A review of the military operations in North-America
Subtitle: from the commencement of the French hostilities on the frontiers of Virginia in 1753, to the surrender of Oswego, on the 14th of August, 1756. Interspersed with various observations, characters, and anecdotes; necessary to give light into the conduct of American transactions in general; and more especially into the political management of affairs in New York. In a letter to a nobleman.
By: London : Printed, for R. and J. Dodsley in Pall-Mall. 1757.
Contributors: Smith, William, 1728-1793.; Scott, John Morin, 1730-1784.; Alexander, William, 1726-1783.; American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)
Published: 1758
Place of publication: New-England
Language: eng
Number of pages: 98
Subjects: Shirley, William, 1694-1771.; Braddock's Campaign, 1755.; United States -- History -- French and Indian War, 1755-1763.; New York (State) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Notes: Evans 8163
A defense of General Shirley's conduct of operations during the war.
"In this work Mr. Livingston is said, I know not on what authority, to have been assisted by William Smith and John Morine [!] Scott. For the facts which it contains, he was probably indebted to his brother-in-law. Mr. Alexander, afterwards Lord Stirling, who was about this time secretary to General Shirley." - T. Sedgwick, A memoir of the life of William Livingston, New York, 1833, p. 114.