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A view of the controversy between Great-Britain and her colonies : including a mode of determining their present disputes, finally and effectually; and of preventing all future contentions : in a letter, to the author of A full vindication of the measures of the Congress, from the calumnies of their enemies
A view of the controversy between Great-Britain and her colonies : including a mode of determining their present disputes, finally and effectually; and of preventing all future contentions : in a letter, to the author of A full vindication of the measures of the Congress, from the calumnies of their enemies / by A.W. Farmer, author of Free thoughts. New York, printed ; |a London : Reprinted for Richardson and Urquhart, at the Royal Exchange, 1775.
Dated on p. 90: December 24, 1774.
Originally published: New York : Rivington, 1774.
"That ... Seabury was the author of the ... [three] pamphlets signed A.W. Farmer, there is no longer any doubt; but through an error of judgment ... their authorship has been attributed to some of his contemporaries, notably to Isaac Wilkins."--Samuel Seabury. Letters of a Westchester farmer ... ed. ... by C.W. Vance. 1930, p. 19.
Sometimes attributed to Seabury and Wilkins jointly.
Rockefeller Library copy lacks half-titlte.
Rockefeller Library copy from the library of James Strohn Copley with his bookplate.
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Thoughts on the letter of Edmund Burke, Esq. to the sheriffs of Bristol, on the affairs of America
Thoughts on the letter of Edmund Burke, Esq. to the sheriffs of Bristol, on the affairs of America / by the Earl of Abingdon. Oxford, Printed for W. Jackson : sold by J. Almon, in Piccadilly, and J. Bew, in Paternoster-Row, London ; and by the Booksellers of Bristol, Bath, and Cambridge.
"Price one shilling" within square brackets on title page.
Marginalia and corrections in a contemporary hand appear throughout the volume.
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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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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 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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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. London : Printed for J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, MDCCLXXVII [1777].
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 second edition. London : Printed for J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, MDCCLXXVII [1777].
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 second edition. London : Printed for J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, MDCCLXXVII [1777].
"From the author" appears above the title.
Rockefeller Library has been bound with blank leaves between every printed leaf of text. Some of the inserted leaves contain notes about the text in manuscript.
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 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.
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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. Dublin : Printed for W. Whitestone, W. Sleater, J. Williams, W. Wilson, W. Colles, G. Burnet, J. Exshaw, L. Flin, W. Hallhead, J. Beatty, and M. Mills, MDCCLXXVII [1777].
With a half-title.
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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 second edition. London : Printed for J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, MDCCLXXX [1780]
"Price 1s. 6d."-- in square brackets on half-title.
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 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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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 second edition. London : Printed for J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, MDCCLXXX [1780]
"Price 1s. 6d."-- in square brackets on half-title.
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. 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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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. 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 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 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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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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Cool thoughts on the consequences to Great Britain of American independence : On the expence of Great Britain in the settlement and defence of the American colonies. On the value and importance of the American colonies and the West Indies to the British empire
Cool thoughts on the consequences to Great Britain of American independence : On the expence of Great Britain in the settlement and defence of the American colonies. On the value and importance of the American colonies and the West Indies to the British empire. London : Printed for J. Wilke, in St. Paul's Church-Yard. MDCCLXXX [1780].
With a final advertisement leaf.
Rockefeller Library copy imperfect: half-title wanting.
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Historical and political reflections on the rise and progress of the American rebellion : In which the causes of that rebellion are pointed out, and the policy and necessity of offering to the Americans a system of government founded in the principles of the British Constitution, are clearly demonstrated
Historical and political reflections on the rise and progress of the American rebellion : In which the causes of that rebellion are pointed out, and the policy and necessity of offering to the Americans a system of government founded in the principles of the British Constitution, are clearly demonstrated / by the author of Letters to a Nobleman, on the conduct of the American war. London : Printed for G. Wilkie, No. 71, St. Paul's Church-Yard, MDCCLXXX [1780].
"Price 3 s." in square brackets.
Signatures: 8vo.: A-S⁴
Rockefeller Library copy has binder's title: American Rebellion.
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A candid examination of the mutual claims of Great-Britain, and the Colonies : with a plan of accommodation on constitutional principles
A candid examination of the mutual claims of Great-Britain, and the Colonies : with a plan of accommodation on constitutional principles / by the author of Letters to a Nobleman on the conduct of the American war. New-York : printed by James Rivington, early in MDCCLXXV and now republished by G. Wilkie, in St. Paul's Church-Yard; and R. Faulder, in Bond-Street, MDCCLXXX [1780].
Pages 77-116, A reply to An address to the author of a pamphlet, entitled "A candid examination of the mutual claims of Great Britiain and her colonies."
With a final advertisement leaf.
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The substance of the evidence on the petition presented by the West-India planters and merchants to the Hon. House of Commons : |b as it was introduc'd at the bar, and summ'd up by Mr. Glover on Thursday the 16th of March, 1775
The substance of the evidence on the petition presented by the West-India planters and merchants to the Hon. House of Commons : |b as it was introduc'd at the bar, and summ'd up by Mr. Glover on Thursday the 16th of March, 1775 / by Mr. Glover on Thursday the 16th of March, 1775. London : Printed by H. S. Woodfall, for T. Cadell, in the Strand; and sold by J. Wilkie, in St. Paul's Church-yard.
"Price one shilling."--in square brackets on half-title page.
On the question of commercial relations between the British West Indies and the thirteen colonies.
Another edition, published the same year, has title, "The evidence delivered on the petition [etc.]" and includes the testimony of the two witnesses Walker and Ellis, which is omitted from the present edition.
Errata --title page verso.
Rockefeller Library copy from the library of James Strohn Copley with his bookplate.
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Strictures upon the Declaration of the Congress at Philadelphia : in a letter to a noble lord, &c.
Strictures upon the Declaration of the Congress at Philadelphia : in a letter to a noble lord, London : Printed in the year 1776.
Collation: 8vo.: B-C⁸ [$4(-B1) signed]; 16 leaves, p. [1-3] 4-32.
Bookplate on front pastedown.
19th century, three quarter leather binding (probably sheep) over marbled boards. Gilt spine with title and imprint. Inside turn in stamped in gilt: Donnelley.