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  Dramatic dialogues, for the use of young persons. By the author of The blind child, &c. ; [Four lines from Zimmerman.
  Date of publication:
  1798
  

  Author(s):

  Pinchard, Elizabeth Sibthorpe.
  Description:
  Attributed to Elizabeth Sibthorpe Pinchard by Welch. "The writer of this work does not ... intend her dramatic dialogues to be performed ..."--Preface. Each work is separately paged, and each except "The mocking bird's ...
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  A Little pretty pocket-book, intended for the instruction and amusement of little Master Tommy, and pretty Miss Polly. : With two letters from Jack the Giant-Killer; as also a ball and pincushion; the use of which will infallibly make Tommy a good boy, and Polly a good girl. : To which is added, a little song-book, being a new attempt to teach children the use of the English alphabet, by way of diversion.
  Date of publication:
  1787
  

  Author(s):

  Unknown author
  Description:
  Signatures: [A]^8 B-H^8 ([A]1 recto, H7, H8 blank). Bookseller's advertisements, p. [123-124].
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  Miscellanies, moral and instructive, in prose and verse; collected from various authors, for the use of schools, and improvement of young persons of both sexes. ; [Two lines from Pope]
  Date of publication:
  1787
  

  Author(s):

  Moore, Milcah Martha, 1740-1829, comp. ; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.
  Description:
  The compiler is identified by Shipton & Mooney as Milcah Martha (Hill) Moore. Recommendation signed: B. Franklin. Bookseller's advertisements, p. [203-204].
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  A Fish caught in his own net. An examination of nine sermons, from Matt. 16. 18. published last year, by Mr Joseph Fish of Stonington; wherein he labours to prove, that those called standing churches in New-England, are built upon the rock, and upon the same principles with the first fathers of this country: and that Separates and Baptists are joining with the gates of hell against them. : In answer to which; many of his mistakes are corrected; the constitution of those churches opened; the testimonies of prophets and apostles, and also of many of those fathers are produced, which as plainly condemn his plan, as any Separate or Baptist can do. / By Isaac Backus. Pastor of a church of Christ in Middleborough. ; [Six lines of quotations]
  Date of publication:
  1768
  

  Author(s):

  Backus, Isaac, 1724-1806.
  Description:
  Advertisement for books "Published by the same author, and sold at Philip Freeman's in Union-Street, Boston; and by Thomas Green in Newport."--p. [130]. "Errata."--p. [131].
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  The juvenile biographer; containing the lives of little masters and misses; including a variety of good and bad characters. / By a little biographer.
  Date of publication:
  1787
  

  Author(s):

  Johnson, R. (Richard), 1733 or 4-1793.
  Description:
  Fictitious biographies written to teach a moral. Attributed to Richard Johnson in Weedon, M.J.P. "Richard Johnson and the successors to John Newbery." The Library, 5th series, 4 (1949): 49. Signatures: [A]^8 B-D^8 [E-F]^8 ...
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  The Appeal to the public answered, in behalf of the non-Episcopal churches in America; containing remarks on what Dr. Thomas Bradbury Chandler has advanced, on the four following points. The original and nature of the Episcopal office. Reasons for sending bishops to America. The plan on which it is proposed to send them. And the objections against sending them obviated and refuted. Wherein the reasons for an American episcopate are shewn to be insufficient, and the objections against it in full force. / By Charles Chauncy, D.D. and Pastor of the First Church in Boston.
  Date of publication:
  1768
  

  Author(s):

  Chauncy, Charles, 1705-1787.
  Description:
  Half-title: Dr. Chauncy's answer to Dr. Chandler's Appeal to the public. Errata statement, p. 205. Bookseller's advertisement, p. [206].
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  Sacred dramas, chiefly intended for young persons: the subjects taken from the Bible. : To which are added: Reflections of King Hezekiah, and Sensibility, a poem. / By Hannah More. ; [Three lines from Cowley]
  Date of publication:
  1787
  

  Author(s):

  More, Hannah, 1745-1833. ; Beaufort, Elizabeth, Duchess of, d. 1828, dedicatee.
  Description:
  Dedicated to the Duchess of Beaufort. Two states noted by Evans; one on fine and one on common paper. Bookseller's advertisements, p. 191-[192].
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  An apology for the Baptists. In which they are vindicated from the imputation of laying an unwarrantable stress on the ordinance of baptism; and against the charge of bigotry in refusing communion at the Lord's table to paedobaptists. / By Abraham Booth. ; [Four lines of quotations]
  Date of publication:
  1788
  

  Author(s):

  Booth, Abraham, 1734-1806.
  Description:
  Printer's name supplied by Evans. Error in paging: p. 121 misnumbered 221. Bookseller's advertisement, p. [180].
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  The inconsistence of renouncing the half-way covenant, and yet retaining the half-way-practice. A dialogue. / By Joseph Bellamy, D.D. ; [One line from Luke]
  Date of publication:
  1769
  

  Author(s):

  Bellamy, Joseph, 1719-1790.
  Description:
  In reply to: Taylor, Nathanael. A second dialogue, between a minister and his parishioner. Caption title: A dialogue between a minister and his parishioner. Advertised in the Connecticut courant, May 1769. Advertisement ...
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  Tommy Thumb's song book, for all little masters and misses, to be sung to them by their nurses, until they can sing themselves. / By Nurse Lovechild. ; To which is added, a letter from a lady on nursing.
  Date of publication:
  1788
  

  Author(s):

  Lovechild, Nurse. ; Lovechild, Mrs., 1743-1813.
  Description:
  Attributed to Lady Eleanor Fenn by Evans; though Fenn used the pseudonym "Mrs. Lovechild," Welch considers the attribution unlikely. Signatures: [A]^8 B-D^8 ([A]1 recto, D8 verso blank). First and last leaves pasted to ...
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  An extract of Miss Mary Gilbert's journal. With some account of the Lady Elizabeth Hastings, &c. : [Four lines of Scripture texts]
  Date of publication:
  1769
  

