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  Description of the sufferings of those who were on board the Jersey and other prison ships in the harbour of New-York, during the struggle for our glorious independence. by an American who was a prisoner on board one of them.
  Date of publication:
  1781-1786
  

  Author(s):

  Freneau, Philip Morin, 1752-1832.
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  By Philip Freneau. For a discussion of the three known texts of this poem, see "A broadside of Freneau's The British Prison Ship," by Philip Marsh and Milton Ellis, in American literature, v. 10, no. 4, Jan. 1939, p. ...
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  A very remarkable narrative of Luke Swetland, who was taken captive four times in the space of fifteen months, in the time of the late contest between Great Britain and America; showing how and when taken, whether carried and how treated until his return to his family; with a concise account of the exercise of his mind during his trials; a short account of the manners of the Indians; and a short sketch of the rarities of the Indian country. / Written by himself.
  Date of publication:
  1780-1789
  

  Author(s):

  Swetland, Luke, 1729-1823.
  Description:
  (Evans-TCP ; no. N33375) Transcribed from: (Readex Archive of Americana ; Early American Imprints, series I ; image set 43753) Images scanned from Readex microprint and microform: (Early American imprints. First series ; ...
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  Pamphlets of the American Revolution : [selections] / edited by Bernard Bailyn
  Date of publication:
  1750-1776
  

  Author(s):

  Unknown author
  Description:
  Contents: Dickinson, John, 1732-1808. -- The late regulations respecting the British colonies : [Philadelphia 1765] ; Mayhew, James. -- A discour[s]e concerning unlimited submission and nonresistance to the higher power : ...
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  American independence, in vindication of the president's nomination of a new embassy to France. As published in the Commercial gazette, November 21st. 1799.
  Date of publication:
  1799
  

  Author(s):

  Unknown author
  Description:
  Signed: American independence. With a half-title.
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  An oration, delivered at Williamstown, on the 4th of July, 1799. Being the anniversary of American independence. / By Ezekiel Bacon, Esquire. ; [Five lines from Thomson]
  Date of publication:
  1799
  

  Author(s):

  Bacon, Ezekiel, 1776-1870.
  Description:
  An anti-Federalist oration.
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  A plumb pudding for the humane, chaste, valiant, enlightened Peter Porcupine. By his obliged friend, Mathew Carey. ; [four lines of quotations]
  Date of publication:
  1799
  

  Author(s):

  Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839.
  Description:
  Sustained attacks on William Cobbett and John Ward Fenno. Preface dated: January 16, 1799. Two states of title vignette noted. In one (Gaines 159a) no sun appears in the sky depicted. In another (Gaines 159b), the sun is ...
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  The present times perilous. A sermon, preached at Sullivan, on the national fast, April 25, 1799. / By Abraham Cummings, A.M.
  Date of publication:
  1799
  

  Author(s):

  Cummings, Abraham, 1755-1827.
  Description:
  (Evans-TCP ; no. N26590) Transcribed from: (Readex Archive of Americana ; Early American Imprints, series I ; image set 35364) Images scanned from Readex microprint and microform: (Early American imprints. First series ; ...
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  Sun-beams may be extracted from cucumbers, but the process is tedious. An oration, pronounced on the Fourth of July, 1799. At the request of the citizens of New-Haven. / By David Daggett.
  Date of publication:
  1799
  

  Author(s):

  Daggett, David, 1764-1851.
  Description:
  Half-title: Mr. Daggett's oration on the 4th of July, 1799. Parentheses substituted for square brackets in imprint transcription.
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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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  An oration, delivered at Bennington, Vermont, August 16th, 1799. In commemoration of the Battle of Bennington. : Published at the request of the audience. / By Anthony Haswell. ; [Five lines of verse]
  Date of publication:
  1799
  

  Author(s):

  Haswell, Anthony, 1756-1816.
  Description:
  Error in paging: p. 34 misnumbered 33. "Odes, songs, &c. performed on the occasion."--p. 26-35.
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  An oration, on the apparent, and the real political situation of the United States, pronounced before the Connecticut Society of Cincinnati, assembled, at New-Haven, for the celebration of American independence, July the 4th, 1799. / By Zechariah Lewis, a tutor of Yale College.
  Date of publication:
  1799
  

  Author(s):

  Lewis, Zechariah, 1773-1840. ; Tallmadge, Benjamin, 1754-1835, dedicatee. ; Connecticut Society of the Cincinnati.
  Description:
  Half-title: Mr. Lewis's oration on the 4th of July, 1799. Dedicated to Colonel Benjamin Talmadge.
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  Case of Jonathan Robbins, examined by Charles Pinckney, Esq. senator in Congress for South Carolina, and late governor of that state. ; To the citizens of the United States.
  Date of publication:
  1799
  

  Author(s):

  Pinckney, Charles, 1757-1824.
  Description:
  Jonathan Robbins was the alias of Thomas Nash. Error in paging: p. 34 misnumbered 33.
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  Message from the president of the United States, accompanying a report of the secretary of state, containing observations on some of the documents, communicated by the president, on the eighteenth instant. : 21st January, 1799. Ordered to lie on the table. : Published by order of the House of Representatives.
  Date of publication:
  1799
  

  Author(s):

  United States. Dept. of State. ; Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829. ; United States. Congress (5th, 3rd session : 1798-1799). ; United States. President (1797-1801 : Adams).
  Description:
  Adams's letter of transmittal is printed on the verso of the title page. Some copies (recorded as Evans 36592) were evidently issued without the title leaf. With (on p. [47]) an appended letter of correction from the ...
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  The philanthropist; or, A good twelve cents worth of political love powder, for the fair daughters and patriotic sons of America. Dedicated to that great lover and love of his country, George Washington, Esq. : [Six lines of verse] / By the Rev. M.L. Weems, (of Lodge no. 50) Dumfries, Virginia.
  Date of publication:
  1799
  

  Author(s):

  Weems, M. L. (Mason Locke), 1759-1825. ; Washington, George, 1732-1799, dedicatee.
  Description:
  (Evans-TCP ; no. N27535) Transcribed from: (Readex Archive of Americana ; Early American Imprints, series I ; image set 36696) Images scanned from Readex microprint and microform: (Early American imprints. First series ; ...
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  Memoirs of Major-General Heath. Containing anecdotes, details of skirmishes, battles, and other military events, during the American war. / Written by himself. ; Published according to act of Congress.
  Date of publication:
  1798
  

  Author(s):

  Heath, William, 1737-1814.
  Description:
  "Errata."--p. 388.
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  A discourse, delivered, at the Roman Catholic Church in Boston, on the 9th of May, 1798, a day recommended by the president, for humiliation and prayer throughout the United States. / By the Reverend John Thayer, Catholic missioner. ; Printed at the pressing solicitation of those who heard it.
  Date of publication:
  1798
  

  Author(s):

  Thayer, John, 1758-1815.
  Description:
  Half-title: Rev. Mr. Thayer's discourse on the federal fast, May 9th, 1798.
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  The voyages and adventures of John Willock, mariner. Interspersed with remarks on different countries in Europe, Africa, and America; with the customs and manners of the inhabitants; and a number of original anecdotes.
  Date of publication:
  1798
  

  Author(s):

  Willock, John, mariner. ; Clarke, Thomas, engraver.
  Description:
  Error in paging: p. 32 misnumbered 42. Frontispiece engraved by Thomas Clarke. "Subscribers' names."--8 p. at end.
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  Important documents and dispatches, which accompanied the message of the president of the United States, to both houses of Congress, April 3, 1798.
  Date of publication:
  1798
  

  Author(s):

  United States. President (1797-1801 : Adams). ; United States. Congress (5th, 2nd session : 1797-1798).
  Description:
  (Evans-TCP ; no. N26194) Transcribed from: (Readex Archive of Americana ; Early American Imprints, series I ; image set 34817) Images scanned from Readex microprint and microform: (Early American imprints. First series ; ...
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  Deposition of Gen. Elijah Clarke, of the state of Georgia, respecting a letter from him to Don Diego Morphy, consul of His Catholic Majesty, at Charleston, South-Carolina, containing, the answers to the said deponent, to certain interrogatories framed by the committee appointed on the 2d of February last, "To take all such steps as may be necessary for obtaining the testimony of the said Elijah Clark, or any other person or persons, on the subject-matter of the said letter." Taken before certain commissioners empowered by the said committee, for the purpose of taking the said deposition. : 27th April, 1798, ordered to lie on the table.
  Date of publication:
  1798
  

  Author(s):

  Clarke, Elijah, 1733-1799. ; United States. Congress. House. Committee on Impeachment of William Blount.
  Description:
  Ascribed to the press of William Ross by Evans.
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  The Claim and answer, in the case of William Cunningham & Co. against the United States; under the sixth article of the treaty of amity, commerce and navigation, between His Britannic Majesty and the United States of America.
  Date of publication:
  1798
  

  Author(s):

  Gordon, Thomas. ; Read, John, 1769-1854. ; Virginia. Governor (1776-1779 : Henry). ; Board of Commissioners for Carrying into Effect the Sixth Article of the Treaty of Amity, Commerce and Navigation Concluded between His Britannic Majesty and the United States of America.
  Description:
  Claim of William Cunningham & Co., p. [3]-12, signed: Thomas Gordon, attorney. Answer to the claim, p. 1-72, signed: John Read, Jun. agent general for the United States. Appendix, p. [i]-xix, contains a proclamation by ...
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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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  An oration, delivered on the Fourth of July, 1798, in the Presbyterian Church, at Newark, before a numerous audience, assembled to celebrate the twenty-second anniversary of American independence. / By Capt. Jabez Parkhurst. ; Published at the request of the citizens of the town.
  Date of publication:
  1798
  

