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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 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 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 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 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 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.
  Description:
  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.
  Description:
  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.
  Description:
  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 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.
  Description:
  (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.
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  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.
  Description:
  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.
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  With a half-title.
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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.
  Description:
  Signed on p. 26: An Englishman. Erroneously attributed to John Lind by Evans.
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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.
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  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 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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  An inquiry into the rights of the British colonies, intended as an answer to The regulations lately made concerning the colonies, and the taxes imposed upon them considered. : In a letter addressed to the author of that pamphlet. / By Richard Bland, of Virginia. ; [Two lines in Latin from Lactantius]
  Date of publication:
  1766
  

  Author(s):

  Bland, Richard, 1710-1776.
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  "The regulations lately made concerning the colonies, and the taxes imposed upon them, considered" was written by Thomas Whately. Erroneously attributed to George Grenville.
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  Appendix to the Considerations on the measures carrying on with respect to the British colonies in North America.
  Date of publication:
  1775
  

  Author(s):

  Rokeby, Matthew Robinson-Morris, Baron, 1713-1800. and Rokey, Matthew Robinson-Morris, Baron, 1713-1800. Considerations on the measures carrying on with respect to the British colonies in North America.
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  The "Considerations" are attributed to Rokeby. Cf. Halkett & Laing.
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  Authentic. Treaty of amity, commerce, and navigation, between His Britanic [sic] Majesty, and the United States of America, by their president, with the advice and consent of their Senate.
  Date of publication:
  1795
  

  Author(s):

  Great Britain. and United States. Treaties, etc. Great Britain, 1794 Nov. 19
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  (Evans-TCP ; no. N22527) Transcribed from: (Readex Archive of Americana ; Early American Imprints, series I ; image set 29747) Images scanned from Readex microprint and microform: (Early American imprints. First series ; ...
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  Brief remarks on the Defence of the Halifax libel, on the British-American-colonies. [Three lines in Latin from Cicero]
  Date of publication:
  1765
  

  Author(s):

  Otis, James, 1725-1783. and Hopkins, Stephen, 1707-1785.
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  Attributed to James Otis in the Dictionary of American biography. Sometimes attributed to Stephen Hopkins.
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  By His Excellency a proclamation. Whereas His Majesty hath been graciously pleased, by his royal letter, bearing date the sixteenth day of October last past, to signifie that he hath received undoubted advice that a great and sudden invasion from Holland, with an armed force of forreigners and strangers, will speedily be made in an hostile manner upon His Majesty's kingdom of England ... Given at Fort-Charles at Pemaquid, the tenth day of January ... 1688 [new style, 1689].
  Date of publication:
  1689
  

  Author(s):

  Territory and Dominion of New-England. President (1686-1689 : Andros). and Andros, Edmund, Sir, 1637-1714.
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  Enjoining care and vigilance to ward off any landing or invasion in the Territory and Dominion of New England. Signed: E. Andros.
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  Case of Jonathan Robbins, examined by Charles Pinckney, Esq. senator in Congress for South Carolina, and late governor of that state. ; To the citizens of the United States.
  Date of publication:
  1799
  

  Author(s):

  Pinckney, Charles, 1757-1824.
  Description:
  Jonathan Robbins was the alias of Thomas Nash. Error in paging: p. 34 misnumbered 33.
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  Considerations on the measures carrying on with respect to the British colonies in North America. [Six lines from Phillippe de Commines]
  Date of publication:
  1774
  

  Author(s):

  Rokeby, Matthew Robinson-Morris, Baron, 1713-1800.
  Description:
  Half-title: Considerations, &c. Attributed to Baron Rokeby in Halkett & Laing.
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  Considerations on the mode and terms of a treaty of peace with America. [One line of quotation in Latin]
  Date of publication:
  1779
  

  Author(s):

  Jenings, Edmund, 1731-1819.
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  Attributed to Jenings in: Adams, T.R. The American controversy, p. 562.
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  Considerations on the nature and the extent of the legislative authority of the British Parliament.
  Date of publication:
  1774
  

  Author(s):

