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The substance of the evidence on the petition presented by the West-India planters and merchants to the Hon. House of Commons : |b as it was introduc'd at the bar, and summ'd up by Mr. Glover on Thursday the 16th of March, 1775

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The substance of the evidence on the petition presented by the West-India planters and merchants to the Hon. House of Commons : |b as it was introduc'd at the bar, and summ'd up by Mr. Glover on Thursday the 16th of March, 1775

Alternative Title

Half-title: The substance of the evidence , &c.

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Extent

[1] leaf, [2], 47, [1] pages ; 21 cm

Description

The substance of the evidence on the petition presented by the West-India planters and merchants to the Hon. House of Commons : |b as it was introduc'd at the bar, and summ'd up by Mr. Glover on Thursday the 16th of March, 1775 / by Mr. Glover on Thursday the 16th of March, 1775. London : Printed by H. S. Woodfall, for T. Cadell, in the Strand; and sold by J. Wilkie, in St. Paul's Church-yard.

"Price one shilling."--in square brackets on half-title page.

On the question of commercial relations between the British West Indies and the thirteen colonies.

Another edition, published the same year, has title, "The evidence delivered on the petition [etc.]" and includes the testimony of the two witnesses Walker and Ellis, which is omitted from the present edition.

Errata --title page verso.

Rockefeller Library copy from the library of James Strohn Copley with his bookplate.

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Bibliographic Citation

Adams, T.R. Brit. pamphlets, 75-54b
ESTC, T48800

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Citation

Glover, Richard, 1712-1785, “The substance of the evidence on the petition presented by the West-India planters and merchants to the Hon. House of Commons : |b as it was introduc'd at the bar, and summ'd up by Mr. Glover on Thursday the 16th of March, 1775,” Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, accessed September 9, 2026, https://cwfjdrlsc.omeka.net/items/show/3767.