1755. Reprinted from the New England edition. The first of these letters is only a new edition of the following article: 7 A LETTER TO A FRIEND: giving a concise, but just account, according to the advices hitherto received, of the Ohio defeat; pointing out the many good ends this inglorious event is naturally adapted to promote, &c. London. 8vo. This tract was first printed in Boston, N.E. 8 SECOND LETTER to a friend, giving a more particular narrative of the defeat of the French army at Lake George. Quarto. Harvard College Cat. Boston, N. E. 9 LETTER from a West India Merchant concerning that part of the French proposals which relates to North America, and particularly Newfoundland. Quarto. Harvard College Cat.-No place or date, but probably printed about this time. 10 THE EXPEDITION of Major General Braddock to Virginia, with the two regiments of Halket and Dunbar, being extracts of letters from an officer in one of those regiments, to his friend in London, describing the march and engagement in the woods, &c. London. 8vo. "A vile misrepresentation of every thing that the worthless, unknown scribbler, undertakes to describe." M. R. xiii. p. 306. 11 AN ACCURATE description of Cape Breton. 8vo. ? Gent.'s Mag. 1755. London. 12 THE WISDOM AND POLICY of the French, in the construction of their great offices, so as best to answer the purposes of extending their trade and commerce, and enlarging their foreign settlements. With some observations in relation to the disputes now subsisting between the English and French colonies in America. London. 8vo. This performance seems more especially intended as an introduction to the following: 13 A MISCELLANEOUS ESSAY, Concerning the courses pursued by Great Britain, in the affairs of her colonies. With some ob servations on the great importance of our settlements in 1755. America, and the trade thereof. 8vo. London. "After having pointed out the inconveniences the inhabitants of our American colonies are exposed to, for want of sufficient checks on their governors, our author hopes that it will be thought for the service of the crown and of the subject to regulate offices so as to bring every matter of importance to the view of the crown, &c. The reasons urged in favor of these regulations are plausible, if not altogether convincing, and have the merit of being modestly offered. The author appears to us to have taken much pains to inform himself on the subject he has considered, and is far from being a mean writer." M. R. xii. p. 153. 14 A BRIEF STATE of the province of Pennsylvania, in which the conduct of their Assemblies for several years past is impartially examined, and the true cause of the continual encroachments of the French displayed, more especially the secret design of their late unwarrantable invasion and settlement upon the river Ohio. To which is annexed, an easy plan for restoring quiet in the public measures of that province, and defeating the ambitious views of the French in time to come. In a letter from a gentleman who has resided many years in Pennsylvania to his friend in London. The second edition. 8vo. pp. 45. London. From the answer to this pamphlet it would appear that its author was "Parson Smith," probably the Rev. William Smith, author of Discourses, &c. 1759, assisted, according to a мs. note in a copy of the same work, by Dr. Franklin. See Monthly Review xii. p. 192, where several pages of extracts from it will be found. 15 AN ANSWER to an invidious pamphlet intituled A brief state of the province of Pennsylvania. Wherein are exposed the many false assertions of the author or authors, of the said pamphlet, with a view to render the Quakers of Pennsylvania and their government obnoxious to the British parliament and ministry; and the several transactions, most grossly misrepresented therein, set in their true light. London. 8vo. pp. 80. Written, according to a мs. note on the title, by Mr. Cross, a Counsellor, a 1755. 16 GEOGRAPHICAL, HISTORICAL, POLITICAL, philosophical, and mechanical essays. The first, containing an analysis of a general map of the middle British colonies in America, and of the country of the confederate Indians; a description of the face of the country; the boundaries of the confederates; and the maritime and inland navigations of the several rivers and lakes contained therein. By Lewis Evans. The second Philadelphia. edition. Quarto, pp. 32. Printed by B. Franklin and D. Hall. A second part was published in 1756. Small 4to. pp. 86. 