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A fine set, rare. A great deal of inside and unknown history on the Revolution and Early West.

559 Williams, Edwin. The Statesman's Manual; The Addresses and Messages of the Presidents of the United States. Inaugural, Annual and Special, 1789 to 1849, with a Memoir of each President and a History of their Administration. Portraits. 4 vols., 8vo, cloth. N. Y., 1849. $7.50 560 Williams, Stephen W. American Medical Biography; or, Memoirs of Eminent Physicians. Portraits. 8vo, cloth, pp. 664. Greenfield, 1845.

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565 Wise, Henry A. Seven Decades of the Union. Illustrated by a Memoir of John Tyler and reminiscences of some of his Great Contemporaries. Portrait. 8vo, cloth, pp. 320. Phila., 1881. .75

566 Wright, Carroll D. The Industrial Evolution of the United States. Illust. 12mo, cloth, pp. 362. New York, 1895. $1.00

567 Wright, J. The American Negotiator, or the Various Currencies of the British Colonies in America, Canada, New England, New York, East Jersey, Virginia, etc. 8vo, calf, pp. 464. Lond., 1761. $3.00

FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR.

568 Cockings, George. War. An Heroic Poem from the taking of Minorca by the French to the reduction of Havannah by Earl of Albemarlethe 2d edition to the Siege of Quebec, pp. 190, with Brittannia's Call to her Brave Troops and Hardy Tars, pp. 46. 8vo, new full mottled calf, uncut, gilt top. Lond., 1762. $12.50

Very fine copy, elegantly bound and very rare in such fine uncut condition.

569 GENUINE LETTERS from a Volunteer in the British Service at Quebec. With 16 inserted contemporary maps and plates. 8vo, hf. mor., pp. 40. Lond. (1759). $40.00

The plates are all from contemporary sources and include fine portraits of Wolfe, Monckton and Admiral Saunders; 6 folding views of Quebec and the siege; 7 maps and plans. All in fine condition;

making a unique and beautiful volume.

570 Hanway, Joseph. The Soldiers' Faithful Friend, being Advice

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Rare. Account of the Events in America; 64 pages relate to the Revolution.

571 Hough, Franklin B. Diary of the Siege of Detroit in the War with Pontiac; also, a narrative of the principal events of the Siege, by Major Robert Rogers; a plan for conducting Indian Affairs, by Col. Bradstreet, and other documents never before printed. Edited, with notes, by Franklin B. Hough. 4to, original cloth, uncut, pp. 304. Albany, 1860. $15.00

This valuable work forms No. 4 of "Munsell's Historical Series," and is one of the rarest volumes of the set.

572 KNOX, Capt. John. An Historical Journal of the Campaigns in North America for the years 1757, 1758, 1759 and 1760, containing the most remarkable occurrences of that period, particularly the Two Sieges of Quebec. Description of the Country, Forts, Garrisons, etc. Large map and Large map and portraits of Generals Wolfe and Amherst. 2 vols., 4to, original calf. Lond., 1769. $65.00

Very fine clean copy in the original binding of this rare work; considered the best of the original authorities on the death of Wolfe and Conquest of Canada.

573 Lambing, A. A. Register of Fort Duquesne, trans. from the French. Folio, paper, pp. 97. Pittsburg, 1885. $1.50

574 Louisbourg in 1745. The Anonymous Lettre D' Un Habitant de Louisbourg; containing a narrative by an eye-witness of the siege in 1745. Edited, with an English translation, by George M. Wrong, M. A., Professor of History in the University of Toronto.

4to, cl., pp. 74. N. Y., 1897. $1.50

Edition limited to 100 copies for the United States.

575 Lucas, Fred. W. Appendicuæ Historicæ; or, Shreds of History,

hung on a Horn. Discovery of Amer ica to the end of the 16th Century Native Races and the Fur Trade, Campaign of 1755, Montcalm at Oswego, Niagara, Ticonderoga and Quebec 1759, Pre-Columbian Voyages, etc. 10 maps and plans, including Chart of New York, colored, Survey of Montreal, plan of thesiege of Quebec, etc. 4to, cloth, pp. 216. London, Printed for the Author, 1891. $3.50

Britain for 1756, 1757, containing a 576 Military History of Great Britain for 1756, 1757, containing a Letter from an English Officer at Canada taken prisoner at Oswego, exhibiting the cruelty and infidelity of the French and their savage Indians in time of peace and war. Impartially delineating the present state of our Colonies in America. Also a Journal of the Siege of Oswego. Map. 8vo, half mor., pp. 125. London, 1757. $30.00

Fine clean copy, very rare.

