American Independence and the French Revolution (1760-1801)
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1. Front matter2. INTRODUCTION3. NOTE TO THIS VOLUME (1760-1801)4. BRITISH VICTORIES—“A YOUNG MR. BURKE” (1761). Source.—Letters of Horace Walpole. Edited by P. Cunningham London: Bentley. Vol. iii., pp. 419-421. 1891.5. HONOURS FOR MR. PITT (1761). Source.—Correspondence of William Pitt, Earl of Chatham. Vol. ii., pp. 146 et seq. London, 1838-1840.6. THE STATE OF THE PRISONS. Source.—Goldsmith’s Vicar of Wakefield (Chap. XXVII.).7. TOWNSHEND’S CONTUMACY (1767). Source.—Correspondence of William Pitt, Earl of Chatham. Vol. iii., pp. 233 et seq. London, 1838-1840.8. WILKES RIOTS (1768). Source.—Calendar of Home Office Papers, 1766-1769. Pp. 322, 323. London, 1879.9. RIOTS IN THE NORTH (1768). Source.—Calendar of Home Office Papers, 1766-1769. Pp. 839, 840. London, 1879.10. A PETITION TO GEORGE III. FROM THE FREEHOLDERS OF THE COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX (1769). Source.—Letters of Junius. London: G. Bell and Sons. Vol. ii. 1911.11. THE CITY OF LONDON AND THE EARL OF CHATHAM ON PARLIAMENTARY REFORM (1770). Source.—Letters of Junius. London: G. Bell and Sons. 1910. Vol. i.12. COMMENTS ON PARLIAMENTARY HAPPENINGS (DECEMBER, 1770). Source.—Letters of Junius (Letter LXXXI.). London: G. Bell and Sons. 1911. Vol. ii.13. THOMAS HUTCHINSON TO LORD HILLSBOROUGH (1771). Source.—Calendar of Home Office Papers, 1770-1772. Pp. 191-193.14. REFORMERS IN PARLIAMENT RECOMMENDED TO SINK DIFFERENCES AND PROMOTE UNION (1771). Source.—Letters of Junius (Letter LIX.). London: G. Bell and Sons. 1910. Vol. i.15. DISTRESS CAUSED BY HIGH PRICES (1772). Source.—Calendar of Home Office Papers, 1770-1772. P. 479.16. MEETINGS OF WEAVERS AND OTHERS TO PETITION THE KING (1773). Source.—Calendar of Home Office Papers, 1773-1775. Pp. 39-42, and 65.17. DESTRUCTION OF TEA (CARGOES) AT BOSTON (DECEMBER, 1773). Source.—Calendar of Home Office Papers (1773-1775). Pp. 175 et seq.18. WAR MATERIAL FOR AMERICA (1774). Source.—Calendar of Home Office Papers (1773-1775). Pp. 240 et seq.19. AMERICAN EXPEDITION TO CANADA (1775). Source.—Calendar of Home Office Papers (1773-1775). Pp. 407-409.20. RESOLUTIONS FAVOURING THE AMERICAN COLONIES (1775). Source.—“Speech on Conciliation with America,” Edmund Burke. Vol. i. of his Collected Works. London: G. Bell and Sons. 1909.21. THE ARMIES UNDER HOWE AND CLINTON (1777). Source.—Gentleman’s Magazine. Vol. xlvii. (1777), pp. 573 et seq.22. CHATHAM’S LAST LETTER AND SPEECH (1778). Source.—Correspondence of William Pitt, Earl of Chatham. Vol. iv., pp. 518 et seq. [From a draught in the handwriting of Lord Pitt.]23. KING GEORGE’S MESSAGE AND THE SPANISH MANIFESTO (1779). Source.—Gentleman’s Magazine. Vol. xlix., pp. 324 et seq.24. SOCIETY AT BRIGHTHELMSTON (BRIGHTON) IN 1779. Source.—Diarists quoted in History of Brighthelmston. John Ackerson Erredge. Brighton, 1862.25. THE GORDON NO-POPERY RIOTS (1780). Source.—Letters of Horace Walpole.26. SURRENDER OF CORNWALLIS (1781). Source.—Gentleman’s Magazine. Vol. li., p. 539.27. PRELIMINARIES OF EUROPEAN PEACE (1783). Source.—Gentleman’s Magazine. Vol. liii., p. 91.28. A VIOLENT ELECTION CONTEST (1784). Source.—Cowper’s Letters. Thomas Wright. London: Hodder and Stoughton. 1904. Vol. ii., pp. 194-197.29. THE COUNTRY POST (1785). Source.—William Cowper, The Task. Book iv.30. HIS MAJESTY’S SPEECH (1787). Source.—Annual Register. Vol. xxix., pp. 268 et seq. of State Papers.31. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE EAST INDIA COMPANY (1788). Source.—Speech in the Impeachment of Warren Hastings, Esq. Edmund Burke. Vol. vii. of his Collected Works. London: G. Bell and Sons. 1911.32. CORN IMPORTS AND EXPORTS (1789). Source.—Annual Register, 1789, pp. 279 et seq.33. THE SPOLIATION OF THE CLERGY IN FRANCE (1790). Source.—Reflections on the Revolution in France. Edmund Burke. Vol. ii. of his Collected Works. London: G. Bell and Sons. 1910.34. SUSSEX ELECTION PETITIONS (1792). Source.—Oldfield’s Representative History of Great Britain. London, 1816.35. THE RIGHT OF THE FRENCH NATION TO SELF-GOVERNMENT (1792). Source.—Cowper’s Letters. Thomas Wright. London: Hodder and Stoughton. 1904. Vol. iv., pp. 332-335.36. PERORATION IN THE IMPEACHMENT OF WARREN HASTINGS (1794). Source.—Speech in the Impeachment of Warren Hastings, Esq. Edmund Burke. Vol. viii. of his Collected Works. London: G. Bell and Sons. 1908.37. GEORGE III. ASSAULTED BY THE MOB (1795). Source.—Letters of Princess Elizabeth of England. Edited by Philip Yorke. London: Fisher Unwin. 1898.38. THE MUTINY AT THE NORE (1797). Source.—Annual Register. Vol. xxxix., pp. 214 et seq. of History of Europe.39. ENGLAND AND THE DIRECTORY (1797). Source.—Correspondence of the First Earl of Malmesbury, London, 1844. Vol. iii., pp. 577 et seq.40. THE BATTLE OF THE NILE (OR ABOUKIR BAY) (1798). Source.—Annual Register. Vol. xl., pp. 142 et seq. of History of Europe.41. SUPPLIES GRANTED BY PARLIAMENT FOR NAVY AND ARMY (1800). Source.—Annual Register. Vol. xlii., pp. 160 et seq. of Appendix to Chronicle.42. HIS MAJESTY’S SPEECH TO THE FIRST UNION PARLIAMENT (1801). Source.—Annual Register. Vol. xliii., pp. 207 et seq. of State Papers.