Description: 1780 The Gentleman's Magazine (June) This is an original 1780 Gentleman's Magazine. Debates in Parliament. Much on American Affairs {Revolutionary War} (see pictures)"...If America is to be conquered, your army is too small for the purpose...What then must be the number equal to the conquest of that extensive continent!...In America we had been driven from West Florida; and we had nothing to boast of in Georgia but a lucky escape...Mr. F...desired to know before he gave his vote, whether the war in America was to be an offensive or defensive war...That officer {Col. Butler}...he knew well...and could not account for his undertaking so infamous...as that of carrying fire and sword into the settlements of his fellow subjects. He could, however, assure the House that the Virginia militia had routed his army, taken him prisoner, and driven the Indians who accompanied him to take shelter beyond the Niagara; that they had laid waste the Indian settlements...would totally extirpate them in that part of the country..." moreHistorical Chronicle: Some news on American Affairs {Revolutionary War} (see pictures)"...By the 8th our guns were mounted in battery; and the admiral passed into Charles-Town harbour under a very heavy fire from Sullivan's Island...The surprize and defeat of the collected cavalry and militia of the rebels, and the possessing Biggin's bridge over Cooper by Lieut. Col. Tarleton, gave the command of the country to Col. Webster...and enabled him to take a post near the head of Wandoo river, forbidding by land all further access to the town from Cooper to the inland navigation...We could now form juster opinions of the defences of the town towards the land, which extended in a chain of redoubts, lines, and batteries, from Ashley to Cooper..." moreIncluded in the magazine is an explanatory Plate of the various Lines and Works by which Charles-Town, and every other fortified Place, is or can be surrounded ("Elements of Fortification" by Mr. Lewis Lochee, Master of the Military Academy at Little Chelsea) (see picture). Dr. Lettsom's Hints towards alleviating the Distresses of the Poor (Note: Lettsom was a physician who founded the Medical Society of London in 1773, abolitionist, close friend of Benjamin Franklin and William Thornton {designer of the United States Capitol}. Magazine measures about 8-3/8" x 5"; fold-out plate is included. Any questions, please contact me.
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