What was the purpose of Henry Fielding’s pamphlet A Serious Address to the People of Great Britain?

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Henry Fielding, frontispiece to Fielding's Works (1st ed., 1762), engraving by James Basire after a drawing by William Hogarth — Henry Fielding Henry Fielding, frontispiece to Fielding's *Works* (1st ed., 1762), engraving by James Basire after a drawing by William Hogarth

Henry Fielding wrote the pamphlet A Serious Address to the People of Great Britain in 1745 in response to the Jacobite Rebellion. As a staunch supporter of the Church of England, Fielding’s purpose was to warn the public about the consequences of the uprising, which was led by the Roman Catholic pretender to the throne, Prince Charles Edward.1