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• Great Britain -- Politics and government, 1649-1660 -- Early works to 1800

• Concerning the gouverment of the present Parlament of England, those are in the behalfe of the supreame iudge to be delivered to the lord mayor and aldermen of the city of London, and are by them to be made knowne and manifested unto all other magistrats of the cities and provinces of the whole kingdome. ([S.l. : s.n.], anno 1651) (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• A brief review of the most material Parliamentary proceedings of this present Parliament, and their armies, in their civil and martial affairs. Which Parliament began the third of November, 1640. And the remarkable transactions are continued untill the Act of Oblivion, February 24. 1652. Published as a breviary, leading all along successiviely, as they fell out in their severall years: so that if any man will be informed of any remarkable passage, he may turne to the year, and so see in some measure, in what moneth thereof it was accomplished. And for information of such as are altogether ignorant of the rise and progresse of these times, which things are brought to passe, that former ages have not heard of, and after ages will admire. A work worthy to be kept in record, and communicated to posterity. (London : Printed by M.S. for Tho: Jenner, at the South-entrance of the Royal Exchange., 1653), by John Vicars and James Hamilton Hamilton (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• A declaration of the Armie concerning Lieut. Collonel John Lilburn; and their resolution to establish the people in all their just rights, liberties, priviledges, and freedomes. With the remonstrance, and petition, of the officers and souldiers, citizens and countrey-men, rich and poor; with all the distressed and oppressed people of England; to the Parliament. Together with their propositions and desires; and a gallant way propounded, for the taking off all taxes, a time prefixed; the uniting of all parties; the establishing of peace; and making trade free. (Imprinted at London : for G. Horton, 1652), by England and Wales. Army (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Inquisition for the blood of our late soveraign, in an humble addresse to His most sacred Majesty. (London : printed in the year, 1660) (HTML at EEBO TCP)

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• Our British Ally (1944), by Herbert Heaton (multiple formats at archive.org)
• A Short Guide to Great Britain (ca. 1942), by United States Army Service Forces Special Service Division
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• Britain's Place in the Great Plan: Four Lectures delivered in London, June and July 1921, by Annie Besant (HTML at anandgholap.net)
• Economic series (Printed by order of the Trustees of the British Museum, 1913), by British Museum (Natural History) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Seven Lectures on the United Kingdom for use in India: Reissued for use in the United Kingdom, by Halford John Mackinder (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Storm. An Essay., by Daniel Defoe (Gutenberg ebook)

• La Grande charte (L. Hachette et cie, 1853), by Camille Rousset (page images at HathiTrust)

• A true collection of the writings of the author of The true born English-man. (Printed, and are to be sold by most Booksellers in London and Westminster, 1703), by Daniel Defoe (page images at HathiTrust)

• Memoirs of John Ker ([s.n.], 1726), by John Ker and Edmund Curll (page images at HathiTrust)

• Memoirs of John Ker ([s.n.], 1726), by John Ker and Edmund Curll (page images at HathiTrust)

• Memoirs of John Ker ([s.n.], 1726), by John Ker and Edmund Curll (page images at HathiTrust)

• Loyalty to our King, the safety of our country, against all popish emissaries and pretenders; and ... King George the second proved to be ... the unica salus of this nation ... (M. Cooper, 1745) (page images at HathiTrust)
• A letter from a patriot in retirement, to the right honourable Mr. William Pitt upon the resigning of his employment. (Printed for G. Woodfall, the Corner of Craig's Court, Charing-Cross, 1761), by William Pitt and Thomas Hervey (page images at HathiTrust)

• Nouveau compte rendu, ou, tableau historique des finances d'Angleterre, depuis le regne de Guillaume III, jusqu'en 1784 (et se trouve a Paris, chez l'auteur, rue des Fosses-Montmartre, no. 35. Couturier, Imprimeur Libraire, Quai des Augustins, pres L'Eglise, 1784), by Michel-René Hilliard d'Auberteuil (page images at HathiTrust)

