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An address to the people of Great Britain, on the utility of refraining from the use of West India sugar and rum
An address to the people of Great Britain, on the utility of refraining from the use of West India sugar and rum. The sixth edition, corrected. Sunderland [Eng.] : Printed and sold by T. Reed, Bookseller, High-Street, Sunderland, 1791.
"Price 1d. or fourteen for a shilling."
"N.B. Persons wanting a larger Number to give away may be supplied at Five Shillings per Hundred, by applying to T. Reed."
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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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The History of the American Indians : particularly those nations adjoining to the Mississippi, East and West Florida, Georgia, South and North Carolina, and Virginia: containing an account of their origin, language, manners, religious and civil customs, laws, form of government, punishments, conduct in war and domestic life, their habits, diet, agriculture, manufactures, diseases and method of cure, and other particulars, sufficient to render it a complete Indian system. With observations on former historians, the conduct of our colony governors, superintendents, missionaries, &c. Also an appendix, containing a description of the Floridas, and the Missisippi lands, with their productions - The benefits of colonising Georgiana, and civilizing the Indians - And the way to make all the colonies more valuable to the Mother Country
The History of the American Indians : particularly those nations adjoining to the Mississippi, East and West Florida, Georgia, South and North Carolina, and Virginia: containing an account of their origin, language, manners, religious and civil customs, laws, form of government, punishments, conduct in war and domestic life, their habits, diet, agriculture, manufactures, diseases and method of cure, and other particulars, sufficient to render it a complete Indian system. With observations on former historians, the conduct of our colony governors, superintendents, missionaries, &c. Also an appendix, containing a description of the Floridas, and the Missisippi lands, with their productions - The benefits of colonising Georgiana, and civilizing the Indians - And the way to make all the colonies more valuable to the Mother Country / by James Adair, Esquire, a trader with the Indians, and resident in their country for forty years. London : Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly, in the Poultry, MDCCLXXV [1775].
Page 102 wrongly numbered 101.
Pages 1-220 contain arguments on the descent of the American Indians from the Jews; pages 221-374 contain accounts of the Katahba, Cheerake, Muskohge, Choktah, and Chikkasah nations; pages 376-448 contain general observation; pages 449-464 contain an appendix, "Advice to statesmen; shewing the advantages of mutual affection between Great Britain and the North American Colonies.
"A Map of the American Indian Nations, adjoining to the Missisippi, West & East Florida, Georgia, S. & N. Carolina, Virginia. &c." engraved by John Lodge.
Signatures: {*}2, A-Z4, Aa-Zz4, Aaa-Nnn4
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An answer to the Considerations, occasioned by the Craftsman upon excise, so far as it relates to the tobacco trade
An answer to the Considerations, occasioned by the Craftsman upon excise, so far as it relates to the tobacco trade. London : Printed for E. Nutt at the Royal Exchange, MDCCXXXIII [1733].
Listed under the pseudonym Caleb D'Anvers by Jerome E. Brooks in George Arents' Tobacco, its history, v. 3, no. 672, with a note stating that it was written by Nicholas Amhurst or William Pulteney, Earl of Bath. The Dict. of national biography, in its article on Amhurst, ascribes the pamphlet to him. Both Amhurst and Pulteney wrote for the Craftsman.
Rockefeller Library copy from the library of William Tarun Fehsenfeld with his bookplate.
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The right method of addressing the Divine Majesty in prayer : so as to support and strengthen our faith in dark and troublesome times : set forth in two discourses on April 5, 1770 : being the day of general fasting and prayer through the province : and in the time of the session of the General Court at Cambridge
The right method of addressing the Divine Majesty in prayer : so as to support and strengthen our faith in dark and troublesome times : set forth in two discourses on April 5, 1770 : being the day of general fasting and prayer through the province : and in the time of the session of the General Court at Cambridge / by Nathaniel Appleton, Pastor of the first Church in Cambridge. Boston : |b Printed by Edes and Gill, Printers to the Honorable House of Representatives, MDCCLXX [1770].
