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Observations on the justificative memorial of the court of London. : Paris, printed by the royal authority.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gérard de Rayneval, J.-M. (Joseph-Mathias), 1736-1812, author.
- Series:
- Early American imprints. First series ; no. 17093.
- Standardized Title:
- Observations sur le Mémoire justicatif de la cour de Londres. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Gibbon, Edward, 1737-1794. Mémoire justificatif pour servir de réponse ä l'Exposé, &c.
- Gibbon, Edward.
- France--Foreign relations--United States.
- France.
- International relations.
- United States.
- France--Foreign relations--Great Britain.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain--Foreign relations--France.
- United States--Foreign relations--France.
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Participation, French.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (129 pages, 3 unnumbered pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia, : Printed by F. Bailey, in Market-Street., M.DCC.LXXXI. [1781]
- System Details:
- text file
- Notes:
- Concerns the Mémoire justificatif pour servir de réponse ä l'Exposé, andc. de la cour de France (London, 1779), written by Edward Gibbon at official request, which relates to the conduct of France in assisting the Americans in the war for independence.
- Translation of an anonymous pamphlet entitled: Observations sur le Mémoire justificatif de la cour de Londres (Paris : Imprimerie royale, 1780), attributed to J.-M. Gérard de Rayneval in: Barbier, M. Dictionaire des ouvrages anonymes et pseudonymes. 2d edition (Paris, 1827), s.v. 23110. Attributed to Pierre Beaumarchais by Evans, who names Peter Stephen Du Ponceau as translator. Beaumarchais published a distinct work with the same title under his own name, whose imprint reads: A Londres, ä Philadelphie, 1779.
- Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Incorporated, 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; numbers 17093).
- Cited in:
- Evans 17093
- Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 4079
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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