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Peace the best policy; or Reflections upon the appearance of a foreign war, the present state of affairs at home and the commission for granting pardons in America : in a letter to a friend
Peace the best policy; or Reflections upon the appearance of a foreign war, the present state of affairs at home and the commission for granting pardons in America : in a letter to a friend / by Matt: Robinson M. The second edition / corrected by the author. London : Printed for J. Almon, Piccadilly, MDCCLXXVII [1777].
"Price one shilling." in square brackets on half-title.
Rockefeller Library copy from the library of James Strohn Copley.
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A letter from Edmund Burke : Esq; one of the representatives in Parliament for the city of Bristol, to John Farr, and John Harris, Esqrs. sheriffs of that city, on the affairs of America
A letter from Edmund Burke : Esq; one of the representatives in Parliament for the city of Bristol, to John Farr, and John Harris, Esqrs. sheriffs of that city, on the affairs of America. Dublin : Printed for W. Whitestone, W. Sleater, J. Williams, W. Wilson, W. Colles, G. Burnet, J. Exshaw, L. Flin, W. Hallhead, J. Beatty, and M. Mills, MDCCLXXVII [1777].
With a half-title.
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A letter from Edmund Burke : Esq; one of the representatives in Parliament for the city of Bristol, to John Farr, and John Harris, Esqrs. sheriffs of that city, on the affairs of America
A letter from Edmund Burke : Esq; one of the representatives in Parliament for the city of Bristol, to John Farr, and John Harris, Esqrs. sheriffs of that city, on the affairs of America. The fourth edition. London : Printed for J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, MDCCLXXVII [1777].
Rockefeller Library copy from the library of James Strohn Copley, with his bookplate.
"Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, London" appears in gilt on the front turn-in.
Rockefeller Library copy imperfect: lacks the half-title leaf.
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A letter from Edmund Burke : Esq; one of the representatives in Parliament for the city of Bristol, to John Farr, and John Harris, Esqrs. sheriffs of that city, on the affairs of America.
A letter from Edmund Burke : Esq; one of the representatives in Parliament for the city of Bristol, to John Farr, and John Harris, Esqrs. sheriffs of that city, on the affairs of America. The third edition. London : Printed for J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, MDCCLXXVII [1777].
Rockefeller Library copy from the library of James Strohn Copley, with his bookplate.
"Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, London" appears in gilt on the front turn-in.
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A letter from Edmund Burke : Esq; one of the representatives in Parliament for the city of Bristol, to John Farr, and John Harris, Esqrs. sheriffs of that city, on the affairs of America
A letter from Edmund Burke : Esq; one of the representatives in Parliament for the city of Bristol, to John Farr, and John Harris, Esqrs. sheriffs of that city, on the affairs of America. The second edition. London : Printed for J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, MDCCLXXVII [1777].
"From the author" appears above the title.
Rockefeller Library has been bound with blank leaves between every printed leaf of text. Some of the inserted leaves contain notes about the text in manuscript.
Rockefeller Library copy from the library of James Strohn Copley with his bookplate.
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A letter from Edmund Burke : Esq; one of the representatives in Parliament for the city of Bristol, to John Farr, and John Harris, Esqrs. sheriffs of that city, on the affairs of America
A letter from Edmund Burke : Esq; one of the representatives in Parliament for the city of Bristol, to John Farr, and John Harris, Esqrs. sheriffs of that city, on the affairs of America. The second edition. London : Printed for J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, MDCCLXXVII [1777].
Rockefeller Library copy from the library of James Strohn Copley with his bookplate.
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A letter from Edmund Burke : Esq; one of the representatives in Parliament for the city of Bristol, to John Farr, and John Harris, Esqrs. sheriffs of that city, on the affairs of America
A letter from Edmund Burke : Esq; one of the representatives in Parliament for the city of Bristol, to John Farr, and John Harris, Esqrs. sheriffs of that city, on the affairs of America. London : Printed for J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, MDCCLXXVII [1777].
Rockefeller Library copy from the library of James Strohn Copley with his bookplate.
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The letters of Valens : (which originally appeared in the London Evening Post)
The letters of Valens : (which originally appeared in the London Evening Post) / with corrections, explanatory notes, and a preface by the author. London : Printed for J. Almon, opposite Burlington-House, in Piccadilly, MDCCLXXVII [1777].
Attributed to William Burke, assisted by Richard Burke, by Halkett and Laing.
The three Burkes, Edmund, William and Richard, all appear to have written for the Evening post over the signature of Valens.
Henry Laurens, in his Narrative (South Carolina Historical Society, Collections, v. 1, p. 22) states that Captain Lloyd, of the British Navy, gave him a pamphlet "written and published by himself, under the signature of 'Valens, ' in which the war ... is condemned" [etc.].
"Erratum"-- page [2].