Letters, on the subject of the concert of princes, and the dismemberment of Poland and France. (First published in the Morning Chronicle between July 20, 1792, and June 25, 1793.) With corrections and additions. By A Calm Observer
[Vaughan, Benjamin]
Published by printed for G. G. J. and J. Robinson, Paternoster-Row, London, 1793
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First edition, 8vo, pp. [8], lx, 231, [1], 23, [1]; original gray-blue paper-covered boards, cream paper shelfback, boards a little soiled, corners bumped, front hinge starting, some marginal pencil marks, and a line crossed out in the preface ("or even of the Bill of Rights" struck from the line "scarcely a shred of Magna Charta, or even of the Bill of Rights, is at present looked to in practice."); very good. Jamaican-born Benjamin Vaughan (1751-1835) was educated in England and took a strong interest in American affairs. He was a close associate of Benjamin Franklin and and an "active an important mediator" during the Anglo-American peace negotiations of 1782-3. Writing as "A Calm Observer," he wrote letters critical of the Pitt government and supportive of the French and Polish revolutions, which he later collected in the Concert of Princes. He fled England in 1794 to live in the United States where he settled in Maine. Seller Inventory # 67126
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Title: Letters, on the subject of the concert of ...
Publisher: printed for G. G. J. and J. Robinson, Paternoster-Row, London
Publication Date: 1793
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition