CHAUNCY, Charles (1705-1787). A Second Letter to a Friend; Giving a more particular narrative of the defeat of the French army at Lake-George, By the New-England Troops, than has yet been published... Boston: Edes and Gill, 1755.
CHAUNCY, Charles (1705-1787). A Second Letter to a Friend; Giving a more particular narrative of the defeat of the French army at Lake-George, By the New-England Troops, than has yet been published... Boston: Edes and Gill, 1755. Small 4 o (195 x 112 mm). (Some pale browning, closely trimmed just clipping letters on B2.) Early 20th-century red morocco by Macdonald. Provenance : Dr. Roderick Terry (his sale Anderson Galleries, 18 February 1935, lot 76). FIRST EDITION OF ONE OF ONLY THREE CONTEMPORARY ACCOUNTS OF THE BATTLE OF LAKE GEORGE. "It is of especial interest to New Englanders for the engagement was largely fought with New England troops, among them John Stark, Israel Putnam, and Ephraim Williams, who was killed in the battle, and for whom Williams College was named. Chauncy makes much of the part played by New England in this decisive battle and says that if Great Britain will supply the money, New England will, while 'the Southern Colonies sleep on' and the 'New York government in particular, ingloriously sit still, and do nothing ... soon be able, without assistance from them ... to bring down the pride of the American French, and make them glad to be at peace with us on any terms'" (Streeter). Chauncey's First Letter was also published in 1755 and gave an account of General Braddock's defeat. The letters were published together in London in the same year. RARE: according to American Book Prices Current , only the McKinney copy has sold at auction since the Streeter sale. Evans 7382; Sabin 12328; Streeter Sale II:1007.
CHAUNCY, Charles (1705-1787). A Second Letter to a Friend; Giving a more particular narrative of the defeat of the French army at Lake-George, By the New-England Troops, than has yet been published... Boston: Edes and Gill, 1755.
CHAUNCY, Charles (1705-1787). A Second Letter to a Friend; Giving a more particular narrative of the defeat of the French army at Lake-George, By the New-England Troops, than has yet been published... Boston: Edes and Gill, 1755. Small 4 o (195 x 112 mm). (Some pale browning, closely trimmed just clipping letters on B2.) Early 20th-century red morocco by Macdonald. Provenance : Dr. Roderick Terry (his sale Anderson Galleries, 18 February 1935, lot 76). FIRST EDITION OF ONE OF ONLY THREE CONTEMPORARY ACCOUNTS OF THE BATTLE OF LAKE GEORGE. "It is of especial interest to New Englanders for the engagement was largely fought with New England troops, among them John Stark, Israel Putnam, and Ephraim Williams, who was killed in the battle, and for whom Williams College was named. Chauncy makes much of the part played by New England in this decisive battle and says that if Great Britain will supply the money, New England will, while 'the Southern Colonies sleep on' and the 'New York government in particular, ingloriously sit still, and do nothing ... soon be able, without assistance from them ... to bring down the pride of the American French, and make them glad to be at peace with us on any terms'" (Streeter). Chauncey's First Letter was also published in 1755 and gave an account of General Braddock's defeat. The letters were published together in London in the same year. RARE: according to American Book Prices Current , only the McKinney copy has sold at auction since the Streeter sale. Evans 7382; Sabin 12328; Streeter Sale II:1007.
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