Newspaper clippings, circa 1764-1789.

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Newspaper clippings, circa 1764-1789.

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A collection of over one hundred newspaper clippings, many annotated in Walpole's hand with the date and occasional futher notes and names. Most of the cuttings are reports of political activities, including Parliamentary debates and committees, as well as foreign affairs. Other items on public figures include a biography of Henry Seymour Conway and a report of the arrival in Antigua of Sir Ralph Payne in 1772. The collection also contains numerous verses, both serious and satirical, including a poetic epitaph on Thomas Winnington by Sir Charles Hanbury Williams; an anonymous satirical poem on George III; and a song from the Morning Herald dated 1788 which the clipping attributes to Horace Walpole, but which is annotated in Walpole's hand, "not by me H.W." Several clippings refer to religious unrest, including articles speaking against Popery and reporting on the arraignment of Lord George Gordon in 1781 for instigating anti-Catholic riots. Many other articles concern American affairs, such as a record of the number of men killed in the British service by the general returns of musters in New York; an article in the Public Advertiser arguing about the use of Indians in the wars of America in 1777; and a clipping of the American Declaration of Independence, published in the Public Advertiser in 1776. The collection also contains several clippings concerning the Houghton estate, including the sale of Sir Robert Walpole's lands in Devon and Norfolk, dated by Walpole; and pictures formerly at Houghton which were sold to the Empress of Russia in 1782.

111 items ; various sizes.

Yale University, Lewis Walpole Library

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