(AMERICAN REVOLUTION HISTORY) Charles Stedman The History O

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(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--HISTORY.) Charles Stedman. The History, Origin, Progress, and Termination of the American War. 12 (of 15) maps. xv, 399; xv, 449, [13] pages. 2 volumes. 4to, modern 1/4 calf over marbled boards; lacking half-titles, intermittent foxing, moderate edge wear, wear and conservation to maps, lacking 3 maps from the second volume (present in facsimile); inked number stamps on title pages, perforated library stamps on title pages, both pages 97, and all maps. London, 1794

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Stedman was a Pennsylvania-born graduate of the College of William & Mary. A loyalist during the Revolution, he served in the British army as a commissary and as a commander of a German-American rifle regiment. He went to England after the war, where he wrote this history. "Generally considered the best contemporary account of the Revolution written from the British side"--Sabin 91057. Howes S914 ("b"); Larned, Literature of American History 1507 ("reflects opinions of British officers, sometimes very candid").