Memoirs of the life and conduct of William Pulteney, Esq : Representative in Parliament for the Borough of Heydon in Yorkshire. Containing, An Account of the several Employments of Honour and Profit which he has enjoy'd; his remarkable Speeches in Parliament; his Conduct, in particular when he was one of the Secret Committee; his Measures relating to Treaties and Conventions; his Method for a general Pacification; his Attachment to one Potentate, and Antipathy to another; with his Reasons to justify his Behaviour in those Points; his exposing and opposing the Schemes of the Ministry; his Acknowledgment of a Reconciliation between them upon certain Conditions; of the War he carried on against a certain Great Man; and lastly, of the Duel which he fought in Hyde-Park, with the Right Honourable the Lord Harvey. To which, as an ornament, is annex'd, a particular and concise account of his political writings.

Format:

Book

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wilks, Robert, 1665?-1732.

Wilks, Robert.

Physical Description:

39 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 4⁰

Place of Publication:

London : printed for J. Dix, near Fleet Street; and sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster, M,DCC,XXXI. [1731]

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Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

Apparently complete though without the "account of his political writings.".

Price from imprint: Price One Shilling.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T107498.

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