Nelson A Miles, US Army general, at his headquarters mb-code 2492201 made a speech in Bradford

made a speech in Bradford on the subject of the continuing practice of bribing voters and supporters at parliamentary elections

In the foreground it appears that an execution might have taken place

Plate 7 from Gleanings from the Menagerie and Aviary at Knowsley Hall

a scene at Smithfield Market with a man leading a woman on a rope in the centre

Nelson A Miles, US Army general, at his headquarters mb-code 2492201 made a speech in BradfordNelson A Miles, US Army general, at his headquarters, 1898. Miles (1839 1925) served in the American Civil War and the Indian Wars. In 1895 he was appointed Commanding General of the US Army, a post he held throughout the Spanish American War of 1898, in which he personally led the invasion of Puerto Rico. A print from Our Country in War and Relations with All Nations, by Murat Halstead, The United Subscription Book Publishers of America, 1898.