• An exact and correct list of the lords spiritual and temporal. As likewise of the knights and commissioners of shires, citizens, and burgesses, chose to serve in the ensuing Parliament. Being the first Parliament of his majesty King George II. and the seventh of Great Britain since the union. Wherein every member is justly and properly describ'd by his title, honour, dignity, or publick employment, etc. (J. Pote, 1727), by Great Britain Parliament (page images at HathiTrust)
• The conduct of the ministry impartially examined in a letter to the merchants of London. (Printed for S. Bladon in Pater-noster-Row, 1756), by David Mallet and Pre-1801 Imprint Collection (Library of Congress) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Substance of General Burgoyne's speeches (Printed for J. Almon, 1778), by John Burgoyne and David Center for the American Revolution (page images at HathiTrust)
• A letter from Lieut. Gen. Burgoyne to his constituents, upon his late resignation; with correspondences between the secretaries of war and him, relative to his return to America. (Printed for J. Almon, 1779), by John Burgoyne (page images at HathiTrust)
• Nouveau compte rendu, ou, tableau historique des finances d'Angleterre, depuis le regne de Guillaume III, jusqu'en 1784 (et se trouve a Paris, chez l'auteur, rue des Fosses-Montmartre, no. 35. Couturier, Imprimeur Libraire, Quai des Augustins, pres L'Eglise, 1784), by Michel-René Hilliard d'Auberteuil (page images at HathiTrust)
• A true history of a late short administration. (Printed for J. Almon, opposite Burlington House, in Piccadilly, 1766), by Charles Lloyd and Edmund Burke (page images at HathiTrust)
• A letter to a great m---------r, on the prospect of a peace : wherein the demolition of the fortifications of Louisbourg is shewn to be absurd, the importance of Canada fully refuted, the proper barrier pointed out in North America, and the reasonableness and necessity of retaining the French sugar islands : containing remarks on some preceding pamphlets that have treated of the subject, and a succinct view of the whole terms that ought to be insisted on from France at a future negociation (Printed for G. Kearsly, at the Golden Lion, in Ludgate-street, 1761), by Unprejudiced observer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Letter to His Grace the Duke of Newcastle, on the present crisis in the affairs of Great Britain (Printed for R. Griffiths, in the Strand, 1761), by Thomas Pelham-Holles Newcastle (page images at HathiTrust)
• Extra official state papers addressed to the Right Hon. Lord Rawdon (Printed., 1789), by William Knox (page images at HathiTrust)
• Preliminary articles of peace, between His Britannick Majesty, the Most Christian King, and the Catholick King : signed at Fontainebleau, the 3d day of November, 1762. (Printed by E. Owen and T. Harrison, in Warwick-Lane, 1762), by France and Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress) (page images at HathiTrust)

• A letter to a great m---------r, on the prospect of a peace : wherein the demolition of the fortifications of Louisbourg is shewn to be absurd, the importance of Canada fully refuted, the proper barrier pointed out in North America, and the reasonableness and necessity of retaining the French sugar islands : containing remarks on some preceding pamphlets that have treated of the subject, and a succinct view of the whole terms that ought to be insisted on from France at a future negociation (Printed for G. Kearsly, at the Golden Lion, in Ludgate-street, 1761), by Unprejudiced observer (page images at HathiTrust)

• A true collection of the writings of the author of The true born English-man. (Printed, and are to be sold by most Booksellers in London and Westminster, 1703), by Daniel Defoe (page images at HathiTrust)

• Female beauty, as preserved and improved by regimen, cleanliness and dress : and especially by the adaptation, colour and arrangement of dress, as variously influencing the forms, complexion, and expression of each individual, and rendering cosmetic impositions unnecessary (Thomas Hurst, 65, St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1837), by A. Walker, John William Wright, E. T. Parris, M. Gauci, and Anthony Carlisle (page images at HathiTrust)

• Our colonial expansion. Extracts from the Expansion of England. (London, 1887), by John Robert Seeley (page images at HathiTrust)

• An entire and complete history, political and personal, of the boroughs of Great Britain; together with the Cinque Ports. (B. Crosby, 1794), by T. H. B. Oldfield (page images at HathiTrust)

