5. [LLOYD,
Charles.]
A Defence of the majority in the House of Commons, on the question relating to general warrants. In answer to the Defence
of the minority.
London: printed for
J. Wilkie,
m dcc lxiv
. [1764.]
28 leaves including the half-title with the price,
one shilling.
Halkett and Laing II, 29.
The upper margin of the half-title, probably with an autograph inscription, torn away.
Charles Lloyd, 1735-1773, was secretary to George Grenville, and wrote this in reply to Townshend’s pamphlet above.
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6. [MAZZEI,
Philip.]
A Letter on the behaviour of the populace on a late occasion, in the procedure against a noble lord. From a gentleman to his
countryman abroad. The
second edition.
London: printed by
W. Bingley,
m dcc lxviii
. [1768.]
14 leaves, including the half-title, with the price,
six-pence;
English and
Italian text on opposite pages, except the Introduction, which is in
English only.
Not in Halkett and Laing.
Not in Garlick.
On the half-title Jefferson has written:
by Philip Mazzei. The author’s name is also written on the title-page, not by Jefferson.
For a note on Philip [Filippo] Mazzei, a friend of Jefferson, see no. 2443.
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Volume 3
Six tracts rebound in half calf; labels on the back lettered
Political /
Pamphlets. /
Vol. 26. Numbered serially in ink on the title-pages.
JA36 .P8 vol. 26
1. [BURKE,
Edmund.]
Observations on a late State of the Nation . . . The
third edition.
London: printed for
J. Dodsley,
m dcc lxix
. [1769.]
78 leaves only, should be 80, lacks B
2 and K
8; the half-title leaf has the price,
two shillings and six pence, on the recto, and on the verso the statement: The references to the
State of the Nation, throughout these observations, are made to the
quarto
edition of that work.
Halkett and Laing IV, 215.
Sabin 9294.
Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.
Edmund Burke, 1729-1797, British statesman, born in Dublin. The pamphlet which occasioned these Observations was by William Knox and George
Grenville. The first edition was published in the same year.
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2. [KNOX,
William,
and
George Grenville.]
An Appendix to the present State of the Nation. Containing a reply to the Observations on that pamphlet . . .
London: printed for
J. Almon,
m dcc lxix
. [Price
one shilling.] [1769.]
34 leaves, of which 2 appear to be cancel leaves; the first leaf is missing and was probably for the half-title as it is allowed
for in the pagination. List of errata on the back of the title.
Halkett and Laing I, 131.
Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.
William Knox, 1732-1812, controversialist, was born in Ireland. For a time he was agent in Great Britain for Georgia and East Florida,
but lost the appointment through his support of the Stamp Act. In the compilation of this pamphlet he was assisted by George
Grenville, 1712-1770, English statesman.
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