Burke's Writings and Speeches, Volume the Sixth

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Author

Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797

Title

The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 06 (of 12)

Credits

Produced by Paul Murray, Susan Skinner and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at gallica.bnf.fr

Language

English

LoC Class

DA: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Great Britain, Ireland, Central Europe

Subject

Political science -- Early works to 1800

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Text

eBook-No.

15702

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15702

Release Date

April 24, 2005

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.THE WORKS OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE EDMUND BURKE — IN TWELVE VOLUMES VOLUME THE SIXTH
3. 3.CONTENTS OF VOL. VI.
4. 4.PREFACE TO THE SECOND POSTHUMOUS VOLUME, [1] IN A LETTER TO THE RIGHT HON. WILLIAM ELLIOT — FOOTNOTES:
5. 5.FOURTH LETTER ON THE PROPOSALS FOR PEACE WITH THE REGICIDE DIRECTORY OF FRANCE. ADDRESSED TO THE EARL FITZWILLIAM. 1795-7.
6. 6.PRELIMINARY CORRESPONDENCE. — Letter from the Right Honorable the Lord Auckland to the Lord Bishop of Rochester . — Letter from Lord Auckland to the Right Honorable Edmund Burke . — Letter from the Right Honorable Edmund Burke to Lord Auckland .
7. 7.LETTER IV. TO THE EARL FITZWILLIAM. — The manuscript copy of this Letter ends here. — FOOTNOTES:
8. 8.A LETTER TO THE EMPRESS OF RUSSIA. NOVEMBER 1, 1791.
9. 9.A LETTER TO SIR CHARLES BINGHAM, BART., ON THE IRISH ABSENTEE TAX. OCTOBER 30, 1773.
10. 10.NOTE.
11. 11.LETTER.
12. 12.A LETTER TO THE HON. CHARLES JAMES FOX, ON THE AMERICAN WAR. OCTOBER 8, 1777.
13. 13.A LETTER TO THE MARQUIS OF ROCKINGHAM, WITH ADDRESSES TO THE KING, AND THE BRITISH COLONISTS IN NORTH AMERICA, IN RELATION TO THE MEASURES OF GOVERNMENT IN THE AMERICAN CONTEST, AND A PROPOSED SECESSION OF THE OPPOSITION FROM PARLIAMENT. JANUARY, 1777.
14. 14.NOTE.
15. 15.LETTER TO THE MARQUIS OF ROCKINGHAM.
16. 16.ADDRESS TO THE KING.
17. 17.ADDRESS TO THE BRITISH COLONISTS IN NORTH AMERICA.
18. 18.A LETTER TO THE RIGHT HON. EDMUND S. PERY SPEAKER OF THE IRISH HOUSE OF COMMONS, IN RELATION TO A BILL FOR THE RELIEF OF THE ROMAN CATHOLICS OF IRELAND. JULY 18, 1778.
19. 19.NOTE.
20. 20.LETTER.
21. 21.TWO LETTERS TO THOMAS BURGH, ESQ., AND JOHN MERLOTT, ESQ., IN VINDICATION OF HIS PARLIAMENTARY CONDUCT RELATIVE TO THE AFFAIRS OF IRELAND. 1780.
22. 22.LETTER TO THOMAS BURGH, ESQ. [14] — FOOTNOTES:
23. 23.LETTER TO JOHN MERLOTT, ESQ. [19] — FOOTNOTES:
24. 24.LETTERS AND REFLECTIONS ON THE EXECUTIONS OF THE RIOTERS IN 1780.
25. 25.LETTERS. — To the Lord Chancellor . — To the Earl Bathurst, Lord President of the Council — To Sir Grey Cooper, Bart . [20] — FOOTNOTES:
26. 26.SOME THOUGHTS ON THE APPROACHING EXECUTIONS, HUMBLY OFFERED TO CONSIDERATION.
27. 27.SOME ADDITIONAL REFLECTIONS ON THE EXECUTIONS. — CIRCUMSTANCES FOR MERCY.
28. 28.A LETTER TO THE RIGHT HON. HENRY DUNDAS, ONE OF HIS MAJESTY'S PRINCIPAL SECRETARIES OF STATE. WITH THE SKETCH OF A NEGRO CODE. 1792.
29. 29.SKETCH OF A NEGRO CODE.
30. 30.A LETTER TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE MEETING, HELD AT AYLESBURY, APRIL 13, 1780, ON THE SUBJECT OF PARLIAMENTARY REFORM.
31. 31.NOTE.
32. 32.LETTER
33. 33.FRAGMENTS OF A TRACT RELATIVE TO THE LAWS AGAINST POPERY IN IRELAND.
34. 34.NOTE.
35. 35.TRACT ON THE POPERY LAWS — THE PLAN. — CHAPTER II. — CHAPTER III. PART I. — FOOTNOTES: — CHAPTER III. PART II. — CHAPTER IV.
36. 36.A LETTER TO WILLIAM SMITH, ESQ., ON THE SUBJECT OF CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION. JANUARY 29, 1795.
37. 37.LETTER. [23] — FOOTNOTES:
38. 38.SECOND LETTER TO SIR HERCULES LANGRISHE ON THE CATHOLIC QUESTION. MAY 26, 1795.
39. 39.A LETTER TO RICHARD BURKE, ESQ., ON PROTESTANT ASCENDENCY IN IRELAND. 1793.
40. 40.A LETTER ON THE AFFAIRS OF IRELAND. 1797. — END OF VOL. VI.

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