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  The dying negro : a poem

  The dying negro a poem. The third edition, corrected and enlarged. London : printed for W. Flexney, opposite Gray's-Inn-Gate, Holborn; J. Wilkie, in St. Paul's Church-Yard; and J. Robson, in New Bond-Street, MDCCLXXV [1775].

  Anonymous. By Thomas Day and John Bicknell.

  "Price one shilling and six-pence" in square brackets on title page.

  Engraved title vignette by Isaac Taylor after Egginton.

  Dedicated to Jean Jacques Rousseau on page iv.

  Advertisement on p. [i].

  Signatures: a-b²B-G².

  Rockefeller Library copy has been trimmed affecting the first line of the title.

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  The Triumph of liberty, and peace with America : a poem. Inscribed to General Conway

  The Triumph of liberty, and peace with America : a poem. Inscribed to General Conway. London : Printed for J. Walker, Pater-Noster-Row, MDCCLXXXII [1782].

  With a half-title.

  Errata: page 26.

  Rockefeller Library copy imperfect: half-title wanting.

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  Sketch of the life and military services of Gen. La Fayette, during the American Revolution : The hero and patriot, who abandoned his home, his family, his rank, and a princely fortune, for the sake of fighting in the cause of American liberty

  Sketch of the life and military services of Gen. La Fayette, during the American Revolution : The hero and patriot, who abandoned his home, his family, his rank, and a princely fortune, for the sake of fighting in the cause of American liberty. New-York : Printed and published for the editor, 1824.

  Most of the text on p. 13-16 was publiished in the New-York Evening post for the country, Aug. 20, 1824. Probably the entire pamphlet was originally published in this newspaper or in the daily edition of the Evening post.

  Rockefeller Library copy from the library of C. B. Farwell with his bookplate.

  Rockefeller Library copy bound by A. J. Cox & Co.

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  Apostolick charity : its nature and excellence consider'd. In a discourse upon Dan. 12.3. Preached at St. Paul's, at the ordination of some Protestant missionaries to be sent into the plantations. To which is prefixt, A general view of the English colonies in America, with respect to religion; in order to shew what provision is wanting for the propagation of Christianity in those parts.

  Apostolick charity : its nature and excellence consider'd. In a discourse upon Dan. 12.3. Preached at St. Paul's, at the ordination of some Protestant missionaries to be sent into the plantations. To which is prefixt, A general view of the English colonies in America, with respect to religion; in order to shew what provision is wanting for the propagation of Christianity in those parts / by Thomas Bray. London : Printed by W. Downing, for William Hawes, at the Sign of the Rose in Ludgate-Street, 1699.

  "[Bray] was employed under Bishop Compton in seeking out missionaries to be sent abroad ... He found that he could only enlist poor men, unable to buy books, and he seems to have made the help of the bishops in providing libraries a condition of his going to Maryland."--Dict. of nat. biog.

  In the "General view of the English colonies," the author tabulates the colonies with respect to the number of their parishes, ministers and libraries. During Bray's lifetime and through his instrumentality there were established no less than 39 libraries in the colonies.

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  Forty etchings, from sketches made with the camera lucida, in North America, in 1827 and 1828

  Forty etchings, from sketches made with the camera lucida, in North America, in 1827 and 1828 / by Captain Basil Hall, R.N. Fourth edition. Edinburgh : Cadell & Co. ; London : Simpkin & Marshall, and Moon, Boys & Graves, 1830.

  Two etchings on each plate, numbered I-XL, accompanied by leaf with descriptive text.

  Map of the United States and Canada shewing Captn. Hall's route through those countries in 1827 and 1828. Engraved on steel by W. H. Lizars.

  Rockefeller Library copy bound by Meister and Smethie, Richmond, Virginia.

  Rockefeller Library copy inscribed: "Presented to the George Wythe House. Williamsburg Va. by R.B. Dunwoody. Sept.

