Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
The rights of Great Britain asserted against the claims of America being an answer to the Declaration of the general Congress. Said to be written by Lord George Germaine. London printed.
Call Number
EX Lapidus 1.31a
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/0p096765d
Publisher
London printed: Philadelphia re-printed, and sold by R. Bell, in Third-Street. M DCC LXXVI [1776].
Language
English
Date Created
1776
Extent
92, [4] p. fold. table; 20 cm.
Provenance
Princeton copy 1 Armorial bookplate of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, stamped 'Duplicate Released by H.S.P. 1964.'
Source Acquisition
Ex copy: Gift: Sidney Lapidus, Princeton Class of 1959, 2010.
References
Sabin 5:18347 (under Dalrymple).
ESTC W29067
Sabin 7:27145 (under Germaine).
Evans 14727.
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
London editions published anonymously, at the instance of the British government. Authorship also attributed to Sir John Dalrymple and to Lord George Germain.
"A declaration by the representatives of the United Colonies of North America ... setting forth the causes and necessity of their taking up arms [dated July 6, 1775]": p. [5]-12.
"A few more words, on the freedom of the press," and "A short answer to some criticisms": [4] p. at end.
"A reprint of no. 220a. Evans 14728 lists a second Philadelphia edition, but no copy has been located." -Adams, T. R. American independence, no. 220s.
Binding Note
Princeton copy 1 19th cent three quarter leather; marbled boards.

Discovery Information

Subject
United States—History—Revolution, 1775-1783—Causes

Physical Characteristics

File Count
110

Institutional Information

Collection
The Sid Lapidus '59 Collection on Liberty and the American Revolution
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/daadb8e9-0bc4-43c9-8af7-1f7a26480b36/manifest