John Andrews (1736–1809) was a historical writer and

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Works

Andrews produced numerous works. Among these are: * ''History of the Revolutions of

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, etc.'', 1774. * ''History of War with

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, France, Spain, and

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, commencing in 1775 and ending in 1783'', four vols., London, 1785–86. * ''Letters to his Excellency the Count de Welderen on the present Situation of Affairs between Great Britain and the United Provinces'', London, 1781 (of which a

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translation appeared in the same year at

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). * ''Letters to a Young Gentleman on his setting out for France, containing a survey of Paris and a review of

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'', 1784. *''Historical Review of the Moral, Religious, Literary, and Political Character of the English Nation'', 1806. The ''

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'' for February 1809 has the following

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, Surrey, in his seventy-third year, Dr. John Andrews, a gentleman well known in the literary world. By his death the nation is deprived of an able historian, a profound scholar and politician, and a man ever ready to take up his pen in his country's cause".

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