A plea, in vindication of the Connecticut title to the contested lands, lying west of the province of New-York, addressed to the public, by Benjamin Trumbull, A.M.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Trumbull, Benjamin, 1735-1820 26725

Language:

English

Physical Description:

160, [2] p. ; 8°.

Place of Publication:

New-Haven : Printed by Thomas and Samuel Green, M,DCC,LXXIV. [1774]

Notes:

First issued without the appendix (Evans 13691; 102, [2] p.). In the present issue, the spelling of the heading "Conclusion" on p. 100 has been corrected from "Concluison" in the first issue. The catchword "An" has been added on p. 102, and the "Errata" reset and moved from p. [103] to a disjunct errata leaf at end [2]p.

"An appendix, in three parts, exhibiting several copies and extracts of ancient charters and papers, to which reference is had in the preceding sheets; and also quotations from ancient history, reflecting light on the controversy in hand, as well as on the general history of Connecticut."--p. [103]-160.

Local Notes:

HSP in LCP.

Cited in:

Evans 13692; Trumbull, J.H. Connecticut, 1515