Observations on the conduct of the minority : particularly in the last session of parliament, addressed to the Duke of Portland and Lord Fitzwilliam / by the right hon. Edmund Burke : manuscript, [1793]

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Observations on the conduct of the minority : particularly in the last session of parliament, addressed to the Duke of Portland and Lord Fitzwilliam / by the right hon. Edmund Burke : manuscript, [1793]

With four autograph letters, signed, to "Mr. Swift" concerning this and other manuscripts; and four portrait prints of Burke. An attack on Charles James Fox and other Whigs for their stance on contemporary affairs with and in France.

1 v. (20 leaves) ; 35 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7803045

Houghton Library

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