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  A poem on the late distress of the town of Boston. With some remarks on the sudden flight of the ministerial troops, after plundering and destroying the property of the worthy inhabitants, they left the town in the greatest confusion imaginable, not allowing themselves time to take with them great part of their warlike stores, in short they fled like murderer's pursued by the hand of Justice.
  Date of publication:
  1776
  

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  Rich, Elisha, 1740-1804?
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  Verse in forty-five stanzas; first line: Come shout Americans with joy. Author from last line: Thy friend E.R. [i.e., Elisha Rich] hath his request. Relief cut at head (Reilly 1134) was also used to illustrate Rich's ...
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  The prospect of peace. A poetical composition, delivered in Yale-College, at the public examination, of the candidates for the degree of bachelor of arts; July 23, 1778. / By Joel Barlow, A.B.
  Date of publication:
  1778
  

  Author(s):

  Barlow, Joel, 1754-1812. and Yale College.
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  Published in 1778; see BAL.
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  A poem, spoken at the public commencement at Yale College, in New-Haven; September 12, 1781.
  Date of publication:
  1781
  

  Author(s):

  Barlow, Joel, 1754-1812. and Yale College.
  Description:
  Attributed to Joel Barlow in BAL. In theme a prior study of the author's "Vision of Columbus."
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  New Year verses, addressed to those gentlemen who have been pleased to favour Francis Wrigley, news carrier, with their custom. January 1, 1783.
  Date of publication:
  1782
  

  Author(s):

  Freneau, Philip Morin, 1752-1832.
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  Attributed to Philip Freneau in BAL. Presumably printed late in 1782 by Hall and Sellers, printers of the Pennsylvania gazette, for distribution on New Year's day.
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  A narrative of the captivity and sufferings of Benjamin Gilbert and his family; who were surprised by the Indians, and taken from their farms, on the frontiers of Pennsylvania, in the spring, 1780.
  Date of publication:
  1784
  

  Author(s):

  Walton, William, 1740-1824.
  Description:
  "Related by the Gilbert family to William Walton, Benjamin Gilbert's brother-in-law."--Vail, R.W.G. The voice of the old frontier. Sometimes attributed to Thomas Austin. "Thoughts alluding to, and in part occasioned by the ...
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  The shipwreck. A sentimental and descriptive poem. In three cantos. / By William Falconer, an English sailor. ; [Two lines in Latin from Virgil, with two line English translation]
  Date of publication:
  1788
  

  Author(s):

  Falconer, William, 1732-1769. and Markoe, Peter, 1752?-1792. Storm, a poem ...
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  "Occasional elegy."--p. 101-103. "The shipweck. Occasioned by the loss of the Halsewell East-Indiaman."--p. [104]-105. "The storm, a poem. Descriptive of the late tempest, which raged with such destructive fury throughout ...
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  The triumph of infidelity: a poem.
  Date of publication:
  1788
  

  Author(s):

  Dwight, Timothy, 1752-1817. and Voltaire, 1694-1778.
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  Attributed to Timothy Dwight in BAL. Ironically dedicated to Voltaire, for having "opposed truth, religion, and their authors, with sophistry, contempt, and obloquy ..." Place of publication suggested by Trumbull. An edition ...
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  The miscellaneous works of Mr. Philip Freneau containing his essays, and additional poems.
  Date of publication:
  1788
  

  Author(s):

  Freneau, Philip Morin, 1752-1832.
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  Two states noted, distinguished by presence or absence of a semi-colon after "Freneau" in the title. Three formats noted: thin paper, thick paper, and extra thick paper (signatures vary in the latter format). Subscribers' ...
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  Ela: or The delusions of the heart. A tale, founded on facts. : [Six lines from Rowe] : To which is added, Henry and Emma: a poem. By Mathew Prior, Esq.
  Date of publication:
  1789
  

  Author(s):

  Burke, Mrs. ; Prior, Matthew, 1664-1721. Henry and Emma. ; Aikin, John, 1747-1822. Edwin and Ethelinde. ; Aikin, John, 1747-1822. Dirge. and Goldsmith, Oliver, 1728-1774. Deserted village.
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  Half-title: Ela: or The delusions of the heart. Attributed to Mrs. Burke by Evans. Bookseller's advertisements, verso of half-title and p. [80]. Henry and Emma / Matthew Prior -- Edwin and Ethelinde / John Aikin -- A dirge ...
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  The miscellaneous works of Colonel Humphreys.
  Date of publication:
  1790
  

  Author(s):

  Humphreys, David, 1752-1818. ; Trumbull, John, 1750-1831. and Dwight, Timothy, 1752-1817.
  Description:
  For John Trumbull's contribution to The widow of Malabar, see BAL 20544. Parentheses substituted for square brackets in imprint transcription. Printers' monogram device on title page. Error in paging: p. 188-189 misnumbered ...
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  The life of Voltaire, by the Marquis de Condorcet. ; To which are added Memoirs of Voltaire, written by himself. ; Translated from the French. ; In two volumes. Vol. I[-II].
  Date of publication:
  1792
  

  Author(s):

  Condorcet, Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de, 1743-1794. and Voltaire, 1694-1778.
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  (Evans-TCP ; no. N18649) Transcribed from: (Readex Archive of Americana ; Early American Imprints, series I ; image set 24210) Images scanned from Readex microprint and microform: (Early American imprints. First series ; ...
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  A letter to the National Convention of France, on the defects in the Constitution of 1791, and the extent of the amendments which ought to be applied. : To which is added The conspiracy of kings, a poem. / By Joel Barlow, author of Advice to the privileged orders; and The vision of Columbus.
  Date of publication:
  1793
  

  Author(s):

  Barlow, Joel, 1754-1812. and Barlow, Joel, 1754-1812. Conspiracy of kings.
  Description:
  Noted by the New-York journal & patriotic register, Oct. 2, 1793, as "in press." Parentheses substituted for square brackets in imprint transcription.
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  The posthumous works of Ann Eliza Bleecker, in prose and verse. To which is added, a collection of essays, prose and poetical, by Margaretta V. Faugeres.
  Date of publication:
  1793
  

  Author(s):

  Bleecker, Ann Eliza, 1752-1783. ; Faugeres, Margaretta V., 1771-1801. and Tiebout, Cornelius, 1773?-1832, engraver.
  Description:
  Frontispiece portrait of Bleecker engraved by Tiebout. List of subscribers, p. [5-7], 1st count.
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  American poems, selected and original. Vol. I.
  Date of publication:
  1793
  

  Author(s):

  Smith, E. H. (Elihu Hubbard), 1771-1798, ed.
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  "Edited by Elihu Hubbard Smith."--Evans. No more published. Preface dated: Litchfield (Connecticut) June 1793. Printers' monogram device on title page. The University of Miami reports a variant with a small ornament in ...
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  A narrative of the proceedings of the black people, during the late awful calamity in Philadelphia, in the year 1793: and a refutation of some censures, thrown upon them in some late publications. By A.J. and R.A.
  Date of publication:
  1794
  

  Author(s):

  Jones, Absalom, 1746-1818. ; Allen, Richard, 1760-1831. and Clarkson, Matthew, 1733-1800.
  Description:
  The "late publications" referred to are those of Mathew Carey, particularly his "Short account of the malignant fever, lately prevalent in Philadelphia ..." District of Pennsylvania copyright notice (p. [2]) names Absalom ...
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  The American in Algiers, or The patriot of seventy-six in captivity. A poem, in two cantos. : [Two lines of verse from Freneau]
  Date of publication:
  1797
  

  Author(s):

