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An Impartial History of the Present War in America, Vol. III

1778–80
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  • Title: An Impartial History of the Present War in America, Vol. III
  • Author: Reverend James Murray (British (born Scotland), Fans, Berwickshire 1732–1782 Newcastle-upon-Tyne)
  • Engraver: Robert Pollard (British, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1755–1838 London)
  • Publisher: T. Robson (Newcastle-upon-Tyne)
  • Publisher: Robert Baldwin, London
  • Publisher: N. Frobisher, York
  • Publisher: Dunlop and Wilson, Glasgow
  • Publisher: C. Elliott, Edinburgh
  • Sitter: Benjamin Franklin (American, Boston 1706–1790 Philadelphia)
  • Sitter: Admiral John Byron (British, 1723–1786)
  • Sitter: Admiral Augustus Keppel, Viscount Keppel (British, 1725–1786)
  • Sitter: General John Burgoyne (British, Bedfordshire 1722–1792 London)
  • Sitter: Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland (British, 1742–1817)
  • Sitter: Sir George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney (British, Walton-on-Thames 1719–1792 London)
  • Sitter: Francis Edward Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings (Anglo-Irish, Moira, Co. Down 1754–1826 at sea, off Naples)
  • Date: 1778–80
  • Medium: Illustrations: engraving
  • Dimensions: 8 7/16 × 5 1/8 × 1 in. (21.5 × 13 × 2.5 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Charles Allen Munn, 1924
  • Object Number: 24.90.1831(3)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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