An authentic account of the proceedings of their High Mightinesses, the states of Holland and West-Friezeland, on the complaint laid before them by His Excellency Sir Joseph Yorke, His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador at the Hague, concerning hostilities committed in the river of Bengal. To which is added, an appendix, ... Translated from the original Dutch, ...

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United Provinces of the Netherlands. Staten Generaal 12913

Contributor:

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. 1776?-1834, bookseller.

Standardized Title:

Proceedings. 1761

Language:

English

Physical Description:

[2],39,[1],xxix,[1]p. ; 4°.

Place of Publication:

London : printed for T. Becket and P. A. de Hondt, 1762.

Notes:

The last xxix pages contain the appendix.

Local Notes:

HSP in LCP.

Benjamin Franklin's copy.

Bound with History of the administration, q.v.; number 6 in table of contents; item 10 in volume. Modern half sheep over contemporary marbled boards; bound with other items. MS table of contents on flyleaf in William Temple Franklin's hand; printed table of contents pasted inside front cover; purchased from Dufief, 1801- 03, by Col. William Duane; sold by him in 1822 to the Athenaeum of Philadelphia (5); sold in turn by it, 22 December 1885, to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.