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Hardcover. vi, [4], 347, [1] p.; 22 cm. Index. Philip Whitwell Wilson (1875 1956) was a British Liberal politician, writer and journalist. At the 1906 general election, he was elected as the Liberal Member of Parliament for St Pancras South, winning the seat from the Liberal Unionists by the slender margin of 61 votes. The Liberal Unionists regained the seat at the January 1910 general election and Wilson switched to the Westmorland seat of Appleby, which he contested unsuccessfully at the December 1910 general election, finishing second. In 1910 he became the parliamentary correspondent for the Daily News, a position he held for the next twelve years. He was also the American correspondent for the Daily News. He wrote a number of religious books. He was a supporter of the Settlement Movement, which brought together his religious and political ideas." From Wikipedia: "William Pitt the Younger (28 May 1759 23 January 1806) was a British politician of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He became the youngest Prime Minister in 1783 at the age of 24. He left office in 1801, but was Prime Minister again from 1804 until his death in 1806. He was also the Chancellor of the Exchequer throughout his premiership, and Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports from August 1792. He is known as "the Younger" to distinguish him from his father, William Pitt the Elder, who had previously served as Prime Minister. The younger Pitt's prime ministerial tenure, which came during the reign of George III, was dominated by major events in Europe, including the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars. Pitt, although often referred to as a Tory, or "new Tory", called himself an "independent Whig" and was generally opposed to the development of a strict partisan political system. He is best known for leading Britain in the great wars against France and Napoleon. Pitt was an outstanding administrator who worked for efficiency and reform, bringing in a new generation of outstanding administrators. He raised taxes to pay for the great war against France, and cracked down on radicalism. To meet the threat of Irish support for France, he engineered the Acts of Union 1800 and tried (but failed) to get Catholic Emancipation as part of the Union. Pitt created the "new Toryism", which revived the Tory Party and enabled it to stay in power for the next quarter-century. Historian Asa Briggs points out that his personality did not endear itself to the British mind, for Pitt was too solitary, too colourless, and too often exuded superiority. His greatness came in the war with France, with the adversary setting the pace. Pitt reacted to become what Lord Minto called "the Atlas of our reeling globe". His integrity and industry and his role as defender of the threatened nation allowed him to inspire and access all the national reserves of strength. William Wilberforce said that, "For personal purity, disinterestedness and love of this country, I have never known his equal." Historian Charles Petrie concludes that he was one of the greatest prime ministers "if on no other ground than that he enabled the country to pass from the old order to the new without any violent upheaval.He understood the new Britain." For this he is ranked highly amongst British Prime Ministers." Good. No dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. Cover has some wear and soiling. Presumed first U.S. edition/first printing.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Not price-clipped. Well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Signed by the author. Physical description; xxv, 652 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm. Notes; Winner of British Book Awards: History Book of the Year 2005. Subjects; Pitt, William 1759-1806. Prime ministers Great Britain Biography. Great Britain Politics and government 1760-1820. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, second impression. 652pp plus three sections of plate illustrations. Illustrated endpapers. Signed and inscribed by William Hague on the title page, 'For Bob With best wishes, William Hague'. In burgundy cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on spine (boards are strong, clean and square, one corner very mildly rounded). Internally neat, clean and tight, some mild page toning. Lively and authoritative biography which examines one of the most extraordinary figures in British history whose exceptional abilities allowed extreme youth to be combined with great power.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Not price-clipped. Well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Signed by the author. Physical description; xxv, 652 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm. Notes; Winner of British Book Awards: History Book of the Year 2005. Subjects; Pitt, William 1759-1806. Prime ministers Great Britain Biography. Great Britain Politics and government 1760-1820. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hague, William. William Pitt the younger. First edition, signed and inscribed by the author "To Nick with best wishes" to the title page. London: Harper Collins, 2004. Hardback, VG, in unclipped dustjacket with light shelfwear and a few small marks on reverse. Maroon cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Binding strong. Illustrated endpapers. xxv, 652pp., three sections of colour and b/w plates. The faint beginnings of tanning to the edges of the page block; contents clean and bright. RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. All images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing. Signed by Author(s).

