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An answer to the queries contained in a letter to Dr. Shebbeare, printed in the Public Ledger, August 10 : together with animaadversions on two speeches in defence of the printers of a paper, subscribed a South Briton. The first pronounced by the Right Hon. Thomas Townshend, in the House of Common, and printed in the London Packet of February 18. The second by the Right Learned Counseller Lee, in Guildhall, and printed in the Public Ledger of August 12. In the examination of which a comparison naturally arises between the public and private virtues of their present majesties, and those of King William and Queen Mary. The merits, also, of Roman Catholics, and of dissenters from the Church of England, respecting the allegiance and liberty, and their claims to national protection, are fairly stated, from their past and present transactions

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An answer to the queries contained in a letter to Dr. Shebbeare, printed in the Public Ledger, August 10 : together with animaadversions on two speeches in defence of the printers of a paper, subscribed a South Briton. The first pronounced by the Right Hon. Thomas Townshend, in the House of Common, and printed in the London Packet of February 18. The second by the Right Learned Counseller Lee, in Guildhall, and printed in the Public Ledger of August 12. In the examination of which a comparison naturally arises between the public and private virtues of their present majesties, and those of King William and Queen Mary. The merits, also, of Roman Catholics, and of dissenters from the Church of England, respecting the allegiance and liberty, and their claims to national protection, are fairly stated, from their past and present transactions

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179, [1] pages ; 21 cm (8vo)

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An answer to the queries contained in a letter to Dr. Shebbeare, printed in the Public Ledger, August 10 : together with animaadversions on two speeches in defence of the printers of a paper, subscribed a South Briton. The first pronounced by the Right Hon. Thomas Townshend, in the House of Common, and printed in the London Packet of February 18. The second by the Right Learned Counseller Lee, in Guildhall, and printed in the Public Ledger of August 12. In the examination of which a comparison naturally arises between the public and private virtues of their present majesties, and those of King William and Queen Mary. The merits, also, of Roman Catholics, and of dissenters from the Church of England, respecting the allegiance and liberty, and their claims to national protection, are fairly stated, from their past and present transactions / by J. Shebbeare, M.D. London : Printed for S. Hooper, at No. 25, Ludgate-Hill; and T. Davies, in Russel-Street, Covent Garden.

"Price two shillings and sixpence"-- in square brackets on title page.

Page 96 misnumbered 74; page 171 misnumbered 161.

Signatures: [A]1, B-Y4, Z5

Rockefeller Library copy with the ownership stamp of the College Library Carlow on the title page.

Rockefeller Library copy title page inscribed: "Ex Libris Martini Bray Anno Domini 1803 Three."

Rockefeller Library copy bound in full mottled calf with gold tooling on the spine.

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English short title catalogue, N15230
Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time, 80040

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Shebbeare, John, 1709-1788, “An answer to the queries contained in a letter to Dr. Shebbeare, printed in the Public Ledger, August 10 : together with animaadversions on two speeches in defence of the printers of a paper, subscribed a South Briton. The first pronounced by the Right Hon. Thomas Townshend, in the House of Common, and printed in the London Packet of February 18. The second by the Right Learned Counseller Lee, in Guildhall, and printed in the Public Ledger of August 12. In the examination of which a comparison naturally arises between the public and private virtues of their present majesties, and those of King William and Queen Mary. The merits, also, of Roman Catholics, and of dissenters from the Church of England, respecting the allegiance and liberty, and their claims to national protection, are fairly stated, from their past and present transactions,” Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, accessed September 9, 2026, https://cwfjdrlsc.omeka.net/items/show/4062.