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1788réf. 97191CB[London?], 1788. 1 Blatt: 53,5 x 75,2 cm. [2 Warenabbildungen]
1827réf. 619L14London: John Murray 1827. First edition. Leather. Good Only. 11" by 9". None. A selection of letters from George III to two political figures regarding the proposition of Catholic emancipation and his Coronation Oath. He writes to British politician and barrister Lord Kenyon and the then Prime Minister William Pitt. The first edition of this uncommon work. These letters are associated with the political process during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century regarding the 'Catholic emancipation' or 'relief'. Following the Act of Union between Great Britain and Ireland there was a call to remove many of the restrictions on Roman Catholics introduced by the Act of Uniformity Test Acts and penal laws. During the Act of Union William Pitt the Younger the Prime Minister at the time promised emancipation to accompany the act. However no further steps were taken. This was due to King George III believing that any Catholic emancipation would violate his Coronation Oath. To this work there are correspondences between Pitt and George III regarding this matter. Pitt resigned from his position as Prime Minister when the King's opposition became known. To the main body of this work George writes to Kenyon regarding the standing of the Coronation Oath. He notes to the first letter that 'The following Queries on the present attempt to abolish all distinctions in Religion in Ireland with the intention of favouring the Roman Catholics in that Kingdom.' The King is enquiring to Kenyon as to whether emancipation would affect his Coronation Oath. With an introduction by Henry Phillpotts a well known opponent of Catholic emancipation. One of his well known works is 'A Letter to an English Layman on the Coronation Oath which was issued after this work. This copy is from the Bishop Phillpotts Library in Truro with a bookplate for the library to the front pastedown. The Philpotts library is still an important centre for theological studies. It was first opened in 1871 by Henry Phillpotts. Another prior owner's bookplate to front pastedown 'Henricus Exoniensis'. There are six letters between Kenyon and George III to this volume and five letters between Pitt and the King. With a facsimile letter by George III as the frontispiece. The first edition of this interesting contemporaneous account of British history. In a half calf binding with paper covered boards. Externally sound with slight rubbing to the boards spine and extremities. Loss to the calf at the spine due to a previous library removal. Bookplate to the front pastedown for Bishop Philpotts' Library Truro. Philpotts wrote the introduction to this work. Another bookplate to front pastedown Clero Cornubiensi Henricus Exoniensis. Front hinge is strained but firm. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright with patches of scattered spotting mostly to the page edges. Good Only John Murray hardcover
1827réf. 181920London : John Murray 1827. First Edition. Hardback. Very good copy in the original full aniline calf. Professionally and period sympathetically re-backed with the title blocked direct in gilt; very impressively finished. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 45 pages; Physical desc.: viii 2 45 1p.: 1 plate. ; 4o. Notes: Ed. by H. Phillpotts pref. With a half-title preceded by a facsimile. Other names: Phillpotts Henry 1778-1869. Kenyon Lloyd Kenyon Baron. Pitt William 1759-1806. Genre: Letters - 19th century. London : John Murray hardcover
réf. 19217Queens House 14 January 1781 52 minutes past 5 P.M.. 2 lines on 1 page 9 x 7 inches in very good condition with an integral blank leaf. King George III reigned 1760-1820. Sir Stanier Porter diplomat and courtier. Frederick North 1732-92 known as Lord North was Prime Minister from 1770-1782 and was largely responsible for the measures which led to the loss of America. unknown
réf. 464329London : Cambridge U.P. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good cloth copy. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 5 volumes ; 25 cm. Contents; v. 1. December 1783 to January 1793 -- v. 2. February 1793 to December 1797 -- v. 3. January 1798 to December 1801 -- v. 4. January 1802 to December 1807 -- v. 5. January 1808 to December 1810. Subjects; George III King of Great Britain. 1738-1820. Correspondence. Great Britain. History. George III 1760-1820. Sources. Great Britain. Kings and rulers. Correspondence. London : Cambridge U.P hardcover
