Agent of their High Mightinesses the States General of the United Provinces, &c.
London: Printed by
J. Haberkorn: and sold by Mess.
Nourse,
Vaillant,
Millar,
Roque;
Owen; Sayer;
Ward;
Dunoyer;
Jackson and
Jolliffe;
Davis;
Chastell; and Mr.
Roque, in
Dublin.
m dcc lv
. [Price
One Shilling.] [1755.]
E162 .P15
First Edition. 8vo. 36 leaves, including the half-title.
Sabin 58308.
Boucher de la Richarderie VI, 5.
Faribault 497 (with date 1753).
Not in Staton and Tremaine.
John Palairet, 1697-1774, was born in Montauban in the south of France, but spent much of his life in England, where he was for a time
agent of the States-General in London, and French teacher to three of the children of George II. This work was originally
written in English, and later translated into French. The map which it was written to explain seems not to have been in Jefferson’s
library.
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2.
State of the British and French Colonies in North America, with Respect to Number of People, Forces, Forts, Indians, Trade
and other Advantages. In which are considered, I. The defenceless Condition of our Plantations, and to what Causes owing.
II. Pernicious Tendency of the French Encroachments, and the fittest Methods of frustrating them. III. What it was occasioned
their present Invasion, and the Claims on which they ground their Proceedings. With a Proper Expedient proposed for preventing
future Disputes. In Two Letters to a Friend.
London: Printed for
A. Millar,
mdcclv
. (Price
2 s. 6 d.) [1755.]
E199 .S79
First Edition. 8vo. 76 leaves, 2 lines of errata at the end; the two letters are dated respectively the 10th December 1754 and
the 14th March 1755.
Not in Halkett and Laing.
Sabin 90601.
Faribault 828.
Staton and Tremaine 241.
Thomson 1099.
Not in Field.
This anonymous work was written during the contest between the English and the French for possession of the country west of
the Ohio river. Among the subjects discussed are the importance of the Ohio country, the state of the French and English colonies
compared, means of frustrating the French designs, without going to war, the defenceless condition of the colonies, the necessity
of using Indians in war, some remarks on Nova Scotia and the Ohio affair, the exorbitant claims of the French examined, a
general view of the British colonies, and other matters.
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3. STORK,
William.
An Extract from the Account of East Florida, published by Dr. Stork, who resided a considerable Time in Augustine, the Metropolis of that Province. With the Observations of Denys Rolle, who formed a Settlement on St. John’s river, in the same Province. With his Proposals to Such Persons as may be inclined
to settle thereon.
London: Printed in the Year
mdcclxvi
. [1766.]
F314 .S882
First Edition. 8vo. 21 leaves. The Extract ends on page 12; on page 13 begins, with caption title:
Abstract of a letter from an eminent Planter in South Carolina, to a noble Lord in England. Dated Charles-Town, South Carolina, August 27, 1765; on page 18 begins the
Observations of Denys Rolle, who formed a settlement on St. John’s river, in the province of East Florida, with his proposals to such persons as may
be inclined to settle thereon
, signed by Denys Rolle and dated from Tuderly, Sept. 1, 1766.
A promotion tract for Rolle’s Florida colonization scheme. For Stork’s
Description of East Florida, see no. 4085.
Denys Rolle, d. 1797, established his colony on St. John’s river, East Florida, in 1764. He returned to England in 1766, but sailed for
Florida late in the same year. The last paragraph of his
Observations, dated September 1, reads: “I have chartered a ship, and am now going over with about fifty more settlers to visit my plantation,
to give