  Unknown author
  Description:
  "Extract from a pamphlet, entitled, 'Reflections on the inconsistency of man.'"--p. [34]-36.
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  The Wonderful story-teller; or Pocket library of agreeable entertainment. Containing a miscellaneous collection of remarkable stories, surprising narratives, wonderful occurrences, singular events, whimsical tales, striking anecdotes, miraculous and heroic adventures in human life, odd sayings, supernatural visions, unaccountable appearances, absurd characters, memorable exploits, astonishing deliverances from death and various other dangers, amusing histories, strange accidents, extraordinary memoirs, &c. in the wonderful phenomena of nature. : The whole interspersed with choice extracts from the most celebrated historians, ancient and modern; and including many wonderful stories entirely original, and founded on well-attested facts. / By Walley C. Oulton, Esq. ; [Eight lines of verse]
  Date of publication:
  1797
  

  Author(s):

  Oulton, Walley Chamberlain, 1770?-1820?, comp.
  Description:
  "Partly selected from the works of our most ancient authors, and partly original, being written on purpose by several well-known characters (both ladies and gentlemen) for this valuable undertaking ..."--Preface. "Poetical ...
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  Beacon Hill. A local poem, historic and descriptive. Book I. : Published according to act of Congress.
  Date of publication:
  1797
  

  Author(s):

  Morton, Sarah Wentworth, 1759-1846.
  Description:
  Half-title: Beacon Hill. Book I. "Apology for the poem" signed: S.M. Attributed to Sarah Wentworth Morton in BAL. No more published.
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  Miscellaneous extracts in prose and verse. Calculated for the amusement of the humerous [sic] and gay, as well as for the instruction and service of the enquiring and busy world. : To which are added, a number of important questions; which questions, whoever will effectually and satisfactorily answer, shall be entitled to one hundred dollars reward on demand, from Dan. C. Melville.
  Date of publication:
  1798
  

  Author(s):

  Melville, Daniel C.
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  (Evans-TCP ; no. N25671) Transcribed from: (Readex Archive of Americana ; Early American Imprints, series I ; image set 34092) Images scanned from Readex microprint and microform: (Early American imprints. First series ; ...
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  A collection of plays and poems, by the late Col. Robert Munford, of Mecklenburg county, in the state of Virginia. ; Now first published together.
  Date of publication:
  1798
  

  Author(s):

  Munford, Robert, d. 1784. and Munford, William, 1775-1825, ed.
  Description:
  Preface signed by the author's son, William Munford. Edwin Wolf notes completely reset variants of gatherings C and N. Cf. Wolf, "Historical grist for the bibliographical mill." Studies in bibliography 25 (1972): 30. Error ...
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  The spunkiad: or Heroism improved. A Congressional display of spit and cudgel. : A poem, in four cantoes. / By an American youth.
  Date of publication:
  1798
  

  Author(s):

  American youth. and Woodworth, John, 1768-1858.
  Description:
  A satire on the encounters between Matthew Lyon and Roger Griswold in the House of Representatives on Jan. 30 and Feb. 15, 1798. Attributed to John Woodworth by Evans.
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  Wisdom, a poem. : Wisdom sprang from the Supreme Being; and by that wisdom he overcomes evil. By wisdom, peace and plenty flourish in cities and civil societies; and, by its means, private men may be enabled to enjoy domestic happiness. / By a Quaker, (or Friend) of R. Island.
  Date of publication:
  1798
  

  Author(s):

  Wilkinson, Edward, 1728-1809.
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  Attributed to Edward Wilkinson in: Smith, Joseph, Descriptive catalogue of Friends' books, London, 1867. Ascribed to the press of Thomas Collier by Evans.
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  An ode, in honor of the Pennsylvania militia, and a small band of regular troops, under the command of Gen. George Washington; who in the depth of winter, in the year 1776, turned the tide of fortune against Britain, and repulsed her forces to the banks of the river Delaware. : [One line of quotation]
  Date of publication:
  1800
  

  Author(s):

  Brackenridge, H. H. (Hugh Henry), 1748-1816.
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  Attributed to Hugh Henry Brackenridge in BAL. Last leaf blank.
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  America: or, A poem on the settlement of the British colonies; addressed to the friends of freedom, and their country. / By a gentleman educated at Yale-College.
  Date of publication:
  1780
  

