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Annual Register for 1777. The news in

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Annual Register for 1777. The news in
Annual Register for 1777. The "news in review" of "History, Politics & Literature." Published by Sealey & Wright, Buckingham, 1805 (5th edition), 552 pp. Much content on "high treason in North America," and events of the war during 1776, George Washington's crossing of the Delaware, Battles of Brandywine, Saratoga, Ticonderoga, and Princeton. Cites correspondence between Ben Franklin and Lord Howe, Cornwallis, Lee, Arnold, Burgoyne, Gates, and Charles Thomson, with the "American Oath of Allegiance" signed in type by John Hancock, dated Oct. 31, 1776. About 106 pp. devoted to the war in America. Additional content on the "savages" (Indians) in America, and 3 pp. article by Ben Franklin on "Useful Hints in Learning to Swim." Leather, decorative spine hubs with gold trim. Hinge starting, else fine and clean.