JOURNALS OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS, BEGINNING ANNO DECIMO SEPTIMO GEORGII TERTII, 1776. VOL. XXXV.
London: [c. 1808]. Large folio, unbound and untrimmed. 820pp, occasional toning. Near Fine. Shipping charged at cost.
"Volumes i-xiii (1509-1681) of the journals were delivered in 1771, nine more in 1774, and again nine, bringing the journals down to 1767, in 1777. .. the order to print the journal for 1768 was not given until 1793. In 1808 the journal was twenty-nine years in arrear" (H. H. Bellot, 'Parliamentary printing, 1660-1837', Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research, vol. XI, 1933-34). ESTC T166648.
The Volume begins on October 13, 1776, about three months after the signing of the Declaration of Independence. The Journals cover the first three fateful years of the American Revolution. King George opens the Session with the announcement to Parliament that the American Colonies "have now openly renounced all Allegiance to the Crown, and all political connection with this Country. They have rejected, with Circumstances of Indignity and Insult, the Means of Conciliation held out to them under the Authority of our Constitution." Item #41535
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