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  The History of the American Indians : particularly those nations adjoining to the Mississippi, East and West Florida, Georgia, South and North Carolina, and Virginia: containing an account of their origin, language, manners, religious and civil customs, laws, form of government, punishments, conduct in war and domestic life, their habits, diet, agriculture, manufactures, diseases and method of cure, and other particulars, sufficient to render it a complete Indian system. With observations on former historians, the conduct of our colony governors, superintendents, missionaries, &c. Also an appendix, containing a description of the Floridas, and the Missisippi lands, with their productions - The benefits of colonising Georgiana, and civilizing the Indians - And the way to make all the colonies more valuable to the Mother Country

  The History of the American Indians : particularly those nations adjoining to the Mississippi, East and West Florida, Georgia, South and North Carolina, and Virginia: containing an account of their origin, language, manners, religious and civil customs, laws, form of government, punishments, conduct in war and domestic life, their habits, diet, agriculture, manufactures, diseases and method of cure, and other particulars, sufficient to render it a complete Indian system. With observations on former historians, the conduct of our colony governors, superintendents, missionaries, &c. Also an appendix, containing a description of the Floridas, and the Missisippi lands, with their productions - The benefits of colonising Georgiana, and civilizing the Indians - And the way to make all the colonies more valuable to the Mother Country / by James Adair, Esquire, a trader with the Indians, and resident in their country for forty years. London : Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly, in the Poultry, MDCCLXXV [1775].

  Page 102 wrongly numbered 101.

  Pages 1-220 contain arguments on the descent of the American Indians from the Jews; pages 221-374 contain accounts of the Katahba, Cheerake, Muskohge, Choktah, and Chikkasah nations; pages 376-448 contain general observation; pages 449-464 contain an appendix, "Advice to statesmen; shewing the advantages of mutual affection between Great Britain and the North American Colonies.

  "A Map of the American Indian Nations, adjoining to the Missisippi, West & East Florida, Georgia, S. & N. Carolina, Virginia. &c." engraved by John Lodge.

  Signatures: {*}2, A-Z4, Aa-Zz4, Aaa-Nnn4

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  Experiments and observations on electricity, made at Philadelphia in America

  Experiments and observations on electricity, made at Philadelphia in America / by Benjamin Franklin, L.L.D. and F.R.S ... To which are added, Letters and papers on philosophical subjects. The whole corrected, methodized, improved, and now collected into one volume, and illustrated with copper plates. The fifth edition. London : Printed for F. Newberry, at the corner of St. Paul's Church-Yard, MDCCLXXIV [1774].

  With a half-title.

  Vertical chain lines.

  Page 176 wrongly numbered 179, and page 207 wrongly numbered 720.

  Rockefeller Library copy from the library of the Society of the Sacred Mission, Kelham with its bookplate; numbered "537."

  Rockefeller Library copy bound in full calf; rebacked; spine title in gilt on red label.

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  An act to settle the trade to Africa

  An act to settle the trade to Africa. London : Printed by Charles Bill, and the Eexecutrix of Thomas Newcomb, deceas'd ; Printers to the Kings most Excellent Majesty, MDCXCVIII [1698].

  Signatures: 6L-6M² 6N¹ 6O-6P²

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  A short view of the dispute between the merchants of London, Bristol, and Leverpool, and the advocates of a new joint-stock company : concerning the regulation of the African trade

  A short view of the dispute between the merchants of London, Bristol, and Leverpool, and the advocates of a new joint-stock company : concerning the regulation of the African trade. London, MDCCL [1750].

  Rockefeller Library copy from the library of Virginius Randolph Shackelford with his bookplate.

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  The case of the Royal African Company of England

  The case of the Royal African Company of London. London : Printed by Sam. Aris, in Creed-Lane, MDCCXXX [1730].

  Title vignette, head-piece, initial.

