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The revolution of America
The revolution of America / by the AbbÉ Raynal. London : Printed for Lockyer Davis, Holborn, MDCCLXXXI [1781].
With a final leaf of advertisements.
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Cui bono? or, An inquiry : what benefits can arise either to the English or the Americans, the French, Spaniards, or Dutch from the greatest victories, or successes in the present war? Being a series of letters, addressed to Monsieur Necker, late Controller General of the Finances of France
Cui bono? or, An inquiry : what benefits can arise either to the English or the Americans, the French, Spaniards, or Dutch from the greatest victories, or successes in the present war? Being a series of letters, addressed to Monsieur Necker, late Controller General of the Finances of France / by Josiah Tucker, D.D. Dean of Glocester. Glocester : Printed by R. Raikes, for T. Cadell, in the Strand, sold also by Evans and Hazell, in Glocester, MDCCLXXXI [1781].
Publisher's advertisements: pages [2]-[3] at end.
Signatures: A-S⁴
Rockefeller Library copy from the library of James Strohn Copley.
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Plain facts : being an examination into the rights of the Indian nations of America, to their respective countries; and a vindication of the grant, from the Six united nations of Indians, to the proprietors of Indiana, against the decision of the legislature of Virginia; together with authentic documents, proving that the territory, westward of the Allegany mountain, never belonged to Virginia, &c.
<p>Plain facts : being an examination into the rights of the Indian nations of America, to their respective countries; and a vindication of the grant, from the Six united nations of Indians, to the proprietors of Indiana, against the decision of the legislature of Virginia; together with authentic documents, proving that the territory, westward of the Allegany mountain, never belonged to Virginia, &c. Philadelphia: Printed and sold by R. Aitken, bookseller, in Market-Street three doors above the coffe-house, MDCCLXXXI [1781].</p>
<p>Signatures: [A]-W⁴</p>
<p>This pamphlet, which has been variously attributed to Anthony Benezet, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Paine, was prepared by Samuel Wharton, as is attested by P.E. Du Simitière in his note-books preserved in the Library of Congress. It relates to a large tract of land within all limits of the present state of West Virginia, granted by the Indians 1768 to certain traders, including Wharton, and called by them "Indiana."</p>
<p>The present pamphlet is an enlargement of one published by Wharton in 1776, under title: View of the title to Indiana. cf. Boston athenæum, Catalogue of the Washington collection, 1897, p. 223-224.</p>
<p>Errata: page [1] at end.</p>
<p>Rockefeller Library copy from the library of George Bancroft with his bookplate.</p>
<p>Names provided in manuscript on pages 51 and 100 have been excised from the Rockefeller Library copy.</p> -
Articles de la Capitulation
French translation of the articles of surrender agreed to at Yorktown by Lord Cornwallis. The translation was prepared by the French staff for their use and for transmission to Europe. It is thought the pamphlet was printed on the press of the Ville de Paris, de Grasse's flagship, then in Virginia waters.
Title from caption.
The last page is blank.
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Routte la Legion de Lauzun de Baltimore a Glocester Court house.
Route Lauzun's Legion was to take from Baltimore to Gloucester Court House. -
Itineraire de la march de L'armee partant de Phillipsburg pour rendre a Prince-town
Itinerary of the March of the French Army from Phillipsburg to Princeton. -
Capitulation de L'Isle de Tabago ...
A certified copy of the articles of surrender by which Tobago was given over to the French forces by the British. This manuscript copy is signed by the Marquis de Bouille. -
Memoir of a stay at the Iron Works : manuscript copy
19th-century copy of an American officer's account of convalescing from his leg wound. The account mentions Brigadier General Robert Lawson, who commanded the Virginia militia at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, and Major General Nathanael Greene. It is possible St. George Tucker is the author of this account. Tucker served in the militia under General Lawson and was wounded in the leg at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse on March 15, 1781. Following the battle, the American army encamped nearby at Speedwell's Iron Works on Troublesome Creek in Rockingham County, North Carolina.