réf. 560232 hand-coloured woodcuts copied from the illustrations in The Universal Magazine for October and November 1761 the first taken as the Archbishop of Canterbury places the Crown on the King's head is lettered with explanations of the crowded scene including at h 'The Dukes of Normandie and Acquitain and other great officers' the second similarly explained shows the King's Champion flanked by the Earl Marshal and Lord High Constable riding up the centre between the long tables watched by the diners and the others present in the galleries printed within a 'Greek Key' border both referring to 22nd September 1761 laid down on two separate album leaves 10" x 7¾" with other items on the versos the two prints no date circa edges worn and border trimmed in places without loss to text or image The original articles of 1761 explain the role at the Dinner of the King's Champion who challenged any one to assert that George III was not their lawful sovereign and the 'Dukes of Normandy and Aquitaine' at the Coronation. The French King had anciently a council of twelve great Peers 6 lay and 6 ecclesiastic. Long after the council ceased to function the ecclesiastics attended at Reims but the lay peerages had became vested in the crown. So the King appointed people to represent his lay peerages. Henry II liked this idea which was last used in 1761 given that in 1801 Great Britain renounced all claims to France and the use of the lilies on her coat of arms. On the versos are 1 a pleasing engraving of Bouverie Hall Chart next Sutton Valence Kent and 2 a number of cuttings including temperance verses and the monument to Captain Charles Colby of the 98th Dragoons killed by a tiger at 'Rawal Pinde' 27th March 1852. unknown
réf. 43632printed with the details filled in by hand appointing Colonel James Pringle "to be Major General in our Army in the East Indies only." countersigned by Robert Banks Jenkinson 2nd Earl LIVERPOOL Baron Hawkesbury 1770-1828 Prime Minister 1 side oblong folio on vellum with papered seal and revenue stamp St James's 25th October hardcover
réf. 750Light rubbing and soiling. Very good. JJA-750. George III County of York Indenture of Conveyance in the amount of £150 from Dorothy Temple to Henry Haldor and William Spencelay both of York and dated May 21 1776. Measures approx. 11 x 31.5 inches. Manuscript on vellum sealed and stamped. Docketed to verso. . unknown
1761réf. 729481761. Public and Private Acts of Parliament 1761-1762 Great Britain. George III 1738-1820 King of Great Britain. Anno Regni Georgii III. Regis Magnae Britanniae Franciae & Hiberniae Secundo. At the Parliament Begun and Holden at Westminster The Ninth Day of May Anno Dom. 1761 In the First Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third By the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c. And from thence Continued by Several Prorogations to the Third Day of November Following; Being the First Session of the Twelfth Parliament of Great Britain. London: Printed by Mark Baskett 1761 i.e. 1762. 670 681-786 805-1026 16 pp. Lacking Acts XVIII and XXII and general title page of Act II. Same general title page preceding each act Acts VII-XXXVII dated 1762. Bound With An Abstract of the Publick Acts Passed in the First Session of the Twelfth Parliament of Great Britain And in the Second Year of the Reign of Our Most Gracious Sovereign Lord King George the Third. London: Printed by Mark Baskett 1762. 139 1 pp. With two folding tables. Folio 12" x 7-1/2". Contemporary paneled calf gilt royal arms to boards rebacked and recornered in period style with raised bands blind fillets and lettering piece to spine blind tooling to board edges edges rouged. Light rubbing to boards a few scuffs nicks and scratches moderate rubbing and light wear to board edges corners bumped hinges cracked single horizontal crease to front free endpaper. Light toning to interior light foxing in a few places. An appealing copy. $650. A collection of 86 acts passed in the first session of the tenth Parliament of Great Britain with tables listing the titles of the public acts including acts XXIX-LXXXVII which were not printed and summaries of 69 private acts. Some of the more interesting acts include several acts to do with commercial taxes and "An Act for Naturalizing Such Foreign Protestants as have Served or Shall Serve in His Majesty's Royal American Regiment Or as Engineers in America." Appended is the separately-issued volume of abstracts. Acts XVIII the Longitude Act of 1762 and XXII are lacking in full but present in the abstract volume; the first extended an act establishing a prize for the invention of a successful marine chronometer and th. unknown
1761réf. 729481761. Public and Private Acts of Parliament 1761-1762 Great Britain. George III 1738-1820 King of Great Britain. Anno Regni Georgii III. Regis Magnae Britanniae Franciae & Hiberniae Secundo. At the Parliament Begun and Holden at Westminster The Ninth Day of May Anno Dom. 1761 In the First Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third By the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c. And from thence Continued by Several Prorogations to the Third Day of November Following; Being the First Session of the Twelfth Parliament of Great Britain. London: Printed by Mark Baskett 1761 i.e. 1762. 670 681-786 805-1026 16 pp. Lacking Acts XVIII and XXII and general title page of Act II. Same general title page preceding each act Acts VII-XXXVII dated 1762. Bound With An Abstract of the Publick Acts Passed in the First Session of the Twelfth Parliament of Great Britain And in the Second Year of the Reign of Our Most Gracious Sovereign Lord King George the Third. London: Printed by Mark Baskett 1762. 