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Excerpt from Memoirs of the Reign of King George the Second, Vol. 2
Author avoids detailing Military events minutely; Defeat and Death of General Braddock; Events at Sea; Spain neutral; Fears for Hanover; Negotiations at Hanover. Treaties made there; Dissensions in Ministry and Royal Family; Disunion of Fox and Pitt; Affairs of Leicester House; King arrives; Ministers endeavour to procure support in Parliament; Fox made Secretary of State; Resignations and Promotions; Both Ministers insincere and discontented; Sir William Johnson's Victory; Accession of Bedford Party; The Parliament meets; Address in Lords; New Opposition of Pitt, &c.; Debates on the Treaties; Pitt &c. dismissed; Sir George Lyttelton Chancellor of the Exchequer; Complaint of Mr. Fox's Circular to Members of Parliament; Debate on Fox's Circular Letter; Debates on number of Seamen; Earthquake at Lisbon; Debates on a Prize Bill; Death of the Duke of Devonshire; Debates on the Army; Remarks on the above Debate; Debates on a new Militia Bill
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