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BC Historical Books

Letters lately published in the diary on the subject of the present dispute with Spain. Under the signature of Verus Burges, James Bland, Sir, 1752-1824

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"Authorship attributed to Burges by S. Halkett and J. Laing. Dictionary of anonymous & pseudonymous English literature. Tentatively ascribed to Frands Webb by Howes and definitely to Webb by W. Cushing. Initials and pseudonyms, but it is not among Webb's works listed in the D.N.B. A defence of Britain's claims in the Nootka crisis by the then Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs."-- Strathern, G. M. , & Edwards, M. H. (1970). Navigations, traffiques & discoveries, 1774-1848: A guide to publications relating to the area now British Columbia. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 39.

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