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The Olive branch petition of the American Congress to George III, 1775, and letters of the American envoys, August-September 1775

Title: The Olive branch petition of the American Congress to George III, 1775, and letters of the American envoys, August-September 1775 / [with essays by] Cornelius W. Wickersham [and] Gilbert H. Montague.
Author: United States. Continental Congress
Publication: New York : New York Public Library, 1954.

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Description

43 p. : ill.; 41 cm.

Subject

United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Sources

Note

The olive branch petition (p. [15]-21) and the letters of Arthur Lee and Richard Penn (p. [25]-[30]) are reproduced in fasimile from original manuscripts now in the New York Public Library.
"The Olive branch petition," by Cornelius W. Wickersham, p. 9-12.
"How much of an 'olive branch' was the Olive branch petition?" by Gilbert H. Montague, p. 31-43.
One thousand two hundred copies of this book have been published, five hundred in cloth and seven hundred in paper. Letterpress composition and presswork by the New York Public Library. Off-set reproductions by the Meriden Gravure Company. Cloth binding by the Library, paper by the Russell-Rutter Company, inc.-- colophon.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 41-43).

Binding (note)

Copy in Rare Books+++ 21-588 is bound in publisher's blue paper wrappers.

Local note

Copy in Rare Books+++ 21-588 is unnumbered one of 700 paper copies.

Call Number

IGA+ (United States. Continental Congress. Olive branch petition)

LCCN

54001487

OCLC

1912388

Author

United States. Continental Congress.

Title

The Olive branch petition of the American Congress to George III, 1775, and letters of the American envoys, August-September 1775 / [with essays by] Cornelius W. Wickersham [and] Gilbert H. Montague.

Imprint

New York : New York Public Library, 1954.

Binding

Copy in Rare Books+++ 21-588 is bound in publisher's blue paper wrappers. NN

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 41-43).

Local Note

Copy in Rare Books+++ 21-588 is unnumbered one of 700 paper copies.

Added Author

Lee, Arthur, 1740-1792.

Penn, Richard, approximately 1736-1811.

Wickersham, Cornelius W. (Cornelius Wendell), 1884-

Montague, Gilbert Holland, 1880-1961.

New York Public Library.

Research Call Number

IGA+ (United States. Continental Congress. Olive branch petition)

*KF+ 1954 (United States. Continental Congress. Olive branch petition)

*HND+ (NYPL) (United States. Continental congress. Olive branch)

IBH+ (United States. Continental Congress. Olive Branch)

Rare Books+++ 21-588

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