Copy letter from Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke to Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle

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Concerns: an answer to Newcastle's question about precedents; the Wilkes affair; prospects for a new administration; the Half Moon Club; Lord Lyttelton; Dr Shebbeare; his opinion of Lord Temple and Mr Pitt; the Duke of Bedford; libel cases of Mr Asgill in 1707 and Sir Richard Steele in 1713; the case of Mist in 1720 and other precendents; Paul Whitehead; the Duke of Cumberland; his attendance at court; Mr Legge; Lord Rockingham; an account from Charles and C.J. Pratt. Original written from Grosvenor Square. Signed: "Hardwicke" and "H".

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