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John Wilkes

Born: 1725

Died: 1797

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Born: 1725

Died: 1797

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A letter to His Grace, the Duke of Grafton, First Commissioner of His Majesty's Treasury

1767

Observations on the papers relative to the rupture with Spain laid before both Houses of Parliament, on Friday the twenty-ninth day of January, 1762, ... In a letter from a Member of Parliament, to a friend in the country

1762

The controversial letters of John Wilkes, Esq., the Rev. John Horne, and their principal adherents

1771

A letter to the Right Hon. the Earl of Temple, on the subject of the forty-fifth number of the North-Briton and on his patronage [John Wilkes] of the supposed author of it

1763

The works of the celebrated John Wilkes ... formerly published under the title of the North Briton ...They contain all the important events of government, with their secret springs and causes, during the administrations of Lord Holland, William Pitt ... Lord Bute, Lord Halifax, and George Greenville ... forming a lively and instructive history of men, principles and the times ...

1763

A copy of a letter from John Wilkes, Esq., member of Parliament, to the Secretaries of State

1763

A letter to a noble member of the club in Albemarle-Street, from John Wilkes, Esq; at Paris

1764

A catalogue of the valuable library of John Wilkes, esq which will be sold by auction, by Samuel Baker, in York-Street, Covent Garden, on Thursday, May the 3d, 1764, and the four following days (Sunday excepted) beginning each day punctually at twelve o'clock

1764

A letter to a member of the club in Albemarle-Street

1764

A letter to His Grace the Duke of Grafton first commissioner of His Majesty's treasury

1767

John Wilkes, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy Duke of

A letter to His Grace the Duke of Grafton, first commissioner of his Majesty's treasvry ...

1767

A complete collection of the genuine papers, letters, &c. in the case of John Wilkes, Esq., late member for Aylesbury, in the county of Bucks

1767

The history of England from the Revolution to the accession of the Brunswick line

1768

John Wilkes, Hugh Gaine, Arthur Melville Clark, Gerald M. Goldberg, Donald and Mary Hyde Collection of Dr. Samuel Johnson (Houghton Library)

A Letter to his grace the Duke of Grafton, on the present situation of public affairs

1768

Arms of liberty and slavery. To the gentlemen, clergy, and freeholders of the county of Middlesex

1768

A letter to the Right Honourable George Grenville, occasioned by ... the speech he made in the House of Commons on the motion for expelling Mr. Wilkes, Friday, February 3, 1769. To which is added, a letter on the public conduct of Mr. Wilkes, first published November 1, 1768. With an appendix

1769

An appendix to the first forty six numbers of the North Briton: Containing, a full and distinct account of the persecution carried on against John Wilkes, esq., with a faithful collection of that gentleman's tracts and papers, from the year 1762, to the year 1769

1769

An answer to a pamphlet [By Sir William Meredith] entitled, The question stated whether the freeholders of Middlesex fordeited their right by voting for Mr. Wilkes" ...

1769

Nathaniel Forster, William Meredith, John Wilkes

The North Briton from no. I. to ... [no. CCXVIII] inclusive [June 5, 1762-May 11, 1771]

1769

Letters between The Duke of Grafton the Earls of Halifax, Egremont, Chatham, Temple, and Talbot, Baron Bottetourt, Rt. Hon. Henry Bilson Legge, Rt. Hon. Sir John Cust, Bart. Mr. Charles Churchill, Monsieur Voltaire, the Abbé Winckleman, &c. &c. and John Wilkes, esq

1769

The life and political writings of John Wilkes, Esq four times elected Knight of the Shire for the county of Middlesex, and alderman elect of the ward of Farringdon without, London

1769

The works of the celebrated John Wilkes, Esq; formerly published under the title of the North Briton In three volumes : the last of which was privately printed by the author for the use of a few trusty friends : they contain all the important events of government, with their secret springs and causes, during the administrations of Lord Holland, William Pitt, Esq; Lord Bute, Lord Halifax, and George Greenville, Esq; anecdotes and characters of many great personages, at this time struggling for power and office; the lampoons which occasioned his duels with Earl Talbot, and Secretary Martin; his controversies with Dr. Smollet, author of The Briton; Mr. Murphy, writer of The Auditor; and Mr. Scott, under the name of Anti-Sejanus; the detection of Mr. Pownal; Mr. Wilkes's affair with Lord Bute's son, a school boy; specimens of Mr. Beckford's parliamentary eloquence &c. &.c : forming a lively and an instructive history of men, principles and the times; written with much freedom and elegance, as is not to be parallel'd in the productions of any age of language

1770

Theophrastou Charaktēres ēthikoi

1790

Theophrastus, John Wilkes

The principal corrections and additions to the first edition of Mr. Boswell's Life of Dr. Johnson

1793

James Boswell, Charles Dilly, Henry Baldwin, H. S. Woodfall, R. De Coverly, John Wilkes, Francis Richard Charles Grant, Percy Fitzgerald, Lena Stevens Adam, R. B. Adam, Talbot de Malahide, Joyce Gunning Lady, Donald & Mary Hyde Collection of Dr. Samuel Johnson (Houghton Library)

Letters, from the year 1774 to the year 1796

1805

The late John Wilkes's catechism of a ministerial member taken from an Original Manuscript in Mr. Wilkess̕ handwriting, never before printed, and adapted to the present occasion. With permission

1817

John Wilkes, William Hone

Catalogue of the valuable library of an eminent collector ... The collection is particularly rich in valuable & choice illumined manuscripts; block books and early typograhy ... which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. S. Leigh Sotheby & co. ... on Friday March 12th, 1847 ...

1847

An essay on woman, and other pieces printed at the private press in Great George-street, Westminster, in 1763, and now reproduced in fac-simile from a copy believed to be unique, to which are added, Epigrams and miscellaneous poems now first collected

1871

The bear and the phoenix John Wilkes' letter on Johnson's Dictionary newly reprinted in full

1978

The diaries of John Wilkes, 1770-1797

2014