  Author(s):

  Parkhurst, Jabez, 1764?-1829.
  Description:
  (Evans-TCP ; no. N25802) Transcribed from: (Readex Archive of Americana ; Early American Imprints, series I ; image set 34308) Images scanned from Readex microprint and microform: (Early American imprints. First series ; ...
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  Narrative of a late expedition against the Indians; with an acount of the barbarous execution of Col. Crawford; and the wonderful escape of Dr. Knight & John Slover from captivity in 1782. : To which is added, a narrative of the captivity & escape of Mrs. Frances Scott, an inhabitant of Washington County, Virginia.
  Date of publication:
  1798
  

  Author(s):

  Brackenridge, H. H. (Hugh Henry), 1748-1816, ed.
  Description:
  The narratives were first published in the Freeman's journal, Philadelphia, v. 3, nos. 106-109, April 30-May 21, 1783, at the request of H.H. Brackenridge, by whom they were prepared for publication. On p. [3] of the 1783 ...
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  American biography: or, An historical account of those persons who have been distinguished in America, as adventurers, statesmen, philosophers, divines, warriors, authors, and other remarkable characters. Comprehending a recital of the events connected with their lives and actions. : Vol. I[-II]. / By Jeremy Belknap, D.D. ; [Five lines in Latin from Virgil] ; Published according to act of Congress.
  Date of publication:
  1798
  

  Author(s):

  Belknap, Jeremy, 1744-1798.
  Description:
  An intended third volume was never published. Imprint of v. 2 varies: Printed at Boston, by Isaiah Thomas and E.T. Andrews, sold by them, and the other booksellers in Boston; by I. Thomas, Worcester; by Thomas, Andrews & ...
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  Detection of a conspiracy, formed by the United Irishmen, with the evident intention of aiding the tyrants of France in subverting the government of the United States. / By Peter Porcupine.
  Date of publication:
  1798
  

  Author(s):

  Cobbett, William, 1763-1835.
  Description:
  Attributed to William Cobbett by Gaines.
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  Barlow's letter. From the Connecticut courant.
  Date of publication:
  1798
  

  Author(s):

  Barlow, Joel, 1754-1812. ; Baldwin, Abraham, 1754-1807.
  Description:
  Unsigned preface followed by "Copy of a letter from an American diplomatic character in France to a member of Congress in Philadelphia [i.e., Abraham Baldwin]. 1st March 1798," reprinted from the Nov. 5, 1798, issue of the ...
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  Absalom's conspiracy: a sermon, preached at the general election, at Hartford in the state of Connecticut, May 10th, 1798. / By Azel Backus, A.M. Pastor of a church in Bethlem.
  Date of publication:
  1798
  

  Author(s):

  Backus, Azel, 1765-1816. ; Connecticut. General Assembly.
  Description:
  Opposing the license and atheism of Thomas Jefferson. Cf. the Dictionary of American biography. Half-title: Mr. Backus's election sermon, May 10, 1798. Printers' monogram device on title page.
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  A narrative of the captivity and sufferings of Mr. Ebenezer Fletcher, of Newipswich, who was wounded at Hubbarston [sic], in the year 1777, and taken prisoner by the British, and, after recovering a little from his wounds, made his escape from them, and returned back to Newipswich. / Written by himself.
  Date of publication:
  1798
  

  Author(s):

  Fletcher, Ebenezer, 1761-1831.
  Description:
  (Evans-TCP ; no. N25420) Transcribed from: (Readex Archive of Americana ; Early American Imprints, series I ; image set 33740) Images scanned from Readex microprint and microform: (Early American imprints. First series ; ...
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  Sketches of the history of America. By James Thomson Callender. ; (Entered according to law.)
  Date of publication:
  1798
  

  Author(s):

  Callender, James Thomson, 1758-1803.
  Description:
  Parentheses substituted for square brackets in title and in imprint. Chapter V presents a critical reading of Alexander Hamilton's defense against the charge of financial speculation while Secretary of the Treasury. ...
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  A caution; or, Reflections on the present contest between France and Great-Britain.
  Date of publication:
  1798
  

  Author(s):

