Minutes of a conspiracy against the liberties of America [microform].
Wightman, Williamlcn01786402
Philadelphia : J. Campbell,
1865.
"Edition of 250 copies. Of which 75 copies are in quarto, and 25 copies in folio, tinted paper. no. 140."
Reprint (including original t.-p.) with introduction and notes added, of a pamphlet published by J. Brew, London, 1786, entitled: Minutes of the trial and examination of certain persons, in the province of New York, charged with being engaged in a conspiracy against the authority of Congress, and the liberties of America. An account of the so-called Hickey plot, formed during the American occupation of New York city in 1776. "The whole publication is a clumsy Tory forgery."--Ford, P.L., The true George Washington, Philadelphia, 1896, p. 107.
Preface of the reprint signed: W. [i.e. William Wightman?]
Sabin 49387.
Sabin Group 106.
Microfiche.
Hickey Plot, 1776.