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  A Brief review of the rise, progress, services and sufferings, of New-England, especially the province of Massachusetts-Bay. Humbly submitted to the consideration of both Houses of Parliament. : (Lately published in England.)
  Date of publication:
  1774
  

  Author(s):

  Great Britain. Parliament.
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  Parentheses substituted for square brackets in title transcription.
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  A candid examination of the mutual claims of Great-Britain, and the colonies: with a plan of accomodation, on constitutional principles.
  Date of publication:
  1775
  

  Author(s):

  Galloway, Joseph, 1731-1803.
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  Attributed to Galloway in the Dictionary of American biography. Two states noted; distinguished by the presence or absence of an errata statement on verso of title page.
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  A declaration of the people's natural right to a share in the legislature, which is the fundamental principle of the British constitution of state. By Granville Sharp. ; [Two lines in Latin]
  Date of publication:
  1774
  

  Author(s):

  Sharp, Granville, 1735-1813.
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  (Evans-TCP ; no. N10740) Transcribed from: (Readex Archive of Americana ; Early American Imprints, series I ; image set 13613) Images scanned from Readex microprint and microform: (Early American imprints. First series ; ...
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  A defence of the New-England charters. By Jer. Dummer. ; [Two lines in Latin from Sallust.]
  Date of publication:
  1721
  

  Author(s):

  Dummer, Jeremiah, 1681-1739. and Carteret, John, Earl Granville, 1690-1763, dedicatee.
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  Dedicated to Lord Carteret.
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  A defence of the treaty of amity, commerce, and navigation, entered into between the United States of America & Great Britain, as it has appeared in the papers under the signature of Camillus.
  Date of publication:
  1795
  

  Author(s):

  Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804. ; King, Rufus, 1755-1827. and Jay, John, 1745-1829.
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  Attributed jointly to Hamilton, Rufus King and John Jay in: Adams, Charles Francis. The works of John Adams ..., Boston, 1856, v. 1, p. 485-486.
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  A discourse occasioned by the death of King George II. and the happy accession of His Majesty King George III. to the imperial throne of Great-Britain; delivered Jan. 4th 1761. And published at the desire of the West Church and congregation in Boston, New-England. / By Jonathan Mayhew, D.D. Pastor of the said Church.
  Date of publication:
  1761
  

  Author(s):

  Mayhew, Jonathan, 1720-1766.
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  Half-title: Dr. Mayhew's discourse on the death of K. George II. and accession of K. George III. Running title: God ruleth in the kingdom of men. Errata statement, p. 43.
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  A discourse on the love of our country, delivered on Nov. 4, 1789, at the meeting-house in the Old Jewry, to the Society for Commmemorating the Revolution in Great Britain. / By Richard Price, D.D. LL.D. F.R.S. and fellow of the American Philosophical Societies at Philadelphia and Boston.
  Date of publication:
  1790
  

  Author(s):

  Price, Richard, 1723-1791. and Revolution Society (London, England)
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  Half-title: A discourse on the love of our country, delivered on November 4, 1789. [Price one pistareen.]
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  A just and impartial account of the transactions of the merchants in London, for the advancement of the price of tobacco. About the latter end of the year 1727, and beginning of 1728. / By Henry Darnall. Who was present at most of them. ; In a letter from him, to the inhabitants of Maryland dated September 18, 1728.
  Date of publication:
  1729
  

  Author(s):

  Darnall, Henry.
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  Date of publication supplied by Wroth. Dated 1728 by Evans.
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  A letter addressed to two great men, on the prospect of peace; and on the terms necessary to be insisted upon in the negotiation. : [Nine lines of quotations]
  Date of publication:
  1760
  

  Author(s):

  Douglas, John, 1721-1807. ; Pulteney, William, Earl of Bath, 1684-1764. and Smollett, Tobias George, 1721-1771.
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  "N.B. Who was the compositor of this very reputable pamphlet, is, perhaps, absolutely uncertain with every body, but the excellent author of it: He says 'I am an anonymous writer, and hope never to be known.' --The two ...
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  A letter from the Rt. Honourable Edmund Burke to His Grace the Duke of Portland, on the conduct of the minority in Parliament. Containing fifty-four articles of impeachment against the Rt. Hon. C.J. Fox. : From the original copy, in the possession of the noble duke.
  Date of publication:
  1797
  

  Author(s):

  Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797. and Portland, William Henry Cavendish Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809.
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  (Evans-TCP ; no. N24118) Transcribed from: (Readex Archive of Americana ; Early American Imprints, series I ; image set 31894) Images scanned from Readex microprint and microform: (Early American imprints. First series ; ...
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  A letter to a clergyman, relating to his sermon on the 30th of January: being a complete answer to all the sermons that ever have been, or ever shall be, preached, in the like strain, on that anniversary.---And giving, also, a very particular history of that unfortunate Prince, Charles I. / By G. Coade, Jun. Merchant at Exeter.
  Date of publication:
  1773
  

  Author(s):

  Coade, G. (George). and Hoadly, Benjamin, 1676-1761, dedicatee.
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  Dedicated to Benjamin, Lord Bishop of Winchester.
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  A letter to a gentleman in London, from Virginia.
  Date of publication:
  1759
  

  Author(s):

  Randolph, Peyton, 1721-1775. and Carter, Landon, 1710-1778.
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  Concerning a memorial to the Lords Commissoners for Trade and Plantations from merchants in London upset over the recent paper money act passed in Virginia, and its effect on trade. Attributed to Peyton Randolph by Evans. ...
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  A little plain English, addressed to the people of the United States, on the treaty, negociated with His Britannic Majesty, and on the conduct of the president relative thereto; in answer to "The letters of Franklin." : With a supplement containing an account of the turbulent and factious proceedings of the opposers of the treaty. / By Peter Porcupine. ; [Eight lines from Shakespeare]
  Date of publication:
  1795
  

  Author(s):

  Cobbett, William, 1763-1835.
  Description:
  With a half-title. Three states noted (Gaines 7a-c; q.v.).
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  A memorial between Jest and Earnest, from Ignoramus the First, relating to the past and present state of the nation. : Presented to all the honest ignoramusses of the Lords and Commons of England. : [Two lines of quotation]
  Date of publication:
  1691
  

  Author(s):

  Ignoramus.
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  "A Whig tract, relating solely to English politics. It was printed in London."--Hildeburn. Signed on p. 7: Ignoramus. From my chamber in Philadelphia, this 24 of the second month, called April, 1691. Text begins on title page.
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  A reply to a piece called The speech of Joseph Galloway, Esquire. By John Dickinson. ; [Six lines from Pope]
  Date of publication:
  1764
  

  Author(s):

  Dickinson, John, 1732-1808.
  Description:
  (Evans-TCP ; no. N07553) Transcribed from: (Readex Archive of Americana ; Early American Imprints, series I ; image set 9640) Images scanned from Readex microprint and microform: (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 9640)
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  A reply to an address To the author of a pamphlet, entitled, "A candid examination of the mutual claims of Great Britain and her colonies," &c. By the author of the Candid examination.
  Date of publication:
  1775
  

  Author(s):

  Galloway, Joseph, 1731-1803.
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  A reply to a letter by John Dickinson and Charles Thomson. Joseph Galloway is the author of the Candid conversation.
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  A sermon, preached before the General Assembly, at Williamsburg, March 2, 1745-6. By William Stith, A.M. Rector of Henrico Parish. ; Published at the request of the House of Burgesses.
  Date of publication:
  1746
  

  Author(s):

  Stith, William, 1707-1755. and Virginia. General Assembly.
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  (Evans-TCP ; no. N04706) Transcribed from: (Readex Archive of Americana ; Early American Imprints, series I ; image set 5869) Images scanned from Readex microprint and microform: (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 5869)
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  A song of deliverance for the lasting remembrance of Gods wonderful works never to be forgotten. Containing in it the wonderful defeat of the Spanish-Armado, anno, 1588. the woful plague, anno, 1603. soon upon the entrance of King James of famous memory, unto the Crown of England. : With the discovery of the Povvder Plot, anno, 1605. and the downfall of Black Fryers, when an hellish crew of papists met to hear Drury a popish priest, anno 1623. Also the grievous plague anno, 1625. with poems both Latin and English, and the verses of that learned Theodore Beza. / By that Reverend, and eminent man of God, Mr. John Wilson, formerly Christs faithful shepherd in Sudbury, in Suffolk in Great Brittain, where these heavenly poems and spiritual songs were compiled, and at London printed anno 1626. since Pastor to the First Church of Christ in Boston in New-England. ; For the sake of several who have much desired to see and read this work, it is reprinted. ; [Three lines from Psalms]
  Date of publication:
  1680
  

  Author(s):

  Wilson, John, 1588-1667.
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  Ascribed to the press of John Foster by Evans.
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  A speech intended to have been spoken on the bill for altering the charter of the colony of Massachusetts-Bay. By the Rev. Jonathan Shipley, Lord Bishop of St. Asaph.
  Date of publication:
  1774
  

  Author(s):

  Shipley, Jonathan, 1714-1788.
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  Advertised in the Boston evening post, Oct. 10, 1774.
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  A state of the importations from Great-Britain into the port of Boston, from the beginning of Jan. 1769, to Aug. 17th 1769. With the advertisements of a set of men who assumed to themselves the title of "All the well disposed merchants," who entered into a solemn agreement, (as they called it) not to import goods from Britain, and who undertook to give a "true account" of what should be imported by other persons. : The whole taken from the Boston chronicle, in which the following papers were first published.
  Date of publication:
  1769
  

