Report on the arrangements which were made for the internal defence of these kingdoms, when Spain, by its Armada, projected the invasion and conquest of England : and application of the wise proceedings of our ancestors to the present crisis of public safety.
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| Language: | English |
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[Printed by A. Strahan],
[1798]
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| Item Description: | "Privately printed for the use of ministers at the time of Bonaparte's threatened invasion"--DNB Published anonymously. Written by John Bruce. Prepared at the request of Henry Dundas. Cf. ESTC. Imprint from ESTC. With autograph signatures of the author and the Right Honorable Henry Dundas, Secretary of State for War, at the end of the report on page 97, second group of paging. Also includes manuscript corrections in ink. "State Paper Office, May 17th, 1798"--page [1], in manuscript. The plate is double. Signatures: [A]² B-N⁴ [O]⁴ P⁴ a-l⁴ m1 n-2r⁴ 2s² 2t1 chi² 2u1. Leaves m1 and 2t1 fold out and contain letterpress tables. Appendices (pages i-cccxxviii) contain documents, letters, etc., 1548-1591. The Cushing Library/Rare Books copy was acquired as part of the Lois Goddard Morrison Collection of Eighteenth Century Literature. |
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| Physical Description: | 4 unnumbered pages, 97 pages, 15 unnumbered pages, cxxxviii, cxli-cccxxviii pages, 2 unnumbered folded leaves of plates : map (engraving) ; 24 cm (8vo) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |