Citation - Pennsylvania Chronicle: 1769.01.09

PC.769.007
2-9 Jan 1769:4312 (104)
London. . . Oct 21.  In consequence of Lord Chatham's
resignation, the Earl of Shelburne resigned the seals of his
office (Secretary of State for the Southern Department) into
His Majesty's hand into the closet at St. James's.
  He remember'd Argyll, 
  What he did ere while, 
  And he followed that step of his Grace's
  Who seeing from afar, 
  That there must be a war, 
  Resign'd his command and his places.