Publisher's Synopsis
Title: Copy of letters sent to Great-Britain by His Excellency Thomas Hutchinson, the Hon. Andrew Oliver, and several other persons born and educated among us: which original letters have been returned to America and laid before the Honorable House of Representatives of this province: in which (notwithstanding His Excellency's declaration to the House that the tendency and design of them was not to subvert the Constitution but rather to preserve it entire) the judicious reader will discover the fatal source of the confusion and bloodshed in which this province especially has been involved and which threatned [sic] total destruction to the liberties of all America.
Author: Robert Auchmuty
Publisher: Gale, Sabin Americana
Description:
Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.
Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more.
Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.
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SourceLibrary: Huntington Library
DocumentID: SABCP04893100
CollectionID: CTRG04-B821
PublicationDate: 17730101
SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to America
Notes: Three states noted. The first includes an errata statement on p. 40, correcting errors on p. 5 and "in some of the copies" p. 8; catch-word atbottom of p. 10 is "government." The second state includes the errata statement; catch-word at bottom of p. 10 has been corrected to "troops." In the third state, the errors on p. 5 and 8 have been corrected and the errata statement deleted; catch-word at bottom of p. 10 is "troops."
Collation: 40 p.; 19 cm
