William Pitt and national revival

by J. Holland Rose

[770] “Malmesbury Diaries,” ii, 464.

[771] Pitt MSS., 310. See “Life of Wilberforce,” i, 305, 307, 323.

[772] “Life of Wilberforce,” ii, 196; Clarkson, op. cit., ii, 475.

[773] See “Life of Wilberforce” (ii, 224) for an accusation against Pitt and the Government in this matter.

[774] Pitt MSS., 189.

[775] Lord Liverpool (as Mr. Jenkinson) had opposed on the ground that France, etc., would take up the trade if we let it fall.

[776] Clarkson, op. cit., ii, 485.

[777] Letter of James Stephen (June 1797) in “Life of Wilberforce,” ii, 225.

[778] As in June 1798. See “Life of Wilberforce,” ii, 286.

[779] For this letter see “Pitt and Napoleon Miscellanies.”