Memorials on Whig education and Jacobite fears
A 1769 letter to the Middlesex Journal discusses dangers to the Whig system from Scottish influence and Jacobite sympathies. It cites a memorial by nobles urging careful choice of a Prince of Wales's education, warns of ministerial manipulation, and calls for restraint on education and allegiance to the Protestant succession.
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Broadside of political and royal notices from 18th century Plymouth and London
An assortment of items recounts political petitions in Plymouth with freeholders signing the local charter, royal progress through Canterbury, and a Newcastle letter condemning government corruption. It covers the king and queen’s London visit, court entertainments, levees, and ambassadorial arrivals, plus ship arrivals and sailings in ports like Dover, Hull, and Dublin.
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