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Tract V : the respective pleas and arguments of the mother country, and of the colonies, distinctly set forth, and the impossibility of a compromise of differences, or a mutual concession of rights plainly demonstrated : with a prefatory epistle to the plenipotentiaries of the late congress at Philadelphia
Tract V : the respective pleas and arguments of the mother country, and of the colonies, distinctly set forth, and the impossibility of a compromise of differences, or a mutual concession of rights plainly demonstrated : with a prefatory epistle to the plenipotentiaries of the late congress at Philadelphia / by Josiah Tucker, D.D. Dean of Glocester. Glocester : Printed by R. Raikes, and sold by T. Cadell, in the Strand, and J. Walter, Charing-Cross, London, MDCCLXXV [1775].
Signatures: a-b⁴ B-F⁴ G².
Publisher's advertisement: page [1] at end.
Rockefeller Library copy from the library of James Strohn Copley.
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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 rights of Great Britain asserted against the claims of America : being an answer to the Declaration of the General Congress
The rights of Great Britain asserted against the claims of America : being an answer to the Declaration of the General Congress. The third edition with additions. London : Printed for T. Cadell, in the Strand, MDCCLXXVI [1776].
Published anonymously at the instance of the British government. Authorship also attributed to Sir John Dalrymple and the Lord George Germain.
"A declaration by the representatives of the United Colonies of North America ... setting forth the causes and necessity of their taking up arms," dated July 6, 1775. pages 89-96.
"Acts establishing the supremacy of Parliament over America."--pages 87-88.
With a half-title.
"Price one shilling and six-pence."--half-title.
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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. London : Printed for J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, MDCCLXXXIII [1783].
"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 fourth edition. London : Printed for J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, MDCCLXXV [1775].
Edition statement within single rules.
"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 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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Speech of Edmund Burke, Esq. on American taxation, April 19, 1774
Speech of Edmund Burke, Esq. on American taxation, April 19, 1774. The second edition. London : Printed for J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, MDCCLXXV [1775].
"Price two shillings."
Rockefeller Library has the second state.
Rockefeller Library 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. London : Printed for J. Dodsley in Pall-Mall, MDCCLXXV [1775].
Errata: page [1] at end.
Rockefeller Library copy from the library of James Strohn Copley with his bookplate.
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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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Trust in God, the duty of a people in a day of trouble : a sermon, preached May 30th, 1770 : at the request of a great number of gentlemen, friends to the liberties of North-America, who were desirous, notwithstanding the removal of the Massachusetts General-Court (unconstitutionally as they judged) to Cambridge, that God might be acknowledged in that house of worship at Boston, in which our tribes, from the days of our fathers, have annually sought to him for direction, previous to the choice of his Majesty's Council
Trust in God, the duty of a people in a day of trouble : a sermon, preached May 30th, 1770 : at the request of a great number of gentlemen, friends to the liberties of North-America, who were desirous, notwithstanding the removal of the Massachusetts General-Court (unconstitutionally as they judged) to Cambridge, that God might be acknowledged in that house of worship at Boston, in which our tribes, from the days of our fathers, have annually sought to him for direction, previous to the choice of his Majesty's Council / by Charles Chauncy, D.D. Pastor of the First Church in Boston. Boston : Printed by Daniel Kneeland, for Thomas Leverett in Corn-Hill, 1770.
The last leaf is blank.
Signatures: [A]-E4
Rockefeller Library copy imperfect: final leaf wanting.
Rockefeller Library copy with the armorial bookplates of C.L.F. Robinson and William L. Clements.
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Observations on the Nature of Civil Liberty, the Principles of Government and the Justice Policy of the War with America. To Which is Added, An Appendix, Containing A State of the National Debt, an Estimate of the Money drawn from the Public by the Taxes, and an Account of the National Income and Expenditure since the last War.
Observations on the Nature of Civil Liberty, the Principles of Government and the Justice Policy of the War with America. To Which is Added, An Appendix, Containing A State of the National Debt, an Estimate of the Money drawn from the Public by the Taxes, and an Account of the National Income and Expenditure since the last War. London Printed, 1776. Re printed and Sold by John Dunlap, at the Newest Printing-Office in Market-Street, MDCCLXXVI. [1776]
Signatures: 8vo.: [A]-I⁴
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The objections to the taxation of our American colonies, by the legislature of Great Britain, briefly consider'd
The objections to the taxation of our American colonies, by the legislature of Great Britain, briefly consider'd. London : Printed for J. Wilkie, in St. Paul's Church-yard, 1765.