  A history and defense of the monopoly of the Royal African Company this work is one of four publications issued by the Royal African Company in 1730. it is not a reprint of the 1709 publication of the same title.

  The Rockefeller Library copy has been trimmed closely on the bottom affecting text on several leaves.

  Rockefeller Library copy from the South Library with its bookplate.

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  An Abstract of several cases relating to the trade to Africa

  An Abstract of several cases relating to the trade to Africa. [London, |c 1714].

  L.W. Hanson 2010. Includes abstracts of Hanson 1602, 1874, 1880 and five and other 'cases'.

  Rockefeller Library copy trimmed at the bottom causing most of the endorsement to be removed.

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  The case of the Royal African-Company and of the plantations

  The case of the Royal African-Company and of the plantations. [London : Royal African Company, 1714].

  With a docket title dated 1714.

  Title from caption.

  A proposal "for improving the American British plantations, by reducing the excessive price of Negroes in Africa, and selling them at reasonable rates to the planters."

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  Proposals humbly offered to the Honourable House of Commons, for enlarging and protecting the trade to Africa

  Proposals humbly offered to the Honourable House of Commons, for enlarging and protecting the trade to Africa. [London : |b s.n., 1709?].

  Docket title: Proposals for encouraging the trade to Africa.

  Imprint from ESTC.

  Not in Goldsmiths' Lib. cat.

  Not in Hanson.

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  Considerations relating to the African bill : humbly submitted to the honourable House of Commons

  Considerations relating to the African bill : humbly submitted to the honourable House of Commons. [London : s.n., 1698?]

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  An answer to the Considerations, occasioned by the Craftsman upon excise, so far as it relates to the tobacco trade

  An answer to the Considerations, occasioned by the Craftsman upon excise, so far as it relates to the tobacco trade. London : Printed for E. Nutt at the Royal Exchange, MDCCXXXIII [1733].

  Listed under the pseudonym Caleb D'Anvers by Jerome E. Brooks in George Arents' Tobacco, its history, v. 3, no. 672, with a note stating that it was written by Nicholas Amhurst or William Pulteney, Earl of Bath. The Dict. of national biography, in its article on Amhurst, ascribes the pamphlet to him. Both Amhurst and Pulteney wrote for the Craftsman.

  Rockefeller Library copy from the library of William Tarun Fehsenfeld with his bookplate.

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  Observations on the Case of the planters of Virginia. In a letter to -------

  Observations on The case of the planters of Virginia : In a letter to ------ . [London ; 1733]

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  The case of the merchants, and planters, trading to and residing in, Virginia, and Maryland

  The case of the merchants, and planters, trading to and residing in, Virginia, and Maryland. [London? : s.n., 1713].

  Title from caption.

  Imprint from ESTC.

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  African slave trade in Jamaica : and comparative treatment of slaves

  African slave trade in Jamaica : and comparative treatment of slaves / |c read before the Maryland Historical Society, October, 1854. Baltimore : Printed for The Maryland Historical Society, by John D. Toy, 1854.

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  Minutes of the proceedings of a Convention of Delegates from the Abolition Societies Established in Different Parts of the United States : assembled at Philadelphia on the first day of January, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-four, and continued, by adjournments, until the seventh day of the same month, inclusive

  Minutes of the proceedings of a Convention of Delegates from the Abolition Societies Established in Different Parts of the United States : assembled at Philadelphia on the first day of January, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-four, and continued, by adjournments, until the seventh day of the same month, inclusive. Philadelphia : Printed by Zachariah Poulson, Junr. Number Eighty, Chesnut-Street, eight doors below Third-Street, MDCCXCIV [1794].

  "Published by order of the Convention"--page 30.

  Signatures: [(1)]⁴ (2)-(4)⁴ ((4)4 blank).

