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A letter to the great man, occasioned by the letter to two great men. In which many of that writer's absurdities, ... are detected. ... By a citizen of London. A disciple of Sidney and Locke.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks Am 1760 Dou (b.w.) Af.348.4 (Franklin)
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Citizen of London 13994
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- [2],61,[1]p. ; 8°.
- Place of Publication:
- London : printed for W. Bristow; and to be had at all the pamphlet shops in London and Westminster, 1760.
- Notes:
- A reply to John Douglas's 'A letter addressed to two great men, on the prospect of peace'.
- Local Notes:
- HSP in LCP.
- Benjamin Franklin's copy.
- Bound with Douglas, Letter, q.v.; item 4 in volume. Modern half sheep over contemporary floral boards; bound with other items. Contemporary attribution on title: By the Earl of Bath, and the "two great men" identified as Lord Chatham and the Duke of Newcastle; MS table of contents on verso of half-title 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 (98); sold in turn by it, 22 December 1885, to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
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