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Constitutional History of England, Henry VII to George II. Volume 3 of 3

Note 363 — Chapter XVI · ON THE STATE OF THE CONSTITUTION IN THE REIGNS OF ANNE, GEORGE I., AND GEORGE II.

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The Stuart papers obtained lately from Rome, and now in his majesty's possession, are said to furnish copious evidence of the jacobite intrigues, and to affect some persons not hitherto suspected. We have reason to hope that they will not be long withheld from the public, every motive for concealment being wholly at an end.

It is said that there were not less than fifty jacobites in the parliament of 1728. Coxe, ii. 294.

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