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The Creevey Papers
Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 15 November 1834
INTRODUCTION & INDEXES
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Introduction
Vol. I. Contents
Ch. I: 1793-1804
Ch. II: 1805
Ch. III: 1805
Ch. IV: 1806-08
Ch. V: 1809
Ch. VI: 1810
Ch. VII: 1811
Ch. VIII: 1812
Ch. IX: 1813-14
Ch X: 1814-15
Ch XI: 1815-16
Ch XII: 1817-18
Ch XIII: 1819-20
Vol. II. Contents
Ch I: 1821
Ch. II: 1822
Ch. III: 1823-24
Ch. IV: 1825-26
Ch. V: 1827
Ch. VI: 1827-28
Ch. VII: 1828
Ch. VIII: 1829
Ch. IX: 1830-31
Ch. X: 1832-33
Ch. XI: 1833
Ch. XII: 1834
Ch XIII: 1835-36
Ch XIV: 1837-38
Index
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“. . . Lord Grey had a letter from Lord John Russell yesterday, stating that he had consented to be leader of the House of Commons. Can anything be more condescending? Was there ever such luck for Lord Grey as being out of office before Althorp was off, and Johnny Russell leader? We are both agreed that such an arrangement is horrible, if not fatal. We both agree that he has an overweening conceit of himself, is very obstinate, very pert, and can be very rude—charming properties for the leader of such a House of Commons! . . . Lord Grey says Mulgrave’s pretensions are beyond all bearing, that he never found Grant worth a single farthing, and that Abercromby is a perfect humbug.”