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... measure Petitions against the Bills Political pamphlets Barracks . Loan and new taxes · Selfish conduct of the landed interest Cessation of the Reign of Terror Opposition against negotiation . Persistence of the Ministry Failure of ...
... measure Petitions against the Bills Political pamphlets Barracks . Loan and new taxes · Selfish conduct of the landed interest Cessation of the Reign of Terror Opposition against negotiation . Persistence of the Ministry Failure of ...
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... Measures - Patriotic Fund - Change in Public Opinion . New Parliament New loan Drain of specie Meeting of merchants Arguments against the Act The Dutch fleet Loss of the English . Peerage and pension of Jervis Anonymous letters of ...
... Measures - Patriotic Fund - Change in Public Opinion . New Parliament New loan Drain of specie Meeting of merchants Arguments against the Act The Dutch fleet Loss of the English . Peerage and pension of Jervis Anonymous letters of ...
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... measures in Ireland . Treasonable projects of French invasion Duke of Portland's policy Overtures made to Grattan Fitzwilliam's arrival in Dublin . Influence of the Beresfords Panic amongst Irish officers Animosity against Fitzwilliam ...
... measures in Ireland . Treasonable projects of French invasion Duke of Portland's policy Overtures made to Grattan Fitzwilliam's arrival in Dublin . Influence of the Beresfords Panic amongst Irish officers Animosity against Fitzwilliam ...
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... measure to obtain a sus- pension of arms until the opportunity for action should arrive . The English Government retracted their offer of ten thousand men , and offered a subsidy of ten thousand guineas instead . The men were to follow ...
... measure to obtain a sus- pension of arms until the opportunity for action should arrive . The English Government retracted their offer of ten thousand men , and offered a subsidy of ten thousand guineas instead . The men were to follow ...
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... measure , have compensated for the delay of the British regiments ; but the Republican force , which , in June , when the expedition landed at Quiberon , did not exceed five thousand men , had been increased to forty thousand when His ...
... measure , have compensated for the delay of the British regiments ; but the Republican force , which , in June , when the expedition landed at Quiberon , did not exceed five thousand men , had been increased to forty thousand when His ...
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