Proceedings of a board of general officers
Subtitle: held by order of His Excellency Gen. Washington, commander in chief of the army of the United States of America : respecting Major John André, adjutant general of the British Army : September 29, 1780
Series: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to America, from its discovery to the present time -- 1454a
Publisher: F. Bailey
Published: 1780
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 21
Subjects: Arnold, Benedict, -- 1741-1801; Courts-martial and courts of inquiry -- United States; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783
Notes: Half-title: Proceedings ... To which are appended the several letters which passed to and from New-York on the occasion, &c. Published by order of Congress

Two other editions were published in the same year: Hartford, B. Webster, 1780 (32 p.) and New York, J. Rivington, 1780 (13 p.) The "Proceedings" were reprinted in the Gentleman's magazine, Dec. 1780, v. 50, p. 610-616: incorporated in Egbert Benson's "Vindication of the captors of Major André," New York, Kirk & Mercein, 1817, and in the two reprints of 1865; and, with other documents, appended to Dunlap's "André; a tragedy." New York, 1798, and New York, The Dunlap Society, 1887

It is a manifesto, rather than a report of the trial, and does not contain André's statement, which is found in Sargent's Life of André, p. 349-350, Boynton's West Point, p. 149-151, Dawson's Papers concerning the capture and detention of Major John André, p. 43-44, and elsewhere

Sabin, 1454

Microopaque. Louisville, [Ky.] : Lost Cause Press, 1996. 4 microcards : positive. (Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to America, from its discovery to the present time ; cards 46569-46572)