  Wilson, James, 1742-1798. and Witherspoon, John, 1723-1794.
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  Attributed to James Wilson by Adams. Sometimes attributed to John Witherspoon.
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  Considerations on the propriety of imposing taxes in the British colonies, for the purpose of raising a revenue, by act of Parliament. : [Two lines of Latin quotation with two lines of translation]
  Date of publication:
  1765
  

  Author(s):

  Dulany, Daniel, 1722-1797.
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  Attributed to Daniel Dulany in the Dictionary of American biography. Preface dated: Virginia, August 12, 1765. Advertised in the New-York gazette for Oct. 31, 1765, as "now in the press, and to be published with all possible ...
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  Considerations upon the rights of the colonists to the privileges of British subjects, introduc'd by a brief review of the rise and progress of English liberty, and concluded with some remarks upon our present alarming situation. : [Two lines of Latin quotation]
  Date of publication:
  1766
  

  Author(s):

  Unknown author
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  Addressed to T--- H---, Esq.
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  Copies of letters from Governor Bernard, &c., to the Earl of Hillsborough.
  Date of publication:
  1769
  

  Author(s):

  Bernard, Francis, Sir, 1712-1779. ; Gage, Thomas, 1721-1787. and Downshire, Wills Hill, Marquis of, 1718-1793.
  Description:
  Caption title. Imprint supplied by Adams. "Copy of a letter from General Gage to the Earl of Hillsborough, dated Boston, October 31, 1768."--p. 21-28.
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  Copy of letters sent to Great-Britain, by His Excellency Thomas Hutchinson, the Hon. Andrew Oliver, and several other persons, born and educated among us. Which original letters have been returned to America, and laid before the Honorble [sic] House of Representatives of this province. : In which (notwithstanding His Excellency's declaration to the House, that the tendency and design of them was not to subvert the Constitution, but rather to preserve it entire) the judicious reader will discover the fatal source of the confusion and bloodshed in which this province especially has been involved, and which threatned [sic] total destruction to the liberties of all America.
  Date of publication:
  1773
  

  Author(s):

  Hutchinson, Thomas, 1711-1780. ; Oliver, Andrew, 1706-1774. ; Rome, George. ; Moffat, Thomas. and Massachusetts. General Court. House of Representatives.
  Description:
  Errata statement, p. 40. "Copy of a letter returned with those signed Thomas Hutchinson, Andrew Oliver, &c. from England ..."--p. 41-46, signed: G. Rome. "Copy of some letters signed Thomas Moffat, lately returned from ...
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  Desultory reflections on the new political aspects of public affairs in the United States of America, since the commencement of the year 1799. [Seven lines of verse]
  Date of publication:
  1800
  

  Author(s):

  Fenno, John Ward, 1778-1802.
  Description:
  Author's name appears in publisher's note on verso of t.p. of edition reprinted in Philadelphia the same year (Evans 37418).
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  Desultory reflections on the political aspects of public affairs in the United States of America. Part II. [Two lines of Scripture text]
  Date of publication:
  1800
  

  Author(s):

  Fenno, John Ward, 1778-1802.
  Description:
  Author's name appears in publisher's note on verso of t.p. of the first part, reprinted in Philadelphia in 1800 (Evans 37418).
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  Letters from a farmer in Pennsylvania, to the inhabitants of the British colonies.
  Date of publication:
  1768
  

  Author(s):

  Dickinson, John, 1732-1808.
  Description:
  Letters signed: A farmer. Attributed to John Dickinson in the Dictionary of American biography. For the omission of a significant passage in this edition, see: Crosskey, William W. Politics and government, Chicago, 1953, ...
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  New-York, November 26. Last Sunday night arrived ... The definitive treaty, between Great-Britain and the United States of America, signed at Paris the 3d day of September, 1783.
  Date of publication:
  1783
  

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  Great Britain. and United States. Treaties, etc. Great Britain, 1783 Sept. 3.
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  Signed and dated: Done at Paris, this 3d day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three. (L.S.) John Adams, (L.S.) David Hartley, (L.S.) B. Franklin, (L.S.) John Jay. Text in three ...
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