From the London evening post, 29th of April 1775. To the three generals, with Scotch orders, on their voyage to North-America. : [one line of Latin] : Critical and faithful extracts from Colonel Cavallier's [i.e., Cavalier's] Memoirs of the wars of the Cevennes, or Lower Languedoc, in his own handwriting, and in the French language.

Format:

Microformat

Contributor:

Cavalier, Jean, 1681-1740.

Series:

Early American imprints. First series ; no. 14055.

Early American imprints. First series ; no. 14517.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Foreign public opinion.

United States.

History.

Great Britain--Colonies--America.

Great Britain.

Colonies.

America.

Genre:

Broadsides.

Physical Description:

1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) ; 46 x 29 cm

4x6 in.

monochrome

service copy

negative

Other Title:

To the three generals, with Scotch orders, on their voyage to North-America.

Place of Publication:

[Salem, Mass.?] : [Printed by Ezekiel Russell?], [1775]

Notes:

Drawing parallels between the persecution of the French Protestants as described by Cavalier, and Great Britain's policy toward the American colonies.

Ascribed to John Dunlap's Philadelphia press by Evans (entry 14517) and Hildeburn. A second entry in Evans (14055) supplies New York as place of publication. Ascribed by Ford to the press of Ezekiel Russell of Salem, based on an advertisement for it appearing in the imprint of another broadside printed by Russell. Cf. Bristol B4113; Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 1926.

Text in two columns; printed area measures 38.3 x 17.5 cm.

Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 14055).

Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 14517).

Cited in:

Evans 14055

Evans 14517

Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 1810

Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 3299

Related Work:

Cavalier, Jean, 1681-1740. Memoirs of the wars of the Cevennes.

OCLC:

55833870