""The State of the Nation: In a Series of Letters to His Grace the Duke of Bedford"" is a book written by John Cartwright in 1805. The book is a collection of letters that Cartwright wrote to the Duke of Bedford, discussing the state of the nation and the issues that were affecting it at the time. Cartwright was a political reformer who believed in the importance of democracy and the need for political and social change. In his letters, he discusses...