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Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Edward Gibbon, Esq, Volume 2

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Whittaker, Treacher, and Arnot, 1827

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Mr Gibbons letter to the hon Miss HolroydRemarks	28

333	35

Abstract of Mr Gibbons will	51

2235	57

INTRODUCTION to letters	79

Mr Mallet to Mr Gibbon inclosing a letter	88

Mr Gibbon to Mr Holroyd at BerlinAccount	96

Mr Gibbon to Mr Holroyd May 16th 1772	111

Madame du Deffand à M Gibbon	193

Mr Gibbon to Mr HolroydCapture	198

Mr Gibbon to Mr HolroydPrivate busi	205

Mr Gibbon to Mrs Gibbon on the same	213

Lord Hardwicke to Mr GibbonLord	221

Mr Gibbon to lord SheffieldPolitical	227

the correspondence Feb 10th 1783	235

Mr Gibbon to lord offering	268

Mr Gibbon to Mr Holroyd at Edinburgh	122

Mr Gibbon to Mr HolroydAccount of	131

Mr Gibbon to Mr Holroyd on general	137

Mr Gibbon to Mr Holroyd on parliamentary	141

Madame Necker à Monsieur Gibbon on M	148

Mr Whitaker to Mr Gibbon thanking	150

Camdens opinion of Mr Gibbons first	156

Mr Hume to Mr Strahan on Mr Gibbons	162

75	176

Dr Robertson to Mr Gibbon with a copy	183

Mr Gibbon to lord Sheffield on the busi	285

Mr Gibbon to lord SheffieldContent	300

Mr Gibbon to sir Stanier Porten on	320

MR Gibbons letter to the honourable Miss Holroyd	321

Mr Gibbon to lord SheffieldHis arrival	327

Mr Gibbon to Mrs Gibbon on the French	339

Mr Gibbon to lord Loughborough	348

Mr Gibbon to lord SheffieldPrepares	351

S Rose esq to lord Sheffield with	353

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Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Edward Gibbon, Esq, Volume 1
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Bibliographic information

Title	Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Edward Gibbon, Esq, Volume 2 Volumes 14-15 of Autobiography : a collection of the most instructive and amusing lives ever published Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Edward Gibbon, Esq, John Holroyd Earl of Sheffield
Author	Edward Gibbon
Publisher	Whittaker, Treacher, and Arnot, 1827
Original from	Harvard University
Digitized	28 Jan 2009

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