Sales catalogue 625: Maggs Bros

Date:
1936
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/13/162
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 625: Maggs Bros. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Copy FORMERLY BELONGING TO THoMAS PENN. {147] (LIVINGSTON, William). A Review of the Military Operations in North America; from the Commencement of the French Hostilities on the Frontiers of Virginia in 1753, to the Surrender of Oswego, on the 14th of August, 1756. Interspersed with various Observations, Characters, and Anecdotes, necessary to give Light into the Conduct of American Transactions in general; and more especially into the Political Management of Affairs in New York. Original Edition. gto. Polished calf, gilt, by Riviere. London, 1757. E25 This copy formerly belonged to Thomas Penn, Proprietor of Pennsylvania and son of William Penn, his autograph signature being written at the top of the title. _““This is one of three contemporary publications commenting upon the Lake George Cam- paign of 1755, and is a defence of Governor William Shirley’s conduct as commanding general of the British Forces.” [148] A Review of the Military Operations in North America; from the Com- mencement of the Irish Hostilities on the Frontiers of Virginia in 1753, to the Surrender of Oswego, on the 14th of August, 1756. To which are added. Colonel Washington’s Journal of his Expedition to the Ohio, in 1754, and several Letters and other Papers of Consequence, found in the Cabinet of Major General Braddock, after his Defeat near Fort Du Quesne; etc. 12mo. Morocco. Dublin, 1757. £12 12s [149] LOSKIEL (G. H.). Geschichte der Mission der Evangelischen Bruder unter den Indianern in Nordamerika. First Epition. Thick 8vo. Contemporary half calf. Barby & Leipzig, 1789. &3 5s “The labours of this mission lay chiefly among the Delawares, the Nautikokes, the Shawanese, and other tribes in Pennsylvania and New York, upon which it is the best authority, both as to tradition and facts, having been drawn up from the accounts furnished by Gottlieb Spangenberg and David Zeisberger, missionaries among the Indian tribes during forty years. Among the subjects narrated is that of the massacre of Gnadenhutten and Salem.” Also details of various Frontier troubles during the wars with Indians and with France. [150] LOSKIELS. MHistoriske Beskrifning, ofwer Evangeliska Brodernes Missions- Urbete ibland Indianerne uti Norra America. 8vo. Half calf. 7 Stockholm, 1792. £2 2s The Swedish account is two years earlier than the English one. NotEs OF SPEECHES ON THE AMERICAN WAR, BY A FAMOUS COLONIAL GOVERNOR. [151] MACARTNEY (George, Earl Macartney). Original Autograph Memoranda of Speeches to be made in Parliament concerning the disputes with the American Colonies. 97 pages, 4to and folio. Bound by Riviere into a folio volume, mottled calf gilt. 1767-8. : 42 Earl Macartney (1737-1806), the famous diplomatist and Colonial Governor after his return from concluding a commercial treaty with Russia, was returned to the House of Commons as M.P. for Cockermouth, when he prepared these notes for speeches on American affairs. On being appointed member for Antrim he resigned from the English House of Commons and took his seat in the Irish House of Commons, and became chief secretary for Ireland. He later served as Governor of the Caribbees, Governor of Madras, Ambassador to China, and Governor of South Africa. The following are some extracts from one of these notes: “In the present disputes, as they are called, between this country and America . .. . in all the conversations which I have had, and I have consulted the wise and experienced, I could never obtain the same answer from two persons, I have never been able to obtain a precise answer from any one (as to what the Americans would have). Some gentlemen tell [ 34]
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