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"... Cette sup riorit particuli re de Pitt ne s'explique pas seulement par la force de son esprit et par l' nergie de sa volont . Ce qu'il a appliqu pour la premi re fois, il ne l'a pas imagin . Les finances de tous les tats de l'Europe, sans en excepter, certains gards, celles de l'Angleterre, taient encore, la fin du dernier si cle, dans le chaos du moyen- ge; mais l'esprit d'examen, qui avait pris un si grand essor pendant ce si cle, s' tait exerc sur les sources de la richesse, des nations comme sur les autres branches des connaissances humaines. Une science nouvelle venait de na tre. Les conomistes fran ais avaient donn le signal; apr s eux tait venu Adam Smith, dont le grand ouvrage publi en 1776, commen a une r volution qui n'est pas encore finie. D'innombrables crits, aujourd'hui oubli s, paraissaient dans toutes les langues, et portaient la lumi re sur les questions les plus obscures de l'ordre financier. Le m rite de Pitt fut de s'approprier ce qu'il y avait de vrai dans les th ories qui avaient cours de son temps et d'oser les mettre en pratique. Il n'en eut pas moins de m rite, car en toute chose l'ex cution est la grande difficult . Cependant il trouva un appui solide dans l'opinion des hommes clair s qui suivaient comme lui le mouvement des id es. Il eut aussi le bonheur de s'adresser l'intelligence d'une nation minemment positive, qui le comprit vite et ne l'abandonna jamais. Il rencontra bien des difficult s qu'il ne put vaincre au premier effort, il se trompa bien des fois; mais son pays lui resta fid le, m me dans ses erreurs, et ce n'est qu'ainsi qu'il put venir bout de son oeuvre. Les hommes les plus minents ne peuvent rien que quand ils sont second s..."
By: Dorothy D. Ellison, Pub. 1968, reprinted 2023, 150 pages, Index soft cover, ISBN #978-1-63914-133-3. Pitt County was created in 1760 from Beaufort County. It lies in the eastern part of the state. This book covers Deed Books "B - H" which covers the time frame of 1761-1785. information to be found: names of grantor and Grantee, Date of transaction, page of book recorded in, number of acres, former owner's names, and purchase price along with witness to the recording of deed.
By: Dorothy D. Ellison, Pub. 1968, reprinted 2023, 256 pages, Index soft cover, ISBN #978-1-63914-134-0. Pitt County was created in 1760 from Beaufort County. It lies in the eastern part of the state. This book cover Deed Books "I - O" which covers the time frame of 1782-1801. information to be found: names of grantor and Grantee, Date of transaction, page of book recorded in, number of acres, former owner's names, and purchase price along with witness to the recording of deed.
The capture of Manila from the Spanish in October 1762 was an impressive victory, masterminded by a truly extraordinary leader. It was a battle that took British forces to the edge of the known world and caused William Pitt the Elder to refer to the General that commanded it, William Draper, as 'Manila's gallant conqueror'. "Pitt's Gallant Conqueror" tells the story of a brilliant general who also became a figure of controversy after becoming the victim of the political satirist 'Junius'. His greatest triumph - gaining a toehold in Manila and thus the Philippines - was marred as he fought long and hard for his 'just rewards' from the Manila ransom agreement and attracted savage satire. From his early years as a Guards officer in London, Draper had become a familiar figure in the social life of the capital where like so many of his peers he was in chronic financial straits from his gambling habits. A popular figure, he became a Fellow of King's College, Cambridge as well as a writer, sportsman, friend of poets and family man. His network of friends resulted in an incidental and lasting legacy from his involvement with drafting the laws of cricket. Using previously unpublished sources, James Dreaper has produced a groundbreaking new assessment of this unusual military figure, and a fascinating portrait of the times in which he served. "Pitt's Gallant Conqueror" illuminates the turbulent years of the mid eighteenth-century when there was still opportunity for military entrepreneurs to stamp their own mark on events.
This remarkable book opens at the dawn of the British Empire - with the great sea battle at Quiberon Bay where French ships, intended for the 1759 invasion of Britain, are chased, caught and defeated by a fleet commanded by Admiral Sir Edward Hawke. In this momentous victory Britain effectively settled the outcome of the Seven Years' War and established itself as the world's dominant imperial power.At the heart of the conflict with France was William Pitt, the first Earl of Chatham and Britain's future Prime Minister. Weaving together military history and political biography Edward Pearce provides a portrait of the man 'with an eye like a diamond' - a man who had close ties with the slave trade and who preached war and British supremacy on a world stage. Alongside detailed descriptions of battles in Europe and North America we follow Pitt's career as a politician - one that was closely intertwined with General James Wolfe at Quebec; American independence; the slow mind of George III and the quick one of the rake and outsider John Wilkes.Edward Pearce scrutinises the real man at the heart of the historical events and mystique surrounding the legacy of Pitt the Elder, to present a rounded and masterful portrait of arguably the most powerful minister ever to guide Britain's foreign policy and of an age which marked a new epoch in history, when the balance of power in Europe and the world was set for almost two centuries.
Pitt et Napoleon, par le chevr de Cesa-PalombaDate de l'edition originale: 1825Ce livre est la reproduction fidele d une uvre publiee avant 1920 et fait partie d une collection de livres reimprimes a la demande editee par Hachette Livre, dans le cadre d un partenariat avec la Bibliotheque nationale de France, offrant l opportunite d acceder a des ouvrages anciens et souvent rares issus des fonds patrimoniaux de la BnF.Les uvres faisant partie de cette collection ont ete numerisees par la BnF et sont presentes sur Gallica, sa bibliotheque numerique.En entreprenant de redonner vie a ces ouvrages au travers d une collection de livres reimprimes a la demande, nous leur donnons la possibilite de rencontrer un public elargi et participons a la transmission de connaissances et de savoirs parfois difficilement accessibles.Nous avons cherche a concilier la reproduction fidele d un livre ancien a partir de sa version numerisee avec le souci d un confort de lecture optimal. Nous esperons que les ouvrages de cette nouvelle collection vous apporteront entiere satisfaction.Pour plus d informations, rendez-vous sur www.hachettebnf.fr
