Blanketeers, the name applied to a body of Manchester operatives who on 10th March 1817 met in St Peter's Field, provided each with a blanket for bivouacking. They meant to join a contingent from Derby, and march on London; but they were dispersed.
Blanketeers
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 2: Beaugency to Cataract, p. 211
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