UNRECORDED SCOTTISH PRINTING
The letters of veritas, re-published from the montreal herald; containing A Succinct Narrative of the military administration of sir george prevost, During his Commnad in the canadas; Whereby it will appear Manifest, that the merit of preserving them from conquest Belongs not to Him.
Glasgow.
Re-printed by and for R. Chapman, 1815.
12mo.
111pp, [1]. Original publisher's printed yellow wrappers. Rubbed and dust-soiled, some loss to backstrip. Very small burn mark to foot of title page.
An apparently unrecorded Glaswegian reprint, published in the same year as the sole Canadian edition, of a series of ten letters, which initially appeared at intervals in the Montreal Herald from April to June, 1815, attacking the civil and military administration in Canada of Governor-in-Chief of British North America Sir George Prevost (1767- 1816) during the War of 1812.
The letters are commonly attributed to Montreal merchant and executive councillor John Richardson (c. 1754-1831) who identified with an Anglophone faction which detested Prevost for his support of French over English interests. The most damning letters attributed the British retreats from Sackets Harbor, New York, in 1813 and Plattsburgh in 1814 to cowardice and stupidity on Prevost's part.
£ 950.00
Antiquates Ref: 32604
The letters are commonly attributed to Montreal merchant and executive councillor John Richardson (c. 1754-1831) who identified with an Anglophone faction which detested Prevost for his support of French over English interests. The most damning letters attributed the British retreats from Sackets Harbor, New York, in 1813 and Plattsburgh in 1814 to cowardice and stupidity on Prevost's part.
