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A Speech to Lord Me D on Liberty and Law 1770
A lengthy 1770 letter to William Lord Me D condemns his conduct in the Middlesex election, attacks the ministry and Lord Bute, praises Camden, and urges independence. The writer rebukes legal manipulation, condemns coercive power, and calls for resignation if independence cannot be upheld.
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Fletcher Norton
House of Hanover
Earl of
Bute
Scotland
Herod
Earl of Bute
Baron Smythe
William Blackstone
Camden
Lord Camden
Admiralty Board
Proby
Mediterranean
We Eymouth
Cleveland-row
Andrew Mitchell
Berlin
Algiers
Earl of Chatham
Hayes
Wevare
Stowe
Minorrity
Ireland
America
Sir Edward Hawke
Admiralty Department
Portsmouth
Lords of the Admiralty
Portsmouth-dock
Cadiz
Carthagena
Ferrol
Oporto
London
Minorca
Gal
Britain
Paris
Barré
of ‘Unis
Court of Versailles
Tui
Jamaica
Havanna