Sales catalogue 43: Henry Stevens, son & Stiles

Date:: 1949

Reference:: WA/HMM/CM/Sal/50/6

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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 43: Henry Stevens, son & Stiles. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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308 [Shebbeare (John)} A Fourth Letter to|315 [Smith (William)] A Brief State of the the People of England. On the Conduct of the M——rs in Alliances, Fleets, and Armies, since the first Differences on the Ohio, to the taking of Minorca by the French. Second Edition. London, 1756. Grey boards, complete with haif-title. 8° $15.00 Narrates the troubles caused between England and France by the seizing and carrying prisoners to Quebec of some Americans trading with the Indians on the Ohio, and the timid acquiescence of the British Ministry in that high handed procedure; with the building by the French of Block Houses and Forts to make good their encroachments and so secure to them- selves the entire trade of that region. Also of the futile efforts made to check the enemy by the expedi- tions of General Braddock and Shirley. For “A Full and Particular Answer ’”’ to this Letter see No. 216. America ; Together with a Comprehensive View of the Canadas and United States. As adapted for Agricultural Emigration. Edinburgh, 1835. Modern boards. Demy 8° $6.00 310 Silk. George II. An Act for Encourag- ing the Growth and Culture of Raw Silk in His Majesty’s Colonies or Plantations in America. London, 1750. 3 leaves, unbound as issued. Folio. $17.50 Travels of the Marquis de Chastellux in North America. London, 1787. Re- wrappered in old blue paper. 8° $60.00 Rare. Consists of Simcoe’s retort to criticism by Chastellux and his translator, of British colonial Policy and military tactics in the American Revolu- tionary War. Journey round the World, during the Years 1841 and 1842. London, 1847. 2 vols, portrait of the author and maps, half calf, libvary stamp erased from title of vol 2. 8° $15.00 The Author, who was a Governor of the Hudson’s Bay Co., travelled across Canada from the Atlantio to the Pacific, via the Red River Settlement, Edmon- ton, Fort Vancouver, and Sitka, and returned to England by way of California, Sandwich Islands and Siberia. His descriptions of the country and _ its Indian inhabitants are extremely interesting. (P--_}.. de). Lettres. choises ~du Révérend Pere Piere-Jean de Smet de la Compagnie de Jesus Missionaire aux Etats- Unis d’Amerique, 1849-1857. Tvoisieme Edition Revue et Corrigée.—Lettres choisies du Révérend Pere Pierre-Jean de Smet, 1855-1861. Tvoisieme Edition.—Lettres choisies. Trvoisieme Serie. Tvoisieme Edition. Bruxelles et Paris, 1875-6-7. The Series of three, new half calf. 8°. $27.50 Father De Smet was the Superior of the Indian Missions in Oregon. torians to Crack. Containing the Cad- walader Pamphlet, Valley Forge Letters, etc. Philadelphia, 1856. Original cloth. 8° $3.50 Province of Pennsylvania, in which the Conduct of the Assemblies for several Years past is impartially examined, and the true Cause of the continual Encroachments of the French displayed, more especially the secret Design of their late unwarrantable Invasion and Settlement on the Ohio. To which is annexed an easy Plan for restoring quiet in the public Measures of that Pro- vince, and defeating the Ambitious Views of the, French. in. timé: to-..come.... Second Edition. London, 1755. Halfvoan. 8° $30.00 States of America; containing an account of the present situation in that country ; the population, commerce, customs, and manners of the Inhabitants; anecdotes of several Members of Congress, and General Officers in the American Army ; and many other very singular and interesting occur- rences. With a description of the Indian Nations, &c., &c. London, 1784. 2 vols. new half calf. 8° $55.00 A most interesting work containing one of the truest pen pictures extant of society and manners in the United States at the period of the Revolutionary War. It was written from a Loyalist point of view, and gives many details of the hardships and adventures undergone by those whose sympathies were with England. in North America, with respect to number of People, Forces, Forts, Indians, Trade, and other advantages. In which are con- sidered, I, The defenceless Condition of our Plantations, and to what causes owing. IT,-Pernicious. tendency of the French Encroachments, and the fittest methods of frustrating them. III, What it was occa- sioned their present Invasion, and the Claims on which they ground their pro- ceedings. With proper Expedient proposed for preventing future disputes. In two Letters to a Friend: London, 1755. Half calf. 8° $50.00 The anonymous writer of this most important pamphlet, which extends to 150 (wrongly numbered 190) pages, contends that the situation existing in North America had been brought about by bad manage- ment on both sides of the Atlantic. He impartially reviews the cause, and discusses the Importance of the Ohio Country, compares the state of the British and French Colonies, the means of frustrating the French designs without going to war, the necessity of using the Indians in war, and of gaining their friendship, with remarks on Nova Scotia, Washington’s mission to the Ohio, claims of the French in that region, &c., &c., &c. disputes with Spain and the conduct of our ministers relating thereto. London, 1739. 76 pages, old paper wrappers. 8° $18.50 By Hugh Hume Campbell], Earl of Marchmont. Expresses surprise at the obstinacy of the Court of Spain in denying the British right to a free navigation of the American Seas, thus rendering all expectations of an accommodation by means of the Convention ridiculous and absurd. The pamphlet relates entirely to the British rights of Trade and Navigation, the depredations of the Spanish Guarda Costas, the Spanish alarm at the new British Colony of Georgia, the Assiento Contract for supplying Negroes, &c., &c.

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