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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.
  Description:
  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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  Wednesday January I. 1701. A little before break-a-day at Boston of the Massachusets.
  Date of publication:
  1701
  

  Author(s):

  Sewall, Samuel, 1652-1730.
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  Verse, in six stanzas, honoring the new century. First line: Once more! Our God, vouchsafe to shine. By Samuel Sewall. His diary entry for Jan. 2, 1700/01, includes three stanzas; cf. The diary of Samuel Sewall, 1674-1729, ...
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  Verses occasioned by the earthquakes in the month of November, 1755. By Jeremiah Newland.
  Date of publication:
  1755
  

  Author(s):

  Newland, Jeremiah.
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  Verse, in forty-nine stanzas, concerning the earthquakes felt in Boston and other parts of New England. First line: O God of mercy thou art good. Text in three columns.
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  Upon Mr. Samuel Willard, his first coming into the assembly, and praying, after a long and dangerous fit of sickness; November 21. 1700. at 3. in the afternoon, being a day of publick thanksgiving. Mr. Pemberton's text, Psal. 118.27.
  Date of publication:
  1700
  

  Author(s):

  Sewall, Samuel, 1652-1730.
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  Verse in three stanzas; first lines: As Joseph let his brethren see Simeon both alive, and free. By Samuel Sewall; cf. his diary entry for Nov. 21, 1700. Imprint supplied by Evans. Printed area, including row of printers' ...
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  Typographia. An ode, on printing. : Inscrib'd to the Honourable William Gooch, Esq; His Majesty's lieutenant-governor, and commander in chief of the colony of Virginia. : [Three lines of quotation in Latin]
  Date of publication:
  1730
  

  Author(s):

  Markland, J.
  Description:
  Dedication signed: J. Markland. L.C. Wroth suggests that the author is the "John Markland, attorney, New Kent" listed among subscribers to the "Collection of acts in force in Virginia," printed in 1733 by Parks. Cf. E.G. ...
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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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  To the Reverend Mr. James Davenport on his departure from Boston, by way of a dream: with a line to the scoffers at religion, who make an ill improvement of his naming out our worthy minister. : To which is added, a postcript to the Rev. Mr. A--d--w C--w-ll. / By a female friend.
  Date of publication:
  1742
  

  Author(s):

  Moorhead, Sarah Parsons. ; Davenport, James, 1716-1757.
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  In verse. Caption title. Attributed to Sarah Parsons Moorhead by Evans. Imprint from colophon.
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  Tilden's miscellanous [sic] poems, on divers occasions; chiefly to animate & rouse the soldiers.
  Date of publication:
  1756
  

  Author(s):

  Tilden, Stephen, 1690-1766.
  Description:
  Place of publication suggested by Johnson.
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  Tilden's miscellaneous poems, on divers occasions; chiefly to animate and rouse the soldiers.
  Date of publication:
  1764
  

  Author(s):

  Tilden, Stephen, 1690-1766.
  Description:
  Advertised in the New-London gazette, Jan. 27, 1764, as "just publish'd by the printer hereof." Dated 1758 by Evans.
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  Thoughts for the day of rain. In two essay's: I. The Gospel of the rainbow. In the meditations of piety, on the appearance of the bright clouds, with the bow of God upon them. II. The Saviour with his rainbow. And the covenant which God will remember to his people in the cloudy times that are passing over them. / By Cotton Mather., D.D. ; [Seven lines of quotations]
  Date of publication:
  1712
  

  Author(s):

  Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728. ; R. H.
  Description:
  Second essay preached in 1711. Elegy by Mather in English and Latin, p. vi. Poem to Mather, p. 35-36, signed: R.H.
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  The Yearly verses of the printer's lad, who carrieth about the Pennsylvania gazette, to the customers thereof. January 1. 1740.
  Date of publication:
  1739
  

  Author(s):

  Unknown author
  Description:
  Presumably printed late in 1739 by Benjamin Franklin, printer of the Pennsylvania gazette, for distribution on or about New Year's Day. Relief cut (Reilly 1835); printed area measures 31.0 x 8.2 cm.
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  The Wonderful story-teller; or Pocket library of agreeable entertainment. Containing a miscellaneous collection of remarkable stories, surprising narratives, wonderful occurrences, singular events, whimsical tales, striking anecdotes, miraculous and heroic adventures in human life, odd sayings, supernatural visions, unaccountable appearances, absurd characters, memorable exploits, astonishing deliverances from death and various other dangers, amusing histories, strange accidents, extraordinary memoirs, &c. in the wonderful phenomena of nature. : The whole interspersed with choice extracts from the most celebrated historians, ancient and modern; and including many wonderful stories entirely original, and founded on well-attested facts. / By Walley C. Oulton, Esq. ; [Eight lines of verse]
  Date of publication:
  1797
  

