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An oration delivered at the state-house, in Philadelphia : to a very numerous audience; on Thursday the 1st of August, 1776
An oration delivered at the state-house, in Philadelphia : |b to a very numerous audience; on Thursday the 1st of August, 1776 / by Samuel Adams, Member of the **** ********** the General Congress of The ****** ****** of America. London printed, London reprinted for : E. Johnson, No. 4, Ludgate-Hill, MDCCLXXVI [1776].
"Of this oration [never delivered], there was no Philadelphia edition [in spite of its being indicated by title-page]; it was, in fact a London forgery designed to show that the colonies were bent on independence."-- Howes, p. 15. No such oration was given by Adams.
Rockefeller Library copy from the library of Jay Snider with his bookplate.
Rockefeller Library copy bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, London bookbinders.
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An humble address and earnest appeal to those respectable personages in Great-Britain and Ireland : who, by their great and permanent interest in landed property, their liberal education, elevated rank, and enlarged views, are the ablest to judge, and the fittest to decide, whether a connection with, or a separation from the continental colonies of America, be most for the national advantage, and the lasting benefit of these kingdoms
An humble address and earnest appeal to those respectable personages in Great-Britain and Ireland : who, by their great and permanent interest in landed property, their liberal education, elevated rank, and enlarged views, are the ablest to judge, and the fittest to decide, whether a connection with, or a separation from the continental colonies of America, be most for the national advantage, and the lasting benefit of these kingdoms / by Josiah Tucker, D.D., Dean of Glocester. The third edition, corrected. London : Printed for T. Cadell, in the Strand, MDCCLXXVI [1776].
Table on folded leaf has caption that reads: "An account of the value of the exports from England to Germany and Holland."
Signatures: A-M⁴.
"Price 1s. 6d."
Rockefeller Library copy bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, London bookbinders.
Rockefeller Library copy from the library of James S. Copley with his bookplate.
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A speech intended to have been spoken on the bill for altering the charters of the Massachusett's Bay
A speech intended to have been spoken on the bill for altering the charters of the Massachusett's Bay. The fourth edition. London : Printed for T. Cadell, in the Strand, MDCCLXXIV [1774].
"Price one shilling."--half-title.
Rockefeller Library copy from the library of James Strohn Copley with his bookplate.
Rockefeller Library copy bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, London bookbinders.
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Speech of Edmund Burke, Esq., on American taxation, April 19, 1774
Speech of Edmund Burke, Esq., on American taxation, April 19, 1774. The fourth edition. Printed for J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, MDCCLXXV [1775].
"Price two shillings."
Printers' device on title page.
Rockefeller Library copy bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, London bookbinders.
Rockefeller Library copy from the library of James Strohn Copley with his bookplate.
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Speech of Edmund Burke, Esq. on American taxation, April 19, 1774
Speech of Edmund Burke, Esq. on American taxation, April 19, 1774. The third edition. London : Printed for J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, MDCCLXXV [1775].
Printer's device on t.p.
"Price two shillings."
Rockefeller Library copy from the library of James Strohn Copley with his bookplate.
Rockefeller Library copy bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, London bookbinders.
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The Journal of Major George Washington Sent by the Hon. Robert Dinwiddie, Esq; His Majesty's Lieutenant-Governor, and Commander in Chief of Virginia, to the Commandant of the French Forces on Ohio. To which are Added, the Governor's Letter, and a Translation of the French Officer's Answer.
The Journal of Major George Washington Sent by the Hon. Robert Dinwiddie, Esq; His Majesty's Lieutenant-Governor, and Commander in Chief of Virginia, to the Commandant of the French Forces on Ohio. To which are Added, the Governor's Letter, and a Translation of the French Officer's Answer. Williamsburg : Printed by William Hunter. 1754.
Rockefeller Library copy bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe of London, England.
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A speech of Edmund Burke, Esq. at the Guildhall, in Bristol, previous to the late election in that city, Upon certain points relative to his Parliamentary conduct
A speech of Edmund Burke, Esq. at the Guildhall, in Bristol, previous to the late election in that city, Upon certain points relative to his Parliamentary conduct. The fourth edition. London : Printed for J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, MDCCLXXXI [1781]
Rockefelller Library copy imperfect: half-title wanting.
Rockefeller Library copy bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, London bookbinders.
Rockefeller Library copy from the library of James Strohn Copley with his bookplate.
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Speech of Edmund Burke, Esq., Member of Parliament for the City of Bristol : |b on presenting to the House of Commons (on the 11th of February, 1780) a plan for the better security of the independence of Parliament, and the oeconomical reformation of the civil and other establishments
Speech of Edmund Burke, Esq., Member of Parliament for the City of Bristol : on presenting to the House of Commons (on the 11th of February, 1780) a plan for the better security of the independence of Parliament, and the oeconomical reformation of the civil and other establishments. A new edition. London : Printed for J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, MDCCLXXX [1780].
"Price 1s."--half-title.
Rockefeller Library copy bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe.
Rockefeller Library copy from the library of James Strohn Copley with his bookplate.
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Speech of Edmund Burke, Esq. member of Parliament for the City of Bristol : on presenting to the House of Commons (on the 11th of February, 1780) a plan for the better security of the independence of Parliament, and the oeconomical reformation of the civil and other establishments
Speech of Edmund Burke, Esq. member of Parliament for the City of Bristol : on presenting to the House of Commons (on the 11th of February, 1780) a plan for the better security of the independence of Parliament, and the oeconomical reformation of the civil and other establishments. A third edition. London : Printed for J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, MDCCLXXX [1780].
With a half-title.
"Price 2s"-- half-title page.
Rockefeller Library copy bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, London bookbinders.
Rockefeller Library copy from the library of James Strohn Copley with his bookplate.
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A letter from Edmund Burke : Esq; one of the representatives in Parliament for the city of Bristol, to John Farr, and John Harris, Esqrs. sheriffs of that city, on the affairs of America
A letter from Edmund Burke : Esq; one of the representatives in Parliament for the city of Bristol, to John Farr, and John Harris, Esqrs. sheriffs of that city, on the affairs of America. The fourth edition. London : Printed for J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, MDCCLXXVII [1777].
Rockefeller Library copy from the library of James Strohn Copley, with his bookplate.
"Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, London" appears in gilt on the front turn-in.
Rockefeller Library copy imperfect: lacks the half-title leaf.
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A letter from Edmund Burke : Esq; one of the representatives in Parliament for the city of Bristol, to John Farr, and John Harris, Esqrs. sheriffs of that city, on the affairs of America.
A letter from Edmund Burke : Esq; one of the representatives in Parliament for the city of Bristol, to John Farr, and John Harris, Esqrs. sheriffs of that city, on the affairs of America. The third edition. London : Printed for J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, MDCCLXXVII [1777].
Rockefeller Library copy from the library of James Strohn Copley, with his bookplate.
"Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, London" appears in gilt on the front turn-in.