William Cobbett: A Biography in Two Volumes, Vol. 2Smith, Edward
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William Cobbett: A Biography in Two Volumes, Vol. 2
Smith, Edward
Cobbett, William 1763-1835
Miscellaneous State Papers [French depredations; Washington’s
retirement; impeachment of Wm. Blount, &c.]
Miscellaneous Anecdotes.
Selections from _Porcupine’s Gazette_.
The twelfth volume contains a series of historical documents
and remarks, from Dec. 1799 to March 1801; some of which are
extracted from the London _Porcupine_.]
34. A COLLECTION OF FACTS AND OBSERVATIONS, RELATIVE TO THE PEACE
WITH BONAPARTE, chiefly extracted from the _Porcupine_, and including
Mr. Cobbett’s letters to Lord Hawkesbury. To which is added, an
appendix, containing the divers conventions, treaties, state-papers,
and despatches connected with the subject; together with extracts from
the speeches of Mr. Pitt, Mr. Fox, and Lord Hawkesbury, respecting
Bonaparte and a peace with France. By William Cobbett. London, Nov. 2,
1801. 8vo. pp. 231-lxiii.
35. LETTERS TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE HENRY ADDINGTON, Chancellor of
His Majesty’s Exchequer, on the fatal effects of the peace with
Buonaparte, particularly with respect to the colonies, the commerce,
the manufactures, and the constitution of the United Kingdom. By
William Cobbett. London, January, 1802. 8vo.
[These two articles [34, 35] were reproduced, in part, under
the following title: “Letters to the Right Honourable Lord
Hawkesbury, and to the Right Honourable Henry Addington, on
the peace with Buonaparte, to which is added an appendix,
containing a collection (now greatly enlarged) of all the
conventions, treaties, speeches, and other documents connected
with the subject. By William Cobbett. Second Edition. London,
January, 1802.]
36. COBBETT’S WEEKLY POLITICAL REGISTER. London, January, 1803-June,
1835.
[Fortnightly in Jan. 1803, afterwards weekly, except April 12
to July 5, 1817; Mar. 21, May 2, June 27, Aug. 15, Oct. 17,
24, 31, Nov. 7, 14, 1818; Aug. 21, Oct. 16, Nov. 20, 27, 1819;
Feb. 26, Mar. 4, 11, 18, 1820--all of which were missed. Price
10_d._, occasionally 1_s._, until October, 1816, thence 2_d._
till Jan. 6, 1820 (July to October, 1816, reprinted in cheap
form); 6_d._ from Jan. 15, 1820 to Dec. 1827; 7_d._ from Jan.
1828; 1_s._ from Oct. 30, 1830; 1_s._ 2_d._ from Jan. 8, 1831.]
The first four vols. (_Cobbett’s Annual Register_ on title) published
with supplements of state papers, &c.
_Cobbett’s Weekly Political Pamphlet_, on and after Feb. 15, 1817;
again called _Cobbett’s Weekly Political Register_ in the following
year.
_Cobbett’s Weekly Register_ in April, 1821.
_Cobbett’s Weekly Political Register_, during and after 1828.
Many articles were reprinted from the _Register_, and published
separately. The most important were:--
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