A Letter Addressed to the ABBE Raynal, on the Affairs of North America (Classic Reprint) PDF Download

Author: Thomas Paine
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781331144540
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 68

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Excerpt from A Letter Addressed to the Abbe Raynal, on the Affairs of North America A London translation of an original work in French, by the Abbe Raynal, which treats of the Revolution of North America, having been reprinted in Philadelphia and other parts of the Continent, and as the distance at which the Abbe is placed from the American theatre of war and politics, has occasioned him to mistake several facts, or misconceive the causes or principles by which they were produced; the following tract, tberfore, is published with a view to rectify them, and prevent even accidental errors intermixing with history, under the sanction of time and silence. The Editor of the London edition has entitled it, "The Revolution of America, by the Abbe Raynal," and he American printers have followed the example But I have understood, and I believe my information to be just, that the piece, which is more properly reflections on the Revolution was unfairly purloined from the printer which the Abbe employed, or from the manuscript copy, and is only part of a larger work then in the press, or preparing for it. The person who procured it, appears to have been an Englishman; and though, in an advertisement prefixed to the London edition, be has endeavoured to gloss over the embezzlement with professions of patriotism, and to soften it with high encomiums on the author, yet the action, in any view in which it can be placed, is illiberal and unpardonable. "In the course of his travels," says he, "the translator happily succeeded in obtaining a copy of this exquisite little piece, which has not yet made its appearance from any press." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.