Early Version Articles Confederation Gentlemans (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. First Edition. Complete December issue. Pages are lightly toned but in very good condition and secured together at spine from former binding. Includes one page plate Curiosities found in the Ruins of Herculaneum; plus folding map "The Road from London to Barnstable" bound-in upside down. Some of the content includes: An early version of the Articles of Confederation that while differs from final version endorsed by Congress on November 15, 1777, it is the same thought expressed. "Account of the Proceedings of the American Colonies". An "Extract of a letter from Gen. Montgomery". Another report includes: "A plan likewise of attacking the Regulars at Boston by means of a floating battery is also said to have miscarried, and many of the Provincials perished. A report has been propagated.that the Generals Washington and Lee had disagreed, and that to reconcile the difference, and restore harmony in the Provincial army, Dr. Franklin and other Delegates had suddenly quitted Philadelphia, and appeared at the head-quarters at Cambridge." "Protest entered in the Upper House against the Act that prohibits all commercial intercourse with the confederated colonies". "Journal of the Resolution's Voyage on Discovery to the Southern Hemisphere." on Captain Cook's voyage. .