A Letter to a Gentleman in the Country, from His Friend in London / Giving an Authentick and Circumstantial Account of the Confinement, Behaviour, and Death of Admiral Byng, as Attested by the Gentlemen Who Were Present
Authentick and circumstantial Account of the Confinement, Behaviour, and Death of
Mens conscia Recti.
Just published, and sold by J. Lacy, at the Corner of St. Martin’s-Court, St. Martin’s-Lane, near Leicester-Fields.
I. Further Particulars in Relation to the Case of Admiral Byng, from original Papers, by a Gentleman of Oxford. Price one Shilling.
II. A Collection of several Pamphlets very little known: Some suppressed Letters, and sundry detached Pieces, relative to the Case of Admiral Byng. Price one Shilling and Six-pence.
III. A further Address to the Publick; containing genuine Copies of all the Letters which passed between Admiral Byng and the S———y of the Ad——ty, from the Time of his Suspension to the 25th of October last. Price one Shilling.
IV. The whole and genuine Trial of Admiral Byng, two Volumes Octavo. N. B. For the better understanding of which, five curious Prints are added, which exhibit the different Positions of both Fleets, before, at, and after the Engagement. Price five Shillings.
V. Admiral Byng’s Defence as presented by him, and read in the Court Martial, on Board his Majesty’s Ship St. George in Portsmouth-Harbour, January, 18. 1757. Price Six-pence.
N. B. Most Money for any Library or Parcel of Books; Books elegantly bound; and Gentlemen’s Libraries gilt, or lettered, methodiz’d, and Catalogues written either in Town or Country.
Dear Sir,
Agreeable to your request, I have taken great pains to collect all the particulars, relating to the behaviour and death of the unfortunate Admiral Byng.