  Dickinson, John, 1732-1808. ; Duane, William, 1760-1835.
  Description:
  Attributed to John Dickinson by William G. Soler. Cf. his note in: The Pennsylvania magazine of history and biography, v. 79 (1955), p. 100. Erroneously attributed to William Duane by Evans. Dated on p. 12: January 25, ...
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  A sermon, delivered on the 9th of May, 1798, the day of the national fast, recommended by the president of the United States. By Jeremy Belknap, D.D. Minister of the church in Federal-Street, Boston.
  Date of publication:
  1798
  

  Author(s):

  Belknap, Jeremy, 1744-1798.
  Description:
  Half-title: Dr. Belknap's sermon on the national fast, May 9th, 1798.
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  The speech of Mr. Bayard on the foreign intercourse bill. Delivered in the House of Representatives of the United States, on the third day of March, 1798.
  Date of publication:
  1798
  

  Author(s):

  Bayard, James A. (James Asheton), 1767-1815. ; United States. Congress (5th, 2nd session : 1797-1798). House.
  Description:
  Ascribed to the press of Richard Folwell by Evans. Evans mistakenly records a 24 p. edition (Evans 33384); the Historical Society of Pennsylvania copy proves to be a copy of the present edition with p. 17-24 of an 1803 ...
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  French arrogance; or, "The cat let out of the bag;" a poetical dialogue between the envoys of America, and X.Y.Z. and the lady.
  Date of publication:
  1798
  

  Author(s):

  Cobbett, William, 1763-1835.
  Description:
  In verse. Attributed to William Cobbett by Gaines. Parentheses substituted for square brackets in imprint transcription.
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  Andre; a tragedy, in five acts: as performed by the Old American Company, New-York, March 30, 1798. : To which are added, authentic documents respecting Major Andre; consisting of letters to Miss Seward, The cow chace, proceedings of the court martial, &c. : Copy right secured.
  Date of publication:
  1798
  

  Author(s):

  Dunlap, William, 1766-1839. ; André, John, 1751-1780. Cow chace. ; Old American Company.
  Description:
  Many scenes in this play were used again in the author's "Glory of Columbia", André, though a better play, being unsuccessful. Cf. Croad, O.S. William Dunlap, p. 171-173. Bookseller's advertisements, p. [111-112].
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  An oration, spoken at Hartford, in the state of Connecticut, on the anniversary of American independence, July 4th, 1798. By Theodore Dwight.
  Date of publication:
  1798
  

  Author(s):

  Dwight, Theodore, 1764-1846.
  Description:
  (Evans-TCP ; no. N25377) Transcribed from: (Readex Archive of Americana ; Early American Imprints, series I ; image set 33655) Images scanned from Readex microprint and microform: (Early American imprints. First series ; ...
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  Amelia; or, The faithless Briton. An original American novel, founded upon recent facts. : To which is added, Amelia, or Malevolence defeated; and, Miss Seward's Monody on Major Andre.
  Date of publication:
  1798
  

  Author(s):

  Trenchard, James, b. 1747, engraver. ; Hayley, William, 1745-1820. History of Amelia, or Malevolence defeated.
  Description:
  "Amelia, or Malevolence defeated" has been attributed to William Hayley. Cf. Pitcher, E.W. "Some emendations for Lyle B. Wright's American fiction 1774-1850." Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America 74 (1980): ...
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  Mr. Harper's speech, on the foreign intercourse bill, in reply to Mr. Nicholas and Mr. Gallatin. Delivered in the committee of the whole of the House of Representatives of the United States, on Friday the second of March, 1798.
  Date of publication:
  1798
  

  Author(s):

  Harper, Robert Goodloe, 1765-1825. ; United States. Congress (5th, 2nd session : 1797-1798). House.
  Description:
  Error in paging: p. 35 misnumbered 31.
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  Observations on the speech of Albert Gallatin, in the House of Representatives of the United States, on the Foreign Intercourse Bill. By Alexander Addison.
  Date of publication:
  1798
  

  Author(s):

  Addison, Alexander, 1759-1807.
  Description:
  Half-title: Observations on Mr. Gallatin's speech, on the Foreign Intercourse Bill. Price twenty-five cents.
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  An oration, pronounced in the First Parish at Amherst, N.H. on the anniversary of American independence, July 4, 1798. By Charles H. Atherton. ; [Seven lines of quotations]
  Date of publication:
  1798
  

  Author(s):

  Atherton, Charles H. (Charles Humphrey), 1773-1853. ; Congregational Church (Amherst, N.H.)
  Description:
  Half-title: Charles H. Atherton's oration.
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  An oration on the rise and progress of the United States of America, to the present crisis; and on the duties of the citizens. By Alexander Addison, Esq.
  Date of publication:
  1798
  

  Author(s):

