John pickering et al (2 Ergebnisse)

Imagination, 2006. 28,7 x 23 cm. Hardcover. Richly illustrated in color and b/w. 703 pages. AS NEW [Design [Vormgeving] ].

8vo, pp. 84; removed from binding, wrappers wanting; text is lightly spotted and toned; all else very good. This is the issue with the erratum at the end of p. 84. Interesting document which argues that many of the impressed "American seamen" were not Americans at all, but rather "Englishmen, Irishmen, or other subjects of Great Britain," and that others had "voluntarily entered into the British service and received bounty and pay." Includes dispositions by Isaac Clark, John Eldridge, Eben Parsons, William Parsons, Caleb Loring, Moses Townsend, William Bainbridge, an many others. The House Committee was chaired by John Pickering. American Imprints 29094; Sabin 46029. …