  Author(s):

  Dwight, Timothy, 1752-1817. and Livingston, William, 1723-1790.
  Description:
  Attributed to Timothy Dwight in BAL. Erroneously attributed to William Livingston (Evans entry 11700, misdated 1770). Date of publication supplied from BAL.
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  A poem, addressed to the armies of the United States of America. / By a gentleman of the army. ; [Five lines of Latin quotations]
  Date of publication:
  1780
  

  Author(s):

  Humphreys, David, 1752-1818.
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  Attributed to Humphreys in Dexter's Yale graduates.
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  The progress of science. A poem delivered at Harvard College before a committee of overseers, April 21, 1780. / By a junior sophister.
  Date of publication:
  1780
  

  Author(s):

  Dexter, Samuel, 1761-1816. and Harvard College (1636-1780).
  Description:
  Attributed to Samuel Dexter in the Dictionary of American biography.
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  A discourse delivered near York in Virginia, on the memorable occasion of the surrender of the British Army to the allied forces of America and France, before the Brigade of New-York troups and the division of American light-infantry, under the command of the Marquis de la Fayette. / By Israel Evans, A.M. Chaplain to the troops of New-Hampshire. ; (On the 13th day of December, the day of general thanksgiving, this discourse, nearly in its present form was delivered in the Second Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia. ...
  Date of publication:
  1782
  

  Author(s):

  Evans, Israel, 1747-1807. and Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de, 1757-1834, dedicatee.
  Description:
  Dedicated to the Marquis de Lafayette. Parenthesis substituted for square bracket in title transcription. "Stanzas, adapted to the preceding discourse, and addressed to the American army."--p. [46].
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  The man of feeling: a novel, / by Mr. Mackenzie, of Edinburg. Author of Julia de Roubigne, and The man of the world. ; With The sentimental sailor. A poem, originating from Rousseau's Eloisa. ; [Six lines of verse from Propertius]
  Date of publication:
  1782
  

  Author(s):

  Mackenzie, Henry, 1745-1831. ; Merrick, James, 1720-1769. ; Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778, dedicatee. ; Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778. Eloisa. and Mercer, Thomas, b. 1709. Sentimental sailor.
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  Error in paging: p. 77-103 misnumbered 76-102. Bookseller's advertisement, p. iv. "The wish by Mr. Merrick."--p. [72]. "The sentimental sailor, versified from Rousseau; or St. Preux to Eloisa, an elegy in two parts, with ...
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  New travels through North-America: in a series of letters; exhibiting, the history of the victorious campaign of the allied armies, under His Excellency General Washington, and the Count de Rochambeau, in the year 1781. : Interspersed woth political, and philosophical observations, upon the genius, temper, and customs of the Americans; also narrations of the capture of General Burgoyne, and Lord Cornwallis, with their armies; and a variety of interesting particulars, which occurred, in the course, of the war in America. / Translated from the original of the Abbé Robin, one of the chaplains to the French army in America. ; [Six lines from Young]
  Date of publication:
  1783
  

  Author(s):

  Robin, abbé, 1750-1794. ; Freneau, Philip Morin, 1752-1832, tr. and Berkeley, George, 1685-1753. Verses on the prospect of planting arts and learning in America.
  Description:
  Running title: New travels through America. Translated by Philip Freneau. Cf. BAL. "Verses on the prospect of planting arts and learning in America. ... by ... Dr. Berkeley, Bishop of Cloyne, in Ireland."--p. [2]. Bookseller's ...
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  Lessons for lovers; with some tender and pathetic anecdotes, taken from real life. / By Ovid Americanus. ; [Six lines from Swift] ; To which is added, the Thunder-storm. A poem. Supposed to be written by the late celebrated Miss A***, now Mrs. L****.
  Date of publication:
  1784
  

  Author(s):