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Hardback. First Edition.William Pitt The Younger was one of the most extraordinary figures in British history, Signed by the Author William Haguewho became Prime Minister in 1783 at the remarkable age of twenty-four. In this lively and authoritiative biography, the author explains the dramatic events and exceptional abilities which allowed extreme youth to be combined with great power. Pitt's personality has always been hard to unravel. Generally thought to be cold and aloof, he was described by friends as the wittiest man they ever knew. By seeing him through the eyes of a politician, William Hague succeeds in explaining Pitt's actions and motives through a series of great national crisis, including the madness of King George III, the impact of the French Revolution and the trauma of the Napoleonic wars. He describes how a man dedicated to peace became Britain's longest-serving war leader, how Pitt the liberal reformer became Pitt the author of repression, and how - though undisputed master of the nationa's finances - he died with vast personal debts. With its richness of characters, including Charles James Fox, Richard Sheridan and Edmund Burke, and set against a backdrop of industrial revolution and global conflict, this is history at its most riveting. Illustrated. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.). Signed by Author(s).

The front of a wove-paper envelope, 8 x 12.5 cm. Good. Reads 'London December | Ninth 1833 | Honble. Cecil Lawless | The Wick | Brighton | [signed in bottom left-hand corner] William P. Lennox'. The postmark, in red ink in the top right-hand corner, is circular, topped with a crown, and reads '9 DE 9 | 1833'.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. viii-xi, 652pp; signature to title page, page edges slightly tanned, sticker adhesive to rear cover, some fading at spine, blue title. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Paper. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. An Original Handwritten and Signed Letter by William Morton Pitt to William Barber Fennell. Dated 1819. A letter to William Barber Fennell, Curate of Penton Mewsley, Hants concerning Pitts visit to Diana, Baroness Barham at Fairy Hill, commemoration of the 1st anniversary of Pitt's wife's death and preparation for his second marriage. William Morton Pitt, 1754 - 1836 was a British Member of Parliament. Diana Noel, 2nd Baroness Barham 1762 - 1823 was a peer, philanthropist and an abolitionist who established schools and churches on the Gower Peninsula. Size is 240mm x 195mm. In good condition with folding creases. Age toning. Ref 19048. Signed by Author(s).

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Bloomington, 1949; signed and inscribed by autho9r on free front end paper; gray paper covers; edge and corner wear; 8vo, 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; marginal notations; 24 pages. Signed by Author.

rigide. Condition: Bon. Etudes et Portraits. Etude sur la carrière oratoire, politique et financière de William Pitt - Portrait de Charles Fox - Etude sur la vie et la politique de George Canning - Portrait de Madame Roland - Notice sur François Daunou - Eloge de l'Amiral Duperré - Appréciation de la vie et des ouvrages d'Andrieux. , 1 vol. grand in-8 rel. pleine percaline verte éditeur, dos et plats estampés à froid (guirlande romantique), toutes tranches dorées, Féret, Delaunay et Dentu, Paris, Derivaux, Lagier, Strasbourg, Reiffinger, Geng, Colmar, Risler, Jourdan-Moral, Mulhouse, 1851-1852, 88-92 pp. Avec un billet autographe signé de l'auteur à "M. Roméo Levallois, Receveur des Finances". Bon exemplaire (ors lég. passés, bel exemplaire par ailleurs). Rare. Langue: Français. signé par l'auteur.

Book Condition ? As New: A new, unread, unused book in near pristine condition. Very small nicks to the edges of the dust jacket, but clean and free from blemishes or major tears otherwise. Dust jacket now protected by plastic slip cover. Burgundy hardcover binding with gilt lettering along the spine is mint. Clean text block with crisp edges. Pages throughout are tightly bound and clean, never thumbed or opened. First edition. Signed by the author. Signed copies are scarce, especially in such wonderful condition. A fine collector's item. William Pitt the Younger by William Hague is a lucid and authoritative biography of Britain's youngest-ever prime minister, who led the nation through revolution abroad and reform at home in the late 18th century. Hague traces Pitt's meteoric rise, political genius, and personal austerity, examining his role in shaping modern government, managing war with revolutionary France, and grappling with issues of finance, reform, and monarchy. Elegantly written and deeply informed, the book offers a compelling portrait of leadership, principle, and the pressures of power.

