lucas]. Proving, that... the author’s reflections upon England are unjust... and... highly injurious to the linen manufacture... By a member of the Incorporated Society for Promoting English Protestant Schools in Ireland. Dublin: Peter Wilson, 1749. 15pp., 8o.
  • A portrait of that eminent candidate Mr. J[ame]s D[igge]s La T[ouche] / drawn by that great master Mr. Charles Lucas. Dublin: [no name], printed in the year 1749 23, [1]pp., 19.4cm., 8o.
  • Rhector, Philo, pseud. [?Edmund Burke]. The Naked Truth; or Lucas and La Touche set forth in their proper colours. [Another edition.] [Prob. author Edmund Burke.]
  • Lucas refuted; or, Liberty supported: being a general answer to Mr Lucas’s addresses, especially his 20th: wherein the government of the Poor-House and Bluecoat Hospital is consider’d; courts of Darein hundred rejected: throughout which the constitutions of London and Dublin as to civil administration are compared, etc. Dublin, 1749, 8o.
  • Lucas’s letter to such of the citizens and electors of Dublin as have preserved their freedom, independence, and integrity. Written in 1758, and reprinted from the St. James’s Chronicle, on his junction with Mr. Dunn on the present election [in 1761. The claims of two candidates]. Recommended to every elector to be considered seriously before he votes. [ Dublin], [1761] 1 fol. sh.
  • The Analysis of a new quack-medicine called an Antidote [to Dr L[uca]s’s [i.e. Address], &c. By a Member of one of the inferior Corporations. Dublin, 1766. 8o.
  • An Antidote to Dr L[uca]s’s Address: addressed to the Merchants of the City of Dublin. Dublin, 1766, 8o.
  • The Proceedings of the Lord Mayor and Board of Aldermen of Dublin on a petition of the Commons for an annual Salary of £500 to Dr. Lucas. [ Dublin], [1766.] 8o. [Cuttings from the “Dublin Gazette” with a MS. title].
  • To Dr Lucas. The address of the Merchants of the City of Dublin, and his answer; with one from the Corporation of Smiths, etc. [ Dublin], [1766.] 8o. [Cuttings from “Saunders’s News Letter,” with a MS. title.]
  • The Proceedings of the Lord Mayor and Board of Aldermen of Dublin on a petition of the Commons for an annual Salary of £500 to Dr. Lucas. [ Dublin], [1766.] 8o. [Cuttings from the “ Dublin Gazette.]
  • John Courteney, M.P., Remarks, on a Pamphlet, entitled, A Mirror, &c., written by Charle]s L[uca]s, M.D. , drawn from the proceedings of a general court martial, on the trial of an appeal brought before them by David Blakeney, Matross. Also an appendix, containing, the copies of several depositions... By J-n C-y, Esq. [i.e. John Courtenay]... Third edition, with additions, as revised and corrected by the author. Dublin: Printed, and sold by the Booksellers and Hawkers, 1768. pp. 62 ; 8o.
  • Dr. Lucas: [an appeal on behalf of an annuity for his widow] [ Dublin, ca. 1780?] 1pp., 23 cm. (4to)
  • The Authentic History of Doctor Hellebore [i.e. Charles Lucas?] (n.d.; BL).

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