The miscellaneous works of Colonel Humphreys.

Abstract

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 187-188. Two states of gