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  The marriage of Heaven and Hell
  Date of publication:
  1793
  

  Author(s):

  Blake, William, 1757-1827
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  Poems. Selections
  Date of publication:
  1788
  

  Author(s):

  Blake, William, 1757-1827
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  First printed in 1789.
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  Sappho and Phaon: in a series of legitimate sonnets, with thoughts on poetical subjects, and anecdotes of the Grecian poetess
  Date of publication:
  1796
  

  Author(s):

  Robinson, Mary, 1758-1800
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  The unsex'd females: a poem, addressed to the author of the Pursuits of literature
  Date of publication:
  1798
  

  Author(s):

  Polwhele, Richard, 1760-1838
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  Resource deposited with the Oxford Text Archive.
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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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  The history of Joseph; a poem. In ten books. / By a female hand. ; To which is added, The hermit; a poem: and an essay on creation.
  Date of publication:
  1767
  

  Author(s):

  Rowe, Elizabeth Singer, 1674-1737. ; Parnell, Thomas, 1679-1718. Hermit.
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  Attributed to Elizabeth Rowe in the Dictionary of national biography. Signatures: pi1 A-D^8 E1.
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  The triumphs of temper; a poem; in six cantos. / By William Hayley. Esq. ; [Three lines in Latin from Dante]
  Date of publication:
  1787
  

  Author(s):

  Hayley, William, 1745-1820.
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  Error in paging; p. 109 misnumbered 199.
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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.
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  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 address to a provincial bashaw. [One line from Shakespeare] / By a son of liberty.
  Date of publication:
  1769
  

  Author(s):

  Church, Benjamin, 1734-1778.
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  In verse. The "provincial bashaw," also called "St. Francisco," is Francis Bernard. Attributed to Benjamin Church by Evans.
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  The Returned captive. A poem. Founded on a late fact. : [Six lines of verse]
  Date of publication:
  1787
  

  Author(s):

  Unknown author
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  (Evans-TCP ; no. N16130) Transcribed from: (Readex Archive of Americana ; Early American Imprints, series I ; image set 20676) Images scanned from Readex microprint and microform: (Early American imprints. First series ; ...
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  Wisdom, a poem. : Wisdom sprang from the Supreme Being; and by that wisdom he overcomes evil. By wisdom, peace and plenty flourish in cities and civil societies; and, by its means, private men may be enabled to enjoy domestic happiness. / By a Quaker, (or Friend) of R. Island.
  Date of publication:
  1798
  

  Author(s):

  Wilkinson, Edward, 1728-1809.
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  Attributed to Edward Wilkinson in: Smith, Joseph, Descriptive catalogue of Friends' books, London, 1867. Ascribed to the press of Thomas Collier by Evans.
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  The triumph of infidelity: a poem.
  Date of publication:
  1788
  

  Author(s):

  Dwight, Timothy, 1752-1817. ; Voltaire, 1694-1778.
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  Attributed to Timothy Dwight in BAL. Ironically dedicated to Voltaire, for having "opposed truth, religion, and their authors, with sophistry, contempt, and obloquy ..." Place of publication suggested by Trumbull. An edition ...
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  The miscellaneous works of Mr. Philip Freneau containing his essays, and additional poems.
  Date of publication:
  1788
  

  Author(s):

  Freneau, Philip Morin, 1752-1832.
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  Two states noted, distinguished by presence or absence of a semi-colon after "Freneau" in the title. Three formats noted: thin paper, thick paper, and extra thick paper (signatures vary in the latter format). Subscribers' ...
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  An Elegy to the infamous memory of Sr. F--- B-----. [Two lines of Latin quotation]
  Date of publication:
  1769
  

  Author(s):

  Dickinson, John, 1732-1808, dedicatee.
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  Dedicated to John Dickinson. The frontispiece woodcut of the segmented snake (Reilly 1015) first appeared in the Constitutional courant for Sept. 21, 1765 (Woodbridge, N.J.: Andrew Marvel) and was reprinted in New York, ...
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  Liberty. A poem. / By Rusticus. ; [One line in Latin]
  Date of publication:
  1768
  

  Author(s):

  Rusticus.
  Description:
  (Evans-TCP ; no. N08647) Transcribed from: (Readex Archive of Americana ; Early American Imprints, series I ; image set 11061) Images scanned from Readex microprint and microform: (Early American imprints. First series ; ...
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  The spunkiad: or Heroism improved. A Congressional display of spit and cudgel. : A poem, in four cantoes. / By an American youth.
  Date of publication:
  1798
  

  Author(s):

  American youth. ; Woodworth, John, 1768-1858.
  Description:
  A satire on the encounters between Matthew Lyon and Roger Griswold in the House of Representatives on Jan. 30 and Feb. 15, 1798. Attributed to John Woodworth by Evans.
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  The traveller: or, A prospect of society. A poem. Containing a sketch of the manners of Italy, Switzerland, France, Holland, and Britain. : To which is added, True beauty: a matrimonial tale. : Likewise, The adventures of Tom Dreadnought, who served as a soldier, and also as a sailor, in the late war. / By Oliver Goldsmith, M.B. [i.e., M.D.?] Author of The vicar of Wakefield, &c.
  Date of publication:
  1768
  

  Author(s):

  Goldsmith, Oliver, 1728-1774. ; Goldsmith, Henry, dedicatee.
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  "The Traveller" is dedicated to the author's brother, the Rev. Henry Goldsmith. "True beauty" is included in editions of Goldsmith's works under title: The double transformation. "The adventures of Tom Dreadnought" is ...
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  The seasons. In four books. : With Britannia. / By James Thomson. ; To which are added the following pieces, I. Ode on St. Cecilia's Day, by Mr. Pope. II. Alexander's Feast, or The power of musick, by Mr. Dryden. III. Ode on solitude, by Mr. Pope. IV. The dying Christian to his soul, an ode, by the same. V. The universal prayer, by the same. VI. Elegy, to the memory of an unfortunate lady, by the same. VII. Veni creator spiritus, translated in paraphrase, by Mr. Dryden. ; To which is prefixed, the life and literary character of Mr. Thomson. ; Illustrated with a new set of designs.
  Date of publication:
  1788
  

  Author(s):

  Thomson, James, 1700-1748. ; Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744. ; Dryden, John, 1631-1700. ; Thomson, James, 1700-1748. Britannia.
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  Error in paging: p. 216 misnumbered 214.
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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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  Juvenile poems, on a diversity of subjects. By Joseph Hazard.
  Date of publication:
  1789
  

  Author(s):

  Hazard, Joseph, 1757-1817.
  Description:
  Preface signed: A friend of Parnassus. June 15th, 1789.
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  The Companion: being a selection of the beauties of the most celebrated authors, in the English language. In prose and verse. : [Two lines from Akenside]
  Date of publication:
  1799
  

  Author(s):

  Unknown author
  Description:
  (Evans-TCP ; no. N26571) Transcribed from: (Readex Archive of Americana ; Early American Imprints, series I ; image set 35333) Images scanned from Readex microprint and microform: (Early American imprints. First series ; ...
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  The fatal effects of seduction. A tragedy. Written for the use of the students of Clio Hall, in Bennington, to be acted on their quarter-day, April 28, 1789. : Founded on the story of an unhappy young lady of Boston. / By a friend to literature.
  Date of publication:
  1789
  

  Author(s):

  Friend to literature. ; Harmon, Martin, 1774-1798. ; Griswold, William Adams, 1775-1846.
  Description:
  In verse. The only known copy, held by the American Antiquarian Society, lacks title page. Title and imprint supplied by Evans from a notice in the Vermont gazette, April 27, 1789, describing the work as "just published." ...
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  Meditations and contemplations. In two volumes. / By James Hervey, A.M. late Rector of Weston Favel, in England. ; [Two lines from Psalms] ; Vol. I[-II].
  Date of publication:
  1789
  

  Author(s):

  Hervey, James, 1714-1758. ; Browne, Moses, 1704-1787. ; Duick, John. ; Gibbons, Thomas, 1720-1785. ; Molesworth, Saint George. ; Whalley, Peter, 1722-1791. ; R. T., dedicatee. ; Orchard, Paul, dedicatee.
  Description:
  Vol. 1 dedicated to Miss R.T.; v. 2 dedicated to Paul Orchard. Vol. 2 (188 p.) has separate title page. "Verses to Mr. Hervey, on his Meditations."--v. 1, p. [v]-xvi, by "a physician," Moses Browne, John Duick, Thomas ...
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  The beauties of religion. A poem. Addressed to youth. In five books. / By Elijah Fitch, A.M. ; [Five lines of quotations]
  Date of publication:
  1789
  

  Author(s):

  Fitch, Elijah, 1746-1788. ; Stiles, Ezra, 1727-1795, dedicatee. ; Fitch, Elijah, 1746-1788. Choice.
  Description:
  Dedicated to Ezra Stiles. "The choice."--p. [125]-129. Recorded separately as Evans 21827, Alden 1147, but probably not so issued.
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  A dissertation, in answer to a late lecture on the political state of America, read in New-Haven, January 12th, 1789, during the adjourned sessions of the Honorable legislature. : To which is added, a short poem spoken at the same time. / By William Hillhouse, Jun. Esq. attorney at law.
  Date of publication:
  1789
  

  Author(s):

  Hillhouse, William, 1757-1833.
  Description:
  (Evans-TCP ; no. N16983) Transcribed from: (Readex Archive of Americana ; Early American Imprints, series I ; image set 21887) Images scanned from Readex microprint and microform: (Early American imprints. First series ; ...
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  An oration, which might have been delivered to the students in anatomy, on the late rupture between the two schools in this city.
  Date of publication:
  1789
  

  Author(s):

  Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791.
  Description:
  A satirical poem occasioned by a dispute between Dr. John Foulke and Dr. William Shippen. Included in Francis Hopkinson's Miscellaneous essays and occasional writings, Philadelphia, 1792, v. 3.
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  The Present state of America, &c.
  Date of publication:
  1789
  

  Author(s):

  Unknown author
  Description:
  In verse. Chiefly lamenting the low state of religion in America. Caption title: The present state of America, with the mournful complaints, and a glorious prospect of better time: including our noble general's excellent ...
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  The first trial of A. Morhouse, for forgery. Written by himself.
  Date of publication:
  1789
  

  Author(s):

  Morhouse, Abraham, d. 1813.
  Description:
  Caption title: An accurate description of the trial between the people of the state of New York and Abraham Morhouse, at the Supreme Court, holden at the Exchange, in the city of New-York, on Tuesday the 20th January, 1789, ...
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  Letters on various interesting and important subjects; many of which have appeared in the Aurora. Corrected and much enlarged. / By Robert Slender. O.S.M. ; [Two lines from Pope]
  Date of publication:
  1799
  

  Author(s):

  Freneau, Philip Morin, 1752-1832.
  Description:
  Caption title: Slender's letters. By Philip Freneau. "O.S.M" stands for "One of the swinish multitude." Two states noted in BAL. In the first, p. 74 is misnumbered 47; in the second, the error is corrected. "Fourth of ...
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  A Rhapsody. A poem.
  Date of publication:
  1789
  

  Author(s):

  Unknown author
  Description:
  (Evans-TCP ; no. N17120) Transcribed from: (Readex Archive of Americana ; Early American Imprints, series I ; image set 22100) Images scanned from Readex microprint and microform: (Early American imprints. First series ; ...
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  The miscellaneous works of Colonel Humphreys.
  Date of publication:
  1790
  

  Author(s):

  Humphreys, David, 1752-1818. ; Trumbull, John, 1750-1831. ; Dwight, Timothy, 1752-1817.
  Description:
  For John Trumbull's contribution to The widow of Malabar, see BAL 20544. Parentheses substituted for square brackets in imprint transcription. Printers' monogram device on title page. Error in paging: p. 188-189 misnumbered ...
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  Lyrical ballads / William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge
  Date of publication:
  1798
  

  Author(s):

  Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850 ; Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834
  Description:
  Copy used for transcription was a facsimile ed. from 1934 of the British Library ms
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  The virtues of society. A tale, founded on fact. / By the author of The virtues of nature. ; [Two lines from Cartwright] ; Published according to act of Congress.
  Date of publication:
  1799
  

  Author(s):

  Morton, Sarah Wentworth, 1759-1846. ; Adams, Abigail, 1744-1818, dedicatee.
  Description:
  In verse. Attributed to Sarah Wentworth Morton in BAL. Dedicated to Abigail Adams. "To time."--p. 39-46, in verse.
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  Louisa, a poetical novel, in four epistles. / By Miss Seward.
  Date of publication:
  1789
  

  Author(s):

  Seward, Anna, 1742-1809.
  Description:
  Half-title: Louisa, by Miss Seward. The fifth edition. "Few happy matches."--p. [81-83], in verse. Bookseller's advertisement, p. [84].
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  The Charmer; being a select collection of English, Scots' and American songs, including the modern: : with a selection of favourite toasts and sentiments.
  Date of publication:
  1790
  

  Author(s):

  Unknown author
  Description:
  "A table of first lines to the Charme. [sic]"--p. [iii]-viii.
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  Ouâbi: or The virtues of nature. An Indian tale. In four cantos. / By Philenia, a lady of Boston. ; [One line from Spenser]
  Date of publication:
  1790
  

  Author(s):

  Morton, Sarah Wentworth, 1759-1846. ; Bowdoin, James, 1726-1790, dedicatee. ; Gullager, Christian, 1759-1826, ill. ; Hill, Samuel, 1766?-1804, engraver.
  Description:
  Running title: The virtues of nature. Attributed to Sarah Wentworth Morton in BAL. Dedicated to James Bowdoin. Frontispiece by C. Gullager; engraved by S. Hill. "Lines, addressed to the inimitable author of the poems under ...
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  Miscellanies, viz. I. The time-piece; or, An honest servant's advice to his master. II. Verses on the month of May. III. An affectionate father's dying advice. : [Three lines of Latin verse]
  Date of publication:
  1790
  

  Author(s):

  Ralling, John.
  Description:
  Attributed to Ralling by Evans.
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  The New pleasing instructor: or, Young lady's guide to virtue and happiness. Consisting of essays, relations, descriptions, epistles, dialogues, and poetry. / Carefully extracted from the best modern authors. Designed principally for the use of female schools; but calculated for general instruction and amusement. By a lady.
  Date of publication:
  1799
  

  Author(s):

  Rowson, Mrs., 1762-1824, ed..
  Description:
  Possibly edited by Mrs. Rowson; cf. BAL, v. 7, p. 308. Error in paging: p. 287 misnumbered 297.
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  A Monumental inscription on the fifth of March. Together with a few lines on the enlargement of Ebenezer Richardson, convicted of murder.
  Date of publication:
  1772
  

  Author(s):

  Unknown author
  Description:
  The inscription "Americans! Bear in remembrance the horrid massacre!" is printed in the left hand column and headed by a relief cut (Reilly 1009) of the Boston Massacre, identified as one used by Isaiah Thomas in 1771. A ...
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  Poems, dramatic and miscellaneous. By Mrs. M. Warren. ; [Two lines from Pope]
  Date of publication:
  1790
  

  Author(s):

  Warren, Mercy Otis, 1728-1814. ; Washington, George, 1732-1799, dedicatee.
  Description:
  Dedicated to George Washington.
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  Poems on the most solemn subjects. Written by Abraham Thompson.
  Date of publication:
  1790
  

  Author(s):

  Thompson, Abraham.
  Description:
  Advertised in the Connecticut journal for Feb. 10, 1790, printed by Thomas and Samuel Green of New Haven, as "This day published ... printed for the author, and sold by him at his house in Broad-Way, New-Haven."
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  The entertaining history of King Philip's War, which began in the month of June, 1675. As also of expeditions more lately made against the common enemy, and Indian rebels, in the eastern parts of New-England: with some account of the Divine Providence towards Col. Benjamin Church: / By Thomas Church, Esq. his son.
  Date of publication:
  1772
  

  Author(s):

  Church, Benjamin, 1639-1718. ; Church, Thomas, 1674-1746, ed. ; Stiles, Ezra, 1727-1795, ed. ; Church, Benjamin, 1704-1781. ; Revere, Paul, 1735-1818, engraver.
  Description:
  First edition has title: Entertaining passages relating to Philip's War ... "And now my great age requiring my dismission from service in the militia, and to put off my armour, I am willing that the great and glorious works ...
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  The American village, a poem. : To which are added, several other original pieces in verse. / By Philip Freneau, A.B. ; [Two lines in Latin from Horace]
  Date of publication:
  1772
  

  Author(s):

  Freneau, Philip Morin, 1752-1832.
  Description:
  Errata notice, p. [28].
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  An epistle to the Reverend Mr. George Whitefield: written in the year MDCCLV. / By Charles Westley [sic], A.M. late student of Christ-Church, Oxford.
  Date of publication:
  1790
  

  Author(s):

  Wesley, Charles, 1707-1788.
  Description:
  In verse.
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  Poems on several occasions, with some other compositions. By Nathaniel Evans, A.M. late missionary (appointed by the Society for Propagating the Gospel) for Gloucester County, in New-Jersey; and Chaplain to the Lord Viscount Kilmorey, of the Kingdom of Ireland.
  Date of publication:
  1772
  

  Author(s):

  Evans, Nathaniel, 1742-1767. ; Smith, William, 1727-1803, ed. ; Ferguson, Elizabeth, 1737-1801. On the death of Rev. Nathaniel Evans. ; Evans, Nathaniel, 1742-1767. Love of the world not compatible with the love of God.
  Description:
  Preface signed: William Smith. Philadelphia, August 1, 1772. "List of subscribers."--p. [xi]-xxvi. "On the death of the Rev. Nathaniel Evans ... By Laura [i.e., Elizabeth Ferguson]."--p. [xxvii]-xxviii. "The love of the ...
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  A poem, on the rising glory of America; being an exercise delivered at the public commencement at Nassau-Hall, September 25, 1771. : [Six lines from Seneca's Medea]
  Date of publication:
  1772
  

  Author(s):

  Freneau, Philip Morin, 1752-1832. ; Brackenridge, H. H. (Hugh Henry), 1748-1816. ; College of New Jersey. Class of 1771.
  Description:
  Attributed to Philip Morin Freneau and Hugh Henry Brackenridge in BAL. Publisher's advertisement, p. [28].
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  The author wishing it may be improved and enlarged, by some abler pen, now casts in her mite, to the memory of that worthy person, whose loss we severely feel. Hannah Wheaton.
  Date of publication:
  1799
  

  Author(s):

  Wheaton, Hannah.
  Description:
  Twelve stanzas of verse on the death of George Washington; first line: My Father! Cries the United States. Imprint supplied by Evans.
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  An oration, delivered at Worcester, on the Fourth of July, 1791. Being the anniversary of the independence of the United States. / By Edward Bangs, Esq.
  Date of publication:
  1791
  

  Author(s):

  Bangs, Edward, 1756-1818. ; Fiske, Oliver, 1762-1837.
  Description:
  Half-title: An oration. By Edward Bangs, Esq. Delivered at Worcester. "An ode for the day"--verso of title page. By Oliver Fiske.
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  The triumph of truth. History and visions of Clio. : [Six lines of quotations] / By John Paul Martin, A.M. M.S.P.
  Date of publication:
  1791
  

  Author(s):

  Bishop, Abraham, 1763-1844. ; Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744. Messiah.
  Description:
  Half-title: Martin's Clio. Attributed to Bishop by Evans and in Dexter's Yale graduates. Signatures: A-D^8 (D8 blank). "Pope's Messiah. A sacred eclogue."--p. 60-62, in verse.
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  The Beauties of poetry, British and American: containing some of the productions of Waller, Milton, Addison, Pope, Shirley, Parnell, Watts, Thomson, Young, Shenstone, Akenside, Gray, Goldsmith, Johnson, Moore, Garrick, Cowper, Beattie, Burns, Merry, Cowley, Wolcott, Palmerston, Penrose. Evans, Barlow, Dwight, Freneau, Humphreys, Livingston, J. Smith, W.M. Smith, Ladd, Bayard, Hopkinson, James, Markoe, Prichard, Fentham, Bradford, Dawes, Lathrop, Osborne.
  Date of publication:
  1791
  

  Author(s):

  Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839, ed.
  Description:
  Editor's preface dated: Philadelphia, Dec. 1, 1791. Evans suggests Mathew Carey as editor. "Books and pamphlets lately printed and published by M. Carey ..."--p. [i-ii].
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  The progress of dulness, part first: or The rare adventures of Tom Brainless, shewing what his father and mother said of him; how he went to college, and what he learned there; how he took his degree, and went to keeping school; how afterwards he becames a great man and wore a wig; and how any body else may do the same.--The like never before published. : Very proper to be kept in all families. : [Three lines of Latin text]
  Date of publication:
  1772
  

  Author(s):

  Trumbull, John, 1750-1831.
  Description:
  In verse. Attributed to John Trumbull in BAL. Ascribed to the New Haven press of Thomas and Samuel Green, who are named in the imprint of the third part (Evans 13052). With a half-title. Three states of the gathering [A] ...
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  The royal penitent. In three parts. : To which is added, David's lamentation over Saul and Jonathan. / By Mrs. Sarah Porter, of Plymouth in Newhampshire. ; [Four lines from Pope]
  Date of publication:
  1791
  

  Author(s):

  Porter, Sarah.
  Description:
  A poetic version of the prophet Nathan's parable of the ewe-lamb (II Samuel xii). In verse.
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  The narrative of Whiting Sweeting, who was executed at Albany, the 26th August, 1791. : Containing, an account of his trial before the Supreme Court of New-York, at the July term, for the murder of Darius Quimby: the substance of the charge of His Honor the chief justice to the jury, with the sentence of death on the prisoner; an address to the public, on the fatal consequences of a life spent in sin, instanced in his own conduct ... / Written by himself, and published for the benefit of precious souls, at his particular and dying request. ; To which are added, an account of the behaviour of the unhappy sufferer from his confinement to execution, and the substance of his address at the gallows. By one who had free access to, and frequent conversation with him.
  Date of publication:
  1791
  

  Author(s):

  Sweeting, Whiting, d. 1791. ; Carter, William.
  Description:
  "Advertisement. The unfortunate Whiting Sweeting, having confidence in my promise, left me with his narrative for publication ... No other person has had his writings, nor an opportunity of transcribing therefrom. The ...
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  A comment on some passages in the Book of Job.
  Date of publication:
  1773
  

  Author(s):

  Devens, Richard, 1749-1835.
  Description:
  In verse. Attributed to Richard Devens by Evans. Cf. Evans 28273, 32035. Published, in revised and enlarged form, in 1795, with title: A paraphrase of some parts of the book of Job.
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  Collection of 18th century English verse
  Date of publication:
  1700-1799
  

  Author(s):

  Unknown author
  Description:
  Catalogued on RLIN
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  The sacred minister: a new poem, in five parts; representing his qualifications for the ministry, and his life and death in it. / By Aurelius Predentius, Americanus. ; [Eight lines of quotations in Latin]
  Date of publication:
  1773
  

  Author(s):

  Mather, Samuel, 1706-1785.
  Description:
  Attributed to Samuel Mather by Holmes. Errata note, p. 22.
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  A letter to the National Convention of France, on the defects in the Constitution of 1791, and the extent of the amendments which ought to be applied. : To which is added The conspiracy of kings, a poem. / By Joel Barlow, author of Advice to the privileged orders; and The vision of Columbus.
  Date of publication:
  1793
  

  Author(s):

  Barlow, Joel, 1754-1812. ; Barlow, Joel, 1754-1812. Conspiracy of kings.
  Description:
  Noted by the New-York journal & patriotic register, Oct. 2, 1793, as "in press." Parentheses substituted for square brackets in imprint transcription.
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  The posthumous works of Ann Eliza Bleecker, in prose and verse. To which is added, a collection of essays, prose and poetical, by Margaretta V. Faugeres.
  Date of publication:
  1793
  

  Author(s):

  Bleecker, Ann Eliza, 1752-1783. ; Faugeres, Margaretta V., 1771-1801. ; Tiebout, Cornelius, 1773?-1832, engraver.
  Description:
  Frontispiece portrait of Bleecker engraved by Tiebout. List of subscribers, p. [5-7], 1st count.
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  A poem, upon the present times, with a brief and humble address to the Almighty, in behalf of the [...] of our cause. / Composed by Philoleutheros Americanus.
  Date of publication:
  1775
  

  Author(s):

  Philoleutheros Americanus.
  Description:
  Verse of 235 lines; first line: Tom Tory who not long ago was sent. Imprint supplied by Evans. Text in three columns.
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  The crisis. Number XVIII.
  Date of publication:
  1775
  

  Author(s):

  Casca. ; North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792.
  Description:
  Contains, in verse: Casca's epistle to Lord North. Caption title. Imprint supplied by Evans.
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  A voyage to Boston. A poem. : [Five lines from Shakespeare] / By the author of American liberty, a poem: General Gage's Soliloquy, &c.
  Date of publication:
  1775
  

  Author(s):

  Freneau, Philip Morin, 1752-1832.
  Description:
  Printer's name supplied by Evans.
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  An account of the terrible effects of the pestilential infection in the city of Philadelphia. With an elegy on the deaths of the people. : Also a song of praise and thanksgiving, composed for those who have recovered, after having been smitten with that dreadful contagion. / By the Honourable Samuel Stearns, J.U.D. ; [Five lines of Scripture texts]
  Date of publication:
  1793
  

  Author(s):

  Stearns, Samuel, 1741-1809.
  Description:
  In verse. Author's preface dated Nov. 13, 1793. Advertisement for Stearns' The American oracle, and for the Freemason's calendar for 1794, p. 8.
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  The Patriots of North-America: a sketch. : With explanatory notes. : [Four lines in Latin]
  Date of publication:
  1775
  

  Author(s):

  Cooper, Myles, 1737-1785.
  Description:
  In verse. An attack on the fomenters of anti-British sentiment. Myles Cooper is suggested as possible author in the Dictionary of American biography. Tentatively ascribed to the press of James Rivington by Evans. Rivington ...
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  American liberty, a poem. : [Three lines of quotations]
  Date of publication:
  1775
  

  Author(s):

  Freneau, Philip Morin, 1752-1832.
  Description:
  Attributed to Philip Freneau in BAL.
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  Travels through America. A poem. / By Michael Forrest.
  Date of publication:
  1793
  

  Author(s):

  Forrest, Michael.
  Description:
  Address to fortune -- Verses addressed to a young gentleman at the Charleston College-Academy, in 1790 -- A specimen of unlimited sublime poetry -- Man shall be free. A new song. Written Feruary 25, 1793.
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  The crisis. Number XVII.
  Date of publication:
  1775
  

  Author(s):

  Casca. ; Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793.
  Description:
  Contains, in verse: Casca's epistle to Lord Mansfield. Caption title. Imprint from colophon. Date of publication supplied by Evans.
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  Poems on several subjects: written by Stephen Duck, lately a poor thresher in the County of Wilts, at the wages of four shillings and six pence per week. ; Which were publicly read in the drawing-room at Windsor Castle, on Friday the 11th of September, 1730, to Her Majesty Queen Caroline--who was thereupon pleased to take the author into her protection. ; To which is addd [sic] The woman's labour: an epistle to Stephen Duck; in answer to his poem, called The thresher's labour: together with the three wise sentences taken from Esdras, Ch. III and IV. By Mary Collier, a washer-woman.
  Date of publication:
  1793
  

  Author(s):

  Duck, Stephen, 1705-1756. ; Collier, Mary.
  Description:
  Bookseller's advertisement, p. [44].
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  American poems, selected and original. Vol. I.
  Date of publication:
  1793
  

  Author(s):

  Smith, E. H. (Elihu Hubbard), 1771-1798, ed.
  Description:
  "Edited by Elihu Hubbard Smith."--Evans. No more published. Preface dated: Litchfield (Connecticut) June 1793. Printers' monogram device on title page. The University of Miami reports a variant with a small ornament in ...
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  The rights of asses, a poem. : [Two lines of verse]
  Date of publication:
  1793
  

  Author(s):

  Dullass, A.
  Description:
  Satirical verses occasioned by a meeting of the British convention of delegates of the Friends of the People. William Pitt and Thomas Muir are obliquely mentioned. Signed on p. 11: A. Dullass, N.P. Ascribed to the Burlington ...
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  M'Fingal: a modern epic poem. : Canto first, or The town meeting.
  Date of publication:
  1775
  

  Author(s):

  Trumbull, John, 1750-1831.
  Description:
  Attributed to John Trumbull in BAL. First edition. The first canto only (later divided into cantos one and two) was published at this time.
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  A Choice collection of hymns and spiritual songs; intended for the edification of sincere Christians, of all denominations. / By Samson Occom, Minister of the Gospel. ; [Text]
  Date of publication:
  1774
  

  Author(s):

  Occom, Samson, 1723-1792, comp.
  Description:
  Compiled by Samson Occom from the works of others.
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  The comet: a poem.
  Date of publication:
  1744
  

  Author(s):

  Byles, Mather, 1707-1788.
  Description:
  Attributed to Mather Byles by Evans. Title vignette (Reilly 1000).
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  The miscellaneous essays and occasional writings of Francis Hopkinson, Esq. Volume I[-III].
  Date of publication:
  1792
  

  Author(s):

  Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791.
  Description:
  Vol. 1: vi, 384 p., [2] folded leaves of plates; v. 2: iv, 288, 305-422 p.; v. 3: vi, 215, [1], 204 p. Errors in paging: v. 1, p. 215, 239 misnumbered 115, 290; v. 2, p. 213 misnumbered 113, page numbers 289-304 omitted. ...
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  Poems on several occasions. By Mr. Byles. ; [One line in Latin from Horace]
  Date of publication:
  1744
  

  Author(s):

  Byles, Mather, 1707-1788.
  Description:
  "Errata."--p. [115].
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  A new proclamation! By Thomas Gage, whom British frenzy stil'd honourable and excellency, o'er Massachusett's sent to stand here vice-admiral and chief commander ...
  Date of publication:
  1775
  

  Author(s):

  Trumbull, John, 1750-1831. ; Gage, Thomas, 1721-1787.
  Description:
  A rhymed satirical paraphrase of General Gage's proclamation of June 12, 1775. Attributed to John Trumbull in BAL. Caption title. Royal arms at head of title. First published in the Connecticut courant for Aug. 7 and 14, ...
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  An oration delivered March fifteenth, 1775, at the request of a number of the inhabitants of the town of Boston. By Dr. Thomas Bolton. ; [Three lines of quotations in Latin]
  Date of publication:
  1775
  

  Author(s):

  Bolton, Thomas, d. 1777.
  Description:
  An attack on the revolutionary leaders in Boston, in imitation of the Boston Massacre orations. "The Boston Whig-maker."--p. [8]-9, in verse.
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  The Danger of excessive drinking. A poem. : [Two lines from Solomon]
  Date of publication:
  1793
  

  Author(s):

  Unknown author
  Description:
  Imprint supplied by Evans. Another edition (Bristol B8637; Shipton & Mooney 47021) has imprint: Printed for the author. 1794.
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  A poem on the bloody engagement that was fought on Bunker's Hill in Charlestown New-England, on the 17th of June, 1775. Together with some remarks on the cruelty and barbarity of the British troops ... / By Elisha Rich, Minister of the Gospel.
  Date of publication:
  1775
  

  Author(s):

  Rich, Elisha, 1740-1804?
  Description:
  Verse in twenty-six numbered stanzas; first line: Americans pray lend an ear. Text in two columns surrounded by border of printers' ornaments; relief cut of the battle (reproduced in Ford, W.C. Broadsides, no. 1922).
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  A dialogue, between a southern delegate and his spouse, on his return from the grand Continental Congtress. A fragment, inscribed to the married ladies of America, / by their most sincere, and affectionate friend, and servant, Mary V.V.
  Date of publication:
  1774
  

  Author(s):

  V., Mary V. ; Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
  Description:
  "'This tract, which is in verse, is supposed to have been written by Jefferson.' Manuscript note in J.B. Chandler's copy."--Sabin. A Tory satire on the Continental Congress, the Dialogue is not likely to have been written ...
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  General Gage's confession, being the substance of His Excellency's last conference, with his ghostly father, Friar Francis. : [One line from Virgil] / By the author of the Voyage to Boston. A poem. &c.
  Date of publication:
  1775
  

  Author(s):

  Freneau, Philip Morin, 1752-1832.
  Description:
  Attributed to Philip Freneau in BAL. The Library Company of Philadelphia copy is inscribed by Freneau "published October 25: 1775." Hugh Gaine is identified as the printer.
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