BIB_ID
333235
Accession number
MA 497.27
Creator
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
Display Date
1785 June 14.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1904.
Description
1 item (6 p.), bound ; 19.9 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of the correspondence of Horace Walpole to various recipients including Henry Seymour Conway, Benjamin Ibbot and Horace Mann and with a small number of miscellaneous writings and copies of the writings of others. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
The manuscript is not titled but the published text bears the title "Thoughts on the Reign of George III."
The manuscript is not titled but the published text bears the title "Thoughts on the Reign of George III."
Provenance
Given by Mary Berry to Sir Frankland Lewis; by descent to his daughter-in-law Lady Theresa Lewis; by descent to her son Sir Thomas Villiers Lister; by descent to his wife Lady Lister; acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1904.
Summary
Being a brief summary of the reign of George III with emphasis on the political turmoil during the reign and the personalities of his supporters and his enemies; concluding that "From this slight view or sketch, it is obvious that every disgrace and misfortune that has fallen on the King has proceeded from only those Ministers whom he himself approved."
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