An enquiry into the nature and legality of press warrants.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Almon, John, 1737-1805, bookseller.

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790, former owner.

Athenaeum of Philadelphia, former owner.

Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823, annotator.

Duane, William, 1760-1835, former owner.

Dufief, N. G., bookseller.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Impressment--74005.

Impressment.

Great Britain. Royal Navy--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

[2], 5-58 p. ; 21 cm. (8vo)

Place of Publication:

[L]ondon: : Printed for J. Almon, opposite Burlington House, in Piccadilly., M DCC LXX. [1770]

Notes:

Imprint set with letter "L" in London omitted.

ESTC does not record half-title, but pagination indicates this possibility.

Local Notes:

HSP in LCP.

Benjamin Franklin's copy.

Bound with Somers, Security, q.v.; item 4 in volume. Signature on title: Wm Duane No 178. Modern half sheep over contemporary marbled boards. MS table of contents on flyleaf in William Temple Franklin's hand, with last item added by Col. William Duane; purchased from Dufief, 1801-1803, by Duane; sold by him in 1822 to the Athenaeum of Philadelphia (79); sold in turn by it, 22 December 1885, to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.

Historical Society copy wanting half-title?

Cited in:

ESTC T032755

OCLC:

173282705