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001 03008985
003 DLC
005 20050903162939.0
008 871211s1758 xx 000 0 eng
010 $a 03008985
035 $a(OCoLC)17222290
040 $aDLC$cNBuHi$dDLC
042 $apremarc
050 00 $aE199$b.L783
100 1 $aLivingston, William,$d1723-1790.
245 12 $aA review of the military operations in North-America,$bfrom the commencement of the French hostilities on the frontiers of Virginia in 1753, to the surrender of Oswego, on the 14th of August, 1756. Interspersed with various observations, characters, and anecdotes; necessary to give light into the conduct of American transactions in general; and more especially into the political management of affairs in New York. In a letter to a nobleman.$cLondon : Printed, for R. and J. Dodsley in Pall-Mall. 1757.
260 $aNew-England,$cRe-printed, in the year. 1758.
300 $a98 p.$c21 x 16 cm.
500 $aA defense of General Shirley's conduct of operations during the war.
500 $a"In this work Mr. Livingston is said, I know not on what authority, to have been assisted by William Smith and John Morine [!] Scott. For the facts which it contains, he was probably indebted to his brother-in-law. Mr. Alexander, afterwards Lord Stirling, who was about this time secretary to General Shirley." - T. Sedgwick, A memoir of the life of William Livingston, New York, 1833, p. 114.
510 4 $aEvans$c8163
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yFrench and Indian War, 1755-1763.
650 0 $aBraddock's Campaign, 1755.
651 0 $aNew York (State)$xHistory$yColonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
600 10 $aShirley, William,$d1694-1771.
700 1 $aSmith, William,$d1728-1793.
700 1 $aScott, John Morin,$d1730-1784.
700 1 $aAlexander, William,$d1726-1783.
710 2 $aAmerican Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)$5DLC