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  Common sense; addressed to the inhabitants of America, on the following interesting subjects. I. Of the origin and design of government in general, with concise remarks on the English Constitution. II. Of monarchy and hereditary succession. III. Thoughts on the present state of American affairs. IV. Of the present ability of America, with some miscellaneous reflections. : [Two lines from Thomson]
  Date of publication:
  1776
  

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  Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809.
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  The first edition. Attributed to Thomas Paine in the Dictionary of American biography. Advertised in the Pennsylvania evening post for Jan. 9, 1776. Two states noted. In the first, line 12 of title ends "some mis-"; in the ...
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  Common sense; with the whole appendix: the address to the Quakers: also, the Large additions, and A dialogue between the ghost of General Montgomery, just arrived from the Elysian Fields; and an American delegate in a wood, near Philadelphia: on the grand subject of American independancy.
  Date of publication:
  1776
  

  Author(s):

  Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809.
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  Half-title: Common sense; with the whole appendix, the address to the Quakers; also, the Large additions complete. (Price three shillings.) "Common sense" attributed to Thomas Paine in the Dictionary of American biography. ...
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  An essay on the causes, nature, and cure, of consumptions. In a letter to a friend. / By John Moore, M.D. ; To which is prefixed, the charter of the Massachusetts Medical Society. ; [Six lines of verse from Armstrong]
  Date of publication:
  1783
  

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  Moore, John, 1729-1802. and Massachusetts Medical Society. Charter.
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  Advertised as "just published" in the Independent chronicle, Boston, March 20, 1783, and as a "new publication" in the Boston evening post, March 29, 1783. First published as Letter lxiii of Moore's View of society and ...
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  Emma Corbett: exhibiting Henry and Emma, the faithful modern lovers; as delineated by themselves, in their original letters. / Published by Courtney Melmoth, author of The pupil of pleasure, &c. &c. ; [Four lines from Pratt] ; Three volumes complete in one.
  Date of publication:
  1782
  

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  Pratt, Mr. (Samuel Jackson), 1749-1814.
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  First published at Bath and London in 1780 under title: Emma Corbett; or, The miseries of civil war. Founded on some recent circumstances which happened in America. "Courtney Melmoth" is a pseudonymn of Samuel Jackson ...
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  A view of society and manners in France, Switzerland, Germany, and Italy: with anecdotes relating to some eminent characters. / Written by John Moore, M.D. during his travels through those countries, with His Grace, the present Duke of Hamilton. ; [Three lines of verse from Horace translated by Francis] ; The first volume.
  Date of publication:
  1783
  

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  Moore, John, 1729-1802. ; Freneau, Philip Morin, 1752-1832. and Hamilton, Douglas Hamilton, Duke of, 1756-1799, dedicatee.
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  Dedicated to Douglas, Duke of Hamilton. Issued in three numbers, the second and third with half-titles. With a note at the end of the third number: "The end of the second volume. According to the London edition; being the ...
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  Observations on a late pamphlet, entituled, "Considerations upon the Society or order of the Cincinnati," clearly evincing the innocence and propriety of that honourable and respectable institution. In answer to vague conjectures, false insinuations, and ill-founded objections. / By an obscure individual. ; [Six lines of quotations]
  Date of publication:
  1783
  

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  Obscure individual. and Moylan, Stephen, 1734-1811.
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  Sometimes attributed to Stephen Moylan. Erroneously attributed to Aedanus Burke, author of the "Considerations," in: Cushing, William. Initials and pseudonyms. Also issued as the eighth title in: Select pamphlets: viz. 1. ...
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  Select pieces on religious subjects, first published about the middle of the last century. / By Isaac Penington.
  Date of publication:
  1783
  

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  Penington, Isaac, 1616-1679.
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  Issued with: Penn, William. Primitive Christianity revived ... Philadelphia, 1783 (Evans 18081). Bookseller's advertisement, p. [99-100]. An epistle to all serious professors of the Christian religion -- Some directions ...
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  A looking-glass for the Jews: wherein they may clearly see that the Messiah is come, by the prophets in the Old Testament (above sixteen hundred years since) and the manifest testimonies since. And also, they may see their own blindness and ignorance of their own prophets, and of the Messiah unto this day. By which my desire is, they may turn to him, that their eyes may be opened, that they may see him whom they have pierced. / Written by George Fox, in the year of our Lord, 1674.
  Date of publication:
  1784
  

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  Fox, George, 1624-1691. and Crawford, Charles, b. 1752.
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  Preface signed: Charles Crawford. Philadelphia ... 1784. Bookseller's advertisement, p. viii. Advertisements for books and stationery, p. [45-48].
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  An essay on the slavery and commerce of the human species, particularly the African, translated from a Latin dissertation, which was honoured with the first prize in the University of Cambridge, for the year 1785, with additions. ; [One line from Livy]
  Date of publication:
  1786
  

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  Clarkson, Thomas, 1760-1846. and Portmore, Charles Colyear, Earl of, 1700-1785, dedicatee.
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  Attributed to Thomas Clarkson in the Dictionary of national biography. Dedicated to William Charles Colyear. Bookseller's advertisement, p. [156].
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  The testimony of the two witnesses, explained and improved. By Isaac Backus, Pastor of a church in Middleborough. ; [Two lines from Revelation]
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  1786
  

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  Backus, Isaac, 1724-1806.
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  "At Mr. Philip Freeman's, in Union-Street, Boston, and at Mr. James Arnold's, in Providence, may be had the author's late church history of New-England, in two octavo volumes."--p. [48].
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