An account of the rise and progress of the American war. Extracted from a late author.
1750-1800 / Book / John Wesley / Leather / Paper / Publication
Printed on paper, bound in leather
5th edition, 1780
A volume compiled by John Wesley from extracts of Joseph Galloway's 'Letters to a nobleman on the conduct of the war in the middle colonies' (1779), charting the course of the American War of Independence. Earlier editions of Wesley's book had the title: 'An account of the conduct of the war in the middle colonies'.
Extracting and/or paraphrasing - some would say pirating - other authors' works was neither unusual nor illegal in the days before copyright law.
5th edition, 1780
A volume compiled by John Wesley from extracts of Joseph Galloway's 'Letters to a nobleman on the conduct of the war in the middle colonies' (1779), charting the course of the American War of Independence. Earlier editions of Wesley's book had the title: 'An account of the conduct of the war in the middle colonies'.
Extracting and/or paraphrasing - some would say pirating - other authors' works was neither unusual nor illegal in the days before copyright law.
