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A letter from a member of Parliament to his friend in the country concerning a bill sent from the House of Commons, in order to be past into a law for disabling pensioners from sitting, or voting, in the House. With some observations on the Lords protest for confirming the said bill. In which is incerted, the speech of Sir Francis Wennington, to a Former Parliament, relating to those sort of Monsters, call'd Pensioners. To which is added, some remarks on the 115,000 l. granted to make good the arrears in the civil list revenues.

Title
A letter from a member of Parliament to his friend in the country [electronic resource] : concerning a bill sent from the House of Commons, in order to be past into a law for disabling pensioners from sitting, or voting, in the House. With some observations on the Lords protest for confirming the said bill. In which is incerted, the speech of Sir Francis Wennington, to a Former Parliament, relating to those sort of Monsters, call'd Pensioners. To which is added, some remarks on the 115,000 l. granted to make good the arrears in the civil list revenues.
Author
Member of Parliament.
Publication
London : printed for J. T., and sold at the Pamphlet Shops in London and Westminster, 1730.

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Description
[2],8,7-23,[1]p.; 8⁰.
Subject
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1702-1714
Note
  • Sometimes attributed to William Pulteney.
  • Text continuous despite pagination.
  • Price from imprint: Price 6 d.
  • Reproduction of original from Harvard University Houghton Library.
Indexed In (note)
  • English Short Title Catalog
Reproduction (note)
  • Electronic reproduction.
OCLC
  • 642110488
  • ECCO1-N10757
Author
Member of Parliament.
Title
A letter from a member of Parliament to his friend in the country [electronic resource] : concerning a bill sent from the House of Commons, in order to be past into a law for disabling pensioners from sitting, or voting, in the House. With some observations on the Lords protest for confirming the said bill. In which is incerted, the speech of Sir Francis Wennington, to a Former Parliament, relating to those sort of Monsters, call'd Pensioners. To which is added, some remarks on the 115,000 l. granted to make good the arrears in the civil list revenues.
Imprint
London : printed for J. T., and sold at the Pamphlet Shops in London and Westminster, 1730.
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Indexed In:
English Short Title Catalog, N10757.
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Place of Publication
Great Britain England London.
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