<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:title>A policy for the Three-Thumb Assurance Office of St. A- W- [graphic].</dc:title><dc:date>[1745?]</dc:date><dc:language>eng</dc:language><dc:description>Title from item.</dc:description><dc:description>Publication date from an unverified card catalog record. Dated in British Museum catalogue: ca. 1770.</dc:description><dc:description>Twelve lines of verse below image: A significant justice, a burgess and stump, their sap-sculls together had lay'd ...</dc:description><dc:description>Temporary local subject terms: Elections: St. Anne's Parish, Westminster -- St. Anne's Parish, Westminster: allusion to insurance and its disposition -- Thumbs: tyrannical thumbs of the City Companies -- Gallows -- City Companies: Barbers -- City Companies: Pewterers -- City Companies: Carpenters -- Emblems: thumbs as City Companies tyranny -- Allusion to assurance offices -- Poll-books -- Poll-clerks -- Allusion to voters' freedom -- Tools: barbers' implements -- Tools: pewterers' implements -- Tools: carpenters' implements -- Hallmarks: pewterer's 'touch'.</dc:description></oai_dc:dc>