BEACONSFIELD, October 8th, 1777.
A
LETTER
TO
THE MARQUIS OF ROCKINGHAM,
WITH
ADDRESSES TO THE KING,
AND
THE BRITISH COLONISTS IN NORTH AMERICA,
IN RELATION TO
THE MEASURES OF GOVERNMENT IN THE AMERICAN CONTEST, AND A PROPOSED SECESSION OF THE OPPOSITION FROM PARLIAMENT.
JANUARY, 1777.
NOTE.
This Letter, with the two Addresses which follow it, was written upon occasion of a proposed secession from Parliament of the members in both Houses who had opposed the measures of government, in the contest between this country and the colonies in North America, from the time of the repeal of the Stamp Act. It appears, from an indorsement written by Mr. Burke on the manuscript, that he warmly recommended the measure, but (for what reasons is not stated) it was not adopted.