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The Correspondence of the Late John Wilkes: With His Friends, Printed from the Original Manuscripts, in which are Introduced Memoirs of His Life, Volume 5

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R. Phillips, 1805

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Contents

Letters from Mr and Mrs Hastings I	7

Presents to Mr Wilkes	39

The City Cup	51

Letter from Mr Wilkes to the Earl of Halifax	58

Applications to Mr Wilkes	65

Description of Sandown Cottage Mr Wilkess	77

Grosvenor Square Mr Wilkess Town Residence	87

Of Miss Wilkes	98

Of Mr Wilkess Son Mr John Smith	117

Of Miss Harriet Wilkes	140

Two Letters from Israel Wilkes to his Brother	147

Introduction to the History of England	160

Supplement to Gibbon	206

Letter from George Onslow Esq now Earl Onslow	240

Mrs Forman	247

Foreign Letters	270

Copy of Miss Wilkess Will	105

Conclusion	284

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Adieu affectionate aforesaid Angoulême apprehended assurances Barnard Berkeley bien CALIFORNIA LIBRARY city of London compliments court crown daughter dear Petrie dear sir DEAR UNCLE declared desire England English esquire été Europe executors expence father favour France French friends gentleman George Onslow give and bequeath Grosvenor-square Guildhall happy Hastings Heaton Wilkes honour hope hundred pounds Isle of Wight ISRAEL WILKES j'ai James II JOHN WILKES king lady Baker laws LETTER liberty London lord lord of trade lord-mayor Louis XIV Mary Wilkes Mémoire Justificatif ment mentioned Middlesex miss Harriet Wilkes miss Wilkes miss Wilkes's monsieur nation obedient humble servant obliged Paris parliament person Peter Elmsley pleasure political present prince of Orange Prince's-court printer proclamation received reign respect Revolution sent shew sincerely sovereign Sterne suré thing Thompson thousand pounds tion town UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Wheble Wilkes's wish

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Title	The Correspondence of the Late John Wilkes: With His Friends, Printed from the Original Manuscripts, in which are Introduced Memoirs of His Life, Volume 5 Volume 5 of The Correspondence of the Late John Wilkes, John Wilkes Volume 5 of The Correspondence of the Late John Wilkes: With His Friends, John Wilkes The Correspondence of the Late John Wilkes: With His Friends, Printed from the Original Manuscripts, in which are Introduced Memoirs of His Life, John Wilkes [Eighteenth-century sources for the study of English literature
Author	John Wilkes
Editor	John Almon
Publisher	R. Phillips, 1805
Original from	the University of California
Digitized	8 Apr 2011

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