139 1 pp. With two folding tables. Folio 12" x 7-1/2". Contemporary paneled calf gilt royal arms to boards rebacked and recornered in period style with raised bands blind fillets and lettering piece to spine blind tooling to board edges edges rouged. Light rubbing to boards a few scuffs nicks and scratches moderate rubbing and light wear to board edges corners bumped hinges cracked single horizontal crease to front free endpaper. Light toning to interior light foxing in a few places. An appealing copy. $650. A collection of 86 acts passed in the first session of the tenth Parliament of Great Britain with tables listing the titles of the public acts including acts XXIX-LXXXVII which were not printed and summaries of 69 private acts. Some of the more interesting acts include several acts to do with commercial taxes and "An Act for Naturalizing Such Foreign Protestants as have Served or Shall Serve in His Majesty's Royal American Regiment Or as Engineers in America." Appended is the separately-issued volume of abstracts. Acts XVIII the Longitude Act of 1762 and XXII are lacking in full but present in the abstract volume; the first extended an act establishing a prize for the invention of a successful marine chronometer and th. unknown books
1827réf. 1024Y13London: John Murray 1827. First edition. Leather. Very Good. 11.5" by 8.5". None. The first edition of this fascinating epistolary collection from George III addressed to William Pitt and Lord Kenyon. First edition. In a contemporary half calf binding with marbled paper covered boards bound with the half title and original endpapers. With frontispiece facsimile of George III's handwriting. A selection of letters from George III to two political figures regarding the proposition of Catholic emancipation and his Coronation Oath. Addressed to Lord Kenyon and the then Prime Minister William Pitt George III notes to the first letter that 'The following Queries on the present attempt to abolish all distinctions in Religion in Ireland with the intention of favouring the Roman Catholics in that Kingdom.' Bookplate of F. Ponsonby to the front paste down and verso of title page likely Frederick Edward Grey Ponsonby 1st Baron Sysonby 1867-1935 a British soldier and courtier. A member of a junior branch of the Ponsonby family he was the grandson of General Sir Frederick Ponsonby British Army officer of the Napoleonic Wars and the great-grandson of Frederick Ponsonby 3rd Earl of Bessborough. He wrote the standard history: The Grenadier Guards in the Great War of 19141918 published in 1920. In a contemporary half calf binding with marbled paper covered boards. Externally generally smart with rubbing and fading to the extremities. Front hinge is starting but firm. Bookplate of F. Ponsonby to the front paste down and verso of title page. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with minor spotting mostly seen to the upper margins. Scattered spots to the endpapers. Very Good John Murray hardcover
réf. 42581printed with the details filled in by hand appointing Charles Mingay Gent to be "Ensign to that Company whereof. Esq is Captain in our Twenty Second or the Cheshire Regiment of Foot commanded by our Trusty and Wellbeloved Major General David Dundas." countersigned by the Duke of PORTLAND 1 side oblong folio on vellum with papered seal and revenue stamp Court at St James's 2nd December Along with many other conservative Whigs such as Edmund Burke Portland was deeply uncomfortable with the French Revolution; he broke with Fox over that issue and joined Pitt's government as Secretary of State for the Home Department in 1794. In that role he oversaw the administration of patronage and financial inducements which were often secret to secure the passage of the Act of Union 1800 hardcover
réf. 43488saying that "Edward Warburton and William Boulton were at a Quarter Session of the Peace holden at Aylesbury. tried and convicted of Grand Larceny and were sentenced to be transported seven years for the same. We in consideration of some favorable circumstances humbly represented unto Us in their behalf are graciously pleased to extend Our Grace and Mercy unto them and grant them our Pardon for their said Crime on Condition of their enlisting and entering to serve Us as Soldiers in Our Army abroad until duly discharged therefrom." 2 sides folio with papered seal Court at St James 21st January unknown
