51 results filtered with: Edes, Peter, 1756-1840
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State of Massachusetts-Bay. The Honorable Henry Gardner, Esq; treasurer and receiver-general of the said state. To the selectmen or assessors of the town of [blank] Greeting, &c. In obedience to an act ... These are in the name of the government and people of the state of Massachusetts-Bay, to will and require you forthwith to assess the sum ... Given under my hand and seal at Boston, the twenty-fourth day of October ... one thousand seven hundred and eighty.
Massachusetts. Treasury Department.Date: 1780]- Books
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A philosophical discourse addressed to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, in the presence of a respectable audience, assembled at the meeting-house in Brattle-Street, in Boston, on the eighth of November M,DCC,LXXX, after the inauguration of the president into office. By James Bowdoin, Esq. president of the said academy. [Five lines of quotation]
Bowdoin, James, 1726-1790.Date: MDCCLXXX. [1780]- Books
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An epistle to Zenas.
Gardiner, John Sylvester John, 1765-1830.Date: [1786?]- Books
Peter Edes, pioneer printer in Maine, a biography : his diary while a prisoner by the British at Boston, in 1775, with the journal of John Leach, who was a prisoner at the same time / [edited by S.L. Boardman].
Date: 1901- Books
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By the United States in Congress assembled. Proclamation. At all times it is our duty to acknowledge the over-ruling providence of the great Governor of the Universe ... recommend, that Thursday the third day of May next may be observed as a day of humiliation, fasting and prayer ... Done in Congress the twentieth day of March ... one thousand seven hundred and eighty-one ...
United States. Continental Congress.Date: 1781]- Books
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The bon ton; or, High life above the stairs. A farce. By David Garrick, Esq. As performed at the New Theatre in Boston.
Garrick, David, 1717-1779.Date: MDCCXCIV. [1794]- Books
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M'Fingal: a modern epic poem. In four cantos. [Nine lines in Latin from Horace]
Trumbull, John, 1750-1831.Date: MDCCLXXXV. [1785]- Books
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A short introduction to the Latin tongue: for the use of the lower forms in the Latin School, being the accidence abridged and compiled in that most easy and accurate method, wherein the famous Mr. Ezekiel Cheever taught, and which he found the most advantageous by seventy years experience. To which is added, a catalogue of irregular nouns and verbs, disposed alphabetically.
Cheever, Ezekiel, 1615-1708.Date: MDCCLXXXIII. [1783]
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An abridgment [sic] of the second edition of a work, written by Dr. Currie, of Liverpool in England : on the use of water, in diseases of the human frame ; and fever, opium, strong drink, abstinence from food, and the passages through the human skin ; with occasional remarks.
Currie, James, 1756-1805.Date: [1799]- Books
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The pilgrim's progress, from this world to that which is to come. Delivered under the similitude of a dream. Complete in three parts. To which is added, the life and death of the author. Embellished with cuts. Part the first[-third]. Wherein are set forth, 1. The manner of his setting out. 2. His dangerous journey. 3. His safe arrrival in the desired country. By John Bunyan. [One line from Hosea]
Bunyan, John, 1628-1688.Date: MDCCXCIV. [1794]- Books
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The Constitution or frame of government for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Massachusetts.Date: M,MCC,LXXXI [i.e., 1781]- Books
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Eutropii Historiae Romanae breviarium; cum versione Anglica, in qua verbum de verbo exprimitur: notis quoque & indice: or, Eutropius's compendius History of Rome; together with an English translation as literal as possible, notes and an index. By John Clarke, author of the essays upon education and study.
Eutropius, 4th cent.Date: MDCCXCIII. [1793]- Books
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The true end and design of the holy sacrament of the Lord's Supper, together with the nature of the preparation necessary for a right and profitable reception thereof, opened and explained in two dialogues between a father and his son. By John Clowes, M.A. Rector of St. John's Church, Manchester.
Clowes, J. (John), 1743-1831.Date: 1794- Books
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An abridgement of the second edition of a work, written by Dr. Currie, of Liverpool in England, on the use of water, in diseases of the human frame; and fever, opium, strong drink, abstinence from food, and the passages through the human skin; with occasional remarks.
Currie, James, 1756-1805.Date: [1799]- Books
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Gentlemen, The inhabitants of the town of Boston, legally assembled, have taken into consideration ... the subject of the fishery, and the great importance of a common right therein being secured to the United States, whenever a treaty of peace shall be concluded. ... This town have judged it necessary to instruct their representatives in the General Court on the subject. The instructions are inclos'd. ... In the name and by order of the town of Boston ... December 14, 1781.
Boston (Mass.)Date: 1781]- Books
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By the Council of the state of Massachusetts-Bay. A proclamation for a day of public humiliation and prayer. ... Thursday the fourth day of November next ... Given at the council-chamber in Boston, this fifteenth day of October ... one thousand seven hundred and seventy-nine ...
Massachusetts. Council.Date: 1779]- Books
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The life of Baron Frederick Trenck. Containing his adventures, his cruel and excessive sufferings, during ten years imprisonment, at the fortress of Magdeburgh, by command of the late King of Prussia. Translated from the German, by Thomas Holcroft.
Trenck, Friedrich, Freiherr von der, 1726-1794.Date: MDCCXCIII. [1793]- Books
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A short introduction to the Latin tongue: for the use of the lower forms in the Latin School, being the accidence, abridged and compiled in that most easy and accurate method, wherein the famous Mr. Ezekiel Cheever taught, and which he found the most advantageous by seventy years experience. To which is added, a catalogue of irregular nouns and verbs, disposed alphabetically.
Cheever, Ezekiel, 1615-1708.Date: MDCCLXXXV. [1785]- Books
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The American sailor: a treatise on practical seamanship, with hints and remarks relating thereto. Designed to contribute towards making navigation in general more perfect, and of consequence, less destructive to health, lives and property. By Samuel Buckner.
Buckner, Samuel.Date: [1790]- Books
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A Dialogue, between the Devil and George III. tyrant of Britain, &c. &c. &c. &c.
Date: M,DCC,LXXXII. [1782]- Books
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The citizen. A farce. In two acts. By Arthur Murphy, Esq. As performed at the theatre in Boston.
Murphy, Arthur, 1727-1805.Date: 1794- Books
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The path to riches. An inquiry into the origin and use of money; and into the principles of stocks and banks. To which are subjoined some thoughts respecting a bank for the Commonwealth. By a citizen of Massachusetts. [Four lines of verse]
Sullivan, James, 1744-1808.Date: MDCCXCII. [1792]- Books
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A Liturgy, collected principally from the Book of common prayer, for the use of the First Episcopal Church in Boston; together with the Psalter, or Psalms of David. [Three lines of quotation]
King's Chapel (Boston, Mass.)Date: MDCCLXXXV. [1785]- Books
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An eulogy, on the virtues of General George Washington, who died December 14, 1799. Delivered before the inhabitants of the town of Augusta, at the request of their committee, By Benjamin Whitwell, Esq.
Whitwell, Benjamin, 1772-1825.Date: 1800- Books
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In Senate, February 26, 1781. Whereas it is of the utmost importance that the quota of men required by a resolve of the 2d of December last, be speedily compleated ... therefore, resolved, that the assessors of every deficient town ... where the mode of classing has not been adopted, be, and they hereby are authorized and directed immediately upon the receipt hereof, to class their inhabitants ...
Massachusetts. General Court.Date: 1781]