  Ovid Americanus. and Morris, Robert, 1734-1806, dedicatee.
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  In verse. "Several lines in the following poem [i.e., the Thunder-storm], are a parody, on a passage in Thomson's Seasons."-- 2nd page after p. 31. Dedication to Robert Morris dated Philadelphia, June 10th. 1784.
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  The Philadelphiad; or New pictures of the city: interspersed with a candid review and display of some first-rate modern characters of both sexes: delineated in a friendly and satirical manner, and containing sketches of the materials that distinguish the following places, viz. Court-house, new-jail, theatre, bagnio, hospital for lunatics, Bell's-Book-Store, State-House, and coffee-house. : With other entertaining anecdotes, humorous, moral and sentimental. : Vol. I[-II]. : [Three lines of quotations]
  Date of publication:
  1784
  

  Author(s):

  Unknown author
  Description:
  In verse. Vol. 1: 83, [1] p.; v. 2: 59, [1] p.
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  Liberty and peace, a poem. / By Phillis Peters.
  Date of publication:
  1784
  

  Author(s):

  Wheatley, Phillis, 1753-1784.
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  (Evans-TCP ; no. N14772) Transcribed from: (Readex Archive of Americana ; Early American Imprints, series I ; image set 18727) Images scanned from Readex microprint and microform: (Early American imprints. First series ; ...
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  New-Year verses, for those who carry the Pennsylvania gazette to the customers. January 1, 1784.
  Date of publication:
  1783
  

  Author(s):

  Freneau, Philip Morin, 1752-1832.
  Description:
  Attributed to Philip Freneau in BAL. Presumably printed late in 1783 by Hall and Sellers, printers of the Pennsylvania gazette, for distribution on New Year's day.
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  The vision of Columbus; a poem in nine books. / By Joel Barlow, Esquire.
  Date of publication:
  1787
  

  Author(s):

  Barlow, Joel, 1754-1812. and Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793, dedicatee.
  Description:
  The basis of the author's "Columbiad." Dedicated to King Louis the Sixteenth. Error in paging: p. 203 misnumbered 103. "Subscribers names."--p. [259-272].
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  The seasons. In four books. : With Britannia. / By James Thomson. ; To which are added the following pieces, I. Ode on St. Cecilia's Day, by Mr. Pope. II. Alexander's Feast, or The power of musick, by Mr. Dryden. III. Ode on solitude, by Mr. Pope. IV. The dying Christian to his soul, an ode, by the same. V. The universal prayer, by the same. VI. Elegy, to the memory of an unfortunate lady, by the same. VII. Veni creator spiritus, translated in paraphrase, by Mr. Dryden. ; To which is prefixed, the life and literary character of Mr. Thomson. ; Illustrated with a new set of designs.
  Date of publication:
  1788
  

  Author(s):

  Thomson, James, 1700-1748. ; Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744. ; Dryden, John, 1631-1700. and Thomson, James, 1700-1748. Britannia.
  Description:
  Error in paging: p. 216 misnumbered 214.
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  The Charmer; being a select collection of English, Scots' and American songs, including the modern: : with a selection of favourite toasts and sentiments.
  Date of publication:
  1790
  

  Author(s):

  Unknown author
  Description:
  "A table of first lines to the Charme. [sic]"--p. [iii]-viii.
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  Poems, dramatic and miscellaneous. By Mrs. M. Warren. ; [Two lines from Pope]
  Date of publication:
  1790
  

  Author(s):

  Warren, Mercy Otis, 1728-1814. and Washington, George, 1732-1799, dedicatee.
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  Dedicated to George Washington.
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  An epistle to the Reverend Mr. George Whitefield: written in the year MDCCLV. / By Charles Westley [sic], A.M. late student of Christ-Church, Oxford.
  Date of publication:
  1790
  

  Author(s):

