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Foreign News
February 8, 1771
The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle
Portsmouth, Greenland, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
In the London Chronicle of Nov. 10, Mr. Wilkes published an account of the Westminster Electors' general meeting, avowing he drafted instructions for impeaching Lord N-e-r, whom he deems a weak, wicked minister behind tyranny at home and in the colonies.
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In an account published by Mr. Wilkes, in the London Chronicle of Nov. 10, of the proceedings of the general meeting of the Westminster Electors, he says, 'I avow having drawn up the instructions for the impeachment of Lord N-e-r, in which my hand and heart perfectly concurred, for I think him a weak, wicked, and damn'd Minister, and that from the two important posts he now fills, he must be considered as the ostensible Minister, and the chief instrument of the tyranny we groan under at home and in the colonies.'
What sub-type of article is it?
Political
Colonial Affairs
What keywords are associated?
Wilkes
Impeachment
Lord N E R
Westminster Electors
Tyranny
Colonies
What entities or persons were involved?
Mr. Wilkes
Lord N E R
Where did it happen?
Westminster
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
Westminster
Event Date
Nov. 10
Key Persons
Mr. Wilkes
Lord N E R
Event Details
Mr. Wilkes avows having drawn up instructions for the impeachment of Lord N-e-r at the general meeting of the Westminster Electors, describing him as a weak, wicked, and damn'd Minister responsible for tyranny at home and in the colonies.