1799réf. 92483London: Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan 1799-1824. Rare collection of three British Acts related to the regulation and abolition of the British slave trade including: An Act for better regulating the Manner of carrying Slaves in British Vessels from the Coast of Africa 12th July 1799; An Act for regulating.the shipping and carrying of Slaves in British Vessels from the Coast of Africa 28th June 1798; and An Act to Amend and consolidate the Laws relating to the Abolition of the Slave Trade 24th June 1824. Quarto decorative royal emblematic headpieces schedules of muster roles and seizures. Accompanied by a Copy of an Act Passed in 1817 by the Legislature of Antigua For Restricting the Exportation of Slaves to that Island Henry Goulburn 1821 and Copies or Extracts of Correspondence relating to an Expedition to be sent to the River Niger Vernon Smith 1840; both ordered by the House of Commons. In near fine condition. An exceptional piece of history. The anti-slavery movement to abolish the slave trade became popular among the British public following barrister Lord Mansfield's judgement in the Somersett's Case which held that slavery was unsupported by the common law in England and Wales. In 1807 Parliament passed the Slave Trade Act of 1807 which outlawed the slave trade but not slavery itself. Over two decades later in 1833 the Slavery Abolition Act was passed which made the purchase or ownership of slaves illegal within the British Empire and provided monetary compensation for previous slave owners. Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan unknown
1767réf. 751631767. London: Printed by Mark & Robert Baskett 1767. London: Printed by Mark & Robert Baskett 1767. Regulation in Response to the "Turnpike Boom" Highways. Great Britain. George III 1738-1820 King of Great Britain. Anno Regni Georgii III Regis Magnae Britanniae Franciae & Hiberniae Septimo. At the Parliament Begun and Holden at Westminster The Nineteenth Day of May Anno Domini 1761 In the First Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the Third By the Grace of God Of Great Britain France And Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c. And from thence Continued by Several Prorogations to the Eleventh Day of November 1766 Being the Sixth Session of the Twelfth Parliament of Great Britain. London: Printed by Mark Baskett and by the assigns of Robert Baskett 1767. ii 5-125 1 62 pp. Octavo 7" x 4-1/2". Contemporary calf blind rules to boards blind fillets along joints raised bands blind fillets and lettering piece to spine blind tooling to board edges. Light rubbing and a few very minor nicks and scratches to boards moderate rubbing to extremities front joint just starting at head corners bumped and lightly worn hinges starting early ink annotation to rear pastedown. Light toning negligible light foxing to a few pages internally clean. $750. Two acts of Parliament consolidating and regulating turnpike trusts in the wake of the "turnpike boom" of the late eighteenth century. Turnpike trusts established by individual acts of Parliament had the power to collect tolls that would be used for road maintenance. Before the widespread use of these trusts local parishes were responsible for raising revenue via taxation and repairing highways and often found the task difficult. The first act the Turnpike Act of 1766 established basic rules for drivers and provided for the erection of milestones to indicate the distance between towns. The second act the Highways Act 1766 expanded on provisions and standards for road repair. The volume includes a thorough 62 pp. index to both acts. The ESTC lists a 64 pp. index and an additional act from 1768. Our 62 pp. index appears complete and we have seen another copy without this additional act. As in the ESTC record our copy lacks leaf A1 which may have been blank or unissued. OCLC and the ESTC locate 2 copies of this title British Library Cardiff University. See English Short-Title Catalogue ESTC T2259. unknown
1767réf. 751631767. London: Printed by Mark & Robert Baskett 1767. London: Printed by Mark & Robert Baskett 1767. Regulation in Response to the "Turnpike Boom" Highways. Great Britain. George III 1738-1820 King of Great Britain. Anno Regni Georgii III Regis Magnae Britanniae Franciae & Hiberniae Septimo. At the Parliament Begun and Holden at Westminster The Nineteenth Day of May Anno Domini 1761 In the First Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the Third By the Grace of God Of Great Britain France And Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c. And from thence Continued by Several Prorogations to the Eleventh Day of November 1766 Being the Sixth Session of the Twelfth Parliament of Great Britain. London: Printed by Mark Baskett and by the assigns of Robert Baskett 1767. ii 5-125 1 62 pp. Octavo 7" x 4-1/2". Contemporary calf blind rules to boards blind fillets along joints raised bands blind fillets and lettering piece to spine blind tooling to board edges. Light rubbing and a few very minor nicks and scratches to boards moderate rubbing to extremities front joint just starting at head corners bumped and lightly worn hinges starting early ink annotation to rear pastedown. Light toning negligible light foxing to a few pages internally clean. $750. Two acts of Parliament consolidating and regulating turnpike trusts in the wake of the "turnpike boom" of the late eighteenth century. Turnpike trusts established by individual acts of Parliament had the power to collect tolls that would be used for road maintenance. Before the widespread use of these trusts local parishes were responsible for raising revenue via taxation and repairing highways and often found the task difficult. The first act the Turnpike Act of 1766 established basic rules for drivers and provided for the erection of milestones to indicate the distance between towns. The second act the Highways Act 1766 expanded on provisions and standards for road repair. The volume includes a thorough 62 pp. index to both acts. The ESTC lists a 64 pp. index and an additional act from 1768. Our 62 pp. index appears complete and we have seen another copy without this additional act. As in the ESTC record our copy lacks leaf A1 which may have been blank or unissued. OCLC and the ESTC locate 2 copies of this title British Library Cardiff University. See English Short-Title Catalogue ESTC T2259. unknown books
