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A serious address to such of the people called Quakers : on the continent of North America, as profess scruples relative to the present government: exhibiting the ancient real testimony of that people, concerning obedience to civil authority
A serious address to such of the people called Quakers : on the continent of North America, as profess scruples relative to the present government: exhibiting the ancient real testimony of that people, concerning obedience to civil authority / Written before the departure of the British army from Philadelphia, 1778, by a native of Pennsylvania. To which are added, for the information of all rational enquirers, an appendix, consisting of extracts from An essay concerning obedience to the supreme powers, and the duty of subjects in all revolutions, published in England soon after the revolution of 1688. The second edition. Philadelphia : Printed by Styner and Cist, at the North-east Corner of Race- and Second-streets, MDCCLXXVIII [1778].
" 'The Friends buying up the first edition in order to suppress it, induced Mr. Ebenezer Hazard (of Philadelphia) to republish it. W. G.' From a Ms. note on the back of the title of a copy of the above."--Joseph Smith, A descr. catalogue of Friends' books, 1867, v. 1, p. 71.
Signatures: [A]-F⁴.
Rockefeller Library copy signed "George Nelson"--title page.
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The West India merchant : Being a series of papers originally printed under that signature in the London Evening Post
The West India merchant : Being a series of papers originally printed under that signature in the London Evening Post / with corrections and notes. By the author. London : |b Printed for J. Almon, opposite Burlington House, in Piccadilly, |c MDCCLXXVIII [1778].
Page 12 wrongly numbered 11.
Rockefeller Library copy from the library of James Strohn Copley with his bookplate.
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Considerations on the mode and terms of a treaty of peace with America
Considerations on the mode and terms of a treaty of peace with America. London : Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly, MDCCLXXVIII [1778].
Anonymous. Attributed to Edmund Jenings. Cf. ESTC.
Signatures: A-B⁸.
Final leaf blank.
Rockefeller Library copy from the library of James Strohn Copley with his bookplate.
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Candid and impartial narrative of the transactions of the fleet : under the command of Lord Howe, from the arrival of the Toulon squadron, on the coast of America, to the time of his lordship's departure for England. With observations
Candid and impartial narrative of the transactions of the fleet : under the command of Lord Howe, from the arrival of the Toulon squadron, on the coast of America, to the time of his lordship's departure for England. With observations / by an officer then serving in the fleet. London : Printed for J. Almon, opposite Burlington-House, Piccadilly, MDCCLXXIX [i.e. 1778].
Rockefeller Library from the New Hampshire Historical Society with its bookplate.
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Speech of Edmund Burke, Esq., on moving his resolutions for conciliation with the colonies, March 22, 1775
Speech of Edmund Burke, Esq., on moving his resolutions for conciliation with the colonies, March 22, 1775. The third edition. London : Printed for J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, MDCCLXXVIII [1778].
Title vignette.
With a half-title.
"Heads of this Speech" --contemporary handwritten summary of the contents of the pamphlet on title page verso.
Rockefeller Library copy from the library of James Strohn Copley, with his bookplate.
Rockefeller Library copy bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, London bookbinders.
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Bond, 1778 : manuscript fragment
Refers to litigation between Thomas Griffith and William Spraggins.