  Author(s):

  Oulton, Walley Chamberlain, 1770?-1820?, comp.
  Description:
  "Partly selected from the works of our most ancient authors, and partly original, being written on purpose by several well-known characters (both ladies and gentlemen) for this valuable undertaking ..."--Preface. "Poetical ...
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  The vision of Columbus; a poem in nine books. / By Joel Barlow, Esquire.
  Date of publication:
  1787
  

  Author(s):

  Barlow, Joel, 1754-1812. ; Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793, dedicatee.
  Description:
  The basis of the author's "Columbiad." Dedicated to King Louis the Sixteenth. Error in paging: p. 203 misnumbered 103. "Subscribers names."--p. [259-272].
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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.
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  In verse. Attributed to Sarah Wentworth Morton in BAL. Dedicated to Abigail Adams. "To time."--p. 39-46, in verse.
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  The village merchant: a poem. : To which is added The country printer. : [Four lines of verse]
  Date of publication:
  1794
  

  Author(s):

  Freneau, Philip Morin, 1752-1832.
  Description:
  Both poems appear in: Poems written between the years 1768 & 1794 by Philip Freneau of New Jersey ... Monmouth, N.J., 1794.
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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
  Description:
  Resource deposited with the Oxford Text Archive.
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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
  Description:
  Title proper taken from Readme.2050 file accompanying the text Contents: File 1. readme.2050 [contains details about the creation of the text ; File 2. Introduction, Poem and authors notes. List of works. Appendix I: The ...
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  The unfortunate hero; a Pindaric ode. Occasion'd by the lamented fate of Viscount George Augustus Howe, Baron of Clenawley, &c. Who was slain in the battle near Carillon, July the 6th, 1758. : [One line of Scripture text] : Together with an ode, on the reduction of Louisbourg, July 27, 1758. : [Six lines of Latin quotations]
  Date of publication:
  1758
  

  Author(s):

  Prime, Benjamin Young, 1733-1791.
  Description:
  Attributed to Benjamin Young Prime by Bristol.
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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.
  Description:
  Error in paging; p. 109 misnumbered 199.
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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 triumph of infidelity: a poem.
  Date of publication:
  1788
  

  Author(s):

  Dwight, Timothy, 1752-1817. ; Voltaire, 1694-1778.
  Description:
  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 travels of the imagination; a true journey from Newcastle to London. : To which are added, American independence, an everlasting deliverance from British tyranny: a poem.
  Date of publication:
  1778
  

  Author(s):

  Murray, James, 1732-1782. ; Freneau, Philip Morin, 1752-1832. American independence.
  Description:
  Attributed to James Murray by Evans. Also issued as part of: Miscellanies for sentimentalists ... Philadelphia : Robert Bell, 1778 (Evans 15914). "American independence, an everlasting deliverance from British tyranny. A ...
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  The travelling millennarian to the people of America. [Eight lines of Scripture quotations]
  Date of publication:
  1796
  

  Author(s):

  Correy, Molleston.
  Description:
  "On my past life."--p. 27-36, in verse.
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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.
  Description:
  "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 times a poem.
  Date of publication:
  1765
  

  Author(s):

  Church, Benjamin, 1734-1778.
  Description:
  A satire on the Stamp Act. Caption title (p. [3]): The times. A poem. By an American. Attributed to Benjamin Church in the Dictionary of American biography. Advertised as "For sale at the Heart and Crown" in the Massachusetts ...
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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 shipwreck. A sentimental and descriptive poem. In three cantos. / By William Falconer, an English sailor. ; [Two lines in Latin from Virgil, with two line English translation]
  Date of publication:
  1788
  

  Author(s):