577 New York Colonial Rolls. Official Muster Rolls of the Provincial Troops of New York who served dur ing the War with France, 1755-63. 8vo, cloth, pp. 621. 8vo, cloth, pp. 621. N. Y. Hist. Soc., 1892. $5.00

Gives the name, personal appearance and occupation of the soldiers enlisted. A valuable contribution to the Colonial history of the state.

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582 (Smith, William.) A Brief State of the Province of Pennsylvania in which the conduct of their Assemblies for several years past is impartially examined, and the true cause of the continued encroachments of the French displayed, more especially the secret design of their late unwarrantable invasion and settlement upon the River Ohio. 8vo, half bound, pp. 47. London, 1756. $10.00

The author of the pamphlet was probably the Rev. William Smith assisted by Benjamin Franklin.

583 (Smith, William.) A Brief View of the Conduct of Pennsylvania

for the year 1775. Particularly of the Expedition under the late General Braddock, with an account of the shocking inhumanities committed by the Indians. Being a sequel to a late well known pamphlet entitled "A Brief State of Pennsylvania." 8vo, half morocco, pp. 88. Lond., 1756. $15.00 Sequel to the above and rare. This work was written annonymously by Dr. William Smith.

584 The History of the Reign of George the 3rd to the end of May, 1770. To which is prefixed a review of the late War. 8vo, boards, uncut, 403 pp. London, Printed for the Author, 1770. $3.00

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.

(Washingtoniana, Biographies of Officers, English and American Histories, etc.)

585 Address to Protestant Dissenters on the approaching Election, with respect to Public Liberty and of American Affairs in Particular. 8vo, hf. roan, pp. 16. Lond., 1774. $1.50

586 Americans Against Liberty, or an Essay on the Nature and Principles of True Freedom, showing that the designs and Conduct of the Americans tend only to Tyranny and Slavery. 8vo, half bound. London, 1775. $1.50 587 (Anbury.) Travels through the interior parts of America by An Officer. Map and fine folding plates. 2 vols., 8vo, calf. Lond., 1789. $9.00

Intended as a vindication of Burgoyne's Campaign by one of his officers. The plates include Encampment on the Hudson at Stillwater showing General Frazier's funeral," "Encampment of the Army in Virginia after the surrender."

Dunlap, 588 Andre, William. Andre, a Tragedy in five acts performed by the old American company March 30th, 1798, to which are added Authentic Documents respecting Maj. Andre. Proceedings of the Court Martial, etc. First edition. 8vo, full

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Cornwallis, Arnold, Tarleton, Major Andre, Gen. Washington, Greene, etc. The author was an Englishman, and with the exception of the title page, it appears to be printed in England.

593 Balch, Thomas. The French. in America during the War of Independence of the United States, 17771783. Portrait and map, 8vo, cl., pp. 243. Phila., 1891. $2.50

594 BARNUM H. L. The Spy unmasked, or Memoirs of Enoch Crosby, alias Harvey Birch, the hero of Mr. Cooper's Tale of the Neutral Ground, being an authentic account of the scout services which he rendered to his country during the Revolutionary War. (Taken from his own life in shorthand.) Map, portrait and four illustrations. 8vo, newly bound in full polished calf, gilt, gilt edges by Riviere. pp. 206. N. Y., 1828. $20.00

Very fine copy of the first edition of this rare book; in addition to the six illustrations above noted is an inserted plate of the meeting of Washington and Harvey Birch.

595 Barnum, H. L. The Spy Unmasked, or Memoirs of Enoch Crosby, alias Harvey Birch the hero of Mr. Cooper's Tale of the Neutral Ground. Portrait. 12mo, bds., pp. 216. Cincinnati, 1831. $2.50

596 Bloodgood, S. De Witt. The Sexagenary or Reminiscences of the American Revolution (mostly on the Northern border). Portraits. 8vo, cl., pp. 234. Albany, 1866. $1.75

597 Boston Massacre. Church D. Benjamin. An Oration delivered March 5th, 1773, at the request of the Inhabitants of the Town of Boston to Commemorate the Bloody Tragedy of the Fifth of March, 1770. 4to, hlf. mor. pp. 20. Boston, 1773.

