Genuine narratives and concise memoirs of some of the most interesting exploits and singular adventures of John M'Alpine, a native highlander : from the time of his emigration from Scotland to America, 1773 ; during the long period of his faithful attachment to, and hazardous attendance on the British armies under the command of the Generals Carleton and Burgoyne, in their several operations that he was concerned in till December 1779; to complain of his neglected services, & humbly to request government for reparation of his losses in the royal cause ; every circumstance related faithfully & with all delicacy, containing nothing but indisputable facts that can be well vouched, and are mostly known to many gentlemen of good character, in both the private and military lines of life; carefully arranged & published for the use of the public at large / edited by Thomas Rae ; wood engravings by Kathleen M. Lindsley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McAlpine, J. (John)

Contributor:

Rae, Thomas, 1928-

Lindsley, Kathleen.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Personal narratives.

United States.

History.

Genre:

Personal narratives.

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

xiii pages, 1 unnumbered page, 82 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations (wood engravings) ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Greenock, Scotland : The Black Pennell Press, 1985.

Notes:

Facsimile of the 1780 title page placed as a frontispiece.

Title page printed in black and brown within brown double ruled border.

This book has been designed, hand-set and printed by Thomas Rae on a hand-fed Thompson platen press in an edition of 226 copies. Copies numbered 1-200 have been printed damp on Zerkall mould-made paper and have been hand-cased in tan quarter leather with Japanese wood veneer over boards.

"Some notes on the text": p.78-82.

Local Notes:

This is copy no. 46.

Contains:

Adventures of John M'Alpine.

ISBN:

0946642303

OCLC:

16791066