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Considerations on the present state of affairs in Europe, : and particularly with regard to the number of forces in the pay of Great-Britain.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks Am 1730 Con Af.325.1 (Franklin)
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Great Britain. Army--5571.
- Great Britain.
- Mercenary troops--Great Britain.
- Mercenary troops.
- Great Britain--Politics and government--1714-1760--73243.
- Great Britain--Defenses.
- Europe--Politics and government--1648-1789--71827.
- Europe.
- Hessian mercenaries--73609.
- Hessian mercenaries.
- Treaty of Hanover (1725 September 3).
- Treaty of Hanover.
- Physical Description:
- 53, [1] p. ; 20 cm. (8vo)
- Edition:
- The second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- London: : Printed for J. Roberts in Warwick-Lane., 1730.
- Notes:
- Attributed to Baron Walpole.
- Possibly with initial blank leaf.
- Local Notes:
- Benjamin Franklin's copy.
- HSP in LCP.
- Modern half sheep over contemporary marbled boards; bound with other items. MS table of contents on flyleaf in William Temple Franklin's hand; purchased from Dufief, 1801-03, by Col. William Duane; sold by him in 1822 to the Athenaeum of Philadelphia (107); sold in turn by it, 22 December 1885, to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
- HSP copy wanting 1st leaf.
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