1779réf. 34022London: Printed for the Editor; and sold by J. Bew 1779. First edition. Pp. iii-57. Lacking half-title. 1 vols. 8vo. Red morocco-backed green cloth spine lettered in gilt. Rubbed some light spotting. Bookplate of John Carter Brown ex-library with stamp on title else very good. First edition. Pp. iii-57. Lacking half-title. 1 vols. 8vo. A satire. Often attributed to Richard Tickell as it imitates the tone of Tickell's "Anticipation" published the year before. Purports to contains speeches made in the Houses responding to the King's speech on the war in America and his need for more monies to pay for it. Adams "American Controversy" 79-3a; Sabin 1685 Printed for the Editor; and sold by J. Bew unknown
1779réf. 34022London: Printed for the Editor; and sold by J. Bew 1779. First edition. Pp. iii-57. Lacking half-title. 1 vols. 8vo. Red morocco-backed green cloth spine lettered in gilt. Rubbed some light spotting. Bookplate of John Carter Brown ex-library with stamp on title else very good. First edition. Pp. iii-57. Lacking half-title. 1 vols. 8vo. A satire. Often attributed to Richard Tickell as it imitates the tone of Tickell's "Anticipation" published the year before. Purports to contains speeches made in the Houses responding to the King's speech on the war in America and his need for more monies to pay for it. Adams "American Controversy" 79-3a; Sabin 1685 Printed for the Editor; and sold by J. Bew unknown books
réf. 503685May 25 1801. Appointment of "Peter Ogier Gentleman as Clerk in the Office of Our Secretary." Signed by 3 officials and a witness November 24 1801. Printed document completed in a secretarial hand. Full vellum 16" x 15" with 2 blue wax seals and hand-colored portrait of George III folds and slight stains. Rare with seals. 22" x 20". Signed by Authors. F. Soft cover. hardcover
réf. 503685May 25 1801. Appointment of "Peter Ogier Gentleman as Clerk in the Office of Our Secretary." Signed by 3 officials and a witness November 24 1801. Printed document completed in a secretarial hand. Full vellum 16" x 15" with 2 blue wax seals and hand-colored portrait of George III folds and slight stains. Rare with seals. 22" x 20". Signed by Authors. F. Soft cover. hardcover books
réf. 42584appointing "Our Trusty and Wellbeloved Major Thoam Inglis on half pay of our One Hundred and Twenty Sixth Regiment of Foot. to be Lieutenant Colonel." countersigned by Pelham at the foot 1 side oblong folio on vellum with papered seal and revenue stamp Court at St James's 29th April Pelham was Home Secretary from July 1801 to August 1803 under Addington who made him Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in 1803. Pelham went out of office in 1804 and in the next year succeeded to the earldom. hardcover
réf. 40960saying that "on receiving the two Boxes yesterday morning I perceived that the one was not intended for my perusal and sent it to the Messenger which gave rise to the mistake of his going to London previous to my dispatching the other Box which I therefore sent by a safe hand at a later hour." 1 side 4to. Windsor 8th February It is unusual to find holograph letters from the monarch. unknown
1770réf. 735651770. Includes the First Exception to the Currency Acts Great Britain. George III 1738-1820 King of Great Britain. Anno Regni Georgii III. Regis Magnae Britanniae Franciae & Hiberniae Decimo. At the Parliament Begun and Holden at Westminster the Tenth Day of May Anno Domini 1768 In the Eighth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third By the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c. And From Thence Continued By Several Prorogations To the Ninth Day of January 1770. Being the Third Session of the Thirteenth Parliament of Great Britain. London: Printed by Charles Eyre and William Strahan 1770. 