The case of Great Britain and America, addressed to the King, and both Houses of Parliament.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bushe, Gervase Parker, 1744?-1793 16363

Contributor:

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790, former owner.

Athenaeum of Philadelphia, former owner.

Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823, annotator.

Dufief, N. G. 1776?-1834, bookseller.

Duane, William, 1760-1835, former owner.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

[4],35,[1]p. ; 8°.

Place of Publication:

London : printed for T. Becket and P. A. de Hondt, 1769 [1768]

Notes:

Anonymous. By G. P. Bushe.

Sometimes attributed to George B. Butler.

Advertised in the London Chronicle 20-22 Dec. 1768.

With a half-title.

Local Notes:

HSP in LCP.

Benjamin Franklin's copy.

Bound with Pownall, Administration (1764), q.v.; item 6 in volume. With first Edition in Franklin's hand on half-title, brief annotation on page 3, and a few minor corrections throughout. Modern half sheep over contemporary floral boards; bound with other items. MS table of contents on verso of half-title in William Temple Franklin's hand; Franklin's (?) attribution to Pownall on title; purchased from Dufief, 1801- 03, by Col. William Duane; sold by him in 1822 to the Athenaeum of Philadelphia (106); sold in turn by it, 22 December 1885, to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.

Discussed in a letter from Franklin to Joseph Galloway, 1769, cf. Hayes and Wolf, The library of Benjamin Franklin, p. 167.

Cited in:

Adams 68-4a