The letters of Valens
Subtitle: (which originally appeared in the London Evening Post)
By: with corrections, explanatory notes, and a preface by the author.
Contributors: Burke, William, 1730-1798.; Burke, Richard, 1733-1794.; Lloyd, Capt.; Force, Peter, 1790-1868, former owner.; Pre-1801 Imprint Collection (Library of Congress); Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Printed for J. Almon ...
Published: 1777
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
Subjects: United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783.; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1760-1820.
Notes: LC copy has bookplate: Force Collection. Has additional [4] p. fragment (p. 67-70) from a bibliography of Paulus Manutius bound in at front of text.
Halkett & Laing (2nd ed.) III, p. 333
ESTC T38523
NUC pre-1956 NB 0974296
Attributed to William Burke, assisted by Richard Burke, by Halkett and Laing.
The three Burkes, Edmund, William and Richard, all appear to have written for the Evening post over the signature of Valens.
Signatures: pi² a-b⁴ B-X⁴.
Henry Laurens, in his Narrative (South Carolina Historical Society, Collections, v. 1, p. 22) states that Captain Lloyd, of the British Navy, gave him a pamphlet "written and published by himself, under the signature of 'Valens,' in which the war ... is condemned" [etc.].