An Examination of the Principles, And An Enquiry into the conduct, Of The Two B*****rs; In Regard to The Establishment of their Power, and their Prosecution of the War, 'till the Signing of the Preliminaries. In a Letter to a Member of Parliament.

[PERCEVAL, John, second Earl of Egmont] [1711-1770].

Published by London: Printed for A.Price, 1749., 1749

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8vo. pp. 2 p.l., 79. with half-title. disbound (some foxing, institutional bookplate). Sixth Edition, Revised and Corrected. An attack on the principles and conduct of Henry Pelham and Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle (the two brothers), with regard to the War of the Austrian Succession. There are several references to the British capture of the French fortress of Louisbourg in 1745; Perceval is especially critical of its restitution to France under the Treaty of Aix-La-Chapelle in 1748. European Americana 749/88. cfCasey I 141. cfSabin 23367. cfGoldsmiths' 8454.

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• Title: An Examination of the Principles, And An Enquiry into the conduct, Of The Two B*****rs; In Regard to The Establishment of their Power, and their Prosecution of the War, 'till the Signing of the Preliminaries. In a Letter to a Member of Parliament.
• Publisher: London: Printed for A.Price, 1749.
• Publication Date: 1749
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