An Impartial history of the war in America, between Great Britain and the United States, from its commencement to the end of the war
Subtitle: exhibiting a circumstantial, connected, and complete account of the real causes, rise, and progress of the war, interspersed with anecdotes and characters of the different commanders, and accounts of such personages in Congress as have distinguished themselves during the contest. : With an appendix, containing a collection of interesting and authentic papers, tending to elucidate the history. : Illustrated with beautiful copper plates. : Vol. I [-III]
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 17241; Early American imprints -- no. 17610; Early American imprints -- no. 18617
Publisher: Printed by Nathaniel Coverly and Robert Hodge, at their office in Newbury-Street.
Published: 1781
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Subjects: History; Portraits
Other titles: History of the war in America.
Notes: First published at London in 1780, with title: An impartial history of the war in America, between Great Britain and her colonies. Attributed to James Murray by Evans. For a critical account of this work, see: Libby, O.G. Some pseudo histories of the American Revolution. Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of the Arts and Sciences, v. 13, part 1, (1901): 419-425.

Issued in parts, some with paper covers, having title: The history of the war in America. Vol. 2 was published in 1782-83, v. 3 in 1784.

Imprint of v. 3 varies: Boston: Printed by Nathaniel Coverly, at his printing-office, no. 83, between the Sign of Lamb, and the White-Horse. M,DCCLXXXIV.

Plates engraved by John Norman.

Signatures: v. 1, [A]⁴, B-3K⁴ (3K4 verso blank; gatherings G, 2C missigned F, 2B); v. 2, [A]⁴ B-3K⁴; v. 3, [A]⁴ B-U⁴ W⁴ X-Z⁴ (Z4 verso blank).

Vol. 1: iv, [1], 6-445 [i.e., 6-447], [1] p., [7] leaves of plates (1 folded); v. 2: 448 p., [7] leaves of plates (1 folded); v. 3: 190 [i.e., 191], [1] p., [1] leaf of plates.

Errors in paging: v. 1, p. 159 misnumbered 153, page numbers 373, 374 repeated; v. 2, p. 89 misnumbered 98; v. 3, page number 136 repeated.

Evans 17241

Evans 17610

Evans 18617