☞ A brief state of the Province of Pennslvania, in which the conduct of their assemblies for several years past is impartially examined, and the true cause of the continual encroachments of the French displayed, more especially the secret design of their late unwarrantable invasion and settlement upon the river Ohio : to which is annexed, an easy plan for restoring quiet in the public measures of that province, and defeating the ambitious views of the French in time to come : in a letter from a gentleman who has resided many years in Pennsylvania to his friend in London.
Creator(s): Smith, William, 1727-1803 (Author)
Related APS Member(s):
William Smith (1727-1803), Provost
Publication: London: Printed for R. Griffiths at the Dunciad, in Pater-Noster-Row, 1755.
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References:
Sabin 84589 | Sabin 84590 | Sabin 84591 | Sabin 84592 | Sabin 84593 | Howes S 686 | Streeter II: 959
Editions: 3x 1755 (London); 1x 1756 (London); 1x 1865 (New York)
Editions Note:
Five editions: three in 1755 (London), including a named "2nd edition" and a "reprint"; a named "third edition" published in London in 1756; and a 1865 reprint from New York. The New York edition bears the abbreviated title A brief state of the Province of Pennsylvania, and Sabin identifies it as a "reprint of the second edition, London, 1755."
Holding Note:
APS has one copy of the first edition.
BibNumber: 65.010