Pitt versus Prince Prince versus Pitt.

People / Organizations

• P. Bryne ("printed by")
• William Pitt the younger (Author)

Imprint

Dublin: printed by P. Bryne, and William Allen, 1789.

Publication year

1789-1789

ESTC No.

N67314

Grub Street ID

48908

Description

1 sheet : ports. ; 1⁰

Note

Concerns Pitt's offer of a regency to the Prince of Wales, occasioned by George III's illness.

The reply, sometimes attributed to Sheridan, may be attributed to Edmund Burke (cf. Todd, 'A bibliography of Edmund Burke', p.274).

A copy intended for distribution to members of parliament contains an advertisement warning that "very inaccurate copies of the communication made by Mr. Pitt ... and of his Royal Highness's reply, ... appeared in the daily prints, ..."

With engraved portraits of Pitt and George IV at head of sheet.

Uncontrolled note

This edition not mentioned in Todd