  Addison, Alexander, 1759-1807.
  Description:
  (Evans-TCP ; no. N25103) Transcribed from: (Readex Archive of Americana ; Early American Imprints, series I ; image set 33269) Images scanned from Readex microprint and microform: (Early American imprints. First series ; ...
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  Monody on Major Andre. By Miss Seward,[.]
  Date of publication:
  1798
  

  Author(s):

  Seward, Anna, 1742-1809.
  Description:
  Issued as part of: Amelia; or, The faithless Briton ... Boston : W. Spotswood and C.P. Wayne, 1798 (Evans 33290). Also issued separately (Evans 34533) and as part of Florian, de, M. Galatea, a pastoral romance ... Boston, ...
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  An oration, on party spirit, pronounced before the Connecticut Society of Cincinnati, convened at Hartford, for the celebration of American independence, on the 4th of July, 1798. / By Thomas Day.
  Date of publication:
  1798
  

  Author(s):

  Day, Thomas, 1777-1855. ; Tallmadge, Benjamin, 1754-1835, dedicatee. ; Connecticut Society of the Cincinnati.
  Description:
  Dedicated to Colonel Benjamin Tallmadge.
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  A tribute to the United States. A poem. / By John Davis. ; [One line of Latin quotation]
  Date of publication:
  1798
  

  Author(s):

  Davis, John, 1774-1854.
  Description:
  (Evans-TCP ; no. N25347) Transcribed from: (Readex Archive of Americana ; Early American Imprints, series I ; image set 33609) Images scanned from Readex microprint and microform: (Early American imprints. First series ; ...
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  The speech of Albert Gallatin, delivered in the House of Representatives of the United States, on the first of March, 1798, upon the foreign intercourse bill.
  Date of publication:
  1798
  

  Author(s):

  Gallatin, Albert, 1761-1849. ; United States. Congress (5th, 2nd session : 1797-1798). House.
  Description:
  (Evans-TCP ; no. N25454) Transcribed from: (Readex Archive of Americana ; Early American Imprints, series I ; image set 33777) Images scanned from Readex microprint and microform: (Early American imprints. First series ; ...
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  The politicians; or, A state of things. A dramatic piece. / Written by an American, and a citizen of Philadelphia.
  Date of publication:
  1798
  

  Author(s):

  Murdock, John, 1748-1834.
  Description:
  Attributed to John Murdock by Evans. Edwin Wolf notes the presence in some copies of a leaf inserted between [A]1 and [A]2, containing an "Editor's note." Cf. his "Historical grist for the bibliographer's mill." Studies ...
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  An oration, pronounced at Norfolk, on the anniversary of American independence, Fourth of July, 1798. By Augustus Pettibone. ; Published by request.
  Date of publication:
  1798
  

  Author(s):

  Pettibone, Augustus, 1766-1847.
  Description:
  Printer's monogram device on title page.
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  An answer to Paine's Letter to General Washington: including some pages of gratuitous counsel to Mr. Erskine. : [One line of Latin quotation] / By P. Kennedy, Esq.
  Date of publication:
  1798
  

  Author(s):

  Kennedy, P. (Patrick).
  Description:
  Advertisement signed: P.P. [i.e., Peter Porcupine, pseudonym of William Cobbett].
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  An address on the natural and social order of the world, as intended to produce universal good; delivered before the Tammany Society, at their anniversary, on the 12th of May, 1798. : [One line of quotation in French] / By George Logan.
  Date of publication:
  1798
  

  Author(s):

  Logan, George, 1753-1821. ; Sons of St. Tammany.
  Description:
  (Evans-TCP ; no. N25606) Transcribed from: (Readex Archive of Americana ; Early American Imprints, series I ; image set 34011) Images scanned from Readex microprint and microform: (Early American imprints. First series ; ...
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  The American in Algiers, or The patriot of seventy-six in captivity. A poem, in two cantos. : [Two lines of verse from Freneau]
  Date of publication:
  1797
  

  Author(s):

  Unknown author
  Description:
  "Extract from a pamphlet, entitled, 'Reflections on the inconsistency of man.'"--p. [34]-36.
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  Porcupine's political censor, for Jan. 1797. ...
  Date of publication:
  1797
  

  Author(s):

  Cobbett, William, 1763-1835.
  Description:
  Also issued as part of some copies of: Cobbett, William. Porcupine's works. Vol. II. Philadelphia : Cobbett, [1797-1798] (Evans 31948). (from title page) Remarks on the proceedings in Congress -- Mr. Pickering's letter -- ...
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  New travels in the United States of America. Performed in 1788, / by J.P. Brissot de Warville. ; Translated from the French. [Five lines of quotations]
  Date of publication:
  1797
  

  Author(s):

