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The Rise and continuance of the substitutes, in the Continental Army. Containing, extracts I. From the journals of Congress. II. From the committee of Congress ... III. From the Pennsylvania War-Office. IV. From a declaration of the rights of Pennsylvania. V. From the plan or frame of government. VI. From the Militia Act of Pennsylvania. &c. &c. With the opinion of several eminent lawyers. [Five lines from Cato] Published for the use of all, who are yet capable of noticing, the proper discriminations, which will eternally exist between right and wrong.
Date: MDCCLXXVII. [1777]- Books
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A Dialogue between the ghost of General Montgomery just arrived from the Elysian Fields; and an American delegate, in a wood near Philadelphia.
Date: MDCCLXXVI. [1776]- Books
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Observations: on the reconciliation of Great-Britain, and the colonies; in which are exhibited, arguments for, and against, that measure. By a friend of American liberty. [Three lines of quotations]
Green, Jacob, 1722-1790.Date: MDCCLXXVI. [1776]- Books
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Alonzo and Ormisinda. A new tragedy in five acts. As it is performed at the Theatre-Royal, in Drury-Lane. Written by Mr. Home, author of the tragedy of Douglas. [Two lines of quotations]
Home, John, 1722-1808.Date: MDCCLXXVII. [1777]- Books
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The true interest of Britain, set forth in regard to the colonies; and the only means of living in peace and harmony with them, including five different plans, for effecting this desirable event. By Jos. Tucker, D.D. dean of Glocester. Author of the Essay on the advantages and disadvantages which respectively attend France and Great-Britain, with regard to trade. To which is added by the printer, a few more words, on the freedom of the press in America.
Tucker, Josiah, 1712-1799.Date: MDCCLXXVI. [1776]- Books
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The revolution of America. By the abbe Raynal, author of The philosophical and political history of the establishments, and commerce of the Europeans in both the Indies.
Raynal, abbé, 1713-1796.Date: M,DCC,LXXXII. [1782]- Books
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The adventures of an East-India rupee. Wherein are interspersed, various anecdotes Asiatic, and European. [Five lines from Shakespeare] Price half a dollar.
Scott, Helenus, 1760-1821.Date: M,DCC,LXXXIII. [1783]- Books
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A letter from an American, now resident in London, to a Member of Parliament, on the subject of the restraining proclamation; and containing strictures on Lord Sheffield's pamphlet, on the commerce of the American states. Said to be written by William Bingham, Esquire; late agent for the Congress of the United States of America, at Martinico. To which are added, Mentor's reply to Phocion's letter; with some observations on trade, addressed to the citizens of New-York.
Bingham, William, 1752-1804.Date: M,DCC,LXXXIV. [1784]- Books
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The history of the reign of Charles the Fifth, Emperor of Germany; and of all the kingdoms and states in Europe, during his age. To which is prefixed, a view of the progress of society in Europe, from the subversion of the Roman Empire, to the beginning of the sixteenth century. Confirmed by historical proofs and illustrations. In three volumes. By William Robertson, D.D. Principal of the University of Edinburgh, and historiographer to His Majesty for Scotland. Author of the late elegant History of Scotland. ...
Robertson, William, 1721-1793.Date: M,DCC,LXX [i.e, 1770-1771]- Books
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General Wolfe's instructions to young officers: also his orders for a battalion and an army. Together with the orders and signals used in embarking and debarking an army, by flat-bottom'd boats, &c. And a placart to the Canadians. To which are prefixed, the duty of an adjutant, and quarter-master, &c.
Wolfe, James, 1727-1759.Date: MDCCLXXVIII. [1778]- Books
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Gustavus Vasa, the deliverer of his country. Inscrib'd to His Excellency General Washington, commander in chief of the forces of the thirteen United States of America. [Four lines of verse] Written by Henry Brooke, Esq. Author of The fool of quality, of The history of Grenville, &c. &c. &c.
Brooke, Henry, 1703?-1783.Date: M.DCC.LXXVIII. [1778]- Books
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Lectures on the materia medica, as delivered by William Cullen, M.D. professor of medicine in the University of Edinburgh. Now published by permission of the author, and with corrections from the collation of different manuscripts by the editors.
