A full answer to the Letter from a by-stander, &c : wherein his false calculations, and misrepresentations of facts in the time of King Charles II are refuted, and an historical account is given of all the Parliamentary aids in that reign, from the Journals of the House of Commons, the ancient and modern power of the crown, and the excessive height to which it is risen of late, are clearly represented, and reasons offered for restoring to the freeholders of England their ancient right of chusing high sheriffs and justices of peace in the county courts, as a proper means towards restoring the ballance of our constitution, and putting a stop to the progress of corruption
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Type of record: Book
Title: A full answer to the Letter from a by-stander, &c : wherein his false calculations, and misrepresentations of facts in the time of King Charles II are refuted, and an historical account is given of all the Parliamentary aids in that reign, from the Journals of the House of Commons, the ancient and modern power of the crown, and the excessive height to which it is risen of late, are clearly represented, and reasons offered for restoring to the freeholders of England their ancient right of chusing high sheriffs and justices of peace in the county courts, as a proper means towards restoring the ballance of our constitution, and putting a stop to the progress of corruption
Classmark: BC Pol/MOR
Creator(s): Carte, Thomas (1686-1754)
Related people: Morris, Corbyn, 1710-1779
Publisher: Printed for J. Robinson
Publication city: London
Date(s): 1742
Language: English
Size and medium: [1], 214 p
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/288410
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991002555079705181
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Attributed to Thomas Carte in NUC pre-1956.
A reply to Corbyn Morris, Letter from a by-stander to a Member of Parliament.
Last leaf blank.
Indexed in: Hanson 5647; Kress 4602.
Additional description
Bound with 1 other item in a volume lettered BY-STANDER & ANSWER. Volume contents: 1. Morris, C.: A letter from a by-stander to a Member of Parliament, 1742. -- 2. Carte, T.: A full answer to the Letter from a by-stander, 1742
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