Smith, William | A Brief View of the Conduct of Pennsylvania

Smith, William
A Brief View of the Conduct of Pennsylvania for the Year 1755 … With an Account of the Shocking Inhumanities Committed by Incursions of the Indians upon the Province. London: R. Griffiths, 1756

8vo (180 x 121 mm). Title-page and verso of terminal leaf soiled, 3 short tears in gutter of title-page. Half burgundy morocco over marbled boards, smooth spine lettered gilt; marbled endpapers; joints rubbed.

First edition. Smith lashes out against the principles and actions of the Quakers and the Popular Party, whom he characterizes as “a factious Cabal, effectually promoting the French Interest, and a dead Weight upon his Majesty’s Service.”

REFERENCE
ESTC T29655; Howes S687; Sabin 84594; Streeter sale 2:962; Wroth, American Bookshelf, pp. 28–29, 143–145

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