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Published by London : printed for T Cooper MDCCXXXVIII, 1738
Seller: Roger J Treglown, ABA., MILNTHORPE, CUMBR, United Kingdom
First edition. Pamphlet. Disbound. 8vo. (194mm. ) Pp. [3] 4 - 30. Title page lightly dusty, light waterstaining in the head and inner margins. The War of Jenkins Ear broke out between Britain and Spain in 1739, it takes its name from a British captain, Robert Jenknis, who was assaulted by the Spanish Guards Costas eight years earlier, but whose case had been re-publicized in the lead up to this war. The ESTC ( on-line 10/ 21 ) locates five copies of this pamphlet - British Library. National Library of Scotland. Oxford University x 3. National Trust.
Published by T. Cooper, London, 1739
Seller: William Reese Company - Americana, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
30pp. Dbd. Very good, untrimmed. Second edition. Part of the heated pamphlet controversy in Great Britain between supporters and opponents of war with Spain in the late 1730s. The author of the present volume supports the 1739 Pardo Convention and further diplomatic efforts between the two colonial powers, taking aim at the arguments of a recent pro-war pamphlet. The War of Jenkins' Ear was nevertheless declared a few months later. EUROPEAN AMERICANA 739/232. GOLDSMITHS 7680 (first ed). SABIN 64143. STEVENS, RARE AMERICANA (1926) 1534 (first ed).
Published by Deptford; 24 August, 1743
Manuscript / Paper Collectible
For Brodrick's distinguished and eventful career, see his entry in the Oxford DNB. 1p, folio. In fair condition, aged and worn, with chipping to one edge carrying traces of grey paper mount, and closed tear at foot repaired on reverse with archival tape. Addressed at bottom left 'To the Honle: Board of Ordnance'. Reads: 'Gentlemen | I wrote you the 7th Inst: to desire that you would please to appoint an Armorer for his Majestys Ship the Phoenix under my Command and now that I am going to Longreach and my Smallarms Coming on Board I beg you Will appoint for me'. Endorsed: 'answer'd 26 August'.
Published by T. Cooper, London, 1739
Seller: William Reese Company - Americana, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
[2],28pp. Lacks half title. Modern tan half morocco and cloth, spine gilt. Minor soiling and wear. Very good plus. Letter concerning the secession on March 9, 1739 of the "Patriots" from the House of Commons over the negotiations preceding the War of Jenkins' Ear. The Patriots were Tories and disaffected Whigs who opposed Sir Robert Walpole, the first Prime Minister. Walpole argued for peace and moderation in dealing with Spain, and he was supported by a scant majority. This letter presents the informed view of a member of Parliament, displaying the furor in England for the protection of their American trade and decrying the factitious nature of English politics. The secession proved advantageous for Walpole because it allowed him to push through several bills relating to the free exportation of sugar and molasses from the West Indian Colonies. ESTC T138894. GOLDSMITHS 7730. EUROPEAN AMERICANA 739/154. SABIN 34807.
Published by T. Cooper, London, 1740
Seller: William Reese Company - Americana, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
[4],60pp. Half title. Dbd. Light stain on half title leaf, affecting, but not obscuring, a handful of letters. Else very good. "Relates largely to affairs with Spain in the West Indies, the writer defending the Ministry and the Convention. Probably written by a Ministerial partizan" - Stevens. First of three editions. BELL L321. EUROPEAN AMERICANA 740/185. GOLDSMITHS 7808. SABIN 40399. STEVENS, RARE AMERICANA (1926) 1521.
Published by T. Cooper, London, 1739
Seller: William Reese Company - Americana, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
31pp. Dbd. Very good, untrimmed. Second edition. A point-by-point refutation of a recent pamphlet which favored diplomacy to war with regard to recent colonial trade conflicts with Spain. A REPLY. was one of many 1739 pamphlets that reflected and reinforced the British public's outrage at perceived injustices to British seamen by the Spanish in the Caribbean. Prime Minister Walpole bowed to popular sentiment in October and commenced the War of Jenkins' Ear. EUROPEAN AMERICANA 739/248. DE RENNE I, p.79. GOLDSMITHS 7685 (first ed). SABIN 69687.