  Brissot de Warville, J.-P. (Jacques-Pierre), 1754-1793.
  Description:
  First published in three volumes at Paris in 1791. This translation is of the first two volumes only. "A comparative table of the probabilities of life in New-England and in Europe."--folded leaf.
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  The history of Maria Kittle. By Ann Eliza Bleecker. ; In a letter to Miss Ten Eyck.
  Date of publication:
  1797
  

  Author(s):

  Bleecker, Ann Eliza, 1752-1783.
  Description:
  (Evans-TCP ; no. N24073) Transcribed from: (Readex Archive of Americana ; Early American Imprints, series I ; image set 31837) Images scanned from Readex microprint and microform: (Early American imprints. First series ; ...
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  Causes and error of complaints and jealousy of the administration of the government: being, a charge to the grand juries of the counties of the Fifth Circuit, of the state of Pennsylvania, at March sessions, 1797. / By Alexander Addison, president of the courts of common pleas of that circuit.
  Date of publication:
  1797
  

  Author(s):

  Addison, Alexander, 1759-1807. ; Pennsylvania. Circuit Court (5th Circuit).
  Description:
  (Evans-TCP ; no. N23961) Transcribed from: (Readex Archive of Americana ; Early American Imprints, series I ; image set 31694) Images scanned from Readex microprint and microform: (Early American imprints. First series ; ...
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  Beacon Hill. A local poem, historic and descriptive. Book I. : Published according to act of Congress.
  Date of publication:
  1797
  

  Author(s):

  Morton, Sarah Wentworth, 1759-1846.
  Description:
  Half-title: Beacon Hill. Book I. "Apology for the poem" signed: S.M. Attributed to Sarah Wentworth Morton in BAL. No more published.
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  An historical and geographical account of Algiers; comprehending a novel and interesting detail of events relative to the American captives. / By James Wilson Stevens.
  Date of publication:
  1797
  

  Author(s):

  Stevens, James Wilson. ; Barlow, Joel, 1754-1812, dedicatee.
  Description:
  Dedicated to Joel Barlow. Errata note, p. [xii]. Subscriber's [sic] names."--p. [305-310]. Publisher's advertisement, p. [311-312].
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  A few observations on some late public transactions in and out of Congress. Particularly, on the dangerous and seemingly unconstitutional manner the late election for a chief magistrate was conducted throughout the states of the union. : Most respectfully recommended to the serious consideration of the citizens of all the United States. / By a member of the Congress on the Stamp Act, held at New-York in 1765, and of the two first at Philadelphia, in 1774 and 1775. ; [One line epigram in Latin]
  Date of publication:
  1797
  

  Author(s):

  Gadsden, Christopher, 1724-1805.
  Description:
  Attributed to Christopher Gadsden by Evans.
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  An examination of the conduct of the executive of the United States, towards the French Republic; likewise an analysis of the explanatory article of the British treaty-- in a series of letters. / By a citizen of Pennsylvania. ; [One line from Shakespeare]
  Date of publication:
  1797
  

  Author(s):

  Gallatin, Albert, 1761-1849.
  Description:
  Attributed to Gallatin by Evans.
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  A letter to Thomas Paine, in answer to his scurrilous epistle addressed to our late worthy President Washington: and containing comments and observations on his life, political amd deistical writings, &c. &c. Intended as an alarm to the good people of these states, from being led astray by the sophistical reasonings of Mr. Paine. / By an American citizen, in whose heart the amor patriae holds the highest place.
  Date of publication:
  1797
  

  Author(s):

  American citizen, in whose heart the amor patriae holds the highest place.
  Description:
  (Evans-TCP ; no. N24460) Transcribed from: (Readex Archive of Americana ; Early American Imprints, series I ; image set 32375) Images scanned from Readex microprint and microform: (Early American imprints. First series ; ...
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  The female review: or, Memoirs of an American young lady; whose life and character are peculiarly distinguished--being a Continental soldier, for nearly three years, in the late American war. During which time, she performed the duties of every department, into which she was called, with punctual exactness, fidelity and honor, and preserved her chastity inviolate, by the most artful concealment of her sex. : With an appendix, containing charcteristic traits, by different hands; her taste for economy, principles of domestic education, &c. / By a citizen of Massachusetts.
  Date of publication:
  1797
  

  Author(s):

  Mann, Herman, 1771-1833. ; Beastall, William, d. 1808, ill. ; Graham, George, fl. 1797-1813, engraver.
  Description:
  Account of the experiences of Deborah Sampson, afterwards Deborah Sampson Gannett. "127th Massachusetts district copyright, issued to Herman Mann, as author, 11 September, 1797."--Evans. Frontispiece portrait of Sampson ...
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  Observations on certain documents contained in no. V & VI of "The history of the United States for the year 1796," in which the charge of speculation against Alexander Hamilton, late secretary of the Treasury, is fully refuted. / Written by himself.
  Date of publication:
  1797
  

