The Humble Address of the House of Commons to the Queen.
Author:
W. Bromley, Speaker [Address of the House of Commons to Queen Anne, 1711; Treaty of Utrecht]
Publication details:
London: Printed for Samuel Keble at the Turk's Head in Fleetstreet, and Henry Clements at the Half-Moon in S. Paul's Church-yard. 1711.
£56.00
SKU: 8600
Printed on one side of a leaf of laid paper, roughly 30 x 19 cm. The address itself is 45 lines long. Text clear and complete. On aged, grubby and worn paper with closed tear to margin (not affecting text). A response to the Queen's 'Speech from the Throne', expressing happiness at 'the Succession of the House of Hanover, as limited by Parliament, upon which the future Security of Our Religion, Laws, and Liberties, depends'. Also refers to 'the Just and Honourable Peace Your Majesty has in View', and 'the best Way to bring this Treaty [of Utrecht] to Good Effect'. Beneath address: 'By Virtue of an Order of the House of Commons, I do appoint Samuel Keble and Henry Clements to Print this Address; Ant that no other Person presume to Print the same. | W. BROMLEY, Speaker.' Headed '[11] Numb. 3'. At foot: '(Price One Penny.)' Scarce: COPAC only lists a copy at Lambeth Palace.