(AMERICAN REVOLUTION PRELUDE) Letters to the Ministry from

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(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--PRELUDE.) Letters to the Ministry from Governor Bernard, General Gage, and Commodore Hood. 146 pages. 8vo, modern cloth binding; minor wear. London, [1769]

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First London edition. Sir Francis Bernard was the colonial governor of Massachusetts who took a stern approach to the colonists' tax protests. He was recalled to England soon after the publication of these letters made his position untenable. American Independence 69c; Howes B383 ("on the turbulent state of affairs in Boston resulting from the Stamp Act"); Sabin 4923.