Pamphlet. Condition: Very Good. First edition. SIGNED and inscribed by the author. 275 copies printed. Slight wear to edgs and corners. Glue and staplebound, with a noticeable depth to spine. Crease along front where pamphlet was opened. Slight scuffing to covers. 24 p. Includes many small annotations in pencil of a scholarly nature, disputing the assertions of the author. This work is a background and transcription of a long letter, at first thought from Franklin, to an unknown correspondent. The letter details the events in London on 20 January 1775 in the House of Lords on Lord Chatham's motion to reduce tensions with the American colonies, and its subsequent rejection. Current thinking is that the letter was actually written by Jonathan Williams, his great-nephew and secretary who was with Franklin at this time in England. The work is also the first publication by this library, a useful first-hand resource on Revolutionary history, and a good item for a serious Franklin collector.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Published: 2004. Signed by author. See additional items for details of signed letter and bookplate. Language: English. Book Condition: Fine: Light wear to corners, edges and spine ends. Tightly bound with clean intact endpapers and strong hinges. Clean unmarked pages. Finely spotted upper text block edge with coarser spotter to fore edge. DJ Condition: Very Good: Light wear to upper an lower edges. Pages xv, 652. Size: 24cm by 15.5cm. ADDITIONAL ITEMS: Signed letter from William Hague responding to a letter send by the book owner, presenting signed book plate as requested. Signed bookplate. Signed by author.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hamilton-Gordon, George, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, United Kingdom Prime Minister (1784-1860). Autograph letter signed requesting engraved portraits of William Pitt and Lord Melville from the printsellers Colnaghi. Haddo House, Aberdeen, 13 September 1847. 1 sheet folded, 190 x 120 mm. Old fold lines, light edge toning, mounting residue to the reverse side; very good condition. A letter written from Haddo House in which Aberdeen asks the London printsellers Colnaghi to obtain high-quality impressions of two engraved portraits. He requests "a good impression of the engraving of Hopfgarten's portrait of Mr Pitt, as well as of Lawrence's picture of the late Lord Melville", further instructing that both prints should be framed of maple wood and dispatched by the earliest Aberdeen steamer. The reference to the engraving after Hopfgarten almost certainly relates to Franz Xaver Hopfgarten's engraved portrait of Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger after the painting by John Hoppner, widely circulated in the early nineteenth century. The second portrait refers to Thomas Lawrence's celebrated portrait of Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, the powerful Scottish statesman and close political ally of Pitt. Written several years before Aberdeen himself became Prime Minister (1852-1855), at a time when he had already served twice as Foreign Secretary and was one of the most senior Conservative statesmen of the period. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: Good. Folio. 11" x 17 5/8". Two Unbound Pages: Facsimile Of Manuscript With Deckled Edges, and Transcription With Commentary, Very Good with small tears and losses on commentary page, some creasing. From the Autograph Edition-de-Luxe, Numbered 36, signed by Oliver H. Leigh, Editorial Director.

Condition: Good. Folio. 11" x 17 5/8". Two Unbound Pages: Facsimile Of Manuscript With Deckled Edges, and Transcription With Commentary, Very Good with minor loss, some creasing. From the Autograph Edition-de-Luxe, Numbered 36, signed by Oliver H. Leigh, Editorial Director.

Nimes, 1969. Format 13x19 cm, broche, 119 pages. Exemplaire avec un envoi autographe de l'auteur. Bon etat, petites traces d'usage sur un livre d'occasion.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. [Political Biography] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 15cm), pp.xxvi; 652 [10]. With three suites of four double-sided colour plates. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to title page; 'For Roger | with best wishes | William Hague.' Publisher's maroon cloth with gilt titles to spine. With manuscript illustrated endpapers. With the colour-illustrated dust-jacket, priced at £25. Low-quality paper heavily browned. Seemingly unread; near fine. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 8.5 x 5.5", cloth backed boards, 249pp, covers worn and soiled, spine ends bumped, pp (especially endpapers) toned. FIRST PRINTING, SIGNED BY THE CONTRIBUTORS: WILLIAM PITT, CHAS. PATTERSON, LARRY HAWKINS, JACK HEIL, CHARLES BODURTHA, M.R. KELLY AND HOWARD BEAUFAIT, and one other, Eleanor Bayer (relative of editor?).

