Various MSS for publication, ready for the press, [1854 or before].

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Various MSS for publication, ready for the press, [1854 or before].

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Manuscripts, in a single hand, of seven essays on political and social subjects by Banks. Titles include "The Glory of The French Nation exemplified in the Conquest of England," "The Force of Beauty," "The Asses which bear the Burthen with a Few Suggestions for Reform, Retrenchment, and Civil Rights," and "The Usurpations, and Deposals of the Monarchs of England from the Saxon Era to the Revolution in 1688." A piece titled "The Glory of France exhibited In the Conquest of England by William Duke of Normandy" is accompanied by "the Unsophisticated Genealogy of Her Majesty Queen Victoria By an Anglo Norman," and a printed copy of "A Rod For the Lawyers Who are hereby declared to be the Grand Robbers and Deceivers of the Nation" is preceded by a written dedication to the Earl of Eldon. The collection also includes an essay "abstracted from the History of the Judges of Charles I By Ezra Stiles, President of Yale College in the United States of America" titled "The Grand Question Whether a Sovereign is answerable to the Community whom he governs with a few observations upon the Expediency of a Constitutional Judiciary for the Trial of Delinquent Monarchs."

7 items (in 1 gaylord); various sizes.

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Banks, Christopher, 1765-1854.

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Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901

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Queen Victoria was the only child of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. She was born on May 24, 1819 at Kensington Palace in London and she became heir to the throne when her father died. In 1837, she became Queen at the age of 18. During the early part of her reign, she was influenced by two men: her first Prime Minister, Lord Melbourne, and then her husband, Prince Albert, whom she married in 1840. Both men taught her much about how to be ...

Stiles, Ezra, 1727-1795

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Congregational clergyman and librarian, of Newport, R.I.; and president of Yale University, New Haven, Conn. From the description of Ezra Stiles papers, 1682-1795. (New Haven Colony Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 368232945 Ezra Stiles, president of Yale College from 1778 to 1795. From the description of Ezra Stiles papers, [ca. 1727-1795]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81484808 From the description of Ezra Stiles papers, [ca. 1727-1795...