Hans Stanley, Esq. to Mr. Pitt, June 9.- Detailing his conversa-
tions with the Duc de Choiseul
The Earl of Bute to Mr. Pitt, June 14.- Congratulations on the
taking of Belleisle

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The Honourable Commodore Keppel to Mr. Pitt, June 15.-
Probable effects of the reduction of Belleisle upon France

Mr. Pitt to Lady Hester Pitt, July 2.-State of his health

M. de Voltaire to Mr. Pitt, July 19.-Soliciting his subscription

to an edition of the Works of Corneille

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Mr. Pitt to M. de Voltaire, in reply, September 4.
The Honourable Sir Edward Walpole to Mr. Pitt, August 4.
Asking him to make his son-in-law a bishop

The Earl of Bute to Mr. Pitt, August 14.- Expressing the
King's concern that Mr. Pitt's last letter to M. de Bussy was
carried in the council by a slender majority

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M. Wall to the Count de Fuentes, August 17. - Complains of a
passage in Mr. Pitt's letter to Lord Bristol noticing the arma-
ments and preparations going on in the ports of Spain
The Marquis Grimaldi to the Count de Fuentes, August 31. -
Announces the fears of the court of Spain for the fleet, the
desire to gain time till it reaches Cadiz, the privately sending
twelve ships by way of convoy, and the signing of the Family
Compact

The same to the same, September 13.- Announces the ratifi-
cation of the Family Compact. [Steps taken by Mr. Pitt in
council, on the discovery of the existence of this Treaty. His
resignation on the 5th of October, note.]

General Count de Lally to Mr. Pitt, September 29.— Soliciting
permission to repair to France, upon his parole. [The Count's
trial and execution, note.]

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The Earl of Bute to Mr. Pitt, October 6.- Announcing the
King's desire to bestow on him some mark of the royal favour;
and suggesting either the government of Canada, or the chan-
cellorship of the Duchy of Lancaster.

Mr. Pitt to the Earl of Bute, in reply, October 7. - Doubts the
propriety of his going into either of the offices, and expresses a
wish that his family may be comprehended in any monument
of royal approbation

The Earl of Bute to Mr. Pitt, October 8.-

King will confer the dignity of peerage on Lady Hester Pitt,
with a grant of three thousand pounds per annum

Mr. Pitt to the Earl of Bute, in reply, October 8. - Expressions

of veneration and gratitude

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149

The Earl of Bute to Mr. Pitt, in reply, October 9.

what title he has chosen, and the names to be inserted in the

grant

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The Bishop of Gloucester (Dr. William Warburton) to Mr. Pitt,
October 8. Expressions of satisfaction at Mr. Pitt's declining
further service, and of attachment to his person and interests
Lord Feversham to Mr. Pitt, October 10.- Regrets his resig-
nation, and laments the distractions with which divided councils
may cloud the new reign

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155

Mr. Pitt to Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick, October 13. - An-

nounces his retirement from office, and states the causes of it 156

Mr. Pitt to William Beckford, Esq., October 15.- Explains the
causes of his resigning the seals, in answer to certain gross mis-
representations in the city. [His administration characterised by
Mr. Burke, note.]

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The Bishop of Gloucester to Mr. Pitt, October 17. - Defending
his resignation, and stating the conduct of Mr. Charles Yorke
towards him

George Pitt, Esq. (afterwards Lord Rivers) to Mr. Pitt,

October 21.—Entreating Mr. Pitt's approbation of his appoint-

ment to succeed Mr. Stuart Mackenzie in the embassy to Turin. 163

Mr. Pitt to George Pitt, Esq., October. — Disclaiming any share
in the merit of the said appointment
William Beckford Esq. to Mr. Pitt, November 6.
him to dine at Guildhall on Lord Mayor's day
Thomas Nuthall, Esq. to Lady Chatham, November 12.— Giving
an account of Mr. Pitt's reception in the city on Lord Mayor's
day. [Proceedings in parliament on the opening of the session,
from the Mitchell MSS., note.]

1762.

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Entreating

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The Bishop of Gloucester to Mr. Pitt, March 26.