18 A PHILOSOPHICAL and practical essay on the gold and silver London. 19 A MAP OF THE BRITISH and French dominions in North Ame- Atlas Folio, 8 sheets. 20 *A POCKET MIRROR for North America. London. 12mo. In the British Museum. (London?) 21 A SUMMARY, HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL, of the first planting, London. An exact reprint of the Boston edition of 1749. Some copies have the 22 THE MEMORIALS of the English and French commissaries con- 23 THE MEMORIALS of the English and French commissaries con- 1755. cerning St. Lucia. Quarto. London. By the titles, these two articles would appear to be distinct works, but they are distinguished at the bottom of the pages as volumes one and two. Prefixed to the first is the following "ADVERTISEMENT. Some of the memorials which have been respectively delivered by the English and French commissaries, concerning the limits of Acadia or Nova Scotia, and the right to St. Lucia, having been printed at Paris, it has been thought necessary to print at London this edition of ALL the memorials upon these points, in the same form in which they were delivered." 24 MEMOIRES des commissaires du Roi et de ceux de sa Majesté Britannique, sur les possessions et les droits respectifs des deux couronnes en Amérique; avec les actes publics et piéces justificatives. Tome premier, contenant les memoires sur l'Acadie et sur l'Isle de Sainte Lucie. Tome second, contenant les traités et actes publics concernant l'Amerique en général, et les pièces justificatives des memoires sur les limites de l'Acadie. Tome troisiéme contenant les pièces justificatives concernant la propriété de l'isle de Sainte Lucie. Tome quatrième, contenant les derniers mémoires sur l'Acadie, et un mémoire des commissaires du Roi sur l'isle de Tobago. Quarto, 4 vols. Paris. The fourth volume was printed in 1757, and is seldom found with the other three. The Rev. Dr. Holmes, in the second edition of his Annals of America, the most perfect work of the kind ever published, calls this "an invaluable collection of official papers and documents." The authors of these memoirs were M. M. de Silhouette, de la Galissonière, and particularly the Abbé de la Ville, an ex-jesuit. Barbier. An edition, in 8 vols. 12mo. was printed in 1756. 25 *MEMOIRES DES COMMISSAIRE de sa majesté très Chretiennes et de ceux de sa majesté Britannique, sur les possessions et les droits respectifs des deux couronnes en Amerique, &c. 12mo. 2 vols. Probably taken from No. 24. Copenhague. 26 *DISCUSSION SOMMAIRE sur les anciences limites de l'Acadie. 12mo. Basle. Written by M. Pidansat de Mairobert. It gave offence to the English commissaries, who published an answer to it in 1756. 1755. 27 *LA CONDUITE DES FRANÇOIS par rapport à la Nouvelle Ecosse. Traduit de l'Anglois, avec des notes d'un François. 12mo. Londres. This appears to be a translation of No. 4 of 1754. Barbier says that the original was by Jefferys, and that the notes were written by Butel-Dumont, author of the following article: 28 HISTOIRE ET COMMERCE des colonies Angloises dans l'Amerique 12mo. By George Marie Butel-Dumont, author of Memoires sur la Louisiane, 1753, &c. 29 *MEMOIRES POUR LA CARTE intitulée Canada, Louisiane, et les terres Anglaises. Par J. B. Bourguignon d'Anville. Quarto, pp. 26. Map. Paris. 30 REMARQUES SUR LA CARTE de l'Amerique septentrionale comprise entre le 28 et le 72° degré de latitude avec une description geographique de ces parties. Par M. Bellin, &c. Quarto, pp. 131. Paris. 31 REAL COMPAÑIA DE COMERCIO para las Islas de Santo Domingo, Puerto Rico y la Margarita, que se ha dignado S. M. conceder con diez registros para Honduras, y provincias de Guathemala al comercio de la ciudad de Barcelona, y su establecimiento en la misma, &c. Madrid. 8vo. pp. 33. 32 RAZON DE LO ACAECIDO en la ciudad de San Francisco de Quito el dio 29 de Avril de 1755, hasta el dos de Mayo inclusive. Small 4to. pp. 4. Sevilla. 33 HERNANDIA. Triunfos de la Fé, y gloria de las armas Españolas. Poema heroyco. Conquista de Mexico, Cabeza del Imperio Septentrional de la Nueva-España. Proezas de Hernan Cortes, catolicos blasones militares, y Grandezas del Nuevo Mundo, &c. Por Don Francisco Ruiz de Leon: hijo de la Nueva España. Small 4to. Madrid. 3 |