1783 newspaper GEORGE WASHINGTON SENTENCES BRITISH PRISONER to HANG Asgill Affair
London: The Gentleman's Magazine, 1783. 1st Edition. 8vo. This February, 1783 issue of the Gentleman's Magazine features a complete printing of the famous letter to George Washington by the French Foreign Minister, the comte de Vergennes, pleading with the Commander in Chief to reconsider his decision to execute a British..... More