John L Sullivan Product:Postcard so Salisbury decides to leave

so Salisbury decides to leave this contentious matter in abeyance

Disraeli (1804-1881) was elected Tory MP for Maidstone in 1837

Brixton Prison was opened in 1820

The sheet is pasted into volume 1 of Piaggio's notebooks for the period 1779-1781

allegedly due to corruption of the jury

John L Sullivan Product:Postcard so Salisbury decides to leaveJohn L Sullivan, American boxer, c1898. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1858, John L Sullivan (1858 1918) is regarded as the first world heavyweight champion. He held the title from 1881 until 1892, when he lost it to James 'Gentleman Jim' Corbett. Sullivan was the first American sportsman to become a national celebrity and the first to earn over $1 million.