  Falconer, William, 1732-1769. ; Markoe, Peter, 1752?-1792. Storm, a poem ...
  Description:
  "Occasional elegy."--p. 101-103. "The shipweck. Occasioned by the loss of the Halsewell East-Indiaman."--p. [104]-105. "The storm, a poem. Descriptive of the late tempest, which raged with such destructive fury throughout ...
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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.
  Description:
  Error in paging: p. 216 misnumbered 214.
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  The seasons, 1730 / James Thompson
  Date of publication:
  1730
  

  Author(s):

  Thompson, James, 1700-1748
  Description:
  Title from title page of source text
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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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  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 romance of the forest. Interspersed with some pieces of poetry. / By Mrs. Ratclief [sic]. Authoress of "A Sicilian Romance," etc. ; [Five lines from Shakespeare's Macbeth] ; In two volumes. Vol. I[-II].
  Date of publication:
  1795
  

  Author(s):

  Radcliffe, Ann Ward, 1764-1823.
  Description:
  Vol. 1: 156 p.; v. 2: p. 168 p.
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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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  The right Christian temper in every condition, endeavoured (as the Lord vouchsafed to assist) to be set forth and recommended: and the due debt of a suitable contentment with our outward lot, humbly demanded, on the behalf of the Divine Providence; in a lecture upon Heb. 13. 5. Be content with such things as you have. / By John Danforth, Pastor of the Church of Christ, at Dorchester in N.E.
  Date of publication:
  1702
  

  Author(s):

  Danforth, John, 1660-1730. ; Allen, James, 1632-1710.
  Description:
  Preface signed by James Allen. "A few lines to fill up a vacant page."--p. [29].
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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
  Description:
  (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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  The rape of the lock
  Date of publication:
  1712
  

  Author(s):

  Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744
  Description:
  The same title appears on all five files Contents: File 1. 1712 ; File 2. 1714 ; File 3. 1717 ; File 4. 1717 [the same but with page numbers included] ; File 5. 1714 with two additions from 1717 at the end This poem was ...
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  The prospect of peace. A poetical composition, delivered in Yale-College, at the public examination, of the candidates for the degree of bachelor of arts; July 23, 1778. / By Joel Barlow, A.B.
  Date of publication:
  1778
  

  Author(s):

  Barlow, Joel, 1754-1812. ; Yale College.
  Description:
  Published in 1778; see BAL.
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  The progress of science. A poem delivered at Harvard College before a committee of overseers, April 21, 1780. / By a junior sophister.
  Date of publication:
  1780
  

  Author(s):

  Dexter, Samuel, 1761-1816. ; Harvard College (1636-1780).
  Description:
  Attributed to Samuel Dexter in the Dictionary of American biography.
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  The progress of dulness. Part third, and last: sometimes called, The progress of coquetry, or The adventures of Miss Harriet Simper, of the colony of Connecticut. Containing advice of the ladies to Harriet's mother concerning education. Address to parents, Harriet's studies, skill in fashions, scandal and romances; with the consequent occurrences of her life by way of illustration of the moral of the work. : For the use of the ladies and their parents. : [Two lines in Latin from Virgil]
  Date of publication:
  1773
  

  Author(s):

  Trumbull, John, 1750-1831.
  Description:
  In verse. Attributed to John Trumbull in BAL. With a half-title. Errata slip mounted on p. viii.
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  The progress of dulness, part second: or An essay on the life and character of Dick Hairbrain, of finical memory; being an astronomical calendar, calculated for the meridian of New-York, north latitude, 41^o. West longitude 72^o:30'; but which may serve without material error, for any of the neighboring climates: containing, among other curious and surprizing particulars, Dick's soliloquy on a college-life--a description of a country-fop---receipt to make a gentleman, with the fop's creed and exposition of the Scriptures---Dick's gradual progress from a clown to a coxcomb---his travels, gallantry, and opinion of the ladies---his peripaetia and catastrophe, with the moral and application of the whole. : Published for the universal benefit of mankind.
  Date of publication:
  1773
  

  Author(s):

  Trumbull, John, 1750-1831.
  Description:
  In verse. Attributed to John Trumbull in BAL. "Advertisement. To be published by the next commencement ... The progress of dulness, part third and last."--p. [28]. Ascribed to the press of Thomas and Samuel Green, who are ...
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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 became 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:
  1773
  

  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 first edition of the third part (Evans 13052). With a half-title. "Now in the ...
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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 progress of dulness, or The rare adventures of Tom Brainless. By the celebrated author of Mc.Fingal.
  Date of publication:
  1797
  