  Wesley, Charles, 1707-1788.
  Description:
  In verse.
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  The narrative of Whiting Sweeting, who was executed at Albany, the 26th August, 1791. : Containing, an account of his trial before the Supreme Court of New-York, at the July term, for the murder of Darius Quimby: the substance of the charge of His Honor the chief justice to the jury, with the sentence of death on the prisoner; an address to the public, on the fatal consequences of a life spent in sin, instanced in his own conduct ... / Written by himself, and published for the benefit of precious souls, at his particular and dying request. ; To which are added, an account of the behaviour of the unhappy sufferer from his confinement to execution, and the substance of his address at the gallows. By one who had free access to, and frequent conversation with him.
  Date of publication:
  1791
  

  Author(s):

  Sweeting, Whiting, d. 1791. and Carter, William.
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  "Advertisement. The unfortunate Whiting Sweeting, having confidence in my promise, left me with his narrative for publication ... No other person has had his writings, nor an opportunity of transcribing therefrom. The ...
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  Poems on several subjects: written by Stephen Duck, lately a poor thresher in the County of Wilts, at the wages of four shillings and six pence per week. ; Which were publicly read in the drawing-room at Windsor Castle, on Friday the 11th of September, 1730, to Her Majesty Queen Caroline--who was thereupon pleased to take the author into her protection. ; To which is addd [sic] The woman's labour: an epistle to Stephen Duck; in answer to his poem, called The thresher's labour: together with the three wise sentences taken from Esdras, Ch. III and IV. By Mary Collier, a washer-woman.
  Date of publication:
  1793
  

  Author(s):

  Duck, Stephen, 1705-1756. and Collier, Mary.
  Description:
  Bookseller's advertisement, p. [44].
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  Travels through America. A poem. / By Michael Forrest.
  Date of publication:
  1793
  

  Author(s):

  Forrest, Michael.
  Description:
  Address to fortune -- Verses addressed to a young gentleman at the Charleston College-Academy, in 1790 -- A specimen of unlimited sublime poetry -- Man shall be free. A new song. Written Feruary 25, 1793.
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  Miscellaneous works, prose and poetical. By a young gentleman of New-York. ; [One line in Latin from Horace]
  Date of publication:
  1795
  

  Author(s):

  Linn, John Blair, 1777-1804.
  Description:
  Attributed to John Blair Linn in the Dictionary of American biography. Subscribers' list, p. [5-12], 1st count. Errata note, p. [354].
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  The ghost of John Young the homicide, who was executed the 17th of August last, for the murder of Robert Barwick, a sherif's officer. : The following monody is written with a view of rescuing his memory from obloquy, and shewing how inconsistent sanguinary laws are, in a country which boasts of her freedom and happiness./ By Mrs. Faugeres. ; (Price six pence).
  Date of publication:
  1797
  

  Author(s):

  Faugeres, Margaretta V., 1771-1801.
  Description:
  "This is a verse dialogue, with the spirit of the murderer relating how severely he had been dealt with."--McDade. Place and date of publication supplied by Evans.
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  Means for the preservation of public liberty. An oration delivered in the New Dutch Church, on the Fourth of July, 1797. Being the twenty-first anniversary of our independence. / By G.J. Warner. [Ten lines of verse from Freneau]
  Date of publication:
  1797
  

  Author(s):

  Warner, G. J. (George James). and Freneau, Philip Morin, 1752-1832.
  Description:
  Half-title: Oration, delivered before the General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen the Tammany Society, or Columbian Order, the Democratic and New-York Cooper Societies and other citizens. July 4th, 1797. "Ode (composed ...
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  The progress of dulness, or The rare adventures of Tom Brainless. By the celebrated author of Mc.Fingal.
  Date of publication:
  1797
  

  Author(s):

  Trumbull, John, 1750-1831.
  Description:
  In verse. Attributed to John Trumbull in the Dictionary of American biography. The progress of dulness. Part first -- The progress of dulness. Part second. Or An essay on the life and character of Dick Hairbrain of finical ...
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  The politicians; or, A state of things. A dramatic piece. / Written by an American, and a citizen of Philadelphia.
  Date of publication:
  1798
  

