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WILLIAMS, D., Captain.

Captain Williams's Narrative;

Captain Williams's Narrative;

in which is contained particulars relative to the execution of Mustapha Cawn; and observations on the speeches of General Burgoyne, Colonel Fullarton, Mr. Fox, Mr. Burke, and, Mr. Francis.

Stock Code 76867

London, printed for John Stockdale, 1790.

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First hand account of the British in India in the eighteenth century.

Rare. Only three copies in UK institutions (BL, Edinburgh, St. Andrews).

First edition. 8vo, [4],70pp., complete with half-title, light spotting to title and occasionally elsewhere, later morocco-backed marbled boards.

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Provenance: Bath Public Reference Library, the gift of M. Oppenheim, 1919 (bookplate, blindstamp to title and final leaf).

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