Examinations taken before a committee of the House of Commons appointed to draw up article of impeachment against Lord Viscount Melville : manuscript, 1805.
- Publication:
- 1805.
- Format/Description:
- Manuscript
1 item (1 volume) - Online:
- Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda)
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- Subjects:
- Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811.
Trials (Impeachment) -- Great Britain.
Trials (Impeachment).
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1760-1820.
Great Britain.
Politics and government. - Form/Genre:
- Government records.
Transcripts.
Manuscripts, English. - Summary:
- Transcript of hearings at which various individuals testified before a committee chaired by Samuel Whitbread concerning Lord Melville's handling of public funds when serving as treasurer of the Admiralty. The transcripts are dated July 2-12, 1805. Every day except the first has the note, "Copy from Mr. Gurney's shorthand notes."
- Penn Provenance:
- Formerly owned by Sir Thomas Phillipps, ms. 7346 (spine label, inscription on first flyleaf).
Sold by Bernard Halliday (Leicester, England) to Holden Furber, 1927; gift of Holden Furber. - Cited in:
- Listed in Furber, Holden. Henry Dundas, first viscount Melville, 1742-1811: political manager of Scotland, statesman, administrator of British India (London: Oxford, 1931), Appendix C, Authorities, Original Sources, Melville Manuscripts, p. 318.
- Contributor:
- Whitbread, Samuel, 1764-1815.
Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner.
Furber, Holden, 1903-1993, former owner. - OCLC:
- 751995179