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[MOREAU, Jacob N., compiler]. A Memorial Containing a Summary View of Facts, with their Authorities. In Answer to the Observations Sent by the English Ministry to the Courts of Europe. New York: H. Gaine, 1757.
8o (175 x 117 mm). (Closely trimmed, cropping some headlines, footnote on M2 cropped, lacking final blank.) 19th-century blue half goatskin, marbled boards (some wear at extremities). Provenance: John W. Whiteley, Jr. (bookplate).
One of three 1757 American editions of the Mémoire contenant le Précis dais faits (Paris, 1756): the French answer to the English white paper on the war on the Ohio. The work covers the subject of French rights to the territory and includes extracts from the Journal kept by George Washington on the 1754 expedition to fortify the forks of the Ohio that ended with his surrender at Fort Necessity. Lawrence Wroth calls the Memorial "One of the most important documents in American colonial history" (American Bookshelf, 1775., p.22). Evans 7896; Sabin 47512; Streeter Sale II:1020; Howes M-787.
8o (175 x 117 mm). (Closely trimmed, cropping some headlines, footnote on M2 cropped, lacking final blank.) 19th-century blue half goatskin, marbled boards (some wear at extremities). Provenance: John W. Whiteley, Jr. (bookplate).
One of three 1757 American editions of the Mémoire contenant le Précis dais faits (Paris, 1756): the French answer to the English white paper on the war on the Ohio. The work covers the subject of French rights to the territory and includes extracts from the Journal kept by George Washington on the 1754 expedition to fortify the forks of the Ohio that ended with his surrender at Fort Necessity. Lawrence Wroth calls the Memorial "One of the most important documents in American colonial history" (American Bookshelf, 1775., p.22). Evans 7896; Sabin 47512; Streeter Sale II:1020; Howes M-787.