  Author(s):

  Trumbull, John, 1750-1831.
  Description:
  In verse. Attributed to John Trumbull in the Dictionary of American biography. The progress of dulness. Part first -- The progress of dulness. Part second. Or An essay on the life and character of Dick Hairbrain of finical ...
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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 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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  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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  The political writings of Joel Barlow. --Containing-- Advice to the privileged orders. Letter to the national convention. Letter to the people of Piedmont. The conspiracy of kings.
  Date of publication:
  1796
  

  Author(s):

  Barlow, Joel, 1754-1812.
  Description:
  Two states of the title page noted in BAL. In one, the imprint reads as given here; in the other, the words "by them" are omitted. Error in paging: p. 195 misnumbered 185. "Note on Mr. Burke"--p. [252]-258.
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  The poems of Philip Freneau. Written chiefly during the late war.
  Date of publication:
  1786
  

  Author(s):

  Freneau, Philip Morin, 1752-1832.
  Description:
  "Issued in two formats: Thin paper, sheets bulk 3/4"; and thick paper, sheets bulk 15/16". Some copies have been seen on mixed papers."--BAL. Date of publication supplied by Evans. Error in paging: p. 357 misnumbered 537.
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  The pleasures of imagination
  Date of publication:
  1744
  

  Author(s):

  Akenside, Mark, 1721-1770
  Description:
  Title proper taken from the main portion of the title of the earliest printed copy to hand: 4th ed., 1744 This text is incomplete
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  The Philadelphiad; or New pictures of the city: interspersed with a candid review and display of some first-rate modern characters of both sexes: delineated in a friendly and satirical manner, and containing sketches of the materials that distinguish the following places, viz. Court-house, new-jail, theatre, bagnio, hospital for lunatics, Bell's-Book-Store, State-House, and coffee-house. : With other entertaining anecdotes, humorous, moral and sentimental. : Vol. I[-II]. : [Three lines of quotations]
  Date of publication:
  1784
  

  Author(s):

  Unknown author
  Description:
  In verse. Vol. 1: 83, [1] p.; v. 2: 59, [1] p.
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  The Paxtoniade. A poem. / By Christopher Gymnast, Esqr; ; With the prolegomena and exercitations of Scriblerus.
  Date of publication:
  1764
  

  Author(s):

  Gymnast, Christopher. ; Scriblerus.
  Description:
  Place of publication and printer's name supplied by Evans and Hildeburn.
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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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  The News-carrier's address to his customers. Hartford, January 1, 1783.
  Date of publication:
  1782
  

  Author(s):

  Trumbull, John, 1750-1831.
  Description:
  Attributed to John Trumbull in BAL. Presumably printed late in 1781 by Barzillai Hudson and George Goodwin, printers of Hartford's only newspaper at this time, the Connecticut courant, for distribution on or about New ...
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  The New-Year verses of the printer's boy, who carries the Pennsylvania-gazette to the customers. 1748.
  Date of publication:
  1748
  

  Author(s):

  Unknown author
  Description:
  Title within mortised block (Reilly 117). Followed by: Philadelphia, January 2. By Capt. Gantony, arrived at Wilmington from St. Eustasia, we have the following extracts. A letter from a gentleman at Eustasia to his friend ...
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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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  The nets of salvation. A brief essay, upon the glorious designs & methods of winning. The minds of men unto serious religion, : [Four lines of quotations]
  Date of publication:
  1704
  

  Author(s):

  Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728.
  Description:
  Urging listeners to endeavor to win people to the Christian life. Attributed to Cotton Mather by Holmes. "The language of a soul taken in the nets of salvation."--p. 55-56, 38 lines 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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  The mysteries of Udolpho, a romance; interspersed with some pieces of poetry. / By Ann Ratcliffe [sic], author of The romance of the forest, A Sicilian romance, &c. ; In three volumes. Vol. I[-III]. ; [Four lines of verse]
  Date of publication:
  1795
  

  Author(s):

  Radcliffe, Ann Ward, 1764-1823.
  Description:
  Evans incorrectly assumed a Worcester imprint for this edition. Vol. 1: 224 p.; v. 2, 224 p.; v. 3, 232 p.
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  The modern Quaker. A comparative view of the primitive and present state of the Society of Friends, particularly addressed to the youth. / Written in England by an observer, and presented to Friends' children.
  Date of publication:
  1792
  

