Edmund Burke, New York Agent: With His Letters to the New York Assembly and Intimate Correspondence with Charles O'Hara, 1761-1776

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• Title Page iii
• Acknowledgments vii
• Contents xi
• Illustrations xii
• Introduction 1
• Part I - Edmund Burke, New York Agent 13
• I. Colonial Agents and Agencies. 15
• Ii. Burke and Colonial America 23
• Iii. New York in the British Empire, 1760-1770 76
• Iv. the Agent at Work, 1771-1773 103
• V. the Agent and the Crisis, 1774-1775 126
• Vi. Last Efforts for Conciliation 160
• Vii. Burke's New York Letter-Book 194
• Part Ii Edmund Burke and Charles O'Hara An Intimate Correspondence 1761-1776 273
• I. Mr. Hamilton's Secretary 275
• Ii. Parliament and the Peace of Paris 292

• Title Page iii
• Acknowledgments vii
• Contents xi
• Illustrations xii
• Introduction 1
• Part I - Edmund Burke, New York Agent 13
• I. Colonial Agents and Agencies. 15
• Ii. Burke and Colonial America 23
• Iii. New York in the British Empire, 1760-1770 76
• Iv. the Agent at Work, 1771-1773 103
• V. the Agent and the Crisis, 1774-1775 126
• Vi. Last Efforts for Conciliation 160
• Vii. Burke's New York Letter-Book 194
• Part Ii Edmund Burke and Charles O'Hara An Intimate Correspondence 1761-1776 273
• I. Mr. Hamilton's Secretary 275
• Ii. Parliament and the Peace of Paris 292
• Iii. Irish Affairs, 1762-1764 304
• Iv. Secretary to Lord Rockingham, 1765 314
• V. American and Irish Affairs, 1766 324
• Vi. an Unemployed Politician on an Irish Holiday 352
• Vii. the Rockinghams Go into Opposition 367
• Viii. the Follies of Chatham and Townshend 383
• Ix. a New Order for Ireland 406
• X. "Wilkes and Liberty" 430
• Xi. "The Interposition of the Body of the People" 445
• Xii. Recreations and Reflections in the Summer Of 1770 469
• Xiii. Juries and Printers 478
• Xiv. Politicians as Farmers 495
• Xv. While Opposition Slept 504
• Xvii. Ireland and Absentee Landlords 550
• Xviii. America and Bristol 563
• Xix. Arms Against America 576
• Xx. "A Species of Turpitude Not Decent to Name" 599
• References for Part I 616
• Index 621