Meímoire contenant le preícis des faits, avec leurs pieces justificatives, pour servir de reíponse aux Observations envoyeíes par les ministres d'Angleterre, dans les cours de l'Europe.

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Title: Meímoire contenant le preícis des faits, avec leurs pieces justificatives, pour servir de reíponse aux Observations envoyeíes par les ministres d'Angleterre, dans les cours de l'Europe.
Creator: Cumberland, William Augustus, Duke of, 1721-1765
Moreau, Jacob Nicolas, 1717-1804
Napier, Robert, d. 1766
Published / Created: 1756
Publication Place: Paris,
Publisher: De l'Imprimerie royale,
Description: "Journal du Major Wasinghton [!]" March 31-June 27, 1754: p. 86-111.
"Lettre de m. Robert Napier, écrite à m. Braddock par ordre de m. le duc de Cumberland. A Londres, le 25 novembre 1754": p. 127-131. It was this letter that called forth the ironical defence of the Duke of Cumberland, published, London, 1756, under title: Reasons humbly offered, to prove, that the letter printed at the end of the French Memorial of justification, is a French forgery and falsly ascribed to His R--l H--ss.
Issued by the French government, and transmitted to the courts of Europe as a justification of the war with England ... In this volume was printed for the first time, in a French translation, Washington's journal of the expedition of 1754, which, with other papers, had been found by the French at Fort Necessity after the departure of the English troops ... The volume also contains translations of Braddock's papers captured at the battle of the Monongahela ..."--Boston athenæum, Catalogue of the Washington coll., 1897, p. 312.
Extent: vi, 198 p. 26 x 20 cm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been partially digitized.
Language: English

Collection Information

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: Franklin 756 M81

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Format: text
Genre: Devices (symbols)
Title pages
Resource Type: Books, Journals & Pamphlets
Subject (Geographic): Ohio River Valley--History--To 1795--Sources
United States--History--French and Indian War, 1755-1763--Sources
Subject (Topic): Braddock's Campaign, 1755

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Citation: Sabin 47511.

Identifiers

Orbis Record: 2543779
Object ID (OID): 10172360