Mears, of the Royal Navy; dated 30th April, 1790, and presented to the House of Commons, May 13, 1790. Containing every particular
respecting the capture of the vessels in Nootka Sound.
London: printed for
J. Debrett,
mdcclx
[sic]. [
1790.]
F1089 .N8 M4
38 leaves.
John Mears (or Meares), 1756?-1800, English naval commander and voyager. This is the Memorial presented to the House (through William
Wyndham Grenville, 1759-1834), concerning the capture of British ships in Nootka Sound by the Spanish.
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2.
Serious enquiries into the motives of our present armament against Russia . . .
London:
J. Debrett,
1791.
8vo. 32 leaves, frontispiece, folded table. No copy was seen for collation.
Not in Halkett and Laing.
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3.
Considerations on the approach of a war, and the conduct of his Majesty’s ministers.
London:
J. Debrett,
1791.
8vo. 21 leaves; no copy was seen for collation.
Not in Halkett and Laing.
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4. [WILLIAMS,
David.]
Lessons to a young prince by an old statesman, on the present disposition in Europe to a general revolution. To which is added,
a lesson on the mode of studying and profiting by Reflections on the French Revolution, by Edmund Burke.
London: printed for
H. D. Symonds,
m.dcc.xci
. [1791.]
AC901 .M5 vol. 554
[
No description--
Ed.]
Halkett and Laing III, 259.
This work by David Williams, q.v., the founder of the Royal Literary Fund, was written for the Prince of Wales. Several editions
appeared in 1791 in London and also in the United States. It cannot be ascertained which edition was in the Jefferson collection.
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5. [JEBB,
Frederick.]
Guatimozin’s letters on the present state of Ireland, and the right of binding it by British acts of Parliament, &c . . .
London: printed for
E. Johnson,
m dcc lxxix
. [1779.]
DA948 .A2 J4
38 leaves.
Halkett and Laing II, 416; III, 327.
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6.
Eden on Irish Affairs.
William Eden, Baron Auckland, 1744-1814, English statesman and diplomat, published several pamphlets on Irish affairs about this time.
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7. CALDWELL,
Sir James.
An Enquiry how far the restrictions laid upon the trade of Ireland by British acts of Parliament, are a benefit or disadvantage
to the British Dominions . . . With an Address to the gentlemen concerned in the woollen commerce . . . To which is prefixed
a letter to Sir John Duntze, Bart. member of Parliament for
