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  We the subscribers, inhabitants of the town of [blank] having taken into our serious consideration the precarious state of the liberties of North-America ... Do, in the presence of God, solemnly and in good faith, covenant and engage with each other, 1st, that from henceforth we will suspend all commercial intercourse with the said island of Great Britain ... Witness our hands, June [blank] 1774.
  Date of publication:
  1774
  

  Author(s):

  Boston Committee of Correspondence.
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  Form of a covenant drawn up by the Committee of Correspondence at Boston; cf. Matthews, Albert. "The solemn league and covenant, 1774," in Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, v. XVIII, 1917, p. 103-122. ...
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  Tydings from Rome or England's alarm. Wherein several grounds to suspect the prevalency of the popish interest are seasonably suggested; Londons ruine pathetically lamented; arguments to disswade from the popish religion, are urged; and the duties of Christians in this time of common danger, and distraction perswaded. : [Thirteen lines of quotations]
  Date of publication:
  1668
  

  Author(s):

  Flavel, John, 1630?-1691.
  Description:
  Attributed to John Flavel by Shipton & Mooney. Ascribed to the press of Samuel Green by Evans. Not in Wing (2nd ed.).
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  Two acts of Parliament, one passed in the sixth year of the reign of King George the Second: for encouraging the trade of the British sugar colonies. The other, passed in the fourth year of the reign of King George the Third: for granting certain duties in the British colonies.
  Date of publication:
  1764
  

  Author(s):

  Great Britain. and Great Britain. Parliament.
  Description:
  Errors in paging: p. 460-462 misnumbered 160, 161, 164; page numbers 469-470 repeated. Evans entry 10323 describes the American Antiquarian Society copy, which has bound with it Evans 10372.
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  Treaty of amity, commerce & navigation, between His Britannic Majesty and the United States of America, with the president's proclamation, announcing its ratification, as published in the Philadelphia gazette, on Tuesday the 1st of March, 1796.
  Date of publication:
  1796
  

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  Great Britain. ; United States. President (1789-1797 : Washington). and United States. Treaties, etc. Great Britain, 1794 Nov. 19.
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  (Evans-TCP ; no. N23759) Transcribed from: (Readex Archive of Americana ; Early American Imprints, series I ; image set 31414) Images scanned from Readex microprint and microform: (Early American imprints. First series ; ...
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  Tom Paine's jests; being an entirely new and select collection of patriotic bon mots, repartees, anecdotes, epigrams, observations, &c. on political subjects. / By Thomas Paine, and other supporters of the rights of man. ; To which is added, A tribute to the swinish multitude, being a choice collection of patriotic songs. ; [Two lines of quotations]
  Date of publication:
  1796
  

  Author(s):

  Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809. ; Thomson, R. and Freneau, Philip Morin, 1752-1832.
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  Originally published in London in 1793. Very few of the items are by Paine. "A tribute to the swinish multitude ... Collected by the celebrated R. Thomson."--p. [31]-72. "A new song, to an old tune--viz. God Save the ...
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  To the King's Most Excellent Majesty. The humble address of His Excellency Richard Earl of Bellomont, Your Majesties governor, and the Council & representatives of your people in Your Majesties province of New-York, conven'd in General Assembly.
  Date of publication:
  1698
  

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  New York (State). Governor (1698-1701 : Bellomont). and England and Wales. Sovereign (1689-1694 : William and Mary).
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  Congratulating William and Mary on their military victories in Europe. Imprint supplied by Evans.
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  To His Highness William Henrick, Prince of Orange, the most humble petition of George Lord Chancellor Jefferies.
  Date of publication:
  1689
  

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  Jeffreys, George Jeffreys, Baron, 1644 or 5-1689. and William III, King of England, 1650-1702.
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  (Evans-TCP ; no. N00386) Transcribed from: (Readex Archive of Americana ; Early American Imprints, series I ; image set 471) Images scanned from Readex microprint and microform: (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 471)
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  The voice of God, in stormy winds. Considered, in two sermons, occasioned by the dreadful and unparallel'd storm, in the European nations. Novemb. 27th. 1703. / By Increase Mather. ; [Five lines of quotations]
  Date of publication:
  1704
  

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  Mather, Increase, 1639-1723. and Mather, Increase, 1639-1723. Brief discourse concerning the prayse due to God.
  Description:
  Errata note, p. 95. "A brief discourse concerning the prayse due to God, for his mercy, in giving snow like wool ... by Increase Mather ..."--p. [67]-95, with separate title page.
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  The true interest of Britain, set forth in regard to the colonies; and the only means of living in peace and harmony with them, including five different plans, for effecting this desirable event. / By Jos. Tucker, D.D. dean of Glocester. Author of the Essay on the advantages and disadvantages which respectively attend France and Great-Britain, with regard to trade. ; To which is added by the printer, a few more words, on the freedom of the press in America.
  Date of publication:
  1776
  

  Author(s):

  Tucker, Josiah, 1712-1799. ; Bell, Robert, 1732?-1784. and Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790. Plain truth: or, Serious considerations on the present state of the city of Philadelphia.
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  Two states noted by Adams, "one with Tucker's name alone on the title page and one with three lines that identify him further." "A few more words, on the freedom of the press, addressed by the printer, to the friends of ...
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  The state of trade in the northern colonies considered; with an account of their produce, and a particular description of Nova Scotia. : [One line in Latin from Cicero]
  Date of publication:
  1749
  

  Author(s):

  Little, Otis, 1712-1754.
  Description:
  Preface signed on p. vi: Otis Little. Bookseller's advertisement, p. 43.
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