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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.
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  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
  

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  Unknown author
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  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.
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  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.
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  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
  

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  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 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.
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  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.
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  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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  Two discourses. On the keeping of the commandments of Zion's king, the only evidence of love to him: and, Ananias's reprehension and exhortation to Saul. : Published by request.
  Date of publication:
  1788
  

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  Slee, Isaac, d. 1746 Keeping of the commandments of Zion's King. ; Whitfield, C. (Charles). Ananias's reprehension and exhortation to Saul.
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  Dedication to the Church of Christ at Hamsterly, Durham, signed: C. Whitfield. I. Slee. The preface is dated: Hamsterly, Sept. 2, 1779. "The keeping of the commandments of Zion's King, the only genuine evidence of love to ...
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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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  A dissertation on miracles: containing an examination of the principles advanced by David Hume, Esq.; in An essay on miracles. / By George Campbell, D.D. Principal of the Marischal Collge, and one of the ministers, of Aberdeen. ; [Two lines from John]
  Date of publication:
  1790
  

  Author(s):

  Campbell, George, 1719-1796. ; Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, dedicatee.
  Description:
  "Humes's Essay on miracles deserves to be considered, as one of the most dangerous attacks that have been made on our religion."--p. [v]. Dedicated to John Stuart, Earl of Bute. Error in paging: p. 156-157 misnumbered ...
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  The minister preaching his own funeral sermon: being a warning from heaven to all vile sinners on earth. With a particular relation of many wonderful things seen by the Rev. Thomas Chamberlain, in a vision just before his decease, the precise time of which was shewn unto him.
  Date of publication:
  1790
  

  Author(s):

  Chamberlain, Thomas, 1693?-1748.
  Description:
  First published in England, in about 1750, under title: England's timely remembrancer. While most American editions identify the minister as Thomas Chamberlain, he is identified in English editions as Richard Brightly. The ...
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  The oeconomy of human life, complete, in two parts: / translated from an Indian manuscript, written by an ancient Bramin. ; To which is prefixed, an account of the manner in which the said manuscript was discovered; in a letter from an English gentleman residing in China, to the Earl of *******.
  Date of publication:
  1790
  

  Author(s):

  Dodsley, Robert, 1703-1764. ; Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694-1773. ; Hill, John, 1714?-1775.
  Description:
  Generally attributed to Robert Dodsley. The Dictionary of national biography attributes Part I to Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, and Part II to John Hill. "The oeconomy of human life, part the second. ..."--p. ...
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  Plain sense: or, The history of Henry Villars and Ellen Mordaunt. A novel. In two volumes. : [One line from Pope] : Vol. I[-II].
  Date of publication:
  1799
  

  Author(s):

  Lewis, Alethea, 1749-1827.
  Description:
  Running title: Ellen Mordaunt and Henry Villars. Attributed to Alethea Lewis. Vol. 1: 211, [5] p.; v. 2: 246, [6] p. With a half-title to v. 2. Errors in paging: v. 1, p. 83 misnumbered 38; v. 2, p. 131 misnumbered 231. ...
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  Domestic medicine; or, The family physician: being an attempt to render the medical art more generally useful, by shewing people what is in their own power both with respect to the prevention and cure of diseases. Chiefly calculated to recommend a proper attention to regimen and simple medicines. / By William Buchan, M.D. ; [Four lines in Latin from Cicero]
  Date of publication:
  1772
  

  Author(s):

  Buchan, William, 1729-1805.
  Description:
  Errors in paging: p. 221, 247 misnumbered 121, 147. Not in Evans or Bristol. "A dissertation on the gout ... By William Cadogan ..."--iv, 39, [1] p. at end, with separate title page. Bookseller's advertisement, p. [40], ...
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  An essay upon nursing and the management of children, from their birth to three years of age. By W. Cadogan, Fellow of the College of Physicians, late physician to the Foundling-Hospital. ; In a letter to a governor. ; Published by order of the general committee for transacting the affairs of the said hospital.
  Date of publication:
  1772
  

  Author(s):

  Cadogan, William, 1711-1797.
  Description:
  Bookseller's advertisements, [4] p.
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  Evangelical ministers described, and distinguished from legalists. A sermon, the substance of which was delivered October 30. 1771. at the ordination of Mr. Asa Hunt, to the pastoral charge of the Third Baptist-Church in Middleborough. : (Published at their request.) / By Isaac Backus, Pastor of the First Church of that denomination in said town. ; [One line from Psalms]
  Date of publication:
  1772
  

  Author(s):

  Backus, Isaac, 1724-1806. ; Third Baptist Church (Middleborough, Mass.).
  Description:
  Half-title: Mr. Backus's sermon at the ordination of Mr. Asa Hunt. Parentheses substituted for square brackets in title transcription. Bookseller's advertisement, p. [32].
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  An eulogium in honor of the late Dr. William Cullen, professor of the practice of physic in the University of Edinburgh; delivered before the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, on the 9th of July, agreeably to their vote of the 4th of May, 1790. / By Benjamin Rush, M.D. professor of the theory and practice of medicine, in the College of Philadelphia. ; Published by order of the College of Physicians.
  Date of publication:
  1790
  

  Author(s):

  Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813. ; College of Physicians of Philadelphia.
  Description:
  Bookseller's advertisement, p. [31].
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  Devout exercises of the heart, in meditation and soliloquy, prayer and praise. / By the late pious and ingenious Mrs. Rowe. ; Reviewed and published at her request, by I. Watts, D.D.
  Date of publication:
  1790
  

  Author(s):

  Rowe, Elizabeth Singer, 1674-1737. ; Watts, Isaac, 1674-1748, ed.
  Description:
  Signatures: [A]^8 B-I^8 (I7 verso, I8 blank). Bookseller's advertisement at foot of p. [141].
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  The School of virtue, a novel, on a new plan. : To which is added, The fair solitary; or, Female hermit, a novel. From the French of the Marchioness de Lambert.
  Date of publication:
  1790
  

  Author(s):

  Unknown author
  Description:
  "The fair solitary" (72 p. at end) has separate title page; also issued separately (Evans 22605). Bookseller's advertisement, p. [198-200].
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  The history of America, books IX. and X. Containing the history of Virginia to the year 1688; and of New England to the year 1652. / By William Robertson, D.D. Principal of the University of Edinburgh, historiographer to His Majesty for Scotland, and member of the Royal Academy of History at Madrid.
  Date of publication:
  1799
  

  Author(s):

  Robertson, William, 1721-1793. ; Robertson, William, 1754-1835, ed.
  Description:
  First published posthumously in London, 1796. Cf. the "Advertisement," p. [iii]-vii, signed by the author's son. Errors in paging: page numbers 143-144 repeated; page numbers 160-161 omitted from pagination. Bookseller's ...
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  Essay on national pride. To which are prefixed, memoirs of the author's life and writings. / Translated from the original German of the late celebrated Dr. J.G. Zimmermann, aulic counsellor and physician to His Britannic Majesty at Hanover. By Samuel H. Wilcocke.
  Date of publication:
  1799
  

  Author(s):

  Zimmermann, Johann Georg, 1728-1795. ; Wilcocke, Samuel Hull, 1766?-1833, tr.
  Description:
  With a half-title. Bookseller's advertisement, p. [325].
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  The infinite importance of the obedience of faith, and of a separation from the world, opened and demonstrated. By Isaac Backus, Pastor of a church in Middleborough. ; [Four lines of Scripture texts]
  Date of publication:
  1791
  

  Author(s):

  Backus, Isaac, 1724-1806.
  Description:
  "This discourse was first published in 1767, the year in which the law was made that brought on the American war. It is now revised and corrected, to hold up the living obedience of faith, as our only way of deliverance ...
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  An essay on the kingdom of Christ. By Abraham Booth. ; [Two lines from Psalms]
  Date of publication:
  1791
  

  Author(s):

  Booth, Abraham, 1734-1806.
  Description:
  Bookseller's advertisements, p. [129] and [131].
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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
  

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  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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  A discourse, concerning the materials, the manner of building, and power of organizing of the church of Christ; with the true difference and exact limits between civil and ecclesiastical government; and also what are, and what are not just reasons for separation. : Together with, an address to Joseph Fish, A.M. Pastor of a church in Stonington, occasioned by his late piece called The examiner examined. / By Isaac Backus, Pastor of a church in Middleborough. ; Designed to correct what has been amiss on both sides, and to point out the way wherein we should go.
  Date of publication:
  1773
  

  Author(s):

  Backus, Isaac, 1724-1806.
  Description:
  Two states of gathering K noted. One has catchword 'posess' on p. 77; the other 'possess.' Errata statement and advertisement for the author's works to be had of Philip Freeman, p. [151].
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  An appeal to the public for religious liberty, against the oppressions of the present day. [Three lines from Galatians]
  Date of publication:
  1773
  

  Author(s):

  Backus, Isaac, 1724-1806.
  Description:
  Signed on p. 61: Isaac Backus. Errata, p. 62. "Books published by Isaac Backus, Pastor of a church in Middleborough ... The most of these may be had single at Mr. Phillip Freeman's in Union-Street, Boston, and a few setts ...
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  Sovereign grace displayed in the conversion and salvation of a penitent sinner, set forth in a sermon preached before the execution of Solomon Goodwin, who was executed at Falmouth, November 12, 1771, for the murder of David Wilson, on the 25th of May last. : Published at the desire of many who heard it. / By Ephraim Clark, of Cape-Elizabeth, and Pastor of the church there. ; [Two lines from St. Paul]
  Date of publication:
  1773
  

  Author(s):

  Clark, Ephraim, 1722-1797.
  Description:
  Goodwin's account of the murder, with two letters to his family, p. [21-24]. Bookseller's advertisement, p. [24].
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  A treatise on church-government, in three parts: being, I. A narrative of the late troubles and transactions in the church in Boston, in the Massachusetts. II. Some remarks on Mr. Adams's sermon, preached there August 26, 1772. With an appendix, being some remarks on an account in the Boston evening-post, December 28, 1772, of the dismission of a minister at Grafton, III. On councils, their business, authority and use. With an essay on ministers negativing the votes of the church, and shewing where the keys of the church are. / By a neighbour. ; [Four lines from Luke]
  Date of publication:
  1773
  

  Author(s):

  Chaplin, Ebenezer, 1733-1822. ; Whetcomb, John. ; Whetcomb, Asa.
  Description:
  Attributed to Ebenezer Chaplin by Evans. Appendix, p. [38], signed: John Whetcomb, Bolton, Feb. 20, 1773. Letter from the author to John and Asa Whetcomb, p. [39]. Bookseller's advertisement, p. [40].
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  Observations upon the congregational plan of church government, particularly as it respects the choice and removal of church-officers, supported by the testimony of the fathers of New-England, and unanimously offered to the consideration of the churches, by the Convention of the Ministers of the province of the Massachusetts-Bay, at their annual meeting in Boston, May 26, 1773, and continued by adjournment to July 23.
  Date of publication:
  1773
  

  Author(s):

  Convention of Congregational Ministers of Massachusetts
  Description:
  Bookseller's advertisement, p. [23].
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  Some memoirs of the life of John Roberts. Written by his son Daniel Roberts.
  Date of publication:
  1773
  

  Author(s):

  Roberts, Daniel, 1658-1727.
  Description:
  Bookseller's advertisements, p. [59-60].
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  The inquisitor; or, Invisible rambler. In three volumes. / By Mrs. Rowson, author of Victoria. ; Volume I[-III].
  Date of publication:
  1793
  

  Author(s):

  Rowson, Mrs., 1762-1824. ; Cockburne, Lady, dedicatee.
  Description:
  Dedicated to Lady Cockburne. Vol. 2 (p. [69]-132) and 3 (p. [133]-202) have separate title pages. Edition statement transposed; precedes "Volume I." on title page. Bookseller's advertisement, p. [203].
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  An appeal to the justice and interests of the people of Great Britain, in the present dispute with America. / By Doctor Lee, of Virginia.
  Date of publication:
  1775
  

  Author(s):

  Lee, Arthur, 1740-1792.
  Description:
  Bookseller's advertisement, p. 32.
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  An attempt to nip in the bud, the unscriptural doctrine of universal salvation, and some other dangerous errors connected with it; which a certain stranger, who calls himself John Murray, has, of late, been endeavoring to spread in the First Parish of Gloucester, to draw disciples after him. In a letter addressed to one of those that are drawn away; if possible to reclaim him and the others. To this end and in hopes that it may by the blessing of God serve also to confirm all in some of the most important doctrines of God's word, it is made public, in answer to the desire of a very repectable number of persons of reputation and influence in said parish. : To which is subjoined, the dying testimony for the truth, and against error, of their worthy minister, the Reverend Mr. Samuel Chandler, lately deceased. / By John Cleaveland, A.M. Pastor of the Second Church in Ipswich. ; [Three lines from II Corinthians]
  Date of publication:
  1776
  

  Author(s):

  Cleaveland, John, 1722-1799. ; Chandler, Samuel, 1713-1775.
  Description:
  Prospectus, p. [47]. Bookseller's advertisment, p. [47].
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  Memoirs of the life of the Reverend George Whitefield, M.A. late Chaplain to the Right Honourable the Countess of Huntingdon: in which every circumstance worthy of notice, both in his private and public character, is recorded. Faithfully selected from his original papers, journals, and letters. Illustrated by a variety of interesting and entertaining anecdotes, from the best authorities. : To which are added, a particular account of his death and funeral; and extracts from the sermons, which were preached on that occasion. / Compiled by the Rev. John Gillies, D.D. ; [Four lines of Scripture quotations]
  Date of publication:
  1774
  

  Author(s):

  Gillies, John, 1712-1796. ; Gallaudet, Elisha, ca. 1730-1805, engraver. ; Huntingdon, Selina Hastings, Countess of, 1707-1791, dedicatee.
  Description:
  Dedicated to the Countess of Huntingdon. Frontispiece portrait of Whitefield signed: Elisha Gallaudet, sculpt. N. York, 1772. Bookseller's advertisement, p. [iv-v]. List of subscribers, p. [vi]-xviii.
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  Essay on the character, manners, and genius of women in different ages. Enlarged from the French of M. Thomas, by Mr. Russell. ; In two volumes. Vol. I[-II].
  Date of publication:
  1774
  

  Author(s):

  Thomas, M. (Antoine Léonard), 1732-1785. ; Russell, William, 1741-1793, tr.
  Description:
  Vol. 2 ([4], 129, [3] p.) has separate title page. Bookseller's advertisement, v. 2, p. [131-132].
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  Speech of Edmund Burke, Esq. on American taxation, April 19, 1774.
  Date of publication:
  1775
  

  Author(s):

  Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.
  Description:
  Bookseller's advertisement, p. [64].
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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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  Sermons on the religious education of children. By Philip Doddridge, D.D.
  Date of publication:
  1793
  

  Author(s):

  Doddridge, Philip, 1702-1751. ; Some, David. ; Ewing, John, 1732-1802.
  Description:
  Running title: On the education of children. "Extracts from D. Some's recommendatory preface to the following sermons."--p. [3]. Bookseller's advertisement, p. [4]. "Extracts from an address to the public, March, 1792."--p. ...
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  The sentiments of a foreigner, on the disputes of Great-Britain with America. Translated from the French. ; [One line in Latin from Virgil]
  Date of publication:
  1775
  

  Author(s):

  Raynal, abbé (Guillaume-Thomas-François), 1713-1796 ; Raynal, abbé (Guillaume-Thomas-François), 1713-1796. Histoire philosophique et politique, des etablissemens & du commerce des Européens dans les deux Indes. English. Selections.
  Description:
  Translation of an extract from the abbé Raynal's Histoire philosophique et politique des établissemens et du commerce des Européens dans les deux Indes. Bookseller's advertisement, p. [28].
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  Letters to married women, on nursing and the management of children. By the late Hugh Smith, M.D.
  Date of publication:
  1792
  

  Author(s):

  Smith, Hugh, 1736?-1789.
  Description:
  Edition statement transposed; precedes statement of responsibility on title page. "Books and pamphlets printed by Mathew Carey."--p. [168].
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  Political disquisitions; or, An enquiry into public errors, defects, and abuses. Illustrated by, and established upon facts and remarks, extracted from a variety of authors, ancient and modern. : Calculated to draw the timely attention of government and people, to a due consideration of the necessity, and the means, of reforming those errors, defects, and abuses; of restoring the constitution, and saving the state. / By J. Burgh, gentleman; author of the Dignity of human nature, and other works. ; Volume the first [-third and last].
  Date of publication:
  1775
  

  Author(s):

  Burgh, James, 1714-1775.
  Description:
  Vol. 1: xxiii, [9], 486, [2] p.; v. 2: vii, [9], 477, [3] p.; v. 3: [16], 460, [56] p. Errors in paging: v. 1, p. xiv, 320, 456 misnumbered ivx, 220, 436; v. 3, p. 374 misnumbered 347. "Names of the encouragers"--v. 3, p. ...
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  A narrative of the Indian wars in New-England, from the first planting thereof in the year 1607, to the year 1677. : Containing a relation of the occasion, rise and progress of the war with the Indians, in the southern, western, eastern and northern parts of said country. / By William Hubbard, A.M. Minister of Ipswich. ; [Five lines of Scripture texts]
  Date of publication:
  1775
  

  Author(s):

  Hubbard, William, 1621 or 2-1704.
  Description:
  Error in paging: p. 206 misnumbered 209. Bookseller's advertisement, p. 288.
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  The speech of Edmund Burke, Esquire, on moving his resolutions for conciliation with the colonies, March 22d, 1775.
  Date of publication:
  1775
  

  Author(s):

  Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.
  Description:
  Bookseller's advertisement, p. [72].
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  An alarm to the legislature of the province of New-York, occasioned by the present political disturbances, in North America: addressed to the Honourable Representatives in General Assembly convened. : [One line in Latin]
  Date of publication:
  1775
  

  Author(s):

  Seabury, Samuel, 1729-1796. ; Wilkins, Isaac, 1742-1830.
  Description:
  Attributed to Samuel Seabury in Dexter's Yale graduates. Sometimes attributed to Isaac Wilkins, either singly or jointly with Seabury. Signatures: A^8 (A8 verso blank). "The following pamphlets, relating to the present ...
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  A new voyage, round the world, in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, and 1771; undertaken by order of His present Majesty, performed by, Captain James Cook, in the ship Endeavour, drawn up from his own journal, and from the papers of Joseph Banks, Esq. F.R.S. : And published by the special direction of the Right Honourable the Lords of the Admiralty. / By John Hawkesworth, L.L.D. and late director of the East-India Company. ; In two volumes: with cutts [sic] and a map of the whole navigation. ; Vol. I[-II].
  Date of publication:
  1774
  

  Author(s):

  Hawkesworth, John, 1715?-1773. ; Revere, Paul, 1735-1818, engraver. ; Romans, Bernard, ca. 1720-ca. 1784, engraver.
  Description:
  Two states noted. Pages [1]-17 at beginning of v. 1 contain a list of subscribers; in the first state, p. [18] is blank. In the second, p. [18] contains the names of additional subscribers. Frontispiece of v. 1 engraved ...
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  The other side of the question: or, A defence of the liberties of North-America. In answer to a late Friendly address to all reasonable Americans, on the subject of our political confusions. / By a citizen.
  Date of publication:
  1774
  

  Author(s):

  Livingston, Philip, 1716-1778.
  Description:
  A reply to Thomas Bradbury Chandler's A friendly address to all reasonable Americans. Attributed to Livingston by Evans. Bookseller's advertisement, p. [31].
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  Memoirs of the lives, characters and writings of those two eminently pious and useful ministers of Jesus Christ, Dr. Isaac Watts and Dr. Philip Doddridge.
  Date of publication:
  1793
  

  Author(s):

  Belknap, Jeremy, 1744-1798. ; Kippis, Andrew, 1725-1795. ; Palmer, Samuel, 1741-1813. ; Watts, Isaac, 1674-1748.
  Description:
  "Memoir of Watts, p. [5]-36, by [Jeremy] Belknap. The other memoirs are by Watts, Samuel Palmer and Andrew Kippis."--BAL. Signatures: A-T^8 (T7 verso blank). Bookseller's advertisement, p. [303-304].
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