Pamphlet. Condition: Very Good Plus. First Edition. Probably first edition. Octavo, 7 3/4" x 5." Pamphlet removed from a book. Original stitching nicely intact. Traces of leather on spine. Neatly trimmed edges. pp. [4], 55, [1]. Period ink inscriptions to top of half-title - long division problems figuring out how many souls were condemned vs. how many were saved. Present day notes lightly written in pencil on half-title. Paper wrinkled near stitching of half-title. Very slight wrinkling along fore-edge and inner edge of last leaf. The upper corner of pp. 8 has been folded prior to trimming. Remarkably clean copy with little to no foxing; sharp, clear print on lightly tanned pages. (ESTC T201671) According to ESTC this edition is distinguished by: p. [56] unnumbered and blank; p. 11 signed with double dagger; p. 16 with catchword "And" Other editions with different publishers appear in Sabin, 20684; Evans 8585; and Howes L276. The second edition (1760) shows a line of erratum after the concluding "Finis", not present here. The Bishop of Salisbury, John Douglas (1721-1807) was a well-known Scottish writer and Anglican bishop. Douglas penned this letter to politicians William Pitt and the Duke of Newcastle (the "Two Great Men") at the behest of his patron, Lord Bath. In the pamphlet, Douglas predicts British victory in the Seven Years War and urges the statesmen to negotiate a favorable treaty with the terms that Quebec, Nova Scotia, Louisburg, and Cape Breton Islands become British territory. (Oxford DNB) (Wikipedia) This work is sometimes mistakenly attributed to William Pulteney, Earl of Bath.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. First edition. Thin octavo, printed wrappers. Spine a little sunned, else fine copy. Signed by Root on verso front cover. *OCLC* locates just one copy.

[A]1, B-I4, K2. Pp. [2], [5]-72. Final leaf signed N.C.M.S.C. Under text is "Books printed for J. Almon" listing 5 political collections First leaf with "An Enquiry, &c." and price only. 1 vols. 8vo. This is generally accepted as compiled by Cotes and John Almon, the publisher and journalist.with assistance and contributions by Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl Temple, Pitt's brother-in-law and also a patron of Almon. Pitt and Temple had openly disagreed and Temple retaliated with a pamphlet war, both financing them and writing them. This work was so popular that it went through at least 5 impressions (some corrected or amended) in that first year. In 1766 Pitt had declared his lack of confidence in the Rockingham government, announced that he "denied the right of the mother country to tax the colonies" and maintained that taxation was 'no part of the governing or legislative power' and recommended that the Stamp Act should be repealed. In July of that year Rockingham was dismissed and Pitt stepped in with his agenda which included in addition to the American policies to form an alliance against the Bourbons, to transfer the power of the East India Company to the Crown and to provide better government for Ireland. In early 1767 he was unable to carry on his duties due to health. Sabin 17027; Goldsmiths' Kress Library of Economic Literature 10253; Higgs "Bibliography of Economics" 3750n Disbound, leaves loosened, some marginal chipping and short tears, marginal browning, lacking A2, contemporary pencilled notations in margins, mostly identifications, contemporary signature on half-title of A. Cunard, else very good [A]1, B-I4, K2. Pp. [2], [5]-72. Final leaf signed N.C.M.S.C. Under text is "Books printed for J. Almon" listing 5 political collections First leaf with "An Enquiry, &c." and price only. 1 vols. 8vo.

First Edition. LIFE AND PUBLIC SERVICES OF WILLIAM PITT FESSENDEN, H-M, 1907, first edition, 2 vols., vg+ copies. Inscribed by the compiler (James Fessenden -brother of Francis who died before publication) along with a holograph letter dated 1855 while Senator of Maine by William Pitt Fessenden (the subject of the publication who later became the Secretary of the Treasury under Lincoln) tipped-in; a clipped signature of William Pitt Fessenden attached to the f.p.d. of volume 2; a holograph letter dated at time of publication to owner of this very book by James Fessenden and a holograph letter dated 1886 by the author Francis Fessenden (son of William Pitt Fessenden & brother of James Fessenden). A compelling set of this work.