Sir Richard Lyttelton to Mr. Pitt, April 14.— Congratulations

on the conquest of Martinico. Sentiments of Clement the

Thirteenth thereon

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The Earl of Tyrawly to Mr. Pitt, April 15. Sends him a pair
of Portuguese wooden stirrups. State of the dispute between
Spain and Portugal
Mr. Pitt to the Earl of Tyrawly, in reply. - Thanks for his kind
remembrance. British army in Portugal. [Mr. Pitt's speech
on the grant to the King of Portugal. Resignation of the
Duke of Newcastle. Lord Bute's administration. Lord Barring-
ton's account of the new appointments, note.]
Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick to Mr. Pitt, July 20. . Thanks
him for his congratulations on the victory of the allied armies
Marshals over D'Etrées and the Prince Soubise

Thomas Nuthall, Esq. to Mr. Pitt, October 14.

sundry ministerial changes

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The Bishop of Gloucester to Mr. Pitt, October 24.- Abuses of
religious and literary liberty

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Mr. Pitt to the Bishop of Gloucester, in reply, October. - Distinc-

tion between the errors of popery and of puritanism. Danger

of a general law for the prevention of abuses of the press

The Bishop of Gloucester to Mr. Pitt, in reply, November 14. - 189

Duel between

Earl Temple to Lady Chatham, October 10.

Wilkes and Lord Talbot, at Bagshot

State of parties [Proceed-

The same to the same, November.
ings in both Houses at the opening of the session, from the
Mitchell MSS, note.]
The Bishop of Gloucester to Mr. Pitt, December 3.- Conveying
a commission from the Duke of Newcastle. [Tottering state of
the ministry, note.]

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The Honourable Thomas Hervey to Mr. Pitt, December 5.-

Invites him to testify his public opinion of the preliminaries

of peace. [Mr. Pitt's speech thereon, note.]

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Enclosing

Thomas Hollis, Esq. to Mr. Pitt, December 21.-

Count Algarotti's Dedication of his "Essay on the Opera" to

Mr. Pitt

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Soliciting

Mr. Pitt to Thomas Hollis, Esq., in reply, December

Bamber Gascoyne, Esq. to Mr. Pitt, December 22.

his opinion, whether he should accept a situation in the Board

of Trade

Mr. Pitt to Bamber Gascoyne, Esq., December 22.

giving his advice, in pursuance of an inviolable rule. [State of the

Duke of Newcastle's party, from the Mitchell MSS., note.]

Sir Richard Lyttelton to Mr. Pitt, December 23. - Speculations

on Mr. Pitt's domestic occupations. Appointment to the gover-

norship of Minorca

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1763.

Mr. Pitt to Sir Richard Lyttelton, in reply, January, 8.

retirement

Mr. Pitt to Baron de Knyphausen, February 8. Regrets on the

Baron's leaving England. King of Prussia

The Bishop of Gloucester to Mr. Pitt, February 22.

William Taylor How, Esq. to Mr. Pitt, February 21.

Algarotti

Count

Count Algarotti to Mr. Pitt, February 28. Sending copies of

The Earl of Bristol to Mr. Pitt, March 27.- Cider bill [Mr.

Pitt's speech against it, note.]

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The Earl of Bristol to Mr. Pitt, April 6. Changes in the ad-

ministration. [Causes of Lord Bute's resignation, note.] - 217

The Duke of Newcastle to Mr. Pitt, April 9.— Lord Bute's

resignation, and new appointments

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Mr. Pitt to William Taylor How, Esq., May 2.- Count Algarotti- 222

Mr. Pitt to Ralph Allen, Esq., June 2. — Giving reasons for de-

clining to present the Bath Address approving of the Peace,

and relinquishing his pretensions to the future favour of the

Corporation

- 223

Ralph Allen, Esq. to Mr. Pitt, in reply, June 4. — Delays exe-

cuting his commands to the Corporation, and wishes to interpose

time for second thoughts

- 225

Mr. Pitt to Ralph Allen, Esq., June 5.- Urges him to convey

his sentiments to the Corporation.