Last page blank.
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A compressed view of the points to be discussed, in treating with the United States of America : A.D. 1814, with an appendix and two maps
A compressed view of the points to be discussed, in treating with the United States of America : |b A.D. 1814, with an appendix and two maps. London : Printed for J.M. Richardson, Cornhill, by T. Davison, Whitefriars, 1814.
Appendix: On the conduct of the government of the United States towards the Indian tribes: p. [27]-39.
Attributed to Nathaniel Atcheson.
Map of Passamaquoddy Bay from actual survey -- A Map of the frontier of British North America and the United States describing the bounday line as fixed by the Treaty of 1783 which has never been respected by the American government.
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A compressed view of the points to be discussed, in treating with the United States of America : with an appendix
A compressed view of the points to be discussed, in treating with the United States of America : with an appendix / by the author of "American encroachments on Britsh rights." [London : s.n.], |c 1815.
Detached from the Pamphleteer, London, v.5, p. [105]-139.
Rockefeller Library copy from the library of James Strohn Copley with his bookplate.
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An oration : delivered at the North Church in Hartford, at the meeting of the Connecticut Society of the Cincinnati, July 4th, 1787. In commemoration of the independence of the United States
An oration : delivered at the North Church in Hartford, at the meeting of the Connecticut Society of the Cincinnati, July 4th, 1787. In commemoration of the independence of the United States / by Joel Barlow, esquire. Hartford : Printed by Hudson and Goodwin, near the bridge, [1787?].
Title page inscribed: "To John Williams, Esq from his friend The Author."
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The journal of a two months tour : with a view of promoting religion among the frontier inhabitants of Pensylvania, and of introducing Christianity among the Indians to the westward of the Alegh-geny Mountains To which are added, remarks on the language and customs of some particular tribes among the Indians, with a brief account of the various attempts that have been made to civilize and convert them, from the first settlement of New England to this day
The journal of a two months tour; with a view of promoting religion among the frontier inhabitants of Pensylvania, and of introducing Christianity among the Indians to the westward of the Alegh-geny Mountains. To which are added, remarks on the language and customs of some particular tribes among the Indians, with a brief account of the various attempts that have been made to civilize and convert them, from the first settlement of New England to this day / by Charles Beatty, A.M. London : Printed for William Davenhill, No. 8 in Cornhill, and George Pearch, No. 12 in Cheapside, MDCCLXVIII [1768].
Rockefeller Library copy from the John Carter Brown library with its bookplate.
Release stamp of the JCB Library on the bookplate.
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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.
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A Caution and Warning to Great-Britain and Her Colonies in a short Representation of the Calamitous State of the Enslaved Negroes in the British Dominions. Collected from various Authors, and submitted to the serious Consideration of all, more especially of Those in Power. To which is added, An Extract of a Sermon, preached by the Bishop of Gloucester, before the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel
A Caution and warning to Great-Britain and her colonies : in a short representation of the calamitous state of the enslaved Negroes in the British dominions. ; Collected from various authors, and submitted to the serious consideration of all, more especially of those in power. ; To which is added, an extract of a sermon, preached by the Bishop of Gloucester, before the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel / by Anthony Benezet. Philadelphia : |b Printed by D. Hall, and W. Sellers, at the new printing office, in Market-street, 1767.
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Observations on the inslaving, importing, and purchasing of Negroes : with some advice thereon, extracted from the epistle of the yearly-meeting of the people called Quakers held at London in the year 1748
Observations on the inslaving, importing, and purchasing of Negroes : with some advice thereon, extracted from the epistle of the yearly-meeting of the people called Quakers held at London in the year 1748. Second edition. Germantown : Printed by Christopher Sower, 1760.