  Author(s):

  Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804.
  Description:
  Signed on p. 37: Alexander Hamilton. Philadelphia, July, 1797. Error in paging: p. xxxviii misnumbered xxxiii.
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  Observations on the dispute between the United States and France, addressed by Robert Goodloe Harper, of South Carolina, to his constituents, in May, 1797.
  Date of publication:
  1797
  

  Author(s):

  Harper, Robert Goodloe, 1765-1825.
  Description:
  Half-title: Dispute between the United States and France. June, 1797.
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  Bunker-Hill; or The death of General Warren: an historic tragedy. In five acts. / By John Burk, late of Trinity College, Dublin. ; As played at the theatres in America, for fourteen nights, with unbounded applause. ; Copy right secured according to law.
  Date of publication:
  1797
  

  Author(s):

  Burk, John, d. 1808. ; Burr, Aaron, 1756-1836, dedicatee.
  Description:
  Dedicated to Aaron Burr.
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  The history of the United States for 1796; including a variety of interesting particulars relative to the federal government previous to that period.
  Date of publication:
  1797
  

  Author(s):

  Callender, James Thomson, 1758-1803.
  Description:
  Attributed to Callender by Evans and the Library of Congress. Evans considers it a new edition of Callender's American annual register for 1796 (Evans 31905); the Library of Congress describes it as a supplement to that ...
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  Porcupine's political censor, for March 1797. ...
  Date of publication:
  1797
  

  Author(s):

  Cobbett, William, 1763-1835.
  Description:
  "There is no Censor for February, this year."--title page. Gaines notes four variants (Gaines 31a-d, q.v.), the last of which he reports to be "A new setting of type, but a faithful copy." With a half-title. (from title ...
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  Sketches of French and English politicks in America, in May, 1797. By a member of the old Congress.
  Date of publication:
  1797
  

  Author(s):

  Beresford, Richard, 1755-1803.
  Description:
  Attributed to Beresford by Evans.
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  Opinions respecting the commercial intercourse between the United States of America, and the dominions of Great-Britain, including observations upon the necessity and importance of an American navigation act. / By a citizen of Massachusetts. ; [One line in Latin]
  Date of publication:
  1797
  

  Author(s):

  Bowdoin, James, 1752-1811.
  Description:
  Attributed to Bowdoin by Evans. Errata statement at foot of p. 61.
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  The American remembrancer; or, An impartial collection of essays, resolves, speeches, &c. relative, or having affinity, to the treaty with Great Britain.
  Date of publication:
  1796
  

  Author(s):

  Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839, ed.
  Description:
  In twelve numbered parts. Edited by Mathew Carey. "Advertisement. It is intended, in the present publication, to collect together the most valuable essays, resolutions, speeches, &c. respecting the treaty between the United ...
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  History of the American Jacobins, commonly denominated Democrats. By Peter Porcupine. ; [Three lines from Burke]
  Date of publication:
  1796
  

  Author(s):

  Cobbett, William, 1763-1835.
  Description:
  Attributed to William Cobbett by Gaines, who identifies Samuel Sansom, Jun., as printer. Also issued as part of: Playfair, William. The history of Jacobinism ... Philadelphia : Printed for William Cobbett, 1796 (Evans 31016).
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  Boston, 24th Sept. 1796. At this important crisis, George Washington having declined to serve as president of the United States, after the 4th of March next, and John Adams having been held up as a candidate to succeed him in that office ...
  Date of publication:
  1796
  

  Author(s):

  Americanus.
  Description:
  Opposing the candidacy of John Adams. Signed: Americanus.
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  An antidote for Tom Paine's theological and political poison: containing 1. Tom's life, interspersed with remarks and reflections by P. Porcupine. 2. An apology for the Bible, in a series of letters addressed to Paine by the Bishop of Landaff. 3. An apology for Christianity, by the same learned, elegant writer. 4. An answer to Paine's anarchical nonsense, commonly called, the Rights of man.
  Date of publication:
  1796
  

  Author(s):

  Cobbett, William, 1763-1835. ; Watson, Richard, 1737-1816.
  Description:
  Caption title: The political censor, for September, 1796. The title page not withstanding, the contents are identical with those of William Cobbett's Political censor for September, 1796. The two essays by the Bishop of ...
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  The political censor, or Monthly review of the most interesting political occurrences, relative to the United States of America. By Peter Porcupine.
  Date of publication:
  1796
  

  Author(s):

  Cobbett, William, 1763-1835.
  Description:
  Printed wrapper: The political censor, or Monthly review for March 1796, This work will be published on the last day of every month. Six Censors will make a volume, the sixth will therefore contain a general index and table ...
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  A narrative of the captivity of Mrs. Johnson. Containing an account of her sufferings, during four years with the Indians and French. : Published according to act of Congress.
  Date of publication:
  1796
  

