Charles cornwallis henry clinton (7 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New.

Zustand: New.

Zustand: New. KlappentextbTitle:/b The Campaign in Virginia, 1781. An exact reprint of six rare pamphlets on the Clinton-Cornwallis controversy, with very numerous . unpublished manuscript notes by Sir H. Clinton . and the omitted and hitherto unp.

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Hardcover. tall8vo. 25cm, xxix, in 2 volumes, 507 &465pp., index, in the original quarter crimson morocco grain roanleather, crimson cloth boards, top edges gilt, the rest untrimmed, innerlinen hinges, wear on the spine edges, (expertly re-touched) a very goodto fine set. (mt) "With a Supplement containing Extracts from theJournals of the House of Lords, a French translation of papers laidbefore the House. And a Catalogue of the Additional Correspondence ofClinton and of Cornwallis, in 1780-81: about 3456 papers relating to thecontroversy or bearing on Affairs in America." (Sub-title). A scarcecompilation of the papers relating to controversy over responsibility forthe British defeat at Yorktown in 1781.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good -. First printing. Small octavo (8-3/4" x 5-1/2"). (2), xvi, (6), 260pp. With the errata leaf at rear, but lacking 4 pages of ads, otherwise complete. Rebound in early 20th c. blue buckram, gilt lettered spine, light rubbing at hinges and extremities. Illustrated with a large folding table of Cornwallis' troop strength and duty roster at Yorktown, VA, as of October 18, 1781 (he surrendered to George Washington the following day). Folding table partially separated at one fold, and there is a small chip with loss of two words. Title page lightly tanned, but still a very good copy of this significant work illuminating (from the other side) Washington's final victory in the American Revolutionary War.…

Zustand: Good. 8vo. Original roan with leather label ,with defect along spine. 304pp. Engraved portrait of George Washington by Esnauts and Rapilly: "George Washington Eqer. général en chef de l'armée Anglo-Amériquaine, nommé dictateur par congrès en Fevrier 1777." Folding table at end.Print shows George Washington, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, wearing military uniform; in oval with ribbon and laurel border, a liberty cap on the right, and at the base a sword, shield, and a cannon barrel draped with a flag.OCLC Number: 64419383; Howes, USiana FinalEdition, no. 130 .Lord George Germain (also occasionally spelled Germaine) recovered sufficiently from a major military scandal in the 1750s to become Secretary of State for the Colonies in 1775, which made him principally responsible for conducting the War for Independence. Many historians attribute to Germain fundamental strategic and political mistakes that cost Britain the American colonies, the most glaring of which was his support for Charles Cornwallis' independent operations in 1781 that resulted in the surrender at Yorktown and the fall of the wartime ministry.He was born Lord George Sackville on June 16, 1716, the youngest son Lionel, Duke of Dorset, then Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. The king rewarded Germain with a peerage of his own, elevating him to Viscount Sackville on February 11, 1782. He died on August 26, 1785.…