Villers, Charles Pelham, 1802-1898 to unknown
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00496.242 Author/Creator: Villers, Charles Pelham, 1802-1898 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: circa 1830 Pagination: 4 p. ; 18.5 x 11.3 cm. Order a Copy
Villiers, a British politician and lawyer, writes to an unknown recipient. Discusses a mutual friend [Sembish?]. Mentions The Examiner, a London newspaper. Discusses British politics, and an "engagement with the Yankees." Writes, "I am afraid that the prevailing feeling in America is agst us- They see in our treatment of those colonies only a continuation of the same misgovernment that led to their own independence." Date previously inferred.
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