Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society ; v. 92, no. 2 (May 5, 1948)
Contents
B. Franklin, printer / William E. Lingelbach--Dr. Franklin negotiates, December 1777 / Gilbert Chinard--Charles Willson Peale's career as a painter / Charles Coleman Sellers--Henry Ernest Muhlenberg / Paul A. W. Wallace--Collecting source material about Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon / Thomas D. Cope.
"Published ... from original materials in the John Carter Brown Library."
Ebenezer David , very soon after his ordination in the Seventh - Day Baptist Church , Joined the Continental Army at the siege of Boston during the Revolutionary War. This book contains his letters written mostly to to a friend , David Brown, during his service.
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
A Journey to Philadelphia 1775 The Siege of Boston 1776 New York and Brooklyn 1776 Ticonderoga 1776 Peekskill 1776 The Hudson River Highlands 1777 The Defense of the Delaware 1777 Valley Forge 1777 - 1778
A partial bibliography of the archaeology of Pennsylvania and adjacent states. Prepared by Pennsylvania historical survey (Frontier forts and trails survey) Federal works agency, Work projects administration
xiv, 15-427 p. plates, ports., fold. map, facsims. 25 cm.
Notes
"First edition."
LCHS copy "number 145 of a special limited and numbered edition which has been autographed by the authors."
Bibliography: p. 415-418.
Summary
A letter of marque and reprisal was a government license that authorized a private person, known as a privateer or corsair, to attack and capture vessels of a nation at war with the issuer. The author states that the activities of the Baltimore privateers "were so many and so varied that, taken as a whole, they represent a cross section of all privateering at the time."
