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  The monster of monsters: a true and faithful narrative of a most remarkable phaenomenon lately seen in this metropolis; to the great surprize and terror of His Majesty's good subjects: humbly dedicated to all the virtuosi of New-England. / By Thomas Thumb, Esq. ; [One line in Latin ; five lines from Milton]
  Date of publication:
  1754
  

  Author(s):

  Thumb, Thomas. ; Waterhouse, Samuel, 1729-ca. 1803. ; Church, Benjamin, 1734-1778. ; Brandon, Benjamin. and Mayhew, Jonathan, 1720-1766.
  Description:
  A satire arising from a bill debated in the Massachusetts General Court for laying an excise on wine and spirituous liquors retailed and consumed within the province. It was ordered by the General Court to be burnt by the ...
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  The choice: a poem, after the manner of Mr. Promfret [i.e., Pomfret]. / By a young gentleman.
  Date of publication:
  1757
  

  Author(s):

  Church, Benjamin, 1734-1778.
  Description:
  Attributed to Church by Evans.
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  Liberty and property vindicated, and the st--pm-n burnt. A discourse occasionally made, on burning the effigy of the st--pm-n, in New-London, in the colony of Connecticut. / By a friend to the liberty of his county. ; Published by desire of some of the hearers, in the year 1765.
  Date of publication:
  1765
  

  Author(s):

  Church, Benjamin, 1734-1778.
  Description:
  A burlesque sermon on the Stamp Act. The "st--pm-n" was Jared Ingersoll. Attributed to Benjamin Church by Adams. Ascribed to the press of Timothy Green by Johnson.
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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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  An address to a provincial bashaw. [One line from Shakespeare] / By a son of liberty.
  Date of publication:
  1769
  

  Author(s):

  Church, Benjamin, 1734-1778.
  Description:
  In verse. The "provincial bashaw," also called "St. Francisco," is Francis Bernard. Attributed to Benjamin Church by Evans.
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  An elegy to the memory of that pious and eminent servant of Jesus Christ, the Reverend Mr. George Whitefield, who departed this life the 30th of Septemper [sic], 1770. Aetatis suae 56. : [Two lines from Pliny]
  Date of publication:
  1770
  

  Author(s):

  Church, Benjamin, 1734-1778. ; Church, Benjamin, 1704-1781. and Byles, Mather, 1707-1788, dedicatee.
  Description:
  Attributed to Church by Evans. Dedicated to Mather Byles. Elegy, in Latin, on p. [8], signed: B.C. Senior.
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  An oration, delivered March fifth, 1773. At the request of the inhabitants of the town of Boston; to commemorate the bloody tragedy of the fifth of March, 1770. / By Dr. Benjamin Church. ; [Seven lines from Virgil]
  Date of publication:
  1773
  

  Author(s):

  Church, Benjamin, 1734-1778.
  Description:
  Joseph Greenleaf printed at the Hanover Street address in 1773. With a half-title.
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  An oration; delivered March 5, 1774, at the request of the inhabitants of the town of Boston: to commemorate the bloody tragedy of the fifth of March 1770. / By the Honorable John Hancock, Esq; ; [Five lines in Latin from Virgil]
  Date of publication:
  1774
  

  Author(s):

  Hancock, John, 1737-1793. ; Adams, Samuel, 1722-1803. ; Church, Benjamin, 1734-1778. ; Warren, Joseph, 1741-1775. and Cooper, Samuel, 1725-1783.
  Description:
  Half-title: An oration delivered March fifth, 1774. Authorship of the oration has been attributed to Samuel Adams, to Benjamin Church and Joseph Warren, and to Samuel Cooper. See T.R. Adams, who notes "In all probability ...
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