INTRODUCTION
TABLE OF CONTENTS
STATE OF PARTIES AT THE QUEEN'S DEATH (1714).
PROCLAMATION OF GEORGE I. (1714).
CHARACTER AND PERSON OF GEORGE I. (1660-1727). A. By Lord Chesterfield.
PUBLIC FEELING AS TO THE NEW DYNASTY (1714). A. Whig.
THE '15. I. The Pretender's Declaration (1715).
THE SEPTENNIAL ACT (1716).
DEFEAT OF THE SPANISH FLEET OFF SICILY BY ADMIRAL SIR GEORGE BYNG, JULY 31, 1718.
THE SOUTH SEA BUBBLE (1720). I. The Proposals: The Second Scheme of the South Sea Company.
SIR ROBERT WALPOLE AS PRIME MINISTER (1721-1741). I. By Lord Hervey.
WOOD'S HALFPENCE: THE FIRST DRAPIER'S LETTER (1724).
CHARACTER OF GEORGE II. (1683-1760). A. By Lord Hervey.
THE CONDITION OF THE FLEET PRISON, AS REVEALED BY A
THE EXCISE BILL (1733).
THE PORTEOUS RIOTS (1736).
LORD CHESTERFIELD'S SPEECH ON THE BILL FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CENSORSHIP OF STAGE PLAYS (1737).
DEATH OF QUEEN CAROLINE (1737).
THE WAR OF JENKINS' EAR (1739). I. Rear-Admiral Charles
THE OPPOSITION SUSPECTS WALPOLE OF DOUBLE-DEALING.
ADMIRAL VERNON'S VICTORY AT PORTOBELLO (1740). I. ADMIRAL HOSIER'S GHOST.
THE NEW MINISTERS (1742). I. Hervey's Account of the Ministry
THE ORIGIN OF THE SEVEN YEARS' WAR (1741-1748).
THE '45. I. Landing of the Young Pretender; the Raising of the Standard; Surrender of Edinburgh.
TRIAL OF THE REBEL LORDS, 1746.
TREATY OF AIX-LA-CHAPELLE (1748). I. Lord Bolingbroke on the Preliminaries.
LORD CHESTERFIELD'S ACT FOR THE REFORM OF THE CALENDAR (1751). I. Historical Account of the Bill.
SMOLLETT'S CHARACTER OF THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE. [22]
THE TRIAL AND EXECUTION OF ADMIRAL BYNG. I. Horace Walpole to
THE COALITION GOVERNMENT OF 1757.
THE ENGLISH IN INDIA (1757-1759). I. The Black Hole of Calcutta described by a Survivor.
THE PLAINS OF ABRAHAM.
"THE HEAVEN-BORN MINISTER": HORACE WALPOLE'S HOMAGE TO PITT. I. In the Great Year.
DEATH OF GEORGE II. (1760).
APPENDIX LONDON IN 1725-1736. DEFOE'S DESCRIPTION OF LONDON IN 1725.
BELL'S ENGLISH HISTORY SOURCE BOOKS
Title: Walpole and Chatham (1714-1760)
Author: Katharine Ada Esdaile
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