Ralph Allen, Esq. to Mr. Pitt, June 9. — Announcing that he has

executed the painful commission

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The Earl of Bristol to Mr. Pitt, June 9. — Ministerial move-

ments

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Thomas Nuthall, Esq. to Mr. Pitt, July 7. — Report of the pro-

ceedings in the Court of Common Pleas, on the trial of the mes-

sengers for taking the journeymen printers into custody, on

account of the " North Briton."

William Beckford, Esq. to Mr. Pitt, August 25.- Enclosing a

note from Lord Bute. [Condition of the ministry. Death of the

Earl of Egremont. Incidents which led to the negotiation be-

tween Lord Bute and Mr. Pitt, note.]

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Hard-

The Earl of Bute to William Beckford, Esq., August 25.-

nouncing his intention to call on Mr. Pitt. [The Earl of

wicke's account of Mr. Pitt's interview with Lord Bute. And

with the King, note.]

The Duke of Newcastle to Mr. Pitt, August 28.

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- Result of Mr. Pitt's second

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- Felicitates him

The same to the same, August 30.

interview with the King

The Duke of Devonshire to Mr. Pitt, August 30.

The Earl of Shelburne to Mr. Pitt, August 30.
on the failure of a negotiation carrying such shocking marks of
insincerity

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The Duke of Newcastle to Mr. Pitt, August 31.- Laments the
failure of the negotiation

ib.

John Calcraft, Esq. to Mr. Pitt, September 2.-Announcing Lord

Shelburne's resignation at the Board of Trade

Robert Wood, Esq. to Mr. Pitt, September 3.

tions relating to Mr. Pitt's interview with the King

Misrepresenta-

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The same to the same, September 6.

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The Bishop of Gloucester to Mr. Pitt, September 4. - Motives

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which determined him to advise the clergy of his diocese to
address the King on the peace

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259

Mr. Pitt to the Bishop of Gloucester, in reply, September 10.-
Singularity of the address. Duty of the clergy
The Bishop of Gloucester to Mr. Pitt, in reply, September 14. 257
The Duke of Newcastle to Mr. Pitt, September 14. The Duke
of Cumberland's opinion of the new ministry
Mr. Pitt to the Duke of Newcastle, October 13.- Expressing his
concern at the ground taken by Mr. Charles Yorke, in main-
taining the privilege of Parliament; and his reasons for opposing
the principles laid down by Lord Mansfield. [Proceedings in
Parliament against Wilkes and the "North Briton," from the
Mitchell MSS., note.]

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The Duke of Newcastle to Mr. Pitt, in reply, October 14.

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The Right Honourable Charles Townshend to Mr. Pitt, October 31.
Thanks for his partiality, generosity, and friendship to him

on a late occasion

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Viscount Irwin to Mr. Pitt, November 5.- Requests Mr. Pitt to

name a proper person to succeed him in the representation of

Horsham

Mr. Pitt to Viscount Irwin, in reply, November

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for his favourable and friendly opinion, and recommends Mr.
Robert Pratt, nephew of the Lord Chief Justice
The Duke of Newcastle to Mr. Pitt, December 13. - Laments the
recent exercise of power of both Houses. [Mr. Pitt's speech
in condemnation of Wilkes and the "North Briton," note.]

1764.

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Prince Charles of Brunswick to Mr. Pitt, January 14.- Giving
his reasons for not paying him a visit. [The Prince's reception
at Harwich. Marriage with the Princess Augusta, note.]
The Right Honourable James Grenville to Lady Chatham, Ja-
nuary 20. Debates in the House of Commons on Wilkes's
expulsion. Dismissals in the army. Marriage of the Prince
of Brunswick. Opposition club

Mr. Pitt to M. de Féronce, January 23.- Prince of Brunswick's
visit to Hayes

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Earl Temple to Lady Chatham, January 25.-Proceedings against
Wilkes. Cider bill. Reception of the Prince of Brunswick

The Right Honourable James Grenville to Lady Chatham, Ja-

nuary 27.- Debates in the House of Commons on the Cider

bill

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283

M. de Féronee to Mr. Pitt, January 31.-Departure of the Prince
and Princess of Brunswick