204 217-220 209-668 677-744 753-874 20 pp. Pp. 205-208 3F lacking pp. 217-220 3I repeated due to binder error. Text of Acts XXXIV and XLIV lacking along with general title page to Act X. Same general title page preceding each act Acts LIII-XCIV not printed but listed in table. Folio 12-1/4" x 7-1/2". Contemporary marbled boards rebacked in period-style calf with raised bands blind fillets and lettering piece to spine edges rouged. Light rubbing to boards more moderate rubbing and light wear to board edges corners bumped hinges cracked. Moderate toning to interior light foxing and soiling in a few places. $1000. A collection of 51 acts passed in the second session of the twelfth Parliament of Great Britain with tables listing the titles of the public acts and summaries of 96 private acts. Some of the more interesting acts include several acts regulating trade in America and an act allowing New York to pass an act "for the creating and issuing upon Loan Paper Bills of Credit to a certain Amount; and to make the same a Legal Tender." The right to issue paper money had been heavily restricted by the Currency Acts of 1751 and 1764 but after New York's government argued that these acts hindered full compliance with the Quartering Act Parliament relented and allowed New York to issue paper currency for public but not private debts. This concession was extended to the other colonies in 1773. Acts XXXIV dealing with the attempts to develop a successful marine chronometer and XLIV regulating mercantile fraud and hackney coaches are not present in our volume. English Short-Title Catalogue N57155. unknown
1770réf. 735651770. Includes the First Exception to the Currency Acts Great Britain. George III 1738-1820 King of Great Britain. Anno Regni Georgii III. Regis Magnae Britanniae Franciae & Hiberniae Decimo. At the Parliament Begun and Holden at Westminster the Tenth Day of May Anno Domini 1768 In the Eighth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third By the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c. And From Thence Continued By Several Prorogations To the Ninth Day of January 1770. Being the Third Session of the Thirteenth Parliament of Great Britain. London: Printed by Charles Eyre and William Strahan 1770. 204 217-220 209-668 677-744 753-874 20 pp. Pp. 205-208 3F lacking pp. 217-220 3I repeated due to binder error. Text of Acts XXXIV and XLIV lacking along with general title page to Act X. Same general title page preceding each act Acts LIII-XCIV not printed but listed in table. Folio 12-1/4" x 7-1/2". Contemporary marbled boards rebacked in period-style calf with raised bands blind fillets and lettering piece to spine edges rouged. Light rubbing to boards more moderate rubbing and light wear to board edges corners bumped hinges cracked. Moderate toning to interior light foxing and soiling in a few places. $1000. A collection of 51 acts passed in the second session of the twelfth Parliament of Great Britain with tables listing the titles of the public acts and summaries of 96 private acts. Some of the more interesting acts include several acts regulating trade in America and an act allowing New York to pass an act "for the creating and issuing upon Loan Paper Bills of Credit to a certain Amount; and to make the same a Legal Tender." The right to issue paper money had been heavily restricted by the Currency Acts of 1751 and 1764 but after New York's government argued that these acts hindered full compliance with the Quartering Act Parliament relented and allowed New York to issue paper currency for public but not private debts. This concession was extended to the other colonies in 1773. Acts XXXIV dealing with the attempts to develop a successful marine chronometer and XLIV regulating mercantile fraud and hackney coaches are not present in our volume. English Short-Title Catalogue N57155. unknown books
1785réf. 003743original letter. WILLIAM V PRINCE OF ORANGE 1748-1806 Stadtholder of the United Provinces. Autograph letter signed in French to GEORGE III King of Great Britain recommending Count Michal Kazimierz Oginski 1730-1800 Grand Hetman of Lithuania. 18 December 1785. Single bifolium written on the first and second pages with integral address panel endorsed "Prince d'Orange to the King" and contemporary docketing. Signed in the formal court style "De Votre Majesté le très humble et très obéissant serviteur G. Pr. d'Orange." Old folds light browning small repair at one fold; otherwise sound. Very good. English translation of the letter: "Sire Count Oginski Grand General of Lithuania who has spent several years in this country and who intends to depart for England in the month of June has had the honour of presenting himself to Your Majesty and most humbly to beg that Your Majesty will be pleased to grant him the continuation of your goodwill and assistance in the plans which he may have the honour to submit to you. I cannot refrain from expressing the profound respect with which I am Of Your Majesty The very humble and very obedient servant W. Prince of Orange. 18 December 1785." A formal letter of introduction from William V to George III on behalf of Count Michal Kazimierz Oginski Grand Hetman of Lithuania commending him to the King's continued favour and assistance as he prepared to travel to England. Oginski was one of the senior military and political figures of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. A former leader of the Bar Confederation and a persistent opponent of Russian dominance he had been defeated by Russian forces in the early 1770s forced into exile and thereafter remained a politically sensitive figure in eastern European affairs. . Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1785. original letter paperback