  Author(s):

  Murdock, John, 1748-1834.
  Description:
  Attributed to John Murdock by Evans. Edwin Wolf notes the presence in some copies of a leaf inserted between [A]1 and [A]2, containing an "Editor's note." Cf. his "Historical grist for the bibliographer's mill." Studies ...
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  The author wishing it may be improved and enlarged, by some abler pen, now casts in her mite, to the memory of that worthy person, whose loss we severely feel. Hannah Wheaton.
  Date of publication:
  1799
  

  Author(s):

  Wheaton, Hannah.
  Description:
  Twelve stanzas of verse on the death of George Washington; first line: My Father! Cries the United States. Imprint supplied by Evans.
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  The history of Tawny Rachel, the fortune teller, Black Giles's wife.
  Date of publication:
  1800
  

  Author(s):

  More, Hannah, 1745-1833. and More, Hannah, 1745-1833. Plum cakes; or, the farmer and his three sons.
  Description:
  At head of title: [Cheap repository. Number 17.] This title is included in: The works of Hannah More, New York, 1835. Parentheses substituted for square brackets in imprint transcription. Title vignette. "The plum cakes; ...
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  Black Giles the poacher; with some account of a family who had rather live by their wits than their work.
  Date of publication:
  1800
  

  Author(s):

  More, Hannah, 1745-1833. and More, Hannah, 1745-1833. Gin shop; or A peep into a prison.
  Description:
  At head of title: [Cheap repository. Number 15.] This title is included in: The works of Hannah More, New York, 1835. Parentheses substituted for square brackets in imprint transcription. Title vignette. "The gin shop; or ...
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  Mrs. Mehetabel Holt a person of early piety, and quick understanding in the fear of the Lord, was born at Newbury in New-England, and died at Bishop-Stoke, September 30th. 1677. AEtat. 38.
  Date of publication:
  1690
  

  Author(s):

  Unknown author
  Description:
  Followed by verse of 6 lines; first line: America afforded me my birth. Imprint supplied by Bristol. Not in Ford, W.C. Broadsides.
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  May 28th. 1706. To my worthy friend, Mr. James Bayley, living (if living) in Roxbury. A poem.
  Date of publication:
  1707
  

  Author(s):

  Noyes, Nicholas, 1647-1717.
  Description:
  Verse of 132 lines, concerning Bayley's last illness, which resulted in his death on January 18, 1707. First line: My old companion! and my friend! Signed: Nicholas Noyes. The New-York Historical Society copy has a ms. ...
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  The travels of the imagination; a true journey from Newcastle to London. : To which are added, American independence, an everlasting deliverance from British tyranny: a poem.
  Date of publication:
  1778
  

  Author(s):

  Murray, James, 1732-1782. and Freneau, Philip Morin, 1752-1832. American independence.
  Description:
  Attributed to James Murray by Evans. Also issued as part of: Miscellanies for sentimentalists ... Philadelphia : Robert Bell, 1778 (Evans 15914). "American independence, an everlasting deliverance from British tyranny. A ...
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  The death of General Montgomery, in storming the city of Quebec. A tragedy. : With an ode, in honour of the Pennsylvania Militia, and the small band of regular Continental troops, who sustained the campaign, in the depth of winter, January, 1777, and repulsed the British forces from the banks of the Delaware. / By the author of a dramatic piece, on the Battle of Bunkers's Hill. ; To which are added, elegiac pieces, commemorative of distinguished characters. By different gentlemen. ; [One line from Virgil, with Pitt's translation]
  Date of publication:
  1777
  

  Author(s):

