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.
By: In a letter to a nobleman. To which are added, Col. Washington's journal of his expedition to the Ohio, in 1754, and several letters found in the cabinet of Major General Braddock, after his defeat near Fort Du Quesne.
Contributors: Smith, William, 1728-1793.; Alexander, William, 1726-1783.
Series: American culture series -- 244.7.
Publisher: P. Wilson, and J. Exshaw
Place of publication: Dublin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
Subjects: Braddock's Campaign, 1755; United States -- History -- French and Indian War, 1755-1763; New York (State) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Notes: First edition of the "Review" was printed in London, R. and J. Dodsley, 1757. It has been attributed to various persons. Samuel Jones, in the New-York Historical Society, Collections, v. 3, 1821, p. 361, says: "This pamphlet was written in New-York, and it is believed ... that William Smith [1728-1793] afterwards chief justice of Canada, was the author; that he copied it himself, never permitting either of his clerks to see a word of it; that the manuscript was carefully nailed up ... and sent to London to be printed. The pamphlets when received from London were not publicly distributed ..." (Cited in Documentary history of the state of New York, 1849-51, v. 4, p. 1054)

In Smith's posthumous "History of the late province of New York", 1829, v. 2, p. 255-56, it is stated that William Alexander (who later called himself Lord Stirling) acknowledged having given the manuscript to the printer, but denied the authorship, but Smith neither hints at himself being the author, nor offers any suggestions as to who wrote the pamphlet. It is now generally believed that Alexander had the manuscript from his brother-in-law, Livingston, to whom it is attributed by his biographer Sedgwick (cf. Amer. quart. rev., 1833, v. 14, p. 12-13) by Halkett and Laing, Cushing, Sabin and the best authorities.

Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich., University Microfilms [n.d.] (American culture series, Reel 244.7)