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Walpole and Chatham (1714-1760)

Walpole and Chatham (1714-1760)

by Katharine Ada Esdaile

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Editor
Winbolt, S. E. (Samuel Edward), 1868-1944
Credits
E-text prepared by Chris Pinfield and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( archive.org)
Language
English
LoC Class
DA: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Great Britain, Ireland, Central Europe
Subject
Great Britain -- History -- 18th century -- Sources
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eBook-No.
53005
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/53005
Release Date
September 7, 2016
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.WALPOLE AND CHATHAM (1714-1760)
  2. 2.INTRODUCTION — NOTE TO THIS VOLUME
  3. 3.TABLE OF CONTENTS
  4. 4.STATE OF PARTIES AT THE QUEEN'S DEATH (1714).
  5. 5.PROCLAMATION OF GEORGE I. (1714).
  6. 6.CHARACTER AND PERSON OF GEORGE I. (1660-1727). — A. By Lord Chesterfield. — B. By Horace Walpole.
  7. 7.PUBLIC FEELING AS TO THE NEW DYNASTY (1714). — A. Whig. — B. Tory.
  8. 8.THE '15. — I. The Pretender's Declaration (1715). — II. The Proclamation of James III. (1715). — III. Failure of the Expedition Explained. — ( a ) Absence of Foreign Aid. — ( b ) The Pretender no Leader of Men. — ( c ) The Nation's Dread of Popery.
  9. 9.THE SEPTENNIAL ACT (1716).
  10. 10.DEFEAT OF THE SPANISH FLEET OFF SICILY BY ADMIRAL SIR GEORGE BYNG, JULY 31, 1718.
  11. 11.THE SOUTH SEA BUBBLE (1720). — I. The Proposals: The Second Scheme of the South Sea Company. — II. The Bubble Burst.
  12. 12.SIR ROBERT WALPOLE AS PRIME MINISTER (1721-1741). — I. By Lord Hervey. — II. By Horace Walpole.
  13. 13.WOOD'S HALFPENCE: THE FIRST DRAPIER'S LETTER (1724).
  14. 14.CHARACTER OF GEORGE II. (1683-1760). — A. By Lord Hervey. — B. By Horace Walpole.
  15. 15.THE CONDITION OF THE FLEET PRISON, AS REVEALED BY A PARLIAMENTARY ENQUIRY (1729). — A. Description of the Warden, Thomas Bambridge. — B. His Cruelty. — C. Findings of the Parliamentary Committee of Enquiry.
  16. 16.THE EXCISE BILL (1733).
  17. 17.THE PORTEOUS RIOTS (1736).
  18. 18.LORD CHESTERFIELD'S SPEECH ON THE BILL FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CENSORSHIP OF STAGE PLAYS (1737).
  19. 19.DEATH OF QUEEN CAROLINE (1737).
  20. 20.THE WAR OF JENKINS' EAR (1739). — I. Rear-Admiral Charles Stewart's Letter to the Governor of the Havana and the Duke of Newcastle. — II. Account of the Examination of Jenkins before the House of Commons (1738).
  21. 21.THE OPPOSITION SUSPECTS WALPOLE OF DOUBLE-DEALING.
  22. 22.ADMIRAL VERNON'S VICTORY AT PORTOBELLO (1740). — I. ADMIRAL HOSIER'S GHOST. — II. GREAT BRITAIN'S GLORY; OR, THE STAY-AT-HOME FLEET.
  23. 23.THE NEW MINISTERS (1742). — I. Hervey's Account of the Ministry — II. On the Ministry of Lord Carteret, Feb., 1742. — III. On Pulteney's Acceptance of a Peerage, July, 1742.
  24. 24.THE ORIGIN OF THE SEVEN YEARS' WAR (1741-1748).
  25. 25.THE '45. — I. Landing of the Young Pretender; the Raising of the Standard; Surrender of Edinburgh. — II. Treatment of the Vanquished. — 1. After Preston Pans. — 2. After Culloden. — III. ODE WRITTEN IN THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR 1746. — IV. An Adventure of Charles Edward.
  26. 26.TRIAL OF THE REBEL LORDS, 1746.
  27. 27.TREATY OF AIX-LA-CHAPELLE (1748). — I. Lord Bolingbroke on the Preliminaries. — II. The Articles of Peace. — III. A Contemporary View of the Peace.
  28. 28.LORD CHESTERFIELD'S ACT FOR THE REFORM OF THE CALENDAR (1751). — I. Historical Account of the Bill. — II. Lord Chesterfield's own Account.
  29. 29.SMOLLETT'S CHARACTER OF THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE. [22]
  30. 30.THE TRIAL AND EXECUTION OF ADMIRAL BYNG. — I. Horace Walpole to Sir Horace Mann. — II. Thomas Potter to Mr. Grenville, September 11, 1756.
  31. 31.THE COALITION GOVERNMENT OF 1757.
  32. 32.THE ENGLISH IN INDIA (1757-1759). — I. The Black Hole of Calcutta described by a Survivor. — II. Clive to Pitt on England's Opportunity.
  33. 33.THE PLAINS OF ABRAHAM. — I. The Night Attack. — II. The Battle.
  34. 34."THE HEAVEN-BORN MINISTER": HORACE WALPOLE'S HOMAGE TO PITT. — I. In the Great Year. — II. Character of William Pitt, described by Walpole in the Light of Subsequent History.
  35. 35.DEATH OF GEORGE II. (1760).
  36. 36.APPENDIX LONDON IN 1725-1736. — DEFOE'S DESCRIPTION OF LONDON IN 1725. — THE PRESENTMENT OF THE MIDDLESEX GRAND JURY, JANUARY SESSION (1735-1736).
  37. 37.BELL'S ENGLISH HISTORY SOURCE BOOKS

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