Strictures on Lt.-Col. Tarleton's History "of the campaigns of 1780 and 1781, in the southern provinces of North America" ... : wherein military characters and corps are vindicated from injurious aspersions, and several important transactions placed in their proper point of view ; in a series of letters to a friend / by Roderick Mackenzie ; to which is added, a detail of the siege of Ninety Six, and the re-capture of the island of New-Providence.

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.