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[AMERICAN REVOLUTION.] The Monthly Review; or, Literary Journal, vol. 58, six monthly issues (January - June 1778). London: Ralph Griffiths, 1778. Octavo. 568pp plus index. Original leather boards present but loose. The monthly issues for January, February, April, and June each have a section entitled "American Controversy", with summaries of recent books and pamphlets about the growing unrest in the American colonies, written by both British and American authors. Pamphlets reviewed in these six issues include An Address to the Inhabitants of Pennsylvania, by those Freemen of the City of Philadelphia who are now confined in the Masons Lodge, by virtue of a General Warrant, signed in Council by the Vice President of the Council of Pennsylvania (81-82); The Caledonian Dream. Inscribed to the Rt. Hon. The Earl of Chatham, "The Author dreams, as most of his countrymen do, of the speedy subjugation of the Americans: - waking or sleeping we see, the bonny Caledonians are awe for government" (82); The Case stated on philosophical Ground between Great Britain and her Colonies, "This philosophical, poetical, rhapsodically politician is a vehement advocate for the independency of the colonies: he abounds in hard words and unintelligible expressions; - but, in our apprehension, he is totally deficient in the qualifications necessary to the stating the very important and interesting café between Great Britain and her colonies" (156); Thoughts on the present States of Affairs with America and the Means of Conciliation (156); Plan of Re-union between Great Britain and her Colonies (157-158); An impartial Sketch of the various Indulgences granted by Great Britain to the Colonies, upon which they have founded their Presumption of soaring towards Independence (314); Proposals for a Plan of Reconciliation and Re-union with the Thirteen Provinces of America, and for an Union with the other Colonies (315); America Lost: A Poem of Condolence. Addressed to Britannia (469-470); The Substance of General Burgoyne's Speeches, &C, "With an Appendix, containing General Washington's Letter to General Burgoyne" (476). Internally clean, with light toning. Bindings rubbed and spines darkened, with a few areas of chipping to the leather. Bumped corners. The Monthly Review (1749-1845) was a monthly periodical published in London. Founded by Ralph Griffiths (1720-1803), a Nonconformist bookseller, it was the first periodical in England to offer reviews. The Monthly Review generally supported the Whig reforming party in the British government and took a more sympathetic outlook toward the claims of American colonists than its Tory and Royalist opponents.
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