Townshend (George, first Marquess Townshend, politician and caricaturist, 1724-1807) Letter Book, relating to the plight of American loyalists, military patronage, family matters (including discussion about his son Frederick, later declared insane for shooting his brother), bills for national defence, autograph manuscript, 32pp. excluding blanks, original wrappers, lettered direct on upper cover, sm. 4to, 1785. ⁂ American loyalists plight after the Treaty of Paris. Correspondents include the Duke of Richmond, Sir William Fordyce, and Lord Sydney: "I have given one fourth of my Lot to the unfortunate American Loyalists and have paid some Money to this & other Grants I have received from the Crown; but this... is the only one which remains to me, the other having been precluded, with many more suffering subjects from His Majesty's protection by the late Treaty of Peace, where the British Governors under ministerial protection have made sufficient havoc." - Townshend. elating to military patronage, family matters (including discussion about his son Frederick, later declared insane for shooting his brother), bills for national defence
Townshend (George, first Marquess Townshend, politician and caricaturist, 1724-1807) Letter Book, relating to the plight of American loyalists, military patronage, family matters (including discussion about his son Frederick, later declared insane for shooting his brother), bills for national defence, autograph manuscript, 32pp. excluding blanks, original wrappers, lettered direct on upper cover, sm. 4to, 1785. ⁂ American loyalists plight after the Treaty of Paris. Correspondents include the Duke of Richmond, Sir William Fordyce, and Lord Sydney: "I have given one fourth of my Lot to the unfortunate American Loyalists and have paid some Money to this & other Grants I have received from the Crown; but this... is the only one which remains to me, the other having been precluded, with many more suffering subjects from His Majesty's protection by the late Treaty of Peace, where the British Governors under ministerial protection have made sufficient havoc." - Townshend. elating to military patronage, family matters (including discussion about his son Frederick, later declared insane for shooting his brother), bills for national defence
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