Minutes of a conspiracy against the liberties of America

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wightman, William.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hickey Plot, 1776.

United States--History--Revolution--1775-1783.

United States.

Physical Description:

xiv, iv, 111 p., 1 leaf ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : J. Campbell, 1865.

Notes:

Reprint (including original t.-p.) with introduction and notes added, of a pamphlet published by J. Bew, London, 1786, entitled : Minutes of the trial and examination of certain persons, in the province of New York, charged with being engaged in a conspiracy against the authority of Congress, and the liberties of America. An account of the so-called Hickey plot, formed during the American occupation of New York city in 1776. "The whole publication is a clumsy Tory forgery." - P. L. Ford, The true George Washington, Philadelphia, 1896, p. 107.

Preface of the reprint signed: W. [i.e. William Wightman?.

Sabin 49387; note to 49586.

Local Notes:

"Edition of 250 copies. Of which 75 copies are in quarto, and 25 copies in folio, tinted paper. no. 46."

Copy 2: Kirkland collection.

Copy 2: ... no. 16.

Copy 2: T.l.s. Sata Carma (?) in pocket.

Copy 2: Newspaper clipping pasted in.