1-272-848 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Letter from George II to Thomas Pellam-Holles, Duke of Newcastle, 4th June 1757. Letter on Thomas Pellam-Holles' negotiations for forming a ministry, which ended in his return to office as First Lord of the Treasury, with William Pitt as Secretary of State and his rival Henry Fox, as Paymaster-General of the Forces. From the second series of Facsimiles of royal, historical, literary and other autographs in the Department of Manuscripts, British Museum: Series I-V. (London, 1899).