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HERE IS AN EXTREMELY RARE BOOK & ORIGINAL SUBSCRIBER LIST FOR:
THE HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION INCLUDING THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS AND RESOLUTIONS OF THE HONOURABLE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS DURING THAT PERIOD AND ALSO THE MOST INTERESTING LETTERS AND ORDERS OF HIS EXCELLENCY GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE AMERICAN FORCES
VOLUME 1 (ALL PUBLISHED - MEANING THIS IS THE ONLY VOLUME PUBLISHED)
BY BERNARD HUBLEY
NORTHUMBERLAND PENNSYLVANIA PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR BY ANDREW KENNEDY 1805
ALL PAGES COMPLETE
A FEW RARE PRINTER ERRORS MAKING THIS A VERY EARLY COPY OF THIS BOOK - ON THE TITLE PAGE, BERNARD HUBLEY IS MISSPELLED (BENRARD HUBLEY) AND BETWEEN PAGE 193-196 THE PRINTER MADE AN ERROR ON THE PAGE NUMBERS. ALL PAGES ARE COMPLETE THOUGH.
ORIGINAL LEATHER COVERS & SPINE - PROFESSIONALLY REBACKED WITH ORIGINAL SPINE LAID DOWN OVER THE REPAIR. OLD OWNERSHIP INSCRIPTIONS IN THE FRONT OF THE BOOK.
SOME MINOR LOSS TO PAGE 33 NOT AFFECTING TEXT. LIGHT FOXING AND TONIGH THROUGHOUT.
HOWES H759 \"B\" \"FIRST DOCUMENTARY PRESENTATION OF EVENTS COVERED. SABIN 33473CALLS THIS \"A SCARCE AND IMPORTANT HISTORY\"
AN IMPORTANT EARLY HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION AND THE FIRST AMERICAN HISTORY OF THE REVOLUTION BASED ON DOCUMENTARY SOURCES. HUBLEY SERVED AS A FIRST LIEUTENANT AND AS A CAPTAIN IN THE GERMAN BATTALION DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. HE WROTE THIS HISTORY BASED ON HIS OWN PAPERS, THE JOURNALS AND PAPERS OF OTHER OFFICERS, AND ON MATERIAL SUPPLIED HIM BY GENERAL EDWARD HAND, ADJUSTANT GENERAL OF THE ARMY. HUBLEY INTERWEAVES HIS NARRATIVE WITH EXCERPTS FROM HIS MULTIFARIOUS SOURCES. DOUBTLESS PLANNED AS A MULTI VOLUME WORK, THE FIRST VOLUME TAKES THE STORY FROM 1774 THROUGH OCTOBER 1775. HUBLEY DIED IN 1808.
WHAT MAKES THIS BOOK EVEN RARER IS THAT I WAS ABLE TO FIND ONE OF THE ORIGINAL ADVERTISEMENTS PUT OUT BY HUBLEY TO TRY TO GET SUBSCRIBERS FOR HIS WORK. UNFORTUNATELY THERE ARE NO NAMES ON THIS PIECE (AND THAT\'S PERHAPS WHY THIS BOOK IS SO RARE...NO ONE BACK THEN SUBSCRIBED)...IN ANY CASE, IN 10+ YEARS OF COLLECTING BOOKS, I HAVE NEVER SEEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS BEFORE...THEY JUST DIDN\'T SURVIVE! THE PIECE IS INBETWEEN PROTECTIVE RICE PAPER. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE BOTTOM LEFT PART TORE OFF AND THE RICE PAPER WAS USED TO RE-ATTACH IT AND SECURE THE PAPER FROM ANYMORE DAMAGE.
THE PIECE READS: IN ORDER MORE EFFECTUALLY TO ENABLE BERNARD HUBLEY TO PERSEVERE IN HIS LAUDABLE UNDERTAKING AND TO ACCOMPLISH THE HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION INCLUDING THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS AND RESOLUTIONS OF THE HONOURABLE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS DURING THAT PERIOD; AND ALSO, THE MOST INTERESTING LETTERS AND ORDERS OF HIS EXCELLENCY GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE AMERICAN FORCES.
WE THE SUBSCRIBERS ENGAGE TO TAKE FROM HIM THE NUMBER OF COPIES OF EACH VOLUME RESPECTIVELY SET OPPOSITE TO OUR NAMES FOR WHICH WE PROMISE TO PAY HIM THE SUM OF THREE DOLLARS FOR EACH VOLUME WHEN READY TO BE DELIVERED. HE ON HIS PART HEREBY ENGAGES THAT EACH VOLUME SHALL CONTAIN ABOUT SIX HUNDRED PAGES IN OCTAVO. --- SUBSCRIBERS NAMES, RESIDENCE, COPIES.
IF YOU\'RE A COLLECTOR OF REVOLUTIONARY WAR HISTORIES, THIS IS A MUST HAVE FOR YOU...IF YOU\'RE LUCKY YOU MAY SEE THIS BOOK ONE MORE TIME IN YOUR LIFE...BUT YOU\'LL NEVER FIND BOTH THE BOOK AND SUBSCRIBER LIST TOGETHER!!!
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