[Rarebooks] fa: SHEBBEARE - LETTER(S) TO THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND - 1756 (French & Indian War, George Washington, etc.)

[Ardwight Chamberlain]

Listed now, along with other 17th-19th Century British books and  
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[John Shebbeare:] A Fourth Letter to the People of England. On the  
Conduct of the M—rs in Alliances, Fleets, and Armies, since the first  
Differences on the Ohio, to the taking of Minorca by the French.  
London: Printed for M. Collier, Bookseller at the Royal-Exchange,  
1756. [WITH:] [Anonymous:] Fourth Letter to the People of England.  
London: Printed for M. Cooper, in Pater-noster-Row, 1756. FIRST  
EDITIONS. Two pamphlets, untrimmed in original stitched bindings as  
issued, 8vo (22 cm); [4] + 111 + [1] pp.; 43 + [1] pp.; with half- 
titles. Sabin 80047, 80048; Howes S368; ESTC T40119; T40118.
Two related pamphlets dealing with the Seven Years' War (French and  
Indian War). The first, one of a series of attacks by Shebbeare on the  
"timid" and "dastardly" policies of the Duke of Newcastle's  
administration, is of particular interest for its content dealing with  
hostilities on the frontiers of the American colonies, the Ohio River  
region in particular, with references to the disastrous Braddock  
expedition and George Washington. The second pamphlet, also titled  
Fourth Letter and published in the same year, is in fact a response to  
Shebbeare's first three "letters." In it, the anonymous author defends  
the Newcastle ministry from, among other things, charges that it  
favors the interests of Hanover over those of Britain.