☞ A reply to the observations of Lieut. Gen. Sir William Howe, on a pamphlet, entitled Letters to a nobleman : in which his misrepresentations are detected, and those letters are supported, by a variety of new matter and argument : to which is added, an appendix, containing, I. a letter to Sir William Howe upon his strictures on Mr. Galloway’s private character : II. a letter from Mr. Kirk to Sir William Howe, and his answer : III. a letter from a committee to the President of the Congress, on the state of the rebel army at Valley Forge, found among the papers of Henry Laurens, Esq. : by the author of Letters to a nobleman.
Creator(s): Galloway, Joseph, 1731-1803 (Author)
Related APS Member(s):
Joseph Galloway
Publication: London: Printed for G. Wilkie, No. 71, St. Paul’s Church-Yard, [1780]
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References:
Sabin 26429 | Sabin 26443 | Evans 20382 | Howes G 48 | Howes G 49 | Howes W 265
Editions: 1x 1780 (London), 2x 1781 (London, London), 1x 1788 (Philadelphia)
Editions Note:
Four versions: two editions, both from London (1780 and 1781); an extract (London, 1781; Sabin 26429), credited to John Wesley; and an American reprint under a different title, A short history of the war in America, during the command of Sir William Howe; with severe strictures on the miltary conduct of that general, and some observations on the many horrid blunders, rapine, and devastation committed by him (Philadelphia, 1788; Evans 20382).Galloway's reply to a response to his Letters to a nobleman.
Holding Note:
APS has two copies of the first edition: one featuring the bookplate of George C. F. Williams [other copy].
BibNumber: 73.024