  Brackenridge, H. H. (Hugh Henry), 1748-1816. ; Parke, John, 1754-1789. ; Mifflin, thomas, 1744-1800, dedicatee. ; Norman, John, ca. 1748-1817, engraver. and N. G., ill.
  Description:
  Attributed to Hugh Henry Brackenridge in BAL. Prologue, p. [82-83] signed: J.P. [i.e., John Parke]. Frontispiece signed: N.G. inv. Norman, sc. With a half-title. With a half-title. Bookseller's advertisement, p. [82-84].
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  The blind beggar of Bethnal Green. A dramatic performance: : with several instructive and entertaining pieces. / By Robert Dodsley, author of the Original fables.
  Date of publication:
  1777
  

  Author(s):

  Dodsley, Robert, 1703-1764. ; Smith, engraver. and Saint-Évremond, 1613-1703. Husband, wife, and the doctor.
  Description:
  Without the music (by Arne). Title vignette, signed: Smith sculp. Error in paging: p. 78-80 misnumbered 77-79. "The king and the priest: being an attempt to introduce upon the stage, a new species of pantomime."--p. [27]-35; ...
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  The law given at Sinai: a poem. / By a young gentleman.
  Date of publication:
  1777
  

  Author(s):

  Dawes, Thomas, 1757-1825. and Langdon, Samuel, 1723-1797, dedicatee.
  Description:
  Attributed to Dawes by Wegelin and Evans. Dedicated Samuel Langdon, president of Harvard College.
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  Cow-chace, in three cantos, published on occasion of the rebel General Wayne's attack of the refugees block-house on Hudson's River, on Friday the 21st of July, 1780.
  Date of publication:
  1780
  

  Author(s):

  André, John, 1751-1780. ; Odell, Jonathan, 1737-1818. and Boucher, Jonathan, 1738-1804.
  Description:
  By John André. "The American times, a satire, in three parts ... By Camillo Querno, poet-laureat to the Congress ..."--p. [27]-69. Variously attributed to Jonathan Odell and Jonathan Boucher.
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  A grammatical institute of the English language; comprising, an easy, concise and systematic method of education; designed for the use of schools in America. : In three parts. : Part III. Containing the necessary rules of reading and speaking, and a variety of essays dialogues, and declamatory pieces, moral, political and entertaining; divided into lessons, for the use of children. / By Noah Webster, Jun. Esq.
  Date of publication:
  1785
  

  Author(s):

  Webster, Noah, 1758-1843. ; Barlow, Joel, 1754-1812. and Dwight, Timothy, 1752-1817.
  Description:
  "From The vision of Columbus; a pem, not yet published."--p. 94-101. By Joel Barlow. "From The conquest of Canaan. A poem, not yet published."--p. 101-106. By Timothy Dwight.
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  A journey from Philadelphia to New-York, by way of Burlington and South-Amboy. By Robert Slender, stocking weaver. ; Extracted from the author's journals. ; [Two lines from Horace]
  Date of publication:
  1787
  

  Author(s):

  Freneau, Philip Morin, 1752-1832.
  Description:
  In verse. By Philip Freneau.
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  A dissertation, in answer to a late lecture on the political state of America, read in New-Haven, January 12th, 1789, during the adjourned sessions of the Honorable legislature. : To which is added, a short poem spoken at the same time. / By William Hillhouse, Jun. Esq. attorney at law.
  Date of publication:
  1789
  

  Author(s):

  Hillhouse, William, 1757-1833.
  Description:
  (Evans-TCP ; no. N16983) Transcribed from: (Readex Archive of Americana ; Early American Imprints, series I ; image set 21887) Images scanned from Readex microprint and microform: (Early American imprints. First series ; ...
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  The fatal effects of seduction. A tragedy. Written for the use of the students of Clio Hall, in Bennington, to be acted on their quarter-day, April 28, 1789. : Founded on the story of an unhappy young lady of Boston. / By a friend to literature.
  Date of publication:
  1789
  

  Author(s):

  Friend to literature. ; Harmon, Martin, 1774-1798. and Griswold, William Adams, 1775-1846.
  Description:
  In verse. The only known copy, held by the American Antiquarian Society, lacks title page. Title and imprint supplied by Evans from a notice in the Vermont gazette, April 27, 1789, describing the work as "just published." ...
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