Historical Journal of the Campaigns in North-America, for the Years
Item #78628
KNOX, John, Capt. An Historical Journal of the Campaigns in North-America, for the Years 1757, 1758, 1759, and 1760: Containing the Most Remarkable Occurrences of That Period; Particularly the Two Sieges of Quebec, &c. &c..... London: Printed for the Author; and sold by W. Johnston..., 1769. 2 Vols.. ix,[7],405pp. plus errata leaf and folding map; [2],465pp. plus errata leaf. Frontis. portrait in each volume. 4to. Contemporary 3/4 speckled calf over vellum boards, neatly rebacked in contemporary style, preserving original spine labels. Minor edge wear, boards slightly bowed. Internally clean and fresh. Very good. HOWES K-222, "b." Dionne II:751. Lande 486. Gagnon I:1880. JCB 1680. Streeter Sale 1030. Sabin 38164. Vlach 417. TPL 323. Reese & Osborn, Struggle For North America 77. "One of the most accurate and detailed accounts available on the sieges of Louisbourg and Quebec" - TPL. Knox arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia, with his regiment in 1757 to take part in the anticipated expedition against Louisbourg, although the attack was postponed and the regiment did not see action in the siege. They did take part in the battle of the Plains of Abraham, served under James Murray at Quebec in the winter of 1759-60, and participated in the capitulation of Montreal in 1760. Knox gives a first-hand account of the battles, and supplements his narrative with printings of important official documents and orders from both the British and the French. The portraits represent generals Wolfe and Amherst, and the map, by Thomas Kitchin, shows the British dominions in North America according to the treaty of 1763. The Streeter copy sold for $350. The present copy bears the ownership signature on each front pastedown of "Thos. Pitt," likely Thomas Pitt (1737-93), first Baron Camelford, who sat in the House of Commons before being elevated to the House of Lords in 1784. Pitt also served in the Grenville Cabinet as admiralty minister in 1763.
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