Books and Manuscripts

Hubley, Bernard
The History of the American Revolution...
Northumberland, Pennsylvania: Printed for the Author, by Andrew Kennedy, 1805. First and only edition (with author's name misspelled "Benrard" on title-page). 8vo. iv, 192, (eight pages all numbered 192), 193-606, (1) (errata) pp. Modern quarter brown niger over marbled paper-covered boards, stamped in gilt; all edges trimmed; scattered light wear and short closed tears to text; closed tear in top edge of pp. 191/192; small loss in top corner of pp. 193-196, affecting page numbers; short loss along bottom fore-edge of pp. 219/220, but not affecting text; short loss along top edge of pp. 283/284, 301/302, 317/318, 493-496 touching headline and some page numbers; small loss in upper gutter, pp. 303/304; light to moderate dampstaining in pp. 497-538; Mercantile Library ink stamp on title-page and pp. (1), 133, 341, and 429. Sabin 33473; Howes H-759; Shaw and Shoemaker 8659; Randolph G. Adams, Title Variants of Hubley's "American Revolution"

The first American history of the American Revolution based on documentary evidence, a "scarce and important volume." (Sabin) Bernard Hubley, Jr. (1754–1810), of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, was appointed a first lieutenant of the German Battalion in August, 1776, and was promoted to captain in February, 1778. He retired in January, 1781, and after the war moved to Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. In 1805 he published the first volume of the present work, based on the unpublished papers of his fellow officers and those given to him by General Edward Hand. This first volume begins with the Boston Tea Party and ends with the actions of the Continental Congress in October, 1775. Projected by him to be a multi-volume work, only this first volume was published before his death in 1810.