A memorial, containing a summary view of facts
Subtitle: with their authorities, in answer to the Observations sent by the English ministry to the courts of Europe. Translated from the French
Contributors: Washington, George, 1732-1799; Cumberland, William Augustus, Duke of, 1721-1765; Napier, Robert, d. 1766
Series: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to America, from its discovery to the present time -- 47512
Publisher: Printed, by James Chattin
Published: 1977
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 338
Subjects: Braddock's Campaign, 1755; United States -- History -- French and Indian War, 1755-1763 -- Sources; Ohio River Valley -- History -- To 1795 -- Sources
Work titles: Mémoire contenant le précis des faits.
Notes: The French original (Mémoire contenant le précis des faits [etc.]) was published at Paris by the French government in 1756 as a justification of the war with England. In it were included documents captured from the British at Fort Necessity and at Braddock's defeat

"The journal of Major Washington [March 31-June 27, 1754]": p. 124-173

"A letter written by Colonel Napier, and sent to General Braddock, by order of the Duke of Cumberland [dated London, Nov. 25, 1754]": p. 202-209. It was this letter which called forth the ironical defence of the Duke of Cumberland, published at London in 1756 under the title: Reasons humbly offered, to prove, that the letter printed at the end of the French Memorial of Justification, is a French forgery and falsely ascribed to His R--l H--ss

Microfiche (negative) Louisville [Ky.] Lost Cause Press, 1977. 6 sheets. 10.5 x 14.8 cm. ([Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary ... ])

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