The Correspondence of King George the Third with Lord North from 1768 to 1783: Edited from the Originals at Windsor, with an Introduction and Notes. by W. Bodham Donne. in 2 Volumes
The Correspondence of King George the Third with Lord North from 1768 to 1783: Edited from the Originals at Windsor, with an Introduction and Notes. by W. Bodham Donne. in 2 Volumes
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1867 Excerpt: ...constitutional importance were brought on when the season for " all business seemed to be over." Opposition was weak and spiritless, and in general Ministers carried their motions and plans with great ease. Among the reasons for this ease one was that the " bulk of the Vhig party had from the commencement of the Ame" ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1867 Excerpt: ...constitutional importance were brought on when the season for " all business seemed to be over." Opposition was weak and spiritless, and in general Ministers carried their motions and plans with great ease. Among the reasons for this ease one was that the " bulk of the Vhig party had from the commencement of the Ame" rican troubles given a general support to the coercive policy of " the Government." (Massey, ii. p. 149.) Letter 154. Queen's House, Jan. 1st, 1773. 3 niin. pt. 11 p.m. Lord North, --Having heard, by the Dutch mail of this day, that the great house at Amsterdam of Clifford and Company is declared bankrupt, that fourteen other bouses have met with the same fate, I am desirous to know what effect it has had on merchants in this country. I have been told three houses stopped payment this day. Is not Sir George Colebrooke in a very precarious situation? The Earl of Shelburne writes to Lord Chatham, on the 17th January, 1773: --"Dr. Price writes to me from London that 'the " times seem at present to bo growing more and more dark and " alarming. In consequence of the bankruptcies at Amsterdam " we have had already nine or ten failures, and many more are " expected. It is also expected that we shall soon hear of the " failuro of several houses at Hamburgh, nor is it possible to know " how far tho mischief may spread, or in what it will end.'" (' Chatham Correspond., ' vol. iv. p. 239; comp. ib., p. 242.) " This day, March 31, the banking-house of Messrs. Sir George " Colebrooke, Lessingham, and Biuns stopped payment." (' Annual Register, ' xvi. 87.) " And on the 13th of April Clifford's creditors " held a meeting at Amsterdam, when 15 per cent. was offered, &quo...
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Good+ with no dust jacket. 1346442266. Ex-library. Binding sound and tight. There is a small scuff on the front cover of Volume I. Pages clean and unmarked. Books would be fine if it were not for the library markings. DJ missing.; Red cloth over boards, gilt lettering on fronts and spines.; The Era of the American Revolution; Ex-Library; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 307, 452 pages.
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