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Proceedings of the convention begun and held at Concord, in the state of Massachusetts-Bay, on the sixth day of October, A.D. 1779, (in pursuance of the recommendation of a convention held in said place in July last) to "take into consideration the prices of merchandize and country produce, and make such regulations and reduction therein, as the public good might require."
Date: [1779]- Books
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The pupil's guide. Being a collection of the most useful rules in arithmetic. Calculated for the benefit of schools. By Benjamin Dearborn. of Portsmouth.
Dearborn, Benjamin, 1754-1838.Date: M,DCC,LXXXIII. [1783]- 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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A memorial of Lexington Battle, and of some signal interpositions of Providence in the American Revolution. A sermon preached at Lexington, on the nineteenth of April, 1782. The anniversary of the commencement of the war between Great-Britain and America, which opened in a most tragical scene, in that town, on the nineteenth of April, 1775. By Phillips Payson, A.M. Pastor of the church in Chelsea. [Two lines in Latin from Virgil]
Payson, Phillips, 1736-1801.Date: M,DCC,LXXXII. [1782]- Books
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Letter addressed to the abbe Raynal on the affairs of North-America. In which the mistakes in the abbe's account of the revolution of America are corrected and cleared up. By Thomas Paine, M.A. of the University of Pennsylvania, and author of the pamphlet and other publications, entitled, "Common sense."
Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809.Date: M,DCC,LXXXII. [1782]- Books
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A constitution or frame of government, agreed upon by the delegates of the people of the state of Massachusetts-Bay, in convention, begun and held at Cambridge on the first of September, 1779, and continued by adjournments to the second of March, 1780.
Massachusetts. Constitutional ConventionDate: M,DCC,LXXX. [1780]- Books
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The New-England psalter: or Psalms of David: with the Proverbs of Solomon, and Christ's Sermon on the mount. Being an introduction for the training up children in the reading of the Holy Scriptures.
Date: M,DCC,LXXXIV. [1784]- Books
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State of Massachusetts-Bay. In Convention, June 16, 1780. Whereas, upon due examination of the returns ... it appears that more than two-thirds of the inhabitants ... have expressed their approbation of the form of government agreed upon by this convention ... this convention do hereupon declare the said form to be the constitution of government established by and for the inhabitants of the state of Massachusetts-Bay. ...
Massachusetts. Constitutional ConventionDate: 1780]- 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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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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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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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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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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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 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 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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An American selection of lessons in reading and speaking. Calculated to improve the minds and refine the taste of youth. And also to instruct them in the geography, history, and politics of the United States. To which are prefixed, rules in elocution, and directions for expressing the principal passions of the mind. Being the third part of A grammatical institute of the English language. By Noah Webster, Jun. Esquire.
Webster, Noah, 1758-1843.Date: M,DCC,LXXXIX. [1789]- Books
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The preceptor's assistant, or Student's guide: being a systematical treatise of arithmetic, both vulgar and decimal; calculated for the use of schools, counting houses, and private families. Wherein the most practical branches of that important art are laid down in so plain and concise a manner, that persons of common capacity may become acquainted, in a short time, with that beneficial science. By John Vinall, teacher of the mathematics and writing, in Boston. [One line of quotation in Latin]
Vinall, John, 1736-1823.Date: MDCCXCII. [1792]- Books
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State of Massachusetts-Bay. In Council, June 11, 1779. Resolved, that the following address be printed in hand-bills and sent to the several ministers ... town-clerks ... and to the Committee of Correspondence in each plantation ... who are hereby directed to communicate the same to the inhabitants ...
Massachusetts. General Court.Date: 1779]- Books
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Extracts from the proceedings of the convention at Concord, and of the town of Boston, containing the regulation of the prices of merchandize, provisions, etc. Published by order of the town.
Date: M,DCC,LXXIX. [1779]- 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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Memoirs of the lives, characters and writings of those two eminently pious and useful ministers of Jesus Christ, Dr. Isaac Watts and Dr. Philip Doddridge.
Belknap, Jeremy, 1744-1798.Date: MDCCXCII. [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: MDCCLXXXIII. [1783]- 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]