The speech of the Right Honourable the Earl of Chatham, in the House of Lords, [the] 20th day of January, 1775, : on his motion for an address to [the] King, to remove the troops from Boston.

Text of Pitt's speech is preceded by an introductory passage probably written by Henry Cruger at whose instigation the speech was evidently reprinted at Bristol in 1778. Dated: Bristol, March 20, 1778. Text printed in four columns divided by ornamental rules. N-YHS copy imperfect: damaged along creases, with slight loss of text; manuscript leaf pasted onto verso reads: Lord Chatham's great speech, in the House of Lords, 20th January, 1775 - as caused to be reprinted at Bristol, 20th March, 1778, by Henry Cruger, then a representative for Bristol in the English House of Commons. Deposited in the Library of the N.Y. Historical Society, 4th Jany, 1859, by Henry C. Van Schaack a corresponding member.