Published by T. Cooper, London, 1739
Seller: William Reese Company - Americana, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
30pp. Dbd. Very good. From the heated pamphlet controversy in Great Britain between supporters and opponents of war with Spain in the late 1730's. The author of the present volume supports the 1739 Pardo Convention and further diplomatic efforts between the two colonial powers, taking aim at the arguments of a recent pro- war pamphlet. The War of Jenkins' Ear was nevertheless declared a few months later. First of three editions. EUROPEAN AMERICANA 739/231. GOLDSMITHS 7680. KRESS 4457. SABIN 64143. STEVENS, RARE AMERICANA (1926) 1534.
Published by London: Printed for W. Tewley, in Fleetstreet, [1739]., 1739
Seller: Arader Galleries - AraderNYC, New York, NY, U.S.A.
WAR OF JENKINS' EAR. The Protests for the Year One Thousand Seven Hundred Thirty-nine. To which is added, a LIST of the Peers who Voted against an Address to approve the Convention, March the 1st, 1738-9. Also of Those who Voted for the Enquiry, yet Voted for the Address. Likewise, the Names of those Peers who spoke for the Address, and of those who spoke against it, with the Numbers on each Side, both Present and Proxies. To which is Annexed, A List of those Peers who used to Vote with the court, but Voted against it on this Question. Also, A True State of the National-Debt, provided or unprovided for by Parliament, as it stood December 31st, 1737, and December 31st, 1738. Together with an Account of the Produce of the sinking-Fund in that Year, and to the Payment of what Debts contracted before the 25th of December, 1716, the said Fund has been applied. Presented march 21st, 1738-9, according to their Lordships Address to His Majesty, march 19th, 1738-9. London: Printed for W. Tewley, in Fleetstreet, [1739]. Folio (14 x 8 4/8 inches). 8-pages, disbound (folded, one or two stains). Referring to the Convention of Pardo concluded between Great Britain and Spain in January of 1739 which was intended to bring an end to the growing hostilities between the British and Spanish over international trading rights, and the subsequent petition presented to Parliament listing British merchants' grievances against the Spanish. The following year George II declared war against the Spanish, a conflict now known as the War of Jenkins' Ear: Robert Jenkins (d. 1743), was a merchant naval officer, and master of the brig Rebecca in 1731. Bound for Jamaica the vessel was was boarded "on 9 April by a Spanish coastguard off Havana. Jenkins was half-strangled and beaten by the Spanish, who wished to get him to reveal suspected hidden contraband. After failing to discover anything, the Spanish commander cut off part of Jenkins's ear, bidding him to carry it to his Master King George . The Rebecca was plundered and, as Rear-Admiral Stewart informed the Spanish governor of Havana on 12 September 1731, left with the intent that she should perish in her passage . Despite its poor condition the ship arrived in the Thames on 11 June and Jenkins's case was reported in the press along with other allegations of Spanish intimidation at a time of worsening relations between Britain and Spain over navigation rights and suspected smuggling. Rear-Admiral Stewart specifically mentioned the case to the Spanish governor as part of a series of complaints for which he demanded satisfaction. However, it was not until 1738 that the impact of the Jenkins episode was fully felt in the wake of new criticisms of Spain. On 17 March the House of Commons resolved to examine a petition of several merchants trading to America complaining of Spanish depredations [as here]. Jenkins was ordered to attend the committee on 22 March. In the event he did not attend, but his plight was a powerful motif for the pro-war opposition to Robert Walpole's ministry. Cultural events relating to the Jenkins incident included a masquerade performed in February 1739 which featured a Spaniard, very richly dressed, who called himself knight of the Ear; as a Badge of which order he wore on his Breast the form of a Star, whose Points seem'd ting'd with Blood, on which was painted an Ear, and round it, written in Capital letters the word Jenkins. "The Anglo-Spanish war which finally broke out in 1739 owed very little to the Rebecca incident though Jenkins's ear continued to serve as a potent symbol of political rights and Spanish cruelty. The identity of the Spanish commander who had perpetrated the crime was eagerly sought in order that his capture would prove an equally symbolic revenge. At least two Spanish captains were suspected of being Jenkins's tormentor, and their capture in 1740 and 1742 was heralded as fitting justice" (J. K. Laughton, rev. Richard Harding for DNB). ESTC T171269. Catalogu.
