AN ANSWER TO THAT PART OF THE NARRATIVE OF LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR HENRY CLINTON, K.B. WHICH RELATES TO THE CONDUCT OF LIEUTENANT-GENERAL EARL CORNWALLIS, DURING THE CAMPAIGN IN NORTH AMERICA, IN THE YEAR 1781

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[2],xvi,[6],260pp. plus errata slip (tipped in after titlepage) and folding table. Modern paper boards, printed paper label. Modern bookplate on front pastedown. Minor scattered foxing and soiling. Very good. Untrimmed. In a red half morocco and cloth slipcase, spine gilt. Cornwallis' defense of his conduct during the Yorktown campaign and at the Battle of Yorktown. He felt his orders from Sir Henry Clinton, as well as assurances that he would be relieved, forced him into an indefensible position at Yorktown, and he was further aggrieved when Clinton blamed him for the disaster which followed. A most important Revolutionary narrative, in which Cornwallis describes his actions through the fateful campaign step by step. AMERICAN CONTROVERSY 83-29. SABIN 16811. HOWES C781, "aa.". N° de ref. del artículo WRCAM58422

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