  Author(s):

  Mein, John. and Irving, Thomas, 1738?-1800.
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  Attributed to John Mein and Thomas Irving in: McCusker, John. "Colonial servant and counter-revolutionary: Thomas Irving (1738?-1800) in Boston, Charleston, and London." Perspectives in American History 12 (1979): 329-333. ...
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  A summary, historical and political, of the first planting, progressive improvements, and present state of the British settlements in North-America. ... By William Douglass, M.D. ; Vol. I [-Vol. II. Part I]. ; [One line from Cicero]
  Date of publication:
  1752
  

  Author(s):

  Douglass, William, 1691?-1752.
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  Originally issued in numbers of 16 p., each with cover-title; v. 1, Jan. 1747-May 1749; v. 2, April 1750-Nov. 1752. Left unfinished at the author's death in October 1752. Some copies of v. 1 have the severe characterization ...
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  A Third extraordinary budget of epistles and memorials between Sir Francis Bernard of Nettleham, Baronet, some natives of Boston, New-England, and the present Ministry; against N. America, the true interest of the British Empire, and the rights of mankind.
  Date of publication:
  1769
  

  Author(s):

  Bernard, Francis, Sir, 1712-1779.
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  Caption title. Correspondence concerning the refusal of Boston to pay import duties, the retirement of the Commissioners of Customs from Boston to Castle William, and the seizure of John Hancock's vessel the Liberty. ...
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  A vindication of the British colonies, against the aspersions of the Halifax gentleman, in his Letter to a Rhode-Island friend. [Twelve lines in Latin from Virgil]
  Date of publication:
  1765
  

  Author(s):

  Otis, James, 1725-1783.
  Description:
  Atttributed to Otis in the Dictionary of American biography. Errata note, p. 32.
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  A vindication of the conduct of the House of Representatives of the province of the Massachusetts-Bay: more particularly, in the last session of the General Assembly. / By James Otis, Esq; a member of said House. ; [Four lines of verse]
  Date of publication:
  1762
  

  Author(s):

  Otis, James, 1725-1783.
  Description:
  Errata note, p. 53.
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  America's appeal to the impartial world. Wherein the rights of the Americans, as men, British subjects, and as colonists; the equity of the demand, and of the manner in which it is made upon them by Great-Britain, are stated and considered. And, the opposition made by the colonies to acts of Parliament, their resorting to arms in their necessary defence, against the military armaments, employed to enforce them, vindicated. : [Eight lines of Scripture texts]
  Date of publication:
  1775
  

  Author(s):

  Mather, Moses, 1719-1806.
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  Attributed to Mather by Evans and Holmes.
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  American independence the interest and glory of Great Britain; containing arguments which prove, that not only in taxation, but in trade, manufactures, and government, the colonies are entitled to an entire independency on the British legislature; and that it can only be by a formal declaration of these rights, and forming thereupon a friendly league with them, that the true and lasting welfare of both countries can be promoted. : In a series of letters to the legislature. : [Nine lines from Trenchard]
  Date of publication:
  1776
  

  Author(s):

  Cartwright, John, 1740-1824. and Savile, George, Sir, 1726-1784, dedicatee.
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  Attributed to John Cartwright by the Dictionary of national biography. Epistle dedicatory to Sir George Savile, p. [v]-xviii. With a half-title. Extract from the Monthly review, p. 121-125. Preceding the text is a request ...
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  An abstract of a letter from a person of eminency and worth in Caledonia to a friend at Boston in New-England.
  Date of publication:
  1699
  

  Author(s):

  Paterson, William, 1658-1719. and Company of Scotland Trading to Africa and the Indies.
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  Caption title. Attributed to William Paterson by Evans. Imprint from p. 4. Bartholomew Green and John Allen were the only printers at Boston in 1699. "Caledonia. The declaration of the council constituted by the Indian and ...
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  An Account of the proceedings at New-York. 1689. A declaration of the inhabitants and souldiers, belonging under the several companies of the train'd-bands of New-York.
  Date of publication:
  1689
  

  Author(s):

  Unknown author
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  Followed by the testimony of Hendrick Cuyler, and a proclamation "signed by the six captains and 400 men."
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  An address from Robert Goodloe Harper, of South-Carolina, to his constituents, containing his reasons for approving of the treaty of amity, commerce and navigation, with Great-Britain.
  Date of publication:
  1795
  

  Author(s):

