A Letter to the Earl of Chatham, on the Quebec Bill
- William Meredith (author)
- Jack P. Greene (collection editor)
A Letter to the Earl of Chatham, on the Quebec Bill is an anonymously published 1774 pamphlet, later attributed to Sir William Meredith, directed at William Pitt the Elder (the Earl of Chatham) regarding the Quebec Act of that year. The Quebec Act was a controversial piece of British legislation that expanded the province of Quebec and granted new rights to French Canadians, sparking significant debate in Britain and the American colonies.
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