Document Record

Creator

Smith, William, 1727-1803, author

Title

A brief view of the conduct of Pennsylvania, for the year 1755 : so far as it affected the general service of the British colonies, particularly the expedition under the late General Braddock : with an account of the shocking inhumanities, committed by incursions of the Indians upon the province in October and November ; which occasioned a body of the inhabitants to come down, while the assembly were sitting, and to insist upon an immediate suspension of all disputes, and the passing of a law for the defence of the country : interspers'd with several interesting anecdotes and original papers, relating to the politics and principles of the people called Quakers : being a sequel to a late well-known pamphlet, intitled, A brief state of Pennsylvania : in a second letter to a friend in London.

Published

London : Printed for R. Griffiths ... and sold by Mr. Bradford in Philadelphia, 1756.

Identifier

oocihm.20196
20196

Subject

Pennsylvania -- History -- French and Indian War, 1755-1763.
Pennsylvania -- Politics and government -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Pennsylvanie -- Histoire -- 1755-1763 (Guerre franco-indienne).
Pennsylvanie -- Politique et gouvernement -- ca 1600-1775 (Période coloniale).

Document source

Electronic reproduction.

Notes

"To See the Sufferings of my Fellow-Creatures ...--Shakespear."
Attributed to William Smith--National Union Catalog pre-1956 imprints.
Includes advertisement on the last page.
88 pages ; 21 cm.

Collection

Monographs

Language

English

URL

https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.20196