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John Milton. Paradise Lost, A Poem, in Twelve Books. London: Printed for
J. Beecroft, 1770.
This copy of Milton’s epic poem belonged in succession to two officers, one British and one American, who fought in the Revolutionary War. The first owner was Daniel Davids, a lieutenant in the Royal Regiment of Artillery who was taken prisoner at the battle of Saratoga; the second owner was an American lieutenant John Stone, who served at the Rutland Barracks in Massachusetts where Davids was held. In addition to both officers’ signatures with places and dates, the book contains several literary quotations written on its title page and flyleaves. Whether the book was a spoil of war or a friendly exchange between the two soldiers is unknown. [2012]
The Crisis. Nos. I (January 20, 1775)–XCI (October 12, 1776). London: Printed and published for the authors, by T. W. Shaw, 1775-1776.
Bound in a single volume, this is a complete run of this British weekly periodical that offered support to the American cause through strident criticism of prevailing British imperial policies. It includes a printing of the full text of the Declaration of Independence in the August 24, 1776, issue, introduced in language that is characteristic of the editorial voice of the publication: “The following is the Declaration of Independence of the Brave, free, and Virtuous Americans, against the most dastardly, slavish, and vicious Tyrant that ever disgraced a Nation, whose savage cruelties are covered under a mask of Religion, Horrid Impiety! Execrable Hypocrisy!” [2013]
Thomas Hanson. The Prussian Evolutions in Actual Engagements. Philadelphia: Printed for the author, by J. Douglass M’Dougall, printer, [1775].
Dedicated to the “Preservers of Liberty,” this is one of the earliest military manuals published for the instruction of young American officers during the Revolutionary War. The author, an officer of the Philadelphia Associators, based his system of manual exercise on the military innovations of Frederick the Great. The five-page subscribers list is a veritable roster of prominent American patriots, including such notables as John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, John Hancock and Anthony Wayne. George Washington put in an order for eight copies of Hanson’s work just one month before he was appointed commander-in-chief of the American forces. [2009]
John Jones. Plain Concise Practical Remarks on the Treatment of Wounds
and Fractures, to which Is Added, a Short Appendix on Camp and Military Hospitals Principally Designed for the Use of Young Military Surgeons, in North-America. New-York: Printed by John Holt, 1775.
Dr. John Jones, a professor of surgery at King’s College in New York, was a veteran of the French and Indian War. His manual for military surgeons was first published in New York in 1775, and, in an expanded edition, in Philadelphia the following year. The Fergusson Collection holds two copies of the very rare New York edition, including one that belonged to Dr. Henry Latimer, director of the Continental Army’s “Flying Hospital,”
a mobile surgical unit. [2007 and 2015]
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