$10.00

598 Boston Massacre, Dawes, Thomas. An Oration delivered March 5th, 1781, at the request of the Inhabitants of the Town of Boston to Commemorate the Bloody Tragedy of the 5th of March, 1770. 4to, half mor., pp. 23. Boston, 1781. $7.50

Foxed.

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603 Brayman, Jas. O. Daring Deeds of American Heroes, with Biographical Sketches. Steel engraved title. Illustrated. 12mo, cl., pp. 499. N. Y., 1857. $1.50

Battle of Bunker Hill, Trenton, Princeton, Sullivan's Expedition, etc.

604 Bunker Hill. A Memorial of the American Patriots who fell June 17, 1775, with account of the dedication of the Memorial Tablets, etc., 1889, with illustrations, appendixes, etc. Roy. 8vo, half mor., gilt. Bost., 1889.

$2.50

605 Bunker Hill. Celebration of the Centennial Anniversary of, the Battle, with an appendix containing a survey of the Literature of the Battle.

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THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

614 Cincinnati. Oration delivered at the North Church in Hartford at the Meeting of the Connecticut Society of Cincinnati, July 4, 1787, by Joel Barlow. 4to, pp. 20. Hartford. $3.00

615 Connecticut Year Book of the Sons of American Revolution for 1895 and 1896. Portraits. 8vo, cloth, uncut, pp. 615. New Haven, 1896. $2.00

607 BURGOYNE, Lieut.-Gen'l J. A State of the Expedition from Canada, as laid beford the House of Commons, with Authentic Documents, pp. 203; a Supplement to the State of the Expedition from Canada, containing wich, Rhode Island in the American Revolution,"

General Burgoyne's Orders, pp. 26. Six fine folding military maps. 4to, old calf. London, 1780. $20.00

The "Supplement," which was published without General Burgoyne's authority, is very rare-in fact so rare that in 1865 Francis S. Hoffman made a fac-simile reprint of it which he issued privately. 608 Burke, Edmund.

Thoughts

on the Causes of the Present Discontents. 8vo, unbound, pp. 118. London, 1770. .75 609 Burke, William. Memoir of. A Soldier of the Revolution. 16mo, boards, pp. 126. Hartford, 1837. $2.00

610 Cadwalader, Col. Lambert of Trenton, N. J. (Life and Adventures during the American Revolution). 8vo, boards, pp. 16, n. p. n. d. (1878). $1.00

"A few copies have been privated printed."

611 Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary Services with their names (upwards 25,000), ages and places of residence. 4to, boards, pp. 190. Wash., 1841. $6.00

Very valuable for tracing revolutionary services of ancestors.

612 Chalmers, George. An Introduction to the History of the Revolt in the American Colonies, being a comprehensive view of its origin derived from State Papers of Great Britain. 2 vols., 8vo, cloth. Boston, 1845.

$4.50

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"The women of the American Revolution and the Daughters of to-day, The old Town of Nor

etc.

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618 Cresap, Capt. Michael. A Biographical Sketch of the late Capt. Michael Cresap, by John J. Jacob. 4to, cloth, uncut, pp. 158 and 23. Cincinnati, 1866. $1.50

Captain Cresap collected a company of formidable riflemen, and marched to aid his countrymen at the siege of Boston. He, however, was only able to reach New York, where he died in October, 1775, and was buried in Trinity Churchyard.

619 Curwen, Saml. Journals and letters, an American Refuge in England from 1775 to 1784, comprising remarks on the prominent men and measures of that period, with biographical notices of many American Loyalists and other Eminent persons, by Geo. Atkinson Ward, (of N. Y. Historical Society). Ports and view. 8vo, cloth, pp. 672. New York, 1845. $2.00

620 Dawson, Hy. B. The Assault on Stony Point by Genl. Anthony Wayne, July 16th, 1779, with facsim

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