Cullen, William, 1710-1790.Date: MDCCLXXV. [1775]- Books
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Common sense: addressed to the inhabitants of America, on the following interesting subjects. I. Of the origin and design of government in general, with concise remarks on the English Constitution. II. Of monarchy and hereditary succession. III. Thoughts on the present state of American affairs. IV. Of the present ability of America, with some miscellaneous reflections. Written by an Englishman. [Two lines from Thomson]
Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809.Date: 1776- Books
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Common sense; with the whole appendix: the address to the Quakers: also, the Large additions, and A dialogue between the ghost of General Montgomery, just arrived from the Elysian Fields; and an American delegate in a wood, near Philadelphia: on the grand subject of American independancy.
Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809.Date: MDCCLXXVI. [1776]- Books
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Common sense; addressed to the inhabitants of America, on the following interesting subjects. I. Of the origin and design of government in general, with concise remarks on the English constitution. II. Of monarchy and hereditary succession. III. Thoughts on the present state of American affairs. IV. Of the present ability of America, with some miscellaneous reflections.
Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809.Date: MDCCLXXVI. [1776]- Books
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Common sense; addressed to the inhabitants of America, on the following interesting subjects. I. Of the origin and design of government in general, with concise remarks on the English Constitution. II. Of monarchy and hereditary succession. III. Thoughts on the present state of American affairs. IV. Of the present ability of America, with some miscellaneous reflections. [Two lines from Thomson]
Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809.Date: MDCCLXXVI. [1776]- Books
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Select essays: containing: The manner of raising and dressing flax, and hemp. Also, the whole method of bleaching or whitening linen-cloth. Likewise, observations on the management of cows and sheep. The manner of raising radishes, turnips, cabbage, and other such plants. And an enquiry, concerning the materials that may be used in making paper. With, valuable dissertations on other useful subjects. Collected from the Dictionary of arts and sciences, and from various modern authors. [One line in Latin from Virgil, with one line translation]
Date: M,DCC,LXXVII. [1777]- Books
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The traveller; or, A prospect of society, a poem. Containing: a sketch of the manners, of Italy, Switzerland, France, Holland, and Britain. To which is added True beauty, a matrimonial tale; likewise The adventures of Tom Dreadnought, who served as a soldier and also as sailor, in the late war. By Oliver Goldsmith, M.B. [i.e., M.D.?] Author of The vicar of Wakefield, &c.
Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774.Date: MDCCLXVIII. [1768]- Books
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Emma Corbett: exhibiting Henry and Emma, the faithful modern lovers; as delineated by themselves, in their original letters. Published by Courtney Melmoth, author of The pupil of pleasure, &c. &c. [Four lines from Pratt] Three volumes complete in one.
Pratt, Mr. (Samuel Jackson), 1749-1814.Date: MDCCLXXXII. [1782]- Books
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Commentaries on the laws of England. In four books. By Sir William Blackstone, Knt. One of His Majesty's judges of the Court of Common Pleas. Re-printed from the British copy, page for page with the last edition.
Blackstone, William, Sir, 1723-1780.Date: MDCCLXXI[-MDCCLXXII] [1771-1772]- Books
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Strictures on national pride. Translated from the German of Mr. Zimmermann. Physician in ordinary to His Britannic Majesty at Hanover. [Two lines of quotations]
Zimmermann, Johann Georg, 1728-1795.Date: M.DCC.LXXVIII. [1778]- Books
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Large additions to Common sense; addressed to the inhabitants of America, on the following interesting subjects. I. The American patriot's prayer. II. American independency defended, by Candidus. III. The propriety of independency, by Demophilus. [Two lines from Thomson] IV. A review of the American contest, with some strictures on the King's speech. Addressed to all parents in the thirteen united colonies, by a friend to posterity and mankind. V. Letter to Lord Dartmouth, by an English American. VI. Observations on Lord North's conciliatory plan, by Sincerus. To which are added and given an appendix to Common sense; together with an address to the people called Quakers, on their testimony concerning kings and government, and the present commotions in America.
Date: MDCCLXXVI. [1776]- Books
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The sorrows and sympathetic attachments of Werter; a German story, by Mr. Goethe, Doctor of the Civil Law. Volume the first[-second]. [Six lines in praise of the author]
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832.Date: M,DCC,LXXXIV- Books
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A letter from Phocion, to the considerate citizens of New-York, on the politics of the times, in consequence of the peace. Said to be written by Colonel Hamilton, late aid to His Excellency General Washington, and a member of the American Congress. [Five lines of text]
Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804.Date: M,DCC,LXXXIV. [1784]- Books
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The blind beggar of Bethnal Green. A dramatic performance: with several instructive and entertaining pieces. By Robert Dodsley, author of the Original fables.
Dodsley, Robert, 1704-1764.Date: MDCCLXXVII. [1777]