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The thoughts of a traveller upon our American disputes.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks Am 1774 Car Af.316.6 (Franklin)
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Draper, William, Sir, 1721-1787 29061
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- [4],27,[1]p. ; 8°.
- Place of Publication:
- London : printed for J. Ridley, 1774.
- Notes:
- Signed: Viator, i.e. Sir William Draper.
- Catchword on p. 9 is "think"; a variant has "to".
- Local Notes:
- HSP in LCP.
- Benjamin Franklin's copy.
- Bound with Cartwright, American independence, q.v.; number 7 in table of contents; item 6 in volume. Modern half sheep; bound with other items. MS table of contents on recto of 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; sold in turn by it, 22 December 1885, to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
- Franklin wrote to Jonathan Shipley, 7 July 1775, "The humane Sir W: Draper, who had been hospitably entertain'd in every one of our Colonies, proposes, in his Papers call'd the Traveller to excite the Domestic Slaves, you have sold us, to cut their Master's Throats" (P 22: 96 -97).
- Cited in:
- Adams 74-29
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