Deposition of George Pearson

30 May 1842

Bound manuscript paper | 1 document (4 pages) (whole object) | RA VIC/MAIN/M/67/6

George Pearson's personal account of the attempt on Queen Victoria's life by a man with a pistol. He describes the assailant and an elderly gentleman who also witnessed the event. Includes note written by Thomas Hall that the account was taken before himself at Whitehall. Copy.