William Pitt (1707 1778 English Prime Minister defeated the French in India Africa and Canada opposed attempts to tax the American colonies Draft Als in third person mr Pitt lp 8vo [n.p.], Oct 12 1764 to Monsieur de Champigny, in french Pitt expresses surprise that he who had always in the past condemned libels as pernicious could have been party to a letter which has offended Pitt mentioning that there is no excuse for such missives.