Letters of Junius
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Letters of Junus is a two-volume collection of private and open letters written between 1769 and 1772 by an anonymous author under the pseudonym "Junius". It also included letters written by "Philo Junius" (suspected to be Junius himself) and others in-reply. The letters were scandalous as they criticised and made claims of corruption and nepotism against a number of government officers, particularly the Duke of Grafton, Rev. John Horne and Sir William Draper, as well as King George III himself. Junius' letters discussed elections, freedom of the press, civil liberties and constitutional rights.
In the Preface, Junius grants full ownership and copyright of the letters to Henry Sampson Woodfall, the owner and editor of the Public Advertiser, an anti-Government London newspaper. Woodfall first published the collection in 1772. Numerous later publications of the same material were made including Miscellaneous Letters by J. Ward (1854) which included additional Junius letters pre-dating these. |
Junius.
Stat nominis Umbra.
Vol.I.
London:
Printed for Henry Sampson Woodfall
In Pater Noster Row.
MDCCLXXII.
Junius.
Stat nominis Umbra.
Vol.II.
London:
Printed for Henry Sampson Woodfall
In Pater Noster Row.
MDCCLXXII.
