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Memoirs of the life of the late Charles Lee, Esq. Lieutenant-Colonel of the forty fourth regiment, Colonel in the Portuguese service, major general, and aid du camp to the King of Poland, and second in command in the service of the United States of America during the revolution: to which are added his political and military essays. Also, letters to, and from many distinguished characters, both in Europe and America.
1792
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The Sid Lapidus '59 Collection on Liberty and the American Revolution
After nearly 60 years of collecting, Sid Lapidus ’59 has presented to the Library more than 2700 volumes representing the fruits of his enthusiasm. Broadly conceived, the collection charts the definition and re-definiton of rights and liberties endemic to Western political traditions. The main focus is texts and documents relating to the American Revolution, its run-up dating back to the Commonwealth men, and coming down to documents of the early Federal government.
Metadata
- Publisher
- London, Printed for J. S. Jordan, 1792.
- People
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- Author
- Lee, Charles, 1731-1782
- Related Name
- Langworthy, Edward, 1738?-1802
- Language
- English
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Descriptive Information
- Title
- Memoirs of the life of the late Charles Lee, Esq. Lieutenant-Colonel of the forty fourth regiment, Colonel in the Portuguese service, major general, and aid du camp to the King of Poland, and second in command in the service of the United States of America during the revolution: to which are added his political and military essays. Also, letters to, and from many distinguished characters, both in Europe and America.
- Call Number
- Lapidus 5.1463
- 1081.571.02.11
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dcxd07h387n
- Publisher
- London, Printed for J. S. Jordan, 1792.
- Language
- English
- Date Created
- 1792
- Extent
- xii, 439, [5] p. 23 cm. (8vo).
- Provenance
- Princeton copy 2 Lapidus copy has extensive contemporary ms. notes by Thomas Taylor of Denbury, Devon in ink on front free endpaper dated 1792. His armorial bookplate on front pastedown.
- Source Acquisition
- Princeton copy 2 Gift; Sidney Lapidus, Princeton Class of 1959, 2021.
- References
- ESTC T146543
- Rights Statement
- No Known Copyright
- Contents
- Memoirs of Major General Lee.--Miscellaneous pieces: Sketch of a plan for the formation of a military colony. An essay on the coup d'oeil. A picture of the Countess of ---. An account of a conversation, chiefly relative to the army. An epistle to David Hume, esq. A political essay. A breakfast for Rivington. To the people of America. To the gentlemen of the Provincial congress of Virginia. On a famous trial in the Court of common pleas, between General Mostyn, governor of Minorca, and an inhabitant of that island. A short history of the treatment of Major General Conway, late in the service of America. Proposals for the formation of a body of light troops ready to be detached on an emergent occasion. Some queries, political and military, humbly offered to the consideration of the public. Copy of General Lee's will.--Letters to General Lee from several eminent characters both in Europe and America [Nov. 1759 to Oct. 1781]--Letters from General Lee [Dec. 1766 to June 1782]
- Notes
- The memoir (p. [1]-70) is by Edward Langworthy.
- Princeton copy 2 Lapidus copy is variant: "printed" on the titlepage reads "prnted."
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Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 472
Institutional Information
- Collection
- The Sid Lapidus '59 Collection on Liberty and the American Revolution
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/9bc74348-7d30-4095-ae40-06f742845c26/manifest