The new and impartial universal history of North and South America, from the earliest accounts to the ratification of the provisional articles of peace Containing a complete historical and chronological account of the first discovery of America: the conquest of Mexico and Peru; and the soil, climate, and natural productions of all the countries in North & South America, including the West-India Islands: also, the first settlements of the English, French, and Dutch, in the New World; the customs and manners of the natives; the rise, plantation, trade, and commerce, of all the American and other colonies and settlements; and the various wars entered into on their account, from their first establishment, till the final expulsion of the French from the flourishing province of Canada. Likewise, an account of the origin, progress, and issue of the late unhappy disputes; and the conduct of the whole American war, under different commanders, from the battle of Bunker's-Hill, to the treaty of peace with the thirteen United States, illustrated with anecdotes of Dr. Franklin, Mr. Laurens, Gen. Gage, Gen. Burgoyne, Sir Henry Clinton, the Lords Howe and Cornwallis; as also of Washington, Lee, Morgan, and other American and British commanders. With a view of the lives and conduct of Brigadier-General Arnold, and the unfortunate Major Andre. Comprehending an historical, political, commercial, and general view of all the late British Empire in America. The whole carefully collected from the best authorities; and forming a period of near three hundred years. By Charles Henry Arnold, Esq. late of Philadelphia, now of Burlington-Street.

Date:

[1783]