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  A plan for the conduct of female education, in boarding schools, private families, and public seminaries. By Erasmus Darwin, M.D. F.R.S. author of Zoonomia, and of The botanic garden. ; To which are added, Rudiments of taste, in a series of letters from a mother to her daughters. ; Embellished with an elegant frontispiece.
  Date of publication:
  1798
  

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  Darwin, Erasmus, 1731-1802. ; Thackara, James, 1767-1848, engraver. ; Peddle, M., Mrs. Rudiments of taste.
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  "Rudiments of taste" is attributed to Mrs. M. Peddle. Frontispiece engraved by James Thackara.
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  The history of Pennsylvania, in North America, from the original institution and settlement of that province, under the first proprietor and governor William Penn, in 1681, till after the year 1742; : with an introduction, respecting, the life of the late W. Penn, prior to the grant of the province, and the religious society of the people called Quakers; --with the first rise of the neighbouring colonies, more particularly of West-New-Jersey, and the settlement of the Dutch and Swedes on Delaware. : To which is added, a brief description of the said province, and of the general state, in which it flourished, principally between the years 1760 and 1770. : The whole including a variety of things, useful and interesting to be known, respecting that country in early time, &c. : With an appendix. / Written principally between the years 1776 and 1780, by Robert Proud. ; [Four lines of quotations in Latin] ; Volume I[-II].
  Date of publication:
  1797-1798
  

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  Proud, Robert, 1728-1813. ; Barralet, John James, ca. 1747-1815, engraver. ; Lawson, Alexander, 1773-1846, engraver. ; Thackara, James, 1767-1848, engraver.
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  Imprint of v. 2 varies: Philadelphia: Printed and sold by Zachariah Poulson, Junior, no. 106, Chesnut-Street, nearly opposite to the Bank of North America. 1798. Frontispiece portrait of William Penn (v. 1) signed: J.J. ...
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  The history of Pennsylvania, in North America, from the original institution and settlement of that province, under the first proprietor and governor William Penn, in 1681, till after the year 1742; : with an introduction, respecting, the life of the late W. Penn, prior to the grant of the province, and the religious society of the people called Quakers; --with the first rise of the neighbouring colonies, more particularly of West-New-Jersey, and the settlement of the Dutch and Swedes on Delaware. : To which is added, a brief description of the said province, and of the general state, in which it flourished, principally between the years 1760 and 1770. : The whole including a variety of things, useful and interesting to be known, respecting that country in early time, &c. : With an appendix. / Written principally between the years 1776 and 1780, by Robert Proud. ; [Four lines of quotations in Latin] ; Volume I[-II].
  Date of publication:
  1797-1798
  

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  Proud, Robert, 1728-1813. ; Barralet, John James, ca. 1747-1815, engraver. ; Lawson, Alexander, 1773-1846, engraver. ; Thackara, James, 1767-1848, engraver.
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  Imprint of v. 2 varies: Philadelphia: Printed and sold by Zachariah Poulson, Junior, no. 106, Chesnut-Street, nearly opposite to the Bank of North America. 1798. Frontispiece portrait of William Penn (v. 1) signed: J.J. ...
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  The history of women, from the earliest antiquity, to the present time; giving an account of almost every interesting particular concerning that sex, among all nations, ancient and modern. : With a complete index. / By William Alexander, M.D. ; In two volumes. Volume first[-second].
  Date of publication:
  1796
  

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  Alexander, William, d. 1783. ; Smither, James, 1741-1797, engraver. ; Thackara, James, 1767-1848, engraver.
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  "Printers--Lang & Ustick."--v. 1, p. 377; v. 2, p. 346. Vol. 1: xxv, [2], 28-377, [1], xxx p.; v. 2: 346, xx [i.e., xxv], [1], 10 p. Vol. 1, p. 271, 287, 308 misnumbered 172, 187, 508; v. 2, p. 167, xxv misnumbered 467, ...
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  The life of Dr. Benjamin Franklin. Written by himself.
  Date of publication:
  1794
  

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  Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790. ; Price, Richard, 1723-1791. ; Stueber, Henry, 1770?-1792. ; Thackara, James, 1767-1848, engraver. ; Vallance, J. (John), 1770-1823, engraver.
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  Preface includes a letter from Richard Price. Pages 121-186 have the continuation of Franklin's Life written by Henry Stueber. Portrait of Franklin engraved by James Thackara and John Vallance. "Extracts from the last will ...
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  Visit for a week, or, Hints on the improvement of time. Containing, original tales, entertaining stories, interesting anecdotes, and sketches from natural and moral history. : To which is added, a poetical appendix, designed for the amusement of youth. : [Four lines from Voltaire] : Embellished with an elegant frontispiece.
  Date of publication:
  1796
  

  Author(s):

  Peacock, Lucy, fl. 1785-1816. ; Thackara, James, 1767-1848, engraver.
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  Attributed to Lucy Peacock in the Dictionary of national biography. Frontispiece engraved by James Thackara. Error in paging: p. 253 misnumbered 254. "Books published by J. Ormrod, no. 41, Chesnut-Street."--p. [276].
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