  Harper, Robert Goodloe, 1765-1825.
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  (Evans-TCP ; no. N21870) Transcribed from: (Readex Archive of Americana ; Early American Imprints, series I ; image set 28802) Images scanned from Readex microprint and microform: (Early American imprints. First series ; ...
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  An address to Protestant dissenters of all denominations, on the approaching election of members of Parliament, with respect to the state of public liberty in general, and of American affairs in particular.
  Date of publication:
  1774
  

  Author(s):

  Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804.
  Description:
  Half-title: An address on public liberty in general, and American affairs in particular. Attributed to Priestley in the Dictionary of national biography. Publisher's prospectus, p. 24.
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  An address to the people of England, Ireland, and Scotland, on the present important crisis of affairs. By Catharine Macaulay.
  Date of publication:
  1775
  

  Author(s):

  Macaulay, Catharine, 1731-1791.
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  With a half-title.
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  An appeal to the justice and interests of the people of Great Britain, in the present dispute with America. / By Doctor Lee, of Virginia.
  Date of publication:
  1775
  

  Author(s):

  Lee, Arthur, 1740-1792.
  Description:
  Bookseller's advertisement, p. 32.
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  An authentic copy of Lord Chatham's proposed bill, entitled, A provisional act, for settling the troubles in America, and for asserting the supreme legislative authority and superintending power of Great-Britain over the colonies.
  Date of publication:
  1775
  

  Author(s):

  Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778.
  Description:
  With a half-title.
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  An Authentick account of the proceedings against John Wilkes, Esq; Member of Parliament for Aylesbury, and late colonel of the Buckinghamshire militia. Containing all the papers relative to this interesting affair, from that gentleman's being taken into custody by His Majesty's messengers, to his discharge at the Court of Common Pleas. : With an abstract of that precious jewel of an Englishman, the Habeas Corpus Act. : Also the North Briton no. 45. Being the paper for which Mr. Wilkes was sent to the Tower. : Addressed to all lovers of liberty.
  Date of publication:
  1763
  

  Author(s):

  Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas.
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  (Evans-TCP ; no. N07474) Transcribed from: (Readex Archive of Americana ; Early American Imprints, series I ; image set 9542) Images scanned from Readex microprint and microform: (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 9542)
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  An Englishman's answer, to the address, from the delegates, to the people of Great-Britain, in a letter to the several colonies, which were represented in the late Continental Congress.
  Date of publication:
  1775
  

  Author(s):

  Lind, John, 1737-1781.
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  Signed on p. 26: An Englishman. Erroneously attributed to John Lind by Evans.
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  An enquiry into the reasons of the conduct of Great Britain, with relation to the present state of affairs in Europe. Published (here) for the information of the inhabitants of New-England.
  Date of publication:
  1727
  

  Author(s):

  Hoadly, Benjamin, 1676-1761.
  Description:
  Attributed to Benjamin Hoadly in the Dictionary of national biography.
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  An essay on the constitutional power of Great-Britain over the colonies in America; with the resolves of the committee for the province of Pennsylvania, and their instructions to their representatives in Assembly.
  Date of publication:
  1774
  

  Author(s):

  Dickinson, John, 1732-1808. and Pennsylvania. Provincial Convention (1774).
  Description:
  Attributed to John Dickinson in the Dictionary of American biography. "Two states of signatures K-M noted, may be distinguished by catchwords on p. 81, 'stature' and 'ture.'"--Adams. "Errata." and "Appendix."--p. [128].
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  An essay on the government of the colonies. Fitted to the latitude forty-one, but may, without sensible error, serve all the northern colonies. Poor Richard's title page.
  Date of publication:
  1752
  

  Author(s):

  Kennedy, Archibald, 1685-1763.
  Description:
  Attributed to Kennedy in: Wroth, L. An American bookshelf 1755 (Philadelphia, 1934), p. 29-31, 118-119 and 122-126.
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  An essay, concerning silver and paper currencies more especially with regard to the British colonies in New-England.
  Date of publication:
  1738
  

  Author(s):

  Douglass, William, 1691?-1752.
  Description:
  Attributed to William Douglass by Evans and Sabin. Includes a reply to: Vans, Hugh. Some observations on the scheme projected for emitting 60000 l. in bills of new tenour. Date of publication supplied by Evans. Error in ...
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  An humble enquiry into the nature of the dependency of the American colonies upon the Parliament of Great-Britain, and the right of Parliament to lay taxes on the said colonies. By a freeholder of South-Carolina. ; [Twenty lines of quotations]
  Date of publication:
  1769
  

  Author(s):

  Zubly, John Joachim, 1724-1781.
  Description:
  Attributed to John Joachim Zubly by Evans. Place of publication suggested by Evans. Parentheses substituted for square brackets enclosing "Price twelve shillings and sixpence." in imprint transcription.
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