[Political notes], [ca. 1780-1800].

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[Political notes], [ca. 1780-1800].

Autograph MS (in part). Collection of miscellaneous manuscripts, chiefly political memoranda, notes for speeches, legal opinions, etc.

15 items (in 1 gaylord) ; various sizes.

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Sydney, Thomas Townshend, Viscount, 1733-1800

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Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount of Sydney, British Whig statesman. Lord of the Treasury (1765), Speaker of the House of Commons (1766), and member of the Privy Council (1767), Secretary of State for Home Affairs, War, and the Colonies (1782). In the latter capacity he guided the negotiations for the Treaty of 1783 between Britain and the United States. From the description of Papers of Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount of Sydney, 1765-1787. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Bota...