From the London evening post, 29th of April 1775. To the three generals, with Scotch orders, on their voyage to North-America. : [one line of Latin] : Critical and faithful extracts from Colonel Cavallier’s [i.e., Cavalier’s] Memoirs of the wars of the Cevennes, or Lower Languedoc, in his own handwriting, and in the French language.

Revolutionary Era broadsides, 1775-1783

[Salem, Mass.?]

[Printed by Ezekiel Russell?]

1775-04-29
[1775]

1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 46 x 29 cm

Drawing parallels between the persecution of the French Protestants as described by Cavalier, and Great Britain’s policy toward the American colonies. Ascribed to John Dunlap’s Philadelphia press by Evans (entry 14517) and Hildeburn. A second entry in Evans (14055) supplies New York as place of publication. Ascribed by Ford to the press of Ezekiel Russell of Salem, based on an advertisement for it appearing in the imprint of another broadside printed by Russell. Cf. Bristol B4113; Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 1926. Text in two columns; printed area measures 38.3 x 17.5 cm. New-York Historical copy torn, with slight loss of text. References: Evans 14055; Evans 14517; Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 1810; Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 3299.

Broadsides -- SY1775 no.73
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United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Foreign public opinion
Great Britain--Colonies--America

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