Thomas White. Naval Researches; or A Candid Inquiry in the Conduct of Admirals Byron, Graves, Hood and Rodney in t...
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Thomas White. Naval Researches; or A Candid Inquiry in the Conduct of Admirals Byron, Graves, Hood and Rodney in the Actions Off Grenada, Chesapeake, St. Christopher's and of the Ninth and Twelfth of April, 1782... London: Whittaker, Treacher, and Arnott, 1830. 136pp. Illustrated with 10 hand-coulored folding battle plans. Bound in original cloth with remains of paper label. Rubbing, soiling, staining, and wear to extremities. Corners bumped and showing. Wear to backstrip, and small portion detaching. Edges darkened and chipping. Hinges broken. Light tide mark on lower half of some of the plates. Front free endpaper lacking. Pages 99-102 and preceding folding plate detaching. Final folding page detaching. Toning, scattered foxing, offsetting, and dampstaining throughout. A good binding copy. Scarce.More Information:
"Being a refutation of the plans and statements of Mr. Clerk, Rear Admiral Ekins, and others..." White served as a young gentleman with Hood, "and was in seven actions with that distinguished officer between the 29th April, 1781, and the 12th April, 1782, on which day the ship he served was actually engaged with, and captured, the Ville de Paris of 112 guns, bearing the flag of the Count de Grase." This work is a defense, based on White's own experience, as well as naval documents, of the conduct of Graves and others in these decisive sea-battles of the American Revolution. Sabin 103459. Smith I, 1558.
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