| Title | Reasons humbly offered to prove that the letter printed at the end of the French memorial of justification is a French forgery, and falsely ascribed to His R---l H-----ss.
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| Published | London : Printed for M. Collyer, 1756.
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| Description | [2], 61 p. ; 21 cm.
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| General Note | An ironical defense of the Duke of Cumberland. The letter in question is "Lettre de M. Robert Napier, écrite à M. Braddock par ordre de M. le duc de Cumberland. A Londres, le 25 novembre 1754", and is included in a collection of documents (compiled by Jacob Nicolas Moreau and published by order of the French government in 1756) entitled "Mémoire contenant le précis des faits, avec leurs piéces justificatives, pour servir de réponse aux Observations envoyées par les ministres d'Angleterre, dans les cours de l'Europe".
The letter concerns General Braddock's expedition to Crown Point and is falsely ascribed to the Duke of Cumberland. Cf. ESTC.
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| Cit./Ref. Note | References: ESTC T95589; Sabin 68283.
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| Subjects | Braddock's Campaign, 1755.
France -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain.
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- France.
Napier, Robert, d. 1766. Lettre de M. Robert Napier, écrite à M. Braddock par ordre de M. le duc de Cumberland.
William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765.
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| LC Card Number | 24-1238 |
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| | WRHS Research Library: E 199 R288 Vault
mq150820: Rare book room, LC class, restricted access [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
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