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A speech of a commoner of England, to his fellow commoner of the convention.
Speech against expelling King James II and giving the crown to William, Prince of Orange; urging the return to England of James II who had fled to France in Dec. 1688. The Convention Parliament assembled in Jan. 1689.
The genuine dying speech of the reverend parson Coppock, pretended Bishop of Carlisle: Who was drawn, hanged and quartered there, Oct. 18. 1746, for High Treason and Rebellion; Containing an Account of his Education, his Method of obtaining Orders, the Motives of his going into the Rebellion, and the Conduct of some of his Brethren, with many other curious Particulars. Publish’d by Parson Coppock’s Order, for the Satisfaction of the Publick.
With a half-title.
Price from imprint: Price Six-Pence.
Price from imprint: Price Six-Pence.
Autograph letter from Charles D'Iberville to "Monseigneur" (a high ranking official), reporting contacts with Jacobites in England and their activities at court and in Scotland, and relaying varied diplomatic information, dated September 19, 1715.
Manuscript Jacobite Intelligence Letter dated Sept 19 1715.
Part of a group of three intelligence letters.
Part of a group of three intelligence letters.
Reasons against the succession of the House of Hanover, with an enquiry how far the abdication of King James, supposing it to be legal, ought to affect the person of the Pretender.
"Price 6 d." on the title page.
The speech of the Honourable James Drummond, Esq; commonly called Duke of Perth, at a general council of war, held at Brampton, in presence of the Pretender’s eldest son. Communicated in a letter from a gentleman at Brampton, who received a true copy from one of the rebel-chiefs.
With a half-title. Below imprint in square brackets "Price Sixpence."
The pretended Prince of Wales’s manifesto and declaration, dated at Edinburgh, October 14. 1745, dissected, anatomized, and exposed to ridicule.
In: ’The Edinburgh packet opened, or a collection of curious pamphlets .. ’, [Newcastle, 1745].
A letter from a Scots gentleman at Berwick, to his intimate friend at Newcastle.
Also issued as part of ’The Edinburgh packet opened, by a collection of curious pamphlets .. ’, [Newcastle, 1745].
A second series of facts and arguments; tending to prove, that the abilities of the two b----rs, are not more extraordinary than their virtues. In a letter to a Member of Parliament. By the author of An examination of the principles, &c.
The two brothers = the Duke of Newcastle and the Right Hon. H. Pelham.
Special Collections copy: No. 4 of 5 works in a volume with binder's title "Letter from gentleman in Scotland etc. 1746"
Special Collections copy: No. 4 of 5 works in a volume with binder's title "Letter from gentleman in Scotland etc. 1746"
His Highness the Prince of Orange his letter to the Lords spiritual and temporal, assembled at Westminster, in this present convention.
No. [1] signed: "Will. H. P. d’Orange."
Part of a brief series of 4 Parliamentary documents relating to the transfer of the kingdom from James II to William and Mary.
Part of a brief series of 4 Parliamentary documents relating to the transfer of the kingdom from James II to William and Mary.
The declaration of the Lords and Commons assembled at Westminster; presented to Their Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Orange, at White-Hall the 13th. of February, 1688/9.
Imprint from colophon; place of publication from Wing.