• Our electoral system: the demand for reform. (T. Murby & co., 1912), by Joseph King and Frank Walter Rafferty (page images at HathiTrust)
• The story of the shire, being the lore, history and evolution of English county institutions (H. Cranton limited, 1921), by Frederick William Hackwood (page images at HathiTrust)
• Provinces of England; a study of some geographical aspects of devolution (Williams and Norgate, 1919), by C. B. Fawcett (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The representative history of Great Britain and Ireland: being a history of the House of commons, and of the counties, cities, and boroughs of the United Kingdom ... (Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1816), by T. H. B. Oldfield (page images at HathiTrust)
• Analytical index to the reports of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the municipal corporations (England and Wales) : ordered, by the House of Commons, to be printed, 15 July 1839. (s.n., 1839), by Great Britain Commission for Inquiring into the State of the Several Municipal Corporations in England and Wales (page images at HathiTrust)
• Reports. (s.n, 1832), by Great Britain. Commissioners on Proposed Division of Counties and Boundaries of Boroughs (page images at HathiTrust)
• Municipal corporation boundaries (England and Wales) : Report of the Commissioners appointed to report and advise upon the boundaries and wards of certain boroughs and corporate towns in England and Wales ([s.n.], 1837), by Great Britain Commission for Inquiring into the State of the Several Municipal Corporations in England and Wales (page images at HathiTrust)
• Parliamentary representation IV. & V. : (reports of Commissioners, and answers of returning officers. Ordered, by the House of Commons, to be printed, 19 January 1832) (s.n., 1832), by Great Britain. Commissioners on Proposed Division of Counties and Boundaries of Boroughs (page images at HathiTrust)
• A topographical dictionary of England, comprising the several counties, cities, corporate and market towns, parishes, chapelries, and townships, and the islands of Guernsey, Jersey, and Man, with historical and statistical descriptions; illustrated by maps of the different counties and islands; a map of England, shewing the principal towns, roads, railways, navigable rivers, and canals; and a plan of London and its environs; and embellished with engravings of the arms of the cities, bishopricks, universities, colleges, corporate towns, and boroughs; and of the seals of the several municipal corporations. (S. Lewis and Co., 1835), by Samuel Lewis (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Notitia parliamentaria: or, An history of the counties, cities, and boroughs in England and Wales ... : The whole extracted from mss. and printed evidences ... (Printed for Robert Gosling ..., 1716), by Browne Willis (page images at HathiTrust)
• Parliamentary representation; further return to an address to His Majesty, dated 12 December, 1831; for copies of instructions given by the Secretary of State for the Home department with reference to Parliamentary representation; likewise copies of letters of reports received by the Secretary of state for the Home department in answer to such instructions. Reports from Commissioners on proposed division of counties and boundaries of boroughs ... (n.pub., 1832), by Great Britain. Commissioners on Proposed Division of Counties and Boudaries of Boroughs (page images at HathiTrust)
• Notitia parliamentaria, or, An history of the counties, cities, and boroughs in England and Wales : ... The whole extracted from mss. and printed evidences ... (R. Gosling, 1716), by Browne Willis (page images at HathiTrust)
• An account of the constitutional English polity of congregational courts : and more particularly of the great annual court of the people, called the view of frankpledge, wherein the whole body of the nation was arranged into regular divisions of tithings, hundreds, &c. ... intended as an appendix to several tracts on national defence, &c. ((First printed in 1784:) Reprinted for B. White and C. Dilly, 1786), by Granville Sharp (page images at HathiTrust)
• Provinces of England a study of some geographical aspects of devolution (Williams and Norgate, 1919), by C. B. Fawcett (page images at HathiTrust)

• Report : Together with the proceedings of the committee, minutes of evidence, appendix and index. ([publisher not identified], 1853), by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on Dockyard Appointments (page images at HathiTrust)
• Real situation of the Navy of Great Britain at the period of Lord St. Vincent's resignation (J. Budd :, 1804), by John Wells (page images at HathiTrust)

• Jones' views of the seats, mansions, castles, etc. of noblemen and gentlemen in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland : and other picturesque scenery accompanied with historical descriptions of the mansions, lists of pictures, statues, etc. and genealogical sketches of the families and thier possessors; forming part of the general series of Jones' Great Britain illustrated. (Jones & co., 1829), by England) Jones and Co. (London (page images at HathiTrust)

• Agricultural holdings : the Agricultural Holdings Act, 1908, and Small Holdings and Allotments Act, 1908, and other agricultural statutes, including those relating to distress, game, and wild birds (Butterworth, 1909), by Great Britain, J. M. Lely, and W. H. Aggs (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

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