"Extract from the epistle of the yearly-meeting of the people called Quakers, held at London in the year 1758."--pages. 10-11.
The uncertainity of a death-bed repentance, illustrated under the character of Penitens: pages [12]-16.
Collation: 8vo: )(⁸ [$5(-)(1) signed]; 8 leaves, pages [1-2] 3-11 [12] 13-16.
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An Earnest address to such of the people called Quakers as are sincerely desirous of supporting and maintaining the Christian testimony of their ancestors : Occasioned by a piece, intituled, "The testimony of the people called Quakers, given forth by a meeting of the representatives of said people, in Pennsylvania and New-Jersy [sic], held at Philadelphia the twenty-fourth day of the first month, 1775."
An Earnest address to such of the people called Quakers as are sincerely desirous of supporting and maintaining the Christian testimony of their ancestors : Occasioned by a piece, intituled, "The testimony of the people called Quakers, given forth by a meeting of the representatives of said people, in Pennsylvania and New-Jersy [sic], held at Philadelphia the twenty-fourth day of the first month, 1775." : [Eleven lines of Scripture texts]. Philadelphia : Printed for John Douglas M'Dougal, 1775.
Attributed to Anthony Benezet in Shipton & Mooney.
Signatures: [A]⁴ B-G⁴.
"An appendix: containing such extracts from the proceedings of the government at home, and the assemblies of the colonies, as tend to prove the truth of the facts asserted in the foregoing address."--pages 21-56.
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A short account of that part of Africa : inhabited by the Negroes. With respect to the fertility of the country; the good disposition of many of the natives, and the manner by which the slave trade is carried on. Extracted from divers authors, in order to shew the iniquity of that trade, and the falsity of the arguments usually advanced in its vindication. With quotations from the writings of several persons of note, viz. George Wallis, Francis Hutcheson, and James Foster, and a large extract from a pamphlet, lately published in London, on the subject of the slave trade
A short account of that part of Africa : inhabited by the Negroes. With respect to the fertility of the country; the good disposition of many of the natives, and the manner by which the slave trade is carried on. Extracted from divers authors, in order to shew the iniquity of that trade, and the falsity of the arguments usually advanced in its vindication. With quotations from the writings of several persons of note, viz. George Wallis, Francis Hutcheson, and James Foster, and a large extract from a pamphlet, lately published in London, on the subject of the slave trade. The second edition, with large Additions and Amendments. Philadelphia : Printed by W. Dunlap, in the year MDCCLXII [1762].
Errata: p. 80.
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The City Hotel : Williamsburg, VA.
A history and description of Williamsburg, Virginia written by B. W. Bowry, proprietor of the City Hotel as a means to promote the hotel. -
Apostolick charity : its nature and excellence consider'd. In a discourse upon Dan. 12.3. Preached at St. Paul's, at the ordination of some Protestant missionaries to be sent into the plantations. To which is prefixt, A general view of the English colonies in America, with respect to religion; in order to shew what provision is wanting for the propagation of Christianity in those parts.
Apostolick charity : its nature and excellence consider'd. In a discourse upon Dan. 12.3. Preached at St. Paul's, at the ordination of some Protestant missionaries to be sent into the plantations. To which is prefixt, A general view of the English colonies in America, with respect to religion; in order to shew what provision is wanting for the propagation of Christianity in those parts / by Thomas Bray. London : Printed by W. Downing, for William Hawes, at the Sign of the Rose in Ludgate-Street, 1699.
"[Bray] was employed under Bishop Compton in seeking out missionaries to be sent abroad ... He found that he could only enlist poor men, unable to buy books, and he seems to have made the help of the bishops in providing libraries a condition of his going to Maryland."--Dict. of nat. biog.
In the "General view of the English colonies," the author tabulates the colonies with respect to the number of their parishes, ministers and libraries. During Bray's lifetime and through his instrumentality there were established no less than 39 libraries in the colonies.
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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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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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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.