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The Present method of inoculating for the small-pox : To which are added, some experiments, instituted with a view to discover the effects of a similar treatment in the natural small-pox
The Present method of inoculating for the small-pox. To which are added, some experiments, instituted with a view to discover the effects of a fimilar {sic} treatment in the natural small-pox / by Thomas Dimsdale, M.D. The fifth edition, corrected. London : Printed for W. Owen, in Fleet-Street, MDCCLXIX [1769].
Rockefeller Library copy with the stamp of the Boston Medical Library Association on title page verso and page [1].
Rockefeller Library copy with the signature of Ben Thompson (possibly Rumford, Benjamin, Graf von) at head of title page.
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The lady's, housewife's, and cookmaid's assistant : or, the art of cookery explained and adapted to the meanest capacity. Containing, I. How to roast and boil to perfection every thing necessary to be sent up to table. II. Of made-dishes. III. To make a number of pretty little dishes for a supper or side-dish, and little corner-dishes for a great table. IV. To dress fish. V. Of soups and broths. VI. Of puddings. Vii. Of pies. Viii. Of hogs puddings, sausages, &c. IX. To pot and make hams, &c. X. Of pickling. XI. Of making cakes, &c. XII. Of cheese cakes, creams, jellies, whip-syllabubs, &c. XIII. Of made-wines, brewing, French bread, mussins, &c. XIV. Jarring cherries, preserves. XV. To dress turtle, and make mock turtle. The whole designed to fit out an Entertainment In an Elegant Manner, and at a Small Expence
The lady's, housewife's, and cookmaid's assistant : or, the art of cookery explained and adapted to the meanest capacity. Containing, I. How to roast and boil to perfection every thing necessary to be sent up to table. II. Of made-dishes. III. To make a number of pretty little dishes for a supper or side-dish, and little corner-dishes for a great table. IV. To dress fish. V. Of soups and broths. VI. Of puddings. Vii. Of pies. Viii. Of hogs puddings, sausages, &c. IX. To pot and make hams, &c. X. Of pickling. XI. Of making cakes, &c. XII. Of cheese cakes, creams, jellies, whip-syllabubs, &c. XIII. Of made-wines, brewing, French bread, mussins, &c. XIV. Jarring cherries, preserves. XV. To dress turtle, and make mock turtle. The whole designed to fit out an Entertainment In an Elegant Manner, and at a Small Expence / by E. Taylor. Berwick upon Tweed : Printed by H. Taylor, for R. Taylor, Bookseller, MDCCLXIX [1769].
Includes index.
Subcription list: pages [iii]-xii.
"A Marketing Table"--pages [1]-[2] at end.
Rockefeller Library copy inscribed on page [1] at beginning: "Harriet Kidd. 1801. from her Grandmama Richardson" and "rebound by HK. 1845."
Rockefeller Library copy inscribed on title page: "Mrs. Richardson" ; "Mrs. Kidd" ; "Harriet Kidd." Label of Alex. Kidd on the title page.
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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 revolution of America
The Revolution of America / by the Abbe Raynal ... A new edition. Edinburgh : Printed in the year MDCCLXXXIII [1783].
Appendices: no. l. Treaty of friendship and commerce between the court of Versailles and the United States of America, signed Feb. 6, 1778. no. 2. Preliminary treaty of peace, bet ween the court of Great Britain, and the United States of America. no. 3. Statement of the public debts in January 1783; and their increase, and the increase of the annual charge incurred by them to that time from midsummer 1775.
Rockefeller Library copy from the library of Jseph Prentis.
Rockefeller Library copy inscribed: "J. Prentis, 1784": free front endpaper.
Rockefeller Library copy has ink stamp: "Jos. Prentis" and "JS" stamp on free front endpaper and title page.
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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. [Hartford, Conn.] : London, Printed 1778: Hartford: re-printed, by Hudson and Goodwin, MDCCLXXIX [1779].Attributed to Edmund Jenings.
Rockefeller Library copy signed: "Cornelius Higgins"--page [1] at end.
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An eulogy on the life of General George Washington : who died at Mount Vernon, December 14th, 1799
An eulogy on the life of General George Washington : who died at Mount Vernon, December 14th, 1799 / written at the request of the citizens of Newburyport, and delivered at the first Presbyterian Meeting-House in that town, January 2nd, 1800 by Thomas Paine, A.M. Printed at Newburyport, by Edmund M. Blunt, 1800.
This state includes the urn on page 22.
Rockefeller Library copy with the signature of James Sever.
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Recollections of the Jersey prison-ship
Recollections of the Jersey prison-ship / taken, and prepared for publication, from the original manuscript of the late Captain Thomas Dring, of Providence, R.I. one of the prisoners by Albert Greene. Providence : Published by H. H. Brown, 1829.
Rockefeller Library copy with the signature of Charles C. Hoskins on the free font endpaper.
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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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The divine goodness displayed, in the American Revolution : a sermon preached in New York, December 11th, 1783. Appointed by Congress as a day of public thanksgiving, throughout the United States
The divine goodness displayed, in the American Revolution : a sermon preached in New York, December 11th, 1783. Appointed by Congress as a day of public thanksgiving, throughout the United States / by John Rodgers, D.D. New-York : Printed by Samuel Loudon, MDCCLXXXIV [1784].
Collation: 8vo: [A]-E⁴ F²; 22 leaves: p. [1-3] 4-42 [43-44]; $1(-A1) signed.
Rockefeller Library copy inscribed: "The gift of the Author to Elam Potte[r]."
Elam Potter, A.M. pastor of a Church of Christ in Enfield.
Library copy with signature of Nancy Potter on page 42 and signature of Sibbel Potter, dated Enfield, January 8, 1776 on page [43].
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The divine goodness displayed, in the American Revolution : a sermon preached in New York, December 11th, 1783. Appointed by Congress as a day of public thanksgiving, throughout the United States
The divine goodness displayed, in the American Revolution : a sermon preached in New York, December 11th, 1783. Appointed by Congress as a day of public thanksgiving, throughout the United States / by John Rodgers, D.D. New-York : Printed by Samuel Loudon, MDCCLXXXIV [1784].
Collation: 8vo: [A]-E⁴ F²; 22 leaves: p. [1-3] 4-42 [43-44]; $1(-A1) signed.
Rockefeller Library copy imperfect: final blank leaf wanting.
From the library of William M. Ross with his signature.
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The Speech of Mr. Beaufoy : Tuesday, the 18th June, 1788, in a committee of the whole House, on a bill for regulating the conveyance of negroes from Africa to the West-Indies, to which are added observations on the evidence adduced against the bill
The Speech of Mr. Beaufoy : Tuesday, the 18th June, 1788, in a committee of the whole House, on a bill for regulating the conveyance of negroes from Africa to the West-Indies, to which are added observations on the evidence adduced against the bill. London : Printed by J. Phillips, George-Yard, Lombard-Street, MDCCLXXXIX [1789].
Prefatory note by G. Sharp, chairman of the Committee of the Society instituted in 1787 for the purpose of effecting the abolition of the slave trade.
Printer's ornament.
Rockefeller Library copy with the signature of Nicholas Pearsal.