LETTERS FROM AMERICA, HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE; COMPRISING OCCURRENCES FROM 1769, TO 1777, INCLUSIVE

Eddis, William

Verlag: Printed for the Author., London, 1792

[48],455pp. including subscribers list. Modern green half morocco and cloth. Internally clean. Very good. "Valuable as indicating the state of public feeling anterior to the Revolution. 'Mr. Eddis's letters are forty in number. The first contains an account of the country, the government, trade, manners and customs of the inhabitants, followed by others, giving an account of the progress of the war, till his departure from New York. The concluding letters narrate the difficulties and dangers which the author experienced, in consequence of his refusing to take the oath tendered him by the Americans.' - MONTHLY REVIEW." - Sabin. Most of Eddis' time in America was spent in Maryland, particularly Annapolis. He treats in detail the social life in the American colonies, describing the theatre, the races, the prevalence of the latest British fashions among the elite, the problems of getting good servants, and so forth. "The work provides an intelligent and sensitive picture of life in late colonial Maryland and an unparalleled commentary on the political crisis unfolding between the colonies and Britain" - ANB. CLARK I:229. SABIN 21801. HOWES E41, "aa." ANB (online). Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers WRCAM52973

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Titel: LETTERS FROM AMERICA, HISTORICAL AND ...
Verlag: Printed for the Author., London
Erscheinungsdatum: 1792