  Author(s):

  Johnson, Mrs. (Susannah Willard), 1730-1810. ; Chamberlain, John Curtis, 1772-1834.
  Description:
  "Part of the following pages were dictated by Mrs. Johnson, now Mrs. Hastings, herself, and part were taken from minutes, made by Mr. Johnson and herself, during their imprisonment."--p. [2]. Dated on p. 144: Charlestown, ...
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  The foresters, an American tale; : being a sequel to the History of John Bull the clothier. : In a series of letters to a friend. : Published according to act of Congress.
  Date of publication:
  1796
  

  Author(s):

  Belknap, Jeremy, 1744-1798. ; Arbuthnot, John, 1667-1735. History of John Bull.
  Description:
  Historical allegory dealing with the American Revolution and contemporary relations with England and France. Attributed to Jeremy Belknap in the Dictionary of American biography. Parentheses substituted for square brakets ...
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  The political censor, or Monthly review of the most interesting political occurrences, relative to the United States of America. By Peter Porcupine.
  Date of publication:
  1796
  

  Author(s):

  Cobbett, William, 1763-1835.
  Description:
  Caption title: The political censor for April, 1796. The frontispiece, a caricature of Albert Gallatin, is mistakenly identified as by Evans as being of Thomas Paine. Cf. Gaine. Two states noted. In one (Gaines 14a), p. ...
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  A prospect from the Congress-gallery, during the session, begun December 7, 1795. Containing the president's speech, the addresses of both houses, some of the debates in the Senate, and all the principal debates in the House of Representatives; each debate being brought under one head, and so digested and simplified as to give the reader the completest view of the proceedings with the least possible fatigue. : With occasional remarks, / by Peter Porcupine.
  Date of publication:
  1796
  

  Author(s):

  Cobbett, William, 1763-1835.
  Description:
  Printed wrapper has title: No. 1. A prospect from the Congress-gallery ... "End of the first number."--p. 68. Continued as: The political censor, or Monthly review. Bookseller's advertisements, p. [3-4] of wrapper.
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  Porcupine's political censor, for November 1796. Containing observations on the insolent and seditious notes, communicated to the people of the United States by the late French Minister Adet;[.]
  Date of publication:
  1796
  

  Author(s):

  Cobbett, William, 1763-1835.
  Description:
  Previous issues through Sept. 1796 published under title: The political censor. There was no issue for Oct. 1796. "Persuaded of the utility this Censor may be of, if extensively read, the editor has printed a double edition ...
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  A letter to George Washington, president of the United States: containing strictures on his address of the seventeenth of September, 1796, notifying his relinquishment of the presidential office. / By Jasper Dwight, of Vermont.
  Date of publication:
  1796
  

  Author(s):

  Duane, William, 1760-1835. ; Treziulney.
  Description:
  Generally attributed to William Duane. Attributed by Evans to ---- Treziulney, on the basis of the following from the autobiography of Mathew Carey: "A Pole, by the name of Treziulney, who acted as book-keeper for Mr. ...
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  A New-Year's gift to the Democrats; or Observations on a pamphlet, entitled, "A vindication of Mr. Randolph's resignation." By Peter Porcupine. ; [Six lines from Swift]
  Date of publication:
  1796
  

  Author(s):

  Cobbett, William, 1763-1835.
  Description:
  Three states noted (Gaines 10a-c; q.v.). Bookseller's advertisement, p. [72].
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  The Federalist: containing some strictures upon a pamphlet, entitled, "The pretensions of Thomas Jefferson to the presidency, examined, and the charges against John Adams, refuted." : Which pamphlet was first published in the Gazette of the United States, in a series of essays, under the signature of "Phocion." : Part the second.
  Date of publication:
  1796
  

  Author(s):

  Coxe, Tench, 1755-1824.
  Description:
  Contains numbers IX-XII. Attributed to Tench Coxe by Evans.
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  Official letters to the Honorable American Congress, written, during the war between the United Colonies and Great-Britain, by His Excellency George Washington, commander in chief of the Continental forces: now president of the United States. ; Copied, by special permission, from the original papers preserved in the office of the secretary of state, Philadelphia. ; Vol. I[-II].
  Date of publication:
  1796
  

  Author(s):

  Washington, George, 1732-1799. ; Carey, John, 1756-1826, ed. ; United States. Continental Congress.
  Description:
  Edited by John Carey. Cf. Evans. "There are two impressions of Volume I. differing, typographically, throughout."--Evans. Some copies of v. 2 have imprint as in v. 1; others (Bristol 9738) have imprint: New-York: Printed ...
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