Mar 26, 2009 - Sale 2174

Sale 2174 - Lot 16

Price Realized: $ 420
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(AMERICAN REVOLUTION.) George III. His Majesty's Most Gracious Speech to both Houses of Parliament, on Saturday, July 3, 1779. Folio, 4-page unbound pamphlet, worn and dampstained. London, 1779

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The King thanks Parliament for their prosecution of the war, and expresses regret for the "additional burthens on My faithful and beloved people" which it has brought. He also expresses confidence that the colonists will not "persist in preferring an unnatural and dangerous connection with a foreign power to peace and re-union with their mother country." Only 2 copies listed on ESTC.