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Letters from a celebrated nobleman to his heir. Never before published.

A full and particular account of the life and trial of the Reverend Doctor Dodd, Chaplain to the Earl of Chesterfield, who was capitally convicted, at the Old-Bailey, on Saturday the 22d of February, 1777, for forging and uttering as true, a counterfeit Bond, purporting to be the Bond of the Earl of Chesterfield, for the Sum of 4200 l. with intent to defraud Messrs, Fletcher and Peach, Esqin of the same. Together with the examination of Messrs. Dodd and Robinson, before the Right honourable the Lord Mayor, for the said Forgery, and their separate Defences.

Choix des lettres du Lord Chesterfield, a son fils. Traduites de L'Anglois. Par M. Peyron.

Letters written by the late Right Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope. Earl of Chesterfield, to his son, Philip Stanhope, Esq; late Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Dresden. Together with several other pieces on various subjects. Published from the originals by Mrs. Eugenia Stanhiope. The tenth edition: in which are inserted, in their proper places, several letters that were wanting at the time of the first publication.

A full and circumstantial account of the trial of the Rev. Doctor Dodd, at the Sessions House in the Old Bailey, On Saturday the 22d of February, 1777, Before the Hon. Baron Perryn, For Forging a bond Amounting to Four Thousand Two Hundred Pounds, purporting to be the Bond of the Right Honourable The Earl of Chesterfield. Wherein is accurately related, The Arguments of the Council on the various Points of Law; A full Account of the Examination of the Witnesses; The Prisoner's Defence, &c. With Original Remarks on the Trial.

[Philip Stanhope, 5th earl of Chesterfield correspondence].

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Chesterfield, Philip Stanhope, Earl of, 1755-1815

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[Philip Stanhope, 5th earl of Chesterfield correspondence].