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Title

Examinations taken before a committee of the House of Commons appointed to draw up article of impeachment against Lord Viscount Melville :

Authors

• Great Britain
• Whitbread, Samuel, 1764-1815

Other related names

• Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner
• Furber, Holden, 1903-1993, former owner

Call number

Ms. Coll. 840
(Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Rare Book & Manuscript Library)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9950652833503681
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5065283

Publisher

The University of Pennsylvania Libraries

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."

Extent

1 item (1 volume)

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.
   

Subjects topical

• Trials (Impeachment)--Great Britain

Genres

• Government records
• Transcripts
• Manuscripts, English--19th century

Licenses

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