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... Lady Chatham is left , bearing the date of January 5 , 1802 , besides another of September 17 following , to her companion , Mrs. Stapleton . There are also very confidential letters addressed by Mr. Pitt to his brother , Lord Chatham ...
... Lady Chatham is left , bearing the date of January 5 , 1802 , besides another of September 17 following , to her companion , Mrs. Stapleton . There are also very confidential letters addressed by Mr. Pitt to his brother , Lord Chatham ...
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... Lady Chatham - Promotions in the Peerage- Lord Camden President of the Council - 204 CHAPTER VII . 1784-1785 . Gibbon's character of Pitt - Pitt's application to business - Parallel between Pitt and Fox - The King's Speech on the ...
... Lady Chatham - Promotions in the Peerage- Lord Camden President of the Council - 204 CHAPTER VII . 1784-1785 . Gibbon's character of Pitt - Pitt's application to business - Parallel between Pitt and Fox - The King's Speech on the ...
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... Lady Harriot — Pitt purchases a Country Seat - Embarrassment of Lady Chatham's and of Pitt's private affairs - The Rolliad - Captain Morris's Songs - Peter Pindar - Pitt's Irish Propositions - Contemplated Treaty of 1 Commerce with ...
... Lady Harriot — Pitt purchases a Country Seat - Embarrassment of Lady Chatham's and of Pitt's private affairs - The Rolliad - Captain Morris's Songs - Peter Pindar - Pitt's Irish Propositions - Contemplated Treaty of 1 Commerce with ...
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... Lady Hester Grenville , only daughter of Hester , in her own right Countess Temple . William Pitt , their second son , was born on the 28th of May , 1759 , at Hayes , near Bromley , in Kent . The house and grounds of Hayes , which had ...
... Lady Hester Grenville , only daughter of Hester , in her own right Countess Temple . William Pitt , their second son , was born on the 28th of May , 1759 , at Hayes , near Bromley , in Kent . The house and grounds of Hayes , which had ...
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... Lady Holland , and her husband , Lord Holland . The lady , in remonstrating with the gentleman on his excessive indulgence to all 1 Letter to the Countess of Chat- | printed in the Chatham Corre- ham , dated August 2 , 1766 , and ...
... Lady Holland , and her husband , Lord Holland . The lady , in remonstrating with the gentleman on his excessive indulgence to all 1 Letter to the Countess of Chat- | printed in the Chatham Corre- ham , dated August 2 , 1766 , and ...
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