[Rarebooks] fa: BATTLE OF COWPENS & PORT PRAYA + FRANKLIN STOVES, &c. in 1781 Gentleman's Magazine

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The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle. Volume LI [51]. For the Year MDCCLXXXI [1781]. London: Printed by J. Nichols, for D. Henry, [1781]. Twelve monthly issues (Jan.-Dec.), plus the supplement, volume title, indices and preface. Thick 8vo in early quarter calf and marbled boards; [4] + iv + 633 + [16] pp.; with in-text charts and tables, woodcut illustrations, plus 14 copper-engraved plates and maps, six of which are folding (complete).
With extensive contemporary coverage of events related to the AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE, including:

	- Proceedings of the British Army in Virginia: "An account… of the proceedings of the detachment sent by Gen. Clinton to Virginia under the command of Brig. Gen. [BENEDICT] ARNOLD…"
	- Extract of a Letter from Brig. Gen. Arnold to Sir H. Clinton… sent from New York, May 18; Copy of a Letter from Brig. Gen. Arnold to his Excellency the Commander in Chief, dated Sound off Plumb Island, Sept. 8, 1781.
	- Several accounts of the BATTLE OF COWPENS ("the unfortunate affair of the 17th January, between Col. Tarleton and Gen. Morgan").
	- Lengthy summaries of dispatches from Gen. Cornwallis. Lord Rawdon, and others re. events in the Carolinas, Virginia, etc.
	- A Plan for putting an End to the American War, and for laying the Foundations of a permanent Peace with the Thirteen Colonies.
	- List of the Men killed or disabled in the War.
	- Proclamation published by Gen. [Nathanael] Green.
	- Gen. Washington's letter to the President of Congress on the surrender of the British army under Lord Cornwallis.
	- A folding Plan of PORT PRAYA [Porto Praia], in the Island of St. Jago, with the Situation of the English and French Fleets, accompanied by a detailed Account by Commodore George Johnstone of his Engagement with the French fleet; this is proceeded in an earlier issue by an Account of Port Praya from Capt. Cook's Voyage, 1777.
	- A section devoted to AMERICAN NEWS and a monthly HISTORICAL CHRONICLE, which together provide an often day-by-day account of events:
		- Jan. 31. "…the war in America becomes every day more bloody than ever. A party of rebels having attacked the town of Augusta in Georgia… was in the end defeated; and of 12 prisoners which fell into  the hands of the King's troops, 11 were hang'd without trial…"
		- Saturday 17. "…dispatches confirm the defeat of Major Ferguson… on King's Mountain; they likewise give an account of the defeat of the rebel Gen. Sumpter…"
		- Tuesday 20. "…dispatches from Sir Henry Clinton… bring confirmation of the revolt of the Pennsylvania line from General Washington's army…"
		- Feb. 25. "The American John Adams, Esq. opened a loan for a million of florins at Amsterdam…"
		- Saturday, 14. "…in this dispatch were two intercepted letters from Gen. Washington to the Marquis de la Fayette…"
		- Oct. 11. "The American privateer brig, called the Wexford, of 20 twelve-pounders and 120 men, was captured on the 1st instant…"
		- Nov. 1. "General Arnold published a manifesto, declaring his reasons for joining the king's standard…"
		- "By an authentic account, published by order of Congress, a very bloody engagement happened in South Carolina on the 8th of September, between the English Army and that of Gen. Green [the Battle of Eutaw Springs]…"; etc., etc.
	- FRANKLIN STOVES: a folding plate of "Four American Stoves, invented by Franklin and improved by Sharp," accompanied by a Description of the Pensylvanian[sic] Fire-Places.
	- A Plagiarism of Dr. Franklin.
	- A Letter concerning a Tribe of Welch Indians in America.
	- Punic Inscriptions in the Western Boundaries of Canada ("from which it may be conjectured that N. America was formerly inhabited by a nation… more civilized than that which the Europeans found on their arrival here…").
	- Etc., etc.
Other topics and features of note include:

	- EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPHS. With a folding Plan of the Bird Pit, near Cairo, and a representation of the Figures and Hieroglyphics carried at the entrance; accompanied by a lengthy essay by the Duke of Chaulnes, F.R.S., "Observations on the real Entrance of the Egyptian Monument… near Saccara… Of the Hieroglyphic Language of the Egyptians… Burying-place of the Sacred Animals, and the Well leading to it… Method of taking off Egyptian Hieroglyphics…" Elsewhere, there is a related article: "Curious Hieroglyphics in The British Museum, and at Oxford," illustrated with a woodcut.
	- THE GORDON RIOTS: including Minutes of the Trial of Lord George Gordon (multi-part, over several issues); etc.
	- Dr. Lindsay's new Theory of WATER-SPOUTS, accompanied by a handsome folding plate.
	- POETICAL FORGERIES. Several articles on the two great literary controversies of the time: Enquiry into the Authenticity of the Poems ascribed to Ossian; Observations on the Poems attributed to Thomas Rowley; A Query on Chatterton; Modern Imitations in Rowley; etc.
	- Other PLATES include: Pompey's Pillar in Alexandria; Masks of Roman Actors; View of the Bridge at Alcantra, Spain; a Roman Altar dound at Doncaster; several plates of medals and coins, including Chines Money, or Cash; etc.
	- A Narrative of the Voyage of five Vessels belonging to the East India fleet, from China to the Cape of Good Hope.
	- Remarks on Capt. Phipps's Tables of Longitude.
	- Minutes of the Trial of John Donellan, Esq., for the Murder of Sir Theodosius Boughton (arsenic poisoning).
	- Narrative of the Trial of M. de la Motte (for treason).
	- A complete List of the present Members of the Antiquarian Society.
	- Remarks on the Rage of the Ladies for Military Dress.
	- And much more...