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Frederick North autographed letter (LS) dated Nov. 26, 1773 and sent to Robert Adam. Robert Adam was a British neoclassical architect and interior designer, then a member of Parliament. 

North writes in-part "The meeting of Parliament being fixed for the 13th of January next, when matters of Great consequence are expected to come under the consideration of the House of Commons; I hope you will excuse the liberty I take in troubling you... to request your attendance." 

Those "matters" also known as the Intolerable Acts in which North references directly relates to the lead-up of the Revolutionary War. 

The Intolerable Acts, sometimes referred to as the Insufferable Acts or Coercive Acts, were a series of five punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party. The laws aimed to punish Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the Tea Party protest of the Tea Act, a tax measure enacted by Parliament in May 1773. In Great Britain, these laws were referred to as the Coercive Acts. They were a key development leading to the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War in April 1775.

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Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford KG, PC (13 April 1732 – 5 August 1792), better known by his courtesy title Lord North, which he used from 1752 to 1790, was Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1770 to 1782. He led Great Britain through most of the American War of Independence. He also held a number of other cabinet posts, including Home Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer.

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