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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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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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A speech intended to have been spoken on the bill for altering the charters of the colony of Massachusett's Bay
A speech intended to have been spoken on the bill for altering the charters of the colony of Massachusett's Bay. The third edition. London : Printed for T. Cadell, in the Strand, MDCCLXXIV [1774].
Attributed to Jonathan Shipley. Cf. ESTC.
Signatures: [A]⁴ B-E⁴ F².
Rockefeller Library copy from the library of James S. Copley with his bookplate.
Rockefeller Library copy bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, London bookbinders.
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A speech intended to have been spoken on the bill for altering the charters of the colony of Massachusett's Bay
A speech intended to have been spoken on the bill for altering the charters of the colony of Massachusett's Bay. The second edition. London : Printed for T. Cadell, in the Strand, MDCCLXXIV [1774].
Attributed to Jonathan Shipley. Cf. ESTC.
Signatures: [A]⁴ B-E⁴ F².
Rockefeller Library copy from the library of James S. Copley.
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The interest of the merchants and manufacturers of Great Britain in the present contest with the colonies, stated and considered
The interest of the merchants and manufacturers of Great Britain in the present contest with the colonies, stated and considered. London : Printed for T. Cadell, in the Strand, MDCCLXXIV [1774].
With a half-title.
Rockefeller Library copy imperfect: half-title wanting.
Rockefeller Library copy from the library of James Strohn Copley.
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A letter to the inhabitants of the province of Quebec. Extract from the minutes of the Congress.
A letter to the inhabitants of the province of Quebec. Extract from the minutes of the Congress. Philadelphia: : Printed by William and Thomas Bradford, October, 1774.
"Cushing, Lee and Dickinson were appointed, October 21, a committee to prepare this letter, the draft of which, both by common acceptance and by the statement in Dickinson's 'Writings' (published in 1801, under his supervision), is referred to Dickinson's pen; yet John Adams (Diary in 'Works,' II, 392), on October 4 writes, 'General Lee came to my lodgings, and showed me address from the C. to the people of Canada, which he had'--or, eleven days before Dickinson was elected to the Congress, and eighteen days before the committee was appointed."--Ford, P.L. Some materials for a bibl. of the ... Continental Congress, Boston, 1890, no. 7.
Originally intended to be part of: United States. Continental Congress. Extracts from the votes and proceedings of the American Continental Congress. Philadelphia, 1774 (Evans 13726).
Rockefeller Library copy with names of John Leeds and dates 1774-1790; John Leeds Bozman and dates 1790-1821 and John Bozman Kerr and date 1844.
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A discourse preached, December 15th, 1774 : Being the day recommended by the Provincial Congress, to be observed in thanksgiving to God for the blessings enjoyed; and humiliation on account of public calamities
A discourse preached, December 15th, 1774 : Being the day recommended by the Provincial Congress, to be observed in thanksgiving to God for the blessings enjoyed; and humiliation on account of public calamities / by John Lathrop, A.M. Pastor of the Second Church in Boston. Boston : Printed by D. Kneeland; and sold by Samuel Webb, in Queen-Street, 1774.
Signatures: [A]-E4
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Colonel Hamilton's Second Letter, from Phocion to the Considerate Citizens of New York, on the Politics of the Times, in Consequence of the Peace: Containing Remarks on Mentor's Reply.
Colonel Hamilton's Second Letter, from Phocion to the Considerate Citizens of New York, on the Politics of the Times, in Consequence of the Peace: Containing Remarks on Mentor's Reply. Philadelphia : Printed and Sold by Robert Bell, in Third Street. MDCCLXXIV. [1774]
Booksellers' advertisements : page 48.
Arguments favoring moderation in the treatment of the American loyalists. Mentor's reply to Phocion's letter (New York, 1784) was written by Isaac Ledyard.
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A Summary view of the rights of British America : set forth in some resolutions intended for the inspection of the present delegates of the people of Virginia, now in convention...
A Summary view of the rights of British America : set forth in some resolutions intended for the inspection of the present delegates of the people of Virginia, now in convention... The Second Edition. Williamsburg, : Printed by Clementina Rind ; London : Re-printed for G. Kearsly at No. 46, near Searjents Inn, in Fleet Street, 1774.
Preface (p. [v]-xvi) addressed "To the King" and signed "Tribunus" is attributed to Arthur Lee.
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The Congress Canvassed : or, An Examination into the Conduct of the Delegates, at Their Grand Convention, Held in Philadelphia, Sept. 1, 1774. Addressed, to the Merchants of New-York
The Congress Canvassed : or, An Examination into the Conduct of the Delegates, at Their Grand Convention, Held in Philadelphia, Sept. 1, 1774. Addressed, to the Merchants of New-York / by A. W. Farmer. Printed in the Year MDCCLXXIV.