Proceedings of a board of general officers, held by order of His Excellency Gen. Washington, commander in chief of the Army of the United States of America : respecting Major John Andre, adjutant general of the British Army, September 29, 1780.
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| Item Description: | [Colonial pamphlets ; volume 18, number 5]. Proceedings ... To which are appended the several letters which passed to and from New-York on the occasion, &c. Published by order of Congress. Two other editions were published in the same year: Hartford, B. Webster, 1780 (32 pages) and New York, J. Rivington, 1780 (13 pages) The "Proceedings" were reprinted in the Gentleman's magazine, Dec. 1780, volume 50, pages 610-616; incorporated in Egbert Benson's "Vindication of the captors of Major Andre," New York, Kirk & Mercein, 1817, and in the two reprints of 1865; and, with other documents, appended to Dunlap's "Andre; a tragedy," New York, 1798, and New York, The Dunlap society, 1887. It is a manifesto, rather than a report of the trial, and does not contain Andres statement, which is found in Sargent's Life of Andre, pages 349-350, Boynton's West Point, pages 149-151, Dawson's Papers concerning the capture and detention of Major John Andre, pages 43-44, and elsewhere. Microfiche. Louisville, Ky. : Lost Cause Press, 1966. -- 4 sheets ; 7.5 x 12.5 cm. -- (Sabin, Joseph, 1821-1881. [Bibliotheca Americana] Selected Americana. [Microfiche edition]). "Copied from the original in the Library of Congress." First word of title not filmed. Microform. |
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| Physical Description: | 21 pages ; 20 cm. |