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PITT (WILLIAM)
Collection of eight manuscripts by, or appertaining to, William Pitt the Younger, [1783-1806]

24 June 2015, 11:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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PITT (WILLIAM)

Collection of eight manuscripts by, or appertaining to, William Pitt the Younger, comprising; autograph transcript of a memorandum by the king to the Prince of Wales regarding his debts ("...the Prince will engage to avoid debts in future, and establish proper regulations for that Purpose..."), [1787]; autograph notes for the defence of England against Napoleon [November 1803-March 1804]; autograph cabinet memorandum [?1795]; autograph draft of letter to George III seeking to replace Addington as Prime Minister, 6 May 1804; autograph draft of proposals to reform parliament [May 1783]; autograph estimates and projections relating to the Sinking Fund and the impact of the income tax, [1800-01]; autograph "Secret" instructions by Pitt and William Wyndham regarding negotiations to give financial support for troops in Zealand, [24 August 1787]; and Pretyman's autograph account of Pitt's last days and death at Putney 23rd January 1806, [from the dampstaining it would appear to derive from the Pretyman papers], approximately 53 pages, folio and smaller, [1783-1806]

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