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396.: grenfell to ricardo1 - David Ricardo, The Works and Correspondence of David Ricardo, Vol. 8 Letters 1819-June 1821 [1819]

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The Works and Correspondence of David Ricardo, ed. Piero Sraffa with the Collaboration of M.H. Dobb (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2005). Vol. 8 Letters 1819-1821.

Part of: The Works and Correspondence of David Ricardo, 11 vols (Sraffa ed.)

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396.

grenfell to ricardo1

My dear Ricardo

The Bill2 is lost in the Lords—So you may either come up or not I presume as you best like on the 23d

108—for
99—against
Majority only 9—    

Upon which Lord Liverpool came forward and abandoned the measure. The Town is to be illuminated. This is [the]3 best answer I can give to your Letter that I have just received from Taplow.

Yours very truly

Pascoe Grenfell

[1 ]MS in R.P.—The date is inferred from the contents.

[2 ]The Bill of Pains and Penalties against the Queen.

[3 ]Omitted in MS.