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An almanack of coelestial motions and aspects, for the (Dionysian) year of the Christian aera, 1720. ... Calculated for the meridian of Boston, where the Artick Pole is elevated 42 deg 25 min. But may indifferently serve any part of New-England ... By Daniel Travis.
Travis, Daniel, 1652?-1720?.Date: 1720 [i.e., 1719?]- Books
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An elegy occasioned by the death of the much lamented Doct. Thomas Hastings, of Hatfield, who died April 14th, 1728, aged 48 years.
Nash, Joseph, 1664-1740.Date: 18--?]- Books
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The melancholy end of ungrateful children. Exemplified in the dreadful fate of the son and daughter of a wealthy farmer, who, after receiving and dividing the wealth of their parents, refused them, in their old age, the shelter of their roof, or a morsel of bread. With a account of the wonderful scenes the daughter beheld in her trance. Printed for the benefit of the rising generation, at the particular request of all who were eye-witnesses to the scene. [Four lines of verse]
Lee, Richard, 1747-1823.Date: M.DCC.XCV. [1795]
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A bunch of flowers, the initial letters of which are shown to spell "Dorotea". Watercolour by V.F.
F., V.Reference: 22064i- Books
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Rewards and punishments, or, Satan's kingdom aristocratical. To which is subjoined A voyage to London, and an acrostic. By John Cox, a native of Philadelphia.
Cox, John, a native of Philadelphia.Date: May, 1795