  Author(s):

  Gilbert, Mary, 1751-1768.
  Description:
  Caption title: A short account of Miss Mary Gilbert. Extracts from the letters of David Brainerd, p. 60-66. Booksellers' advertisement on p. [67-68].
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  The whole duty of woman, comprised in the following sections ... / By a lady. ; Written at the desire of a noble Lord.
  Date of publication:
  1788
  

  Author(s):

  Kenrick, W. (William), 1725?-1779.
  Description:
  Attributed to William Kenrick in the Dictionary of national biography. "American editions of the following books, to be sold by Joseph Crukshank."--p. [63-72].
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  Gospel comfort, under heavy tidings. The substance of a sermon delivered at Middleborough, February 5, 1769, upon hearing of the death of a godly mother. / By Isaac Backus, Pastor of a church there. ; To which is added, some memories of her life.
  Date of publication:
  1769
  

  Author(s):

  Backus, Isaac, 1724-1806.
  Description:
  On the death of the author's mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Backus. Appendix "containing some memories of Mrs. Backus's life."--p. [i]-xx. Errata statement, p. xx. Advertisement for books "lately published by the same author, and ...
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  Lessons in elocution: or, A selection of pieces in prose and verse, for the improvement of youth in reading and speaking, as well as for the perusal of persons of taste. : With an appendix, containing examples of the principal figures of speech and emotions of the mind. / By William Scott, teacher of English reading, and author of A new spelling and pronouncing dictionary, &c.
  Date of publication:
  1788
  

  Author(s):

  Scott, William, 1750-1804, comp.
  Description:
  Preface dated: Edinburgh, Nov. 1. 1786. Error in paging: p. iv misnumbered vi. Bookseller's advertisements, p. [xi-xii].
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  Ela: or The delusions of the heart. A tale, founded on facts. : [Six lines from Rowe] : To which is added, Henry and Emma: a poem. By Mathew Prior, Esq.
  Date of publication:
  1789
  

  Author(s):

  Burke, Mrs. ; Prior, Matthew, 1664-1721. Henry and Emma. ; Aikin, John, 1747-1822. Edwin and Ethelinde. ; Aikin, John, 1747-1822. Dirge. ; Goldsmith, Oliver, 1728-1774. Deserted village.
  Description:
  Half-title: Ela: or The delusions of the heart. Attributed to Mrs. Burke by Evans. Bookseller's advertisements, verso of half-title and p. [80]. Henry and Emma / Matthew Prior -- Edwin and Ethelinde / John Aikin -- A dirge ...
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  A short description of the difference between the bond-woman and the free, as they are the two covenants. With the characters and condition of each of their children. / By Isaac Backus, Pastor of a church in Middleborough. ; [Two lines of quotations]
  Date of publication:
  1770
  

  Author(s):

  Backus, Isaac, 1724-1806.
  Description:
  Edition statement transposed; precedes "By Isaac Backus ..." on title page. The appendix, p. [46]-83, is in reply to Ebenezer Frothingham's "A letter treating upon the subject and mode of baptism." Errata statement, p. 83. ...
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  Little stories for little folks, in easy lessons of one, two, and three syllables.
  Date of publication:
  1789
  

  Author(s):

  Pelham, M., 1755-1836.
  Description:
  Attributed by Welch to Dorothy Kilner, who often used the pseudonymns M.P. and Mary Pelham. Date of publication suggested by Welch. First and last leaves pasted to paper cover. Bookseller's advertisements, p. [37].
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  Aphorisms on man. Translated from the original manuscript of the Rev. John Caspar Lavater, citizen of Zuric. ; [One line from Juvenal]
  Date of publication:
  1790
  

  Author(s):

  Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741-1801. ; Fuseli, Henry, 1741-1825, tr. ; Fuseli, Henry, 1741-1825, dedicatee. ; Tiebout, Cornelius, 1773?-1832, engraver.
  Description:
  Dedicated by Lavater to Henry Fuseli, the translator. Frontispiece engraved by Cornelius Tiebout. Printers' monogram device on title page. Booksellers' advertisements, p. [115-116].
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  The last will, and testament, of the late Reverend and renowned George Whitefield, who departed this life, at Newbury-Port, Sept. 30th. 1770. Aetat. 56. / Written by himself at Georgia, on his last tower [sic] through America; and published by order of his executors in London.
  Date of publication:
  1771
  

  Author(s):

  Whitefield, George, 1714-1770.
  Description:
  Evans supplies the imprint: Boston: Printed by Richard Draper, 1771. Bookseller's advertisement, p. [ii].
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  The history of the reign of Charles the Fifth, Emperor of Germany; and of all the kingdoms and states in Europe, during his age. : To which is prefixed, a view of the progress of society in Europe, from the subversion of the Roman Empire, to the beginning of the sixteenth century. : Confirmed by historical proofs and illustrations. : In three volumes. / By William Robertson, D.D. Principal of the University of Edinburgh, and historiographer to His Majesty for Scotland. Author of the late elegant History of Scotland. ; Volume the first[-third].
  Date of publication:
  1771
  

  Author(s):

  Robertson, William, 1721-1793.
  Description:
  Vol 1: [24], 70, [1], 66-154, [3], 164-360, [14] p.; v. 2: [16], 214, [3], 222-374, [2] p.; v. 3: [46], 211, [2], 194-351, [49] p. Errors in paging: v. 1, p. 168, 169 misnumbered 169, 168; v. 2, p. 21 misnumbered 12. "List ...
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