A review of the military operations in North America : from the commencement of the French hostilities on the frontiers of Virginia in 1753, to the surrender of Oswego on the 14th of August, 1756 : interspersed with various observations, characters and anecdotes necessary to give light into the conduct of American transactions in general, and more especially into the political management of affairs in New York : in a letter to a nobleman / [by William Livingstone].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Livingston, William, 1723-1790.

Contributor:

Smith, William, 1728-1793.

Scott, John Morin, 1730-1784.

Alexander, William, 1726-1783.

Series:

Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926.

Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Braddock's Campaign, 1755--Early works to 1800.

Braddock's Campaign, 1755.

United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--Early works to 1800.

United States.

New York (State)--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--Early works to 1800.

New York (State).

Shirley, William, 1694-1771.

Shirley, William.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (276 p., [1] leaf of plates (fold.) ) fold. map ;

Other Title:

Review of the military operations in North America

Place of Publication:

Dublin [Ireland] : Printed for P. Wilson & J. Exshaw, 1757.

Notes:

"To which are added, Colonel Washington's journal of his expedition to the Ohio, in 1754, and several letters and other papers of consequence, found in the cabinet of Major General Braddock after his defeat near Fort Du Quesne, and since published by the French court : none of these papers are contained in the English edition."

Authorship long disputed; attributed to William Livingstone; also to W. Smith, J.M. Scott and W. Alexander.

Reproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society.

Sabin no. 41650.

OCLC:

12