  Author(s):

  Observer.
  Description:
  In verse. Caption title. Imprint from colophon. Date of publication supplied by Bristol; Daniel Lawrence seems to have been at no. 33 North 4th Street in 1792 and 1793 only.
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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.
  Description:
  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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  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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  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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  The Maryland muse. Containing I. The history of Colonel Nathaniel Bacon's rebellion in Virginia. Done into Hudibrastick verse, from an old ms. II. The sotweed factor, or voiage to Maryland. / By E. Cooke, gent. ; [Two lines of verse]
  Date of publication:
  1731
  

  Author(s):

  Cooke, Ebenezer, ca. 1667-ca. 1732. ; Cooke, Ebenezer, ca. 1667-ca. 1732. Sotweed factor, or voiage to Maryland.
  Description:
  Edition statement transposed; precedes "By E. Cooke, gent." on title page. Ascribed to the press of William Parks by L.C. Wroth. See his "The Maryland muse." American Antiquarian Society proceedings 44 (1934): 267-335. "To ...
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  The marriage of Heaven and Hell / by William Blake
  Date of publication:
  1793
  

  Author(s):

  Blake, William, 1757-1827
  Description:
  Mode of access: Online. OTA website An old note stated that this text came from Great Expectations presumably an electronic resource website. Cannot be traced
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  The marriage of Heaven and Hell
  Date of publication:
  1793
  

  Author(s):

  Blake, William, 1757-1827
  Description:
  Resource deposited with the Oxford Text Archive.
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  The man of feeling: a novel, / by Mr. Mackenzie, of Edinburg. Author of Julia de Roubigne, and The man of the world. ; With The sentimental sailor. A poem, originating from Rousseau's Eloisa. ; [Six lines of verse from Propertius]
  Date of publication:
  1782
  

  Author(s):

  Mackenzie, Henry, 1745-1831. ; Merrick, James, 1720-1769. ; Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778, dedicatee. ; Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778. Eloisa. ; Mercer, Thomas, b. 1709. Sentimental sailor.
  Description:
  Error in paging: p. 77-103 misnumbered 76-102. Bookseller's advertisement, p. iv. "The wish by Mr. Merrick."--p. [72]. "The sentimental sailor, versified from Rousseau; or St. Preux to Eloisa, an elegy in two parts, with ...
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  The Loyal address of the clergy of Virginia.
  Date of publication:
  1702
  

  Author(s):

  Unknown author
  Description:
  In verse. First line: May it please you dread sir, we the clerks of Virginia. The imprint is false. Probably printed in London.
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  The life of Voltaire, by the Marquis de Condorcet. ; To which are added Memoirs of Voltaire, written by himself. ; Translated from the French. ; In two volumes. Vol. I[-II].
  Date of publication:
  1792
  

  Author(s):

  Condorcet, Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de, 1743-1794. ; Voltaire, 1694-1778.
  Description:
  (Evans-TCP ; no. N18649) Transcribed from: (Readex Archive of Americana ; Early American Imprints, series I ; image set 24210) Images scanned from Readex microprint and microform: (Early American imprints. First series ; ...
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  The life of Mrs. Elizabeth Rowe. With some account of Mr. Walter Singer, her father, and Mr. Thomas Rowe, her consort.
  Date of publication:
  1747
  

  Author(s):

  Rowe, Theophilus.
  Description:
  Half-title: The life of Mrs. Rowe. Attributed to Theophilus Rowe in the Dictionary of national biography. First published with: Rowe, Elizabeth. The miscellaneous works in prose and verse ... London, 1739. Incorrectly dated ...
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  The life of Gen. Washington, commander in chief of the American Army during the late war, and present president of the United States. Also, of the brave General Montgomery. : Embellished with cuts.
  Date of publication:
  1794
  

  Author(s):

  Morse, Jedidiah, 1761-1826.
  Description:
  Attributed to Jedidiah Morse by Shipton & Mooney. With portraits of Washington and Montgomery. Poems, p. [32]-35. "Federal prayer."--p. 36.
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  The life and confession of Johnson Green, who is to be executed this day, August 17th, 1786, for the atrocious crime of burglary; together with his last and dying words.
  Date of publication:
  1786
  

  Author(s):