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  A Very new pamphlet indeed! Being the truth: addressed to the people at large. Containing some strictures on the English Jacobins, and the evidence of Lord M'Cartney, and others, before the House of Lords, respecting the slave trade

  A Very new pamphlet indeed! Being the truth: addressed to the people at large. Containing some strictures on the English Jacobins, and the evidence of Lord M'Cartney, and others, before the House of Lords, respecting the slave trade. London : [s.n.], Printed in the year 1792.

  Signed: Truth.

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  A short account of that part of Africa : inhabited by the Negroes. With respect to the fertility of the country; the good disposition of many of the natives, and the manner by which the slave trade is carried on. Extracted from divers authors, in order to shew the iniquity of that trade, and the falsity of the arguments usually advanced in its vindication. With quotations from the writings of several persons of note, viz. George Wallis, Francis Hutcheson, and James Foster, and a large extract from a pamphlet, lately published in London, on the subject of the slave trade

  A short account of that part of Africa : inhabited by the Negroes. With respect to the fertility of the country; the good disposition of many of the natives, and the manner by which the slave trade is carried on. Extracted from divers authors, in order to shew the iniquity of that trade, and the falsity of the arguments usually advanced in its vindication. With quotations from the writings of several persons of note, viz. George Wallis, Francis Hutcheson, and James Foster, and a large extract from a pamphlet, lately published in London, on the subject of the slave trade. The second edition, with large Additions and Amendments. Philadelphia : Printed by W. Dunlap, in the year MDCCLXII [1762].

  Errata: p. 80.

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  An Earnest address to such of the people called Quakers as are sincerely desirous of supporting and maintaining the Christian testimony of their ancestors : Occasioned by a piece, intituled, "The testimony of the people called Quakers, given forth by a meeting of the representatives of said people, in Pennsylvania and New-Jersy [sic], held at Philadelphia the twenty-fourth day of the first month, 1775."

  An Earnest address to such of the people called Quakers as are sincerely desirous of supporting and maintaining the Christian testimony of their ancestors : Occasioned by a piece, intituled, "The testimony of the people called Quakers, given forth by a meeting of the representatives of said people, in Pennsylvania and New-Jersy [sic], held at Philadelphia the twenty-fourth day of the first month, 1775." : [Eleven lines of Scripture texts]. Philadelphia : Printed for John Douglas M'Dougal, 1775.

  Attributed to Anthony Benezet in Shipton & Mooney.

  Signatures: [A]⁴ B-G⁴.

  "An appendix: containing such extracts from the proceedings of the government at home, and the assemblies of the colonies, as tend to prove the truth of the facts asserted in the foregoing address."--pages 21-56.

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  A short sketch of the evidence, for the abolition of the slave trade : delivered before a committee of the House of Commons. To which is added, a recommendation of the subject to the serious attention of people in general

  A short sketch of the evidence, for the abolition of the slave trade : delivered before a committee of the House of Commons. To which is added, a recommendation of the subject to the serious attention of people in general. London, 1792.

  Signed at end: W.B.C., i.e., William Bell Crafton.

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  An address to the people of Great Britain, on the utility of refraining from the use of West India sugar and rum

  An address to the people of Great Britain, on the utility of refraining from the use of West India sugar and rum. The sixth edition, corrected. Sunderland [Eng.] : Printed and sold by T. Reed, Bookseller, High-Street, Sunderland, 1791.

  "Price 1d. or fourteen for a shilling."

  "N.B. Persons wanting a larger Number to give away may be supplied at Five Shillings per Hundred, by applying to T. Reed."

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  The cries of Africa, to the inhabitants of Europe; or, A survey of that bloody commerce called the slave-trade

  The cries of Africa, to the inhabitants of Europe; or, A survey of that bloody commerce called the slave-trade / by Thomas Clarkson. London : Sold by Harvey and Darton, Gracechurch-Street; and W. Phillips, George-Yard, Lombard-Street, [1822].

  "Price one shilling, or ten shillings a dozen."

  Contains a diagram showing the arrangements of the slave ship Brookes.