Memorandums, &C. &C. Respecting the Unprecedented Treatment Which the Army Have Met With Respecting Plunder Taken After A Siege, And of Which the Army Divided Their More Than Ample Share, Now Fourteen Years Since.
London: [J. Debret], 1794.
First Edition. Wraps. Stitched wraps with title on half title on the front cover. 106 pages, [8] pages of advertisements from the printer J. Debret. Back cover is blank. Printer is not identified on the title page but in the advertisements. First two leaves are opened. Rest of the contents are uncut, unopened, not trimmed. Paper is very clean. Apparently unused copy. Very good. Item #27626
Nearly 14 years after The Siege of Charleston, during the American Revolutionary War, British general Sir Henry Clinton (1730-1795) compiled his and others correspondence concerning that event that involved the assault upon, capture, dividing the spoils of Charleston, South Carolina. It was a major victory for the British, who had recently employed a southern strategy after their crushing defeat at the Battle of Saratoga in the North. According to Henry Stevens (of Henry Stevens, Son & Stiles), "The pamphlet was privately printed for Henry Clinton but he withdrew it at the moment of issue on account of the death of Admiral Arbutnot, to whom in great measure it refers." (Stevens 1926, 52).
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