A Discourse written by Sir George Downing, The King of Great Britain?s Envoy Extraordinary to the States of the United Provinces. Vindicating his royal master from the insolencies of a scandalous libel, printed under the title of [An Extract out of t
1672 · London
by DOWNING, Sir George
London: John, Luttone,, 1672. Scarce second, much augmented edition (first 1664) of this early tract on New York. Downing, an English diplomat, was accused by the Dutch of instigating the 1663-67 war between the two nations, as a result of which the British gained control over New Amsterdam. In 1664 Downing wrote a letter designed to clear his name, and published it as a 21-page pamphlet; the present edition reprints the original letter, and, as a simple glance at the collation of the present edition suggests, adds much new material, including how the Dutch (truncated)