  Green, Johnson, 1757-1786. ; Prisoner in Worcester gaol.
  Description:
  Signed: Johnson Green. his mark. Worcester gaol, August 16, 1786. Text in five columns; printed area measures 51.6 x 41.7 cm. Fifth column contains: The following poem was written at the request of Johnson Green, by a ...
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  The law given at Sinai: a poem. / By a young gentleman.
  Date of publication:
  1777
  

  Author(s):

  Dawes, Thomas, 1757-1825. ; Langdon, Samuel, 1723-1797, dedicatee.
  Description:
  Attributed to Dawes by Wegelin and Evans. Dedicated Samuel Langdon, president of Harvard College.
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  The Hive: or A collection of thoughts on civil, moral, sentimental, and religious subjects: selected from the writings of near one hundred of the best authors of different nations; but chiefly from the most celebrated English writers, who have been esteemed the most correct and elegant models of fine composition. Intended as a repository of sententious, ingenious, and pertinent sayings, in verse and prose, to which youth may have recourse upon any particular topic; and by which they may be taught to think justly, write correctly and elegantly, and speak wtih propriety.
  Date of publication:
  1795
  

  Author(s):

  Doolittle, Amos, 1754-1832, engraver.
  Description:
  Frontispiece engraved by Amos Doolittle.
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  The Hive: or A collection of thoughts on civil, moral, sentimental, and religious subjects: selected from the writings of near one hundred of the best authors of different nations; but chiefly from the most celebrated English writers, who have been esteemed the most correct and elegant models of fine composition. Intended as a repository of sententious, ingenious, and pertinent sayings, in verse and prose, to which youth may have recourse upon any particular topic; and by which they may be taught to think justly, write correctly and elegantly, and speak wtih propriety.
  Date of publication:
  1796
  

  Author(s):

  Doolittle, Amos, 1754-1832, engraver.
  Description:
  Frontispiece engraved by Amos Doolittle.
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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.
  Description:
  Attributed to Elizabeth Rowe in the Dictionary of national biography. Signatures: pi1 A-D^8 E1.
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  The hasty-pudding: a poem, in three cantos. / Written at Chambery, in Savoy, January, 1793. ; [Two lines of quotations]
  Date of publication:
  1796
  

  Author(s):

  Barlow, Joel, 1754-1812.
  Description:
  "Written by Mr. Barlow."--p. [2]. Publisher's prefatory advertisement dated: New Haven, April, 1796. "Evans calls for a frontispiece and 1 plate but no copy examined for this collation is so distinguished. Evans may have ...
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  The hasty-pudding: a poem, in three cantos, / by Joel Barlow. ; Written in Germany, in Savoy, January, 1793. ; [Two lines of text]
  Date of publication:
  1796
  

  Author(s):

  Barlow, Joel, 1754-1812.
  Description:
  Date of publication supplied by Evans.
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  The hasty-pudding, a poem, in three cantos; / written in Chambery in Savoy, Jan. 1793. ; [Two lines of quotations]
  Date of publication:
  1796
  

  Author(s):

  Barlow, Joel, 1754-1812.
  Description:
  By Joel Barlow. Printer's name suggested by Evans.
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  The ghost of John Young the homicide, who was executed the 17th of August last, for the murder of Robert Barwick, a sherif's officer. : The following monody is written with a view of rescuing his memory from obloquy, and shewing how inconsistent sanguinary laws are, in a country which boasts of her freedom and happiness./ By Mrs. Faugeres. ; (Price six pence).
  Date of publication:
  1797
  

  Author(s):

  Faugeres, Margaretta V., 1771-1801.
  Description:
  "This is a verse dialogue, with the spirit of the murderer relating how severely he had been dealt with."--McDade. Place and date of publication supplied by Evans.
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  The genuine experience, and dying address, of Mrs. Dolly Taylor, of Reading, (Vermont,) who departed this life, May 19th, 1794. / Actually dictated by herself, and taken from her lips, but a little before her death. ; Now published, with her husband's testimony concerning her, for whom he mourns, but not without hope.
  Date of publication:
  1796
  

  Author(s):

  Taylor, Dolly, 1755-1794. ; Taylor, Amos, b. 1748.
  Description:
  Ascribed to the press of Anthony Haswell by McCorison. "Living testimony of Amos Taylor, of Reading, in respect to the foregoing narrative."--p. 9-12. Includes two poems by Amos Taylor, one "composed a few hours after her ...
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