Price six-pence.
Collation: 8vo. : A-B⁴ C²; 10 leaves: p. [1-3] 4-20; $2(-A1,C2) signed.
Rockefeller Library copy closely trimmed affecting some text.
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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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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, MDCCLXXV [1775].
Title vignette.
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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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 Second Edition. London : Printed for J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, MDCCLXXV [1775].
Title vignette.
Rockefeller Library copy from the library of James Strohn Copley with his bookplate.
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Observations on a Late state of the nation
Observations on a Late state of the nation. Dublin : Printed for A. Leathly, J. Exshaw, B. Grierson, and J. Williams, MDCCLXIX [1769].
Title vignette.
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Observations on a Late state of the nation
Observations on a Late state of the nation. The fourth edition. London : Printed for J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, MDCCLXIX [1769].
On William Knox's pamphlet The present state of the nation. London, 1768. Cf. NUC pre-1956.
Author identified in Halkett & Laing.
Title vignette.
"Price two shillings and six pence." -- in square brackets on half-title.
Verso of t.p. (4th prelim. page) and p. [156] blank.
Signatures: [A]² B-K⁸ L⁶.
Page 149 misnumbered "49."
Rockefeller Library copy from the library of James Strohn Copley.
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Observations on a Late state of the nation
Observations on a Late state of the nation. The third edition. London : Printed for J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, MDCCLXIX [1769].
On William Knox's pamphlet The present state of the nation. London, 1768. Cf. NUC pre-1956.
Author identified in Halkett & Laing.
Title vignette.
"Price two shillings and six pence." -- in square brackets on half-title.
Verso of t.p. (4th prelim. page) and p. [156] blank.
Signatures: [A]² B-K⁸ L⁶.
Rockefeller Library copy from the library of James Strohn Copley.
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A letter to the Reverend Josiah Tucker, D.D., Dean of Glocester, in answer to his Humble address and earnest appeal, &c. with a postscript, in which the present war against America is shewn to be the effect, not of the causes assigned by him and others, but of a fixed plan of administration, founded in system : the landed opposed to the commercial interest of the state, being as the means in order to the end
A letter to the Reverend Josiah Tucker, D.D., Dean of Glocester, in answer to his Humble address and earnest appeal, &c. with a postscript, in which the present war against America is shewn to be the effect, not of the causes assigned by him and others, but of a fixed plan of administration, founded in system : the landed opposed to the commercial interest of the state, being as the means in order to the end / by Samuel Estwick, L.L.D. Assistant Agent for the Island of Barbadoes. London : Printed for J. Almon, opposite Burlington House, Piccadilly, MDCCLXXVI [1776].
Errata: p. [1] at end.
Booksellers' advertisements: p. [1-3] at end.
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American independence the interest and glory of Great Britain; : containing arguments which prove, that not only in taxation, but in trade, manufactures, and government, the colonies are entitled to an entire independency on the British legislature; and that it can only be by a formal declaration of these rights, and forming thereupon a friendly league with them, that the true and lasting welfare of both countries can be promoted. In a series of letters to the legislature.
American independence the interest and glory of Great Britain; : containing arguments which prove, that not only in taxation, but in trade, manufactures, and government, the colonies are entitled to an entire independency on the British legislature; and that it can only be by a formal declaration of these rights, and forming thereupon a friendly league with them, that the true and lasting welfare of both countries can be promoted. In a series of letters to the legislature. Philadelphia : Printed and sold by Robert Bell, in Third-Street, MDCCLXXVI [1776].
Reprint of original edition, London, 1774.
Library copy imperfect: all after page 120 wanting.
Library copy with bookseller's advertisement for Robert Bell before half-title (2 p.).
"Price half a Dollar." within square brackets on half-title.
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Letters from a farmer in Pennsylvania to the inhabitants of the British colonies
Letters from a farmer in Pennsylvania to the inhabitants of the British colonies. London : Printed for J. Almon opposite Burlington-house, Picadilly, MDCCLXVIII [1768].
Rockefeller Library copy lacks the half-title.
Postscript to last letter signed: D, i.e. John Dickinson.
British editor’s preface signed: N.N., i.e. Benjamin Franklin.
First edition, Philadelphia, 1768. The letters were first published in the Pennsylvania Chronicle, December 2, 1767-February 15, 1768. cf. The writing of John Dickinson, v.1, 1895, p. 282-283.