Author: William PittPublisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 536
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Chatham Papers
Author: William PittPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 536
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Finding List of the Enoch Pratt Free Library of Baltimore City
Author: Enoch Pratt Free LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 210
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The Athenaeum
Author: James Silk BuckinghamPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 924
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Catalogue of the Public Lending Library
Author: State library of VictoriaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 624
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The Papers of Benjamin Franklin
Author: Benjamin FranklinPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300222696
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
The forty-second volume of the collected writings and correspondences of the American statesman, ambassador, and Founding Father Benjamin Franklin In the spring of 1784, Franklin, John Jay, and British negotiator David Hartley exchanged ratifications of the definitive British-American peace treaty. Hoping for permission from Congress to return home, Franklin settled his accounts, negotiated a French consular convention, headed a royal commission to investigate animal magnetism, wrote several scientific theories, and published his well-known satire about rising with the sun. As the volume ends, Thomas Jefferson brings news of a diplomatic assignment that would keep Franklin in France for another year.
Catalogue of the Public Lending Library
Author: Victoria. Public library, MelbournePublisher:
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 624
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The Nation
Author: Chamber's Cyclopaedia of English Literature
Author: Robert ChambersPublisher:
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 902
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The Late Lord
Author: Jacqueline ReiterPublisher: Pen and Sword History
ISBN: 9781473856950
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham is one of the most enigmatic and overlooked figures of early nineteenth century British history. The elder brother of Pitt the Younger, he has long been consigned to history as 'the late Lord Chatham', the lazy commander-in-chief of the 1809 Walcheren expedition, whose inactivity and incompetence turned what should have been an easy victory into a disaster. Chatham's poor reputation obscures a fascinating and complex man. During a twenty-year career at the heart of government, he served in several important cabinet posts such as First Lord of the Admiralty and Master-General of the Ordnance. Yet despite his closeness to the Prime Minister and friendship with the Royal Family, political rivalries and private tragedy hampered his ascendance. Paradoxically for a man of widely admired diplomatic skills, his downfall owed as much to his personal insecurities and penchant for making enemies as it did to military failure. Using a variety of manuscript sources to tease Chatham from the records, this biography peels away the myths and places him for the first time in proper familial, political, and military context. It breathes life into a much-maligned member of one of Britain's greatest political dynasties, revealing a deeply flawed man trapped in the shadow of his illustrious relatives.
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