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Reference (shelfmark):: Kings MS 106-107
Title:: 'AN ACCOUNT OF IRELAND in 1773', by Sir George Macartney [Earl Macartney 1794], Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant 1769-1772. Two volumes. Printed privately, as 'by a late Chief Secretary', in 1773 (with additional tables), and partly reprinted (the sketch of the political history, vol. i, ff. 7-71) in Sir John Barrow's Life of the Earl of Macartney, 1807 (ii, P. 95). Paper; ff. 107, 67. Quarto. 9 1/2 in. x 7 1/2 in. Circ. A.D. 1773. Green vellum covers.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: c 1773
Extent:: 2 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Kings MS 106
Title:
Scope & Content:: Vol. 1 deals chiefly with the government of Ireland, and contains as an Appendix two speeches and protests of Lords Lieutenant relating to resolutions of the Irish House of Commons as to moneybills, viz. those of [Henry-Sydney], Viscount Sydney, 3 Nov. 1692, and George [Townshend], Viscount Town...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: c 1773
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Kings MS 107
Title:
Scope & Content:: Vol. ii deals mainly with revenue and trade, and includes tables of revenue, &c., for two years ending March 1773 and of civil and military establishment for 1767 and 1772.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: c 1773
Extent:: 1 item

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