Published by T. Cooper, London, 1739
Seller: William Reese Company - Americana, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
[2],30pp. Dbd. Very good. Responding specifically to the recently published POPULAR PREJUDICES. (Sabin 64143), this pamphlet criticizes the Convention of El Pardo and Prime Minister Walpole's other diplomatic efforts to avoid war with Spain. The House of Commons sided overwhelmingly with the belligerent faction, claiming abuses of British seamen and unfair interruption of trade by the Spanish authorities in the Caribbean, and pressured Walpole into commencing the War of Jenkins' Ear in October 1739. BELL M373. EUROPEAN AMERICANA 739/199. GOLDSMITHS 7679 (another ed). SABIN 49228.
Published by T. Cooper, London, 1739
Seller: William Reese Company - Americana, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
63pp. Dbd. Very good. A defense of Robert Walpole's international policy leading up to and including the Convention of El Pardo (January, 1739). Walpole's long diplomatic efforts, praised by the anonymous author of this pamphlet, would soon prove to have been in vain, as the Prime Minister reluctantly declared war on Spain later in the year. The result was the desultory affair known as the War of Jenkins' Ear. Of this pamphlet's two 1739 editions, the present one is given priority by EUROPEAN AMERICANA and CATALOGUE OF THE GOLDSMITHS' LIBRARY OF ECONOMIC LITERATURE. EUROPEAN AMERICANA 739/280 GOLDSMITHS 7693. SABIN 79228 (another ed). STEVENS, RARE AMERICANA (1926) 1539.
Published by T. Gardner, London, 1739
Seller: William Reese Company - Americana, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
[2],56pp. Dbd., very good. A pamphlet published shortly after the beginning of the War of Jenkins' Ear, apparently addressed to Sir Robert Walpole. Walpole's lengthy diplomatic efforts eventually came to naught, and he bowed to popular sentiment in October and commenced the War of Jenkins' Ear. This work includes numerous references to American commerce. One of two issues noted by ESTC; this issue not in EUROPEAN AMERICANA. ESTC N10777. EUROPEAN AMERICANA 739/210 (ref). KRESS 4452. SABIN 56464.
Published by W. Webb, London, 1740
Seller: William Reese Company - Americana, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
[4],28pp. Modern marbled boards, gilt leather label on cover. Bookplate of Alberto Parreño on front pastedown. Minor soiling. Very good. A later issue of this edition, published shortly after the beginning of the War of Jenkins' Ear. Sir Robert Walpole's lengthy diplomatic efforts eventually came to naught, and he bowed to popular sentiment in October of 1839 and commenced the War of Jenkins' Ear. "Includes several references to naval actions & commerce in [the] West Indies" - EUROPEAN AMERICANA. ESTC calls for an added postscript with this issue, though SABIN and EUROPEAN AMERICANA make no such differentiation. Only four copies of this issue located in ESTC. EUROPEAN AMERICANA 740/76. SABIN 15994. ESTC T2956.
Published by London, 1740
Seller: William Reese Company - Americana, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
Engraving with hand-coloring, 14 x 8 3/4 inches. Minor soiling. Color quite bright and fresh. Very good. A satire against French Cardinal Fleury, Chief Minister to Louis XV, published during the frenzy of celebrations over Admiral Vernon's victory over the Spanish at the Battle of Porto Bello - an enthusiasm which the Cardinal apparently did not share. Fleury was an ally of Robert Walpole, whose power was in decline and had reluctantly agreed to hostilities with Spain. Fleury is seen here seated, reaching out toward a medallion of Admiral Vernon and holding a scroll which reads, "His iron will get ye better of my gold" and "G-d, he'll take all our acquisitions in America." On the wall behind him are several small crude illustrations, one of which appears to be a portly Walpole hanging from a gallows above the slogan, "No matter if he is longer than ye gallows." A head sits atop a pole, perhaps alluding to the fact that many people would be pleased to see Walpole's head positioned thus. Engraved by George Bickham. Only one copy located in OCLC, at Northwestern University. BRITISH LIBRARY CATALOG 2454. OCLC 43946235.