The History and Proceedings of the House of Lords, from the Restoration in 1660, to the Present Time; Volume the Sixth, from 1738 to 1740

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Leather. 8vo. Printed For Ebenezer Timberland, , London, UK. 1742. 408 pgs + index. Rebound in contemporary leather with titles and raised bands present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Trimmed bookplate of John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore present to the front board along with the bookplate of William Overton of Lunenberg, VA also present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. John Murray, Fourth Earl of Dunmore, was Virginia's last royal governor. He was born in 1730 in Taymouth, Scotland. His father, William, Third Earl of Dunmore, fought against King George II as part of the Jacobite Army in 1746. William was imprisoned before being pardoned in 1750. John joined the British Army the same year. After years of military service John, as the Fourth Earl of Dunmore, was named governor of New York in 1770 before being transferred to Virginia and taking office as governor in 1771. Wealthy Virginians came to support him after he claimed land west of the Appalachian Mountains for the colony. In what became known as Dunmore’s War, troops under his command attacked Indigenous People to gain control. This included the Battle of Point Pleasant in October 1774 against the Shawnee. In April 1775 he seized the colony’s ammunition stores, and seven months later declared martial law and issued a proclamation that promised freedom to enslaved people belonging to Patriots if they would come to British lines and fight for the king. Dunmore’s proclamation sparked a flood of enslaved people to escape in pursuit of freedom, (as many as 2,000 reached the governor) , and raised widespread fear of a slave rebellion. He then recruited the Queen’s Own Loyal Virginia Regiment, composed of white Loyalists, and an Ethiopian Regiment of slaves. Dunmore took the offensive at Great Bridge but was so soundly defeated there that he burned nearby Norfolk and fled. After the events in Virginia in 1775 and 1776, Dunmore left for Great Britain in 1778 was established as governor of the Bahamas. By 1796 King George III no longer favored him and Dunmore returned to England. He died in his home in 1809.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

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Titre
The History and Proceedings of the House of Lords, from the Restoration in 1660, to the Present Time; Volume the Sixth, from 1738 to 1740
Auteur
John Murray, 4th Earl Of Dunmore
Éditeur
F224
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Last Exit Books

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