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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The Speech of the Right Honourable John Aislabie, Esq; upon his defence made in the House of Lords, against the Bill for raising money upon the estates of the South-Sea Directors, on Wednesday the 19th of July 1721. Mr. Aislabie's Second Speech On his Defence in the House of Lords, On Thursday, July 20, 1721. Printed for J. Roberts, in Warwick Lane, 1721. Price Six Pence. Paper pamphlets with stitched binding; each 22pp. In very good condition with light browning and wear to edges. In 1719 the South Sea Company proposed a deal whereby it would take over the national debt in exchange for government bonds. Aislabie, Chancellor of the Exchequer, was a very strong supporter of the scheme; he negotiated the contract and piloted the Bill through the House of Commons. The South Sea Company had been built on high expectations which it could never fulfill, and it collapsed in August 1720. An investigation by Parliament found that Aislabie had been given £20,000 of company stock in exchange for his promotion of the scheme. He resigned the Exchequer in January 1721, and in March was found guilty by the Commons of the "most notorious, dangerous and infamous corruption". He was expelled from the House, removed from the Privy Council, and imprisoned in the Tower of London although he was released nearly five months later.

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1721 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set and contains approximately 32 pages. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English.

Paper. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. An Original Government Whitehall Document signed by William Calyton, John Aislabie 1st Baron Edgecumbe and George Baillie. C1700. John Aislabie 1670-1742, of Studley Royal, near Ripon, Yorkshire, was a British politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons from 1695 to 1721. He was of an independent mind, and did not stick regularly to the main parties. He was Chancellor of the Exchequer at the time of the South Sea Bubble and his involvement with the Company led to his resignation and disgrace.William Clayton 1650-1715 was an English merchant and politician from Liverpool.He was the son of Robert Clayton of Fulwood, near Preston, Lancashire and followed his uncle Thomas Clayton to Liverpool, where he became a successful tobacco and sugar merchant. After serving as a common councillor from 1685 he was elected Mayor of Liverpool for 1689-90, and then became an alderman of the city. In the Parliament of England, he served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Liverpool from 1698 to 1708. After the Union with Scotland, he was elected as a Liverpool MP to the new House of Commons of Great Britain from 1713 to 1715. Size 95m x 60mm. George Baillie 1664-1738 was a Scottish politician who sat in the Parliament of Scotland from 1691 to 1707 and in the British House of Commons from 1708 to 1734.Condition is good. Lightly age toned. Mounted on a later piece of paper. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 16601. Signed by Author(s).

The document must date from the time that Aislabie was Chancellor of the Exchequer and the other two were Lords of the Treasury.

Slip of paper, size 3" x 10", three lines in ink, signed J. Aislabie. The slip has been cut from a printed document, with three first lines only, referring to repayment of a loan by Aislabie, with the date 11 May 1715. Aislabie had been made Treasurer of the navy in 1714. In 1717 he became Chancellor of the Exchequer. He supported the South Sea Company, and steered the Bill through the House of Commons, but when the scheme collapsed he was found guilty of corruption and sent to the Tower of London. --- Please e-mail for one of my FREE CATALOGUES which include GENERAL [ Manuscripts, Maps, Ephemera, Views, etc., etc. ] ---.

Hardcover. All three speeches are bound within a late 19th century, 1/2 red leather and patterned cloth covered boards with faint gilt text stamped on the spine. An octavo measuring 8" by 6 1/2" with heavy wear and rubbing to the leather fore corners of the boards and with chipping to the leather at the head and heel of the spine. Older library stamps appear on the title page for the first speech and on the last page of the final speech. Of note is an interesting oval, book store stamp on the last free end page with the words "Sold By H. M. Stationery ___(not discernible)___" surrounding the image of a crown. 42 pages of text followed by and bound-into this volume are: The speech of the Right Honourable John Aislabie, Esq; upon his defence made in the House of Lords, against the Bill for raising money upon the estates of the South-Sea Directors, on Wednesday the 19th of July 1721. The second edition consisting of 22 pages; and followed by and bound in is: Mr. Aislabie's Second Speech On his Defence in the House of Lords, On Thursday, July 20, 1721 published by J. Roberts, London consisting of 22 pages. The pages of these three speeches are in remarkably great shape with little evidence of tanning or foxing.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1857 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 17 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 17.

Re 1: ?At the close of the year 1719, the South Sea Company?first formed by Harley, earl of Oxford, in 1711, with the object of improving the public credit?proposed a scheme for paying off the national debt. The scheme was strenuously supported by Aislabie, and, notwithstanding the opposition of the Bank of England, was ultimately accepted in an amended form by the House of Commons. Every stratagem was employed to raise the price of the stock while the bill was in progress through parliament. It received the royal assent in April 1720. The subscription lists were thereupon opened, and the shares were immediately taken up by people of all classes. In August the price of the stock rose to 1000, but soon afterwards it began to decline. Public confidence was lost as quickly as it had been won, and not long afterwards the crash came. Thousands of families were ruined, and the resentment against the directors and other promoters of the South Sea scheme became universal. Parliament met 8 Dec. The directors were then ordered to lay before the House of Commons an account of their proceedings. After the Christmas recess a secret committee of inquiry was appointed by the commons, and on 23 Jan. 1720?21 Aislabie resigned the seals of his office. On 8 March the report of the secret committee with reference to the late chancellor of the exchequer was taken into consideration. Though Aislabie made 'a long submissive and pathetick speech in his own defence,' the house unanimously agreed to twelve resolutions, declaring him guilty of 'most notorious, dangerous, and infamous corruption,' that he 'had encouraged and promoted the Dangerous and Destructive execution of the South Sea scheme with a view to his own Exhorbitant Profit,' and that he 'be for his said offences expelled the house.' The next day he was committed to the Tower on the authority of the speaker's writ. During the discussion in the House of Lords on the bill for confiscating the estates of the directors and others for the benefit of the sufferers (in which bill Aislabie's name had been inserted in the other house) he was summoned from the Tower by order of the lords, and twice addressed the committee in his own defence. After some debate it was carried that his name should be retained in the bill, and he was thereupon remanded to the Tower. He was, however, allowed to retain his country estate and all the property of which he was possessed on or before 20 Oct. 1718, so that he did not fare so badly as some of his colleagues.? Wikisource Re 2: This act is ?for making good deficiencies,and satisfying Public Debts; and for Erecting a Corporation to Carry on a Trade to the South-Sea??Re 3: This act is ?for continuing the Trade to the South ? Sea Granted by an Act of the last Session of Parliament, although the Capital Stock of the said Corporation should be Redeemed? Re 4: This is ?an Act for charging and continuing the duties upon malt, mum, cyder and perry, for the service of the year one thousand seven hundred and fourteen. ? And to enable the Governor and Company of the Bank of England and others, to Lend Money upon South Sea Stock?, Size : quarto, Volume : 4, References : Related to Ref: Alden European Americana 720/114; Cole, The Great Mirror of Folly, pages 23-35; Sabin Bibliotheca Americana 28932; Goldsmith 5879; Howes G 442; Muller, America 1503.