Full leather. This large folio publication of the Book of Common Prayer is beautifully bound for King George II (1683-1760), a magnificent volume with exceptional provenance and association. The royal binding is contemporary full dark brown calf featuring broad, elaborately gilt tooled cover borders and spine, gilt royal monograms in each spine compartment, and splendid royal gilt heraldic centerpieces on each cover. The cover edges are blind-tooled. The fore edges retain the two original linen ties. The text is printed in double columns of large type with wide margins and hand-applied red and black rules throughout. The massive volume weighs nearly 10 pounds and measures 17.5 x 11.75 x 2 inches. The spine has been rebacked, with the original laid down, the corners restored. The interior is quite clean, the bottom of the title page remargined.Provenance compels and intrigues in equal measure. This book features two King George II's signatures "George R" one at the head of the title page, the other on the facing blank recto below the cryptic apparent epitaph, also in the hand of George II "Clarus fata suprema Cinis". At the foot of the title page is the signature "W. Pitt" beside the manuscript birth notation "William born May 28 day 1759". The signature is that of William Pitt "The Elder" (1708-1778), later 1st Earl of Chatham and prime minister (1766-1768). The birth notation is for William Pitt "The Younger" (1759-1806), future last prime minister of Great Britain and first prime minister of the United Kingdom.Affixed to the front pastedown is the bookplate of the antiquary and naturalist Reverend William Borlase (1696-1792). Tipped onto the lower front free endpaper verso is a note from the librarian of All Souls Library, Oxford, dated 4 November 1932, presenting this volume to an unknown recipient on behalf of All Souls fellow, historian Sir Charles Oman (1860-1946), author of the monumental History of the Peninsular War (1902). Unattributed pencil notation on the upper front free endpaper verso, notionally that of a bookseller, terminates with a price of "120 Guineas"."At the close of the reign of George II, Pitt was in the zenith of his glory. The 'Great Commoner,' as he was called, 'was the first Englishman of his time, and he made England the first country in the world'. His power over the House of Commons was complete." How a Book of Common Prayer belonging to George II would find its way into the Pitt family is a matter for conjecture, since by 1757 (the date of publication of this copy) George was the near the end of his years and habitually ill-inclined to the persistently influential elder Pitt.Equally a mystery is the reference to fate ("fata") and ashes ("Cinis") in the king's Latin inscription. There is, of course, the irony of a royal, Latin inscription in the Book of Common Prayer a book quite intentionally meant to be read in accessible, vernacular English. Perhaps the reference is to the fate of Thomas Cranmer, the man who conceived the Book of Common Prayer and was eventually burned at the stake. Perhaps, like the slaves who whispered "Memento mori" in the ears of triumphant Roman generals, it was an admonition to humility by a king nearing his end to a powerful and difficult subject whose hallmark was "effortless effrontery".Less a mystery is the significance of the book itself. "The English Book of Common Prayer was the first single manual of worship in a vernacular language directed to be used universally by, and common to, both priest and people." Since it was first published in 1549, "it has been a source of spiritual inspiration in England second only to the Bible." The man responsible for conception of the Book of Common Prayer, Thomas Cranmer (1489-1556) was appointed Archbishop of Canterbury by the famously reproductively frustrated Henry VIII in 1533.This began an unusual relationship wherein Cranmer and the king used one another to further their respective ambitions. The king went through a series of ma.

Autograph letter signed by Pitt the Younger as prime minister to his close advisor William Eden, at the height of Eden's influence as envoy to France, in which Pitt attempts to gauge potential French support for the early Abolitionist movement spearheaded by his friend and political ally William Wilberforce, and the prospect of a joint Anglo-French abolition of the trade. "You have had a letter from my friend Wilberforce, on a scheme which may appear to some people chimerical but which I really believe may with proper management be made practicable. If it can, I am sure it is an object well worth attending to and perhaps you may be able to learn the private sentiments of the French Government upon it. to Judge whether it can be carried further. I mean the idea of the two nations agreeing to discontinue the villainous traffic now carried on in Africa". 1787 saw the foundation of the Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade, and was also the year in which Wilberforce took political leadership of the Abolition movement. There is no evidence that any overtures Eden made to France for a joint anti-slave trade approach made any impression - had this letter achieved its aim, the history of transantlantic slavery would have been vastly different. Although Pitt's support for the movement to abolish slavery was unflagging throughout his tenure as prime minister, the eventual abolition of the trade would not occur until a year after his death, in 1807. In December 1785 the penal reformer and diplomatist William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland (1744-1814) was sent by Pitt the Younger to serve "as an envoy to negotiate a commercial treaty with France, a task which particularly suited Eden's expertise in matters of finance and commerce. This step inaugurated the most important and successful phase of Eden's career" (ODNB). The skill and delicacy with which he cajoled both Britain and France through the Versailles negotiations eventually resulted in the signing of the final treaty in September 1786, as well as two further commercial agreements between the countries, one to resolve the disputes between the British and French East India companies. However, Eden's peers viewed his successes as proof of his francophile leanings, and he was swiftly reassigned as ambassador to Madrid. "Following the end of his diplomatic career Auckland remained a political figure of some significance. He was still close to Pitt, and his public pronouncements were often regarded as reflecting the thinking of the prime minister. Pitt was indeed so close to Auckland and his family at this time that he came very near to marrying Auckland's daughter Eleanor Eden (1777-1851) in 1796-7 only to break off his dalliance suddenly and mysteriously, for reasons which are not fully understood to this day. Although this episode curtailed the social relationship between Auckland and Pitt they remained politically close. In 1798 Auckland was appointed by Pitt to the position of joint postmaster-general and he was one of Pitt's closest advisers on the prospective union with Ireland in the years 1798-1800" (ODNB). Single sheet, quarto (239 x 196 mm), handwritten in ink across two pages. Remains of verso guard where laid down overwritten in another hand, annotated at foot of second page in a later hand, "(To Lord Auckland.)" Browned with a few areas of discolouration or marks, tiny wear and puncture to left edge not obscuring text, else in very good condition.

Ephemera. This is a short letter, hand-written & signed by William Pitt. Single-sided. Dated July 31, 1804; written during his 2nd stint as Prime Minister. The letter is a request that two Russian officers (as bearing this letter) be allowed to visit a prison. The officers are named. The addressee is unknown. Fold creases. ; 26A; 7-1/2 x 4-1/2".

"unto her Royal Highness the Princess Dowager of Wales, or to her Treasurer for the time being, the Sum of Two Thousand five hundred pounds without account other than such as the said Treasurer may be required to render thereof, to the auditor of the said Princess, the sum being for One Quarter of a year ended the 5th day of Aprill 1766. On the yearly Sum of Ten thousand pounds payable to her said Royal Highness.", and with an instruction to Townshend to "pay this Order out of Duty on Brandy." receipted as paid on the verso and signed by her Treasurer Samuel MARTIN, 2 sides folio, no place, 12th April slightly trimmed on left hand edge Princess AUGUSTA of Saxe-Gotha (1719 1772) was Princess of Wales by marriage to Frederick, Prince of Wales, son and heir of King George II. She never became queen consort, as Frederick predeceased his father in 1751. Augusta's eldest son succeeded her father-in-law as King George III in 1760. After her spouse died, Augusta was presumptive regent of Great Britain in the event of a regency until her son reached majority in 1756. Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney (1733-1800) was brought him back into office by Rockingham as a Lord of the Treasury on 12th July 1765. He became secretary of state for the home office in July 1782, after a few months as secretary at war under Rockingham. In those days the home department included responsibility for the colonies. He is famous for his support of the plans for a convict settlement in New South Wales. On 26th January 1788 Arthur Philip named Sydney in New South Wales in his honour.

Ephemera. This is a letter, hand-written & signed by William Pitt. Single-sided. Dated Aug 9, 1804; written during his 2nd stint as Prime Minister. The letter is a request for information on the population in gaol and the House of Correction; and confirmation on the number of debtors imprisoned. The addressee is unknown, but apparently to a person in administration at a jail/prison. Fold creases. ; 26A; 9-1/4 x 7-1/4".