A letter from an American, now resident in London, to a Member of Parliament, on the subject of the restraining proclamation; and containing strictures on Lord Sheffield's pamphlet, on the commerce of the American states. Said to be written by William Bingham, Esquire; late agent for the Congress of the United States of America, at Martinico. To which are added, Mentor's reply to Phocion's letter; with some observations on trade, addressed to the citizens of New-York.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bingham, William, 1752-1804 9935

Contributor:

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790, former owner.

Athenaeum of Philadelphia, former owner.

Duane, William, 1760-1835, former owner.

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

Language:

English

Physical Description:

48 p. ; 8°.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Printed and sold by Robert Bell, in Third-Street, M,DCC,LXXXIV. [1784]

Notes:

Running title: Strictures on commerce by an American.

"Colonel Hamilton's second letter, from Phocion to the considerate citizens of New-York, on the politics of the times, in consequence of the peace: containing remarks on Mentor's reply."--p. [25]-48, with separate title page. Bookseller's advertisement, p. 48.

Also issued in: 'Miscellaneous pamphlets chiefly on American affairs', Philadelphia, sold by Mathew Carey.

Local Notes:

HSP in LCP.

Historical Society copy Af.308.4: Benjamin Franklin's copy.

Historical Society copy Af.308.4: "Colonel Hamilton's second letter" only. Bound with Brown, Better sort, q.v.; item 5 in volume. Modern half sheep; bound with other items. MS table of contents in modern hand in front; 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.

Cited in:

Evans 18367; Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 4434