GEORGE COCKINGS, born in Devonshire, England, died February 6, 1802,
lived a great part of his time in Dartmouth, England, and from there
went first to Newfoundland, where he passed several years, then to
Boston, where he held some small position under the English
Government. For thirty years in England he held the place of Register
of the Society of Arts, Manufacturing and Commerce in the Adelphi. He
wrote _War, An Heroic Poem_, Boston, 1764; _The American War_, a
_Poem_, and other works.
THE CONQUEST OF CANADA; OR, THE SIEGE OF QUEBEC. An Historical
Tragedy of Five Acts. London: Printed for the Author, 1766. 8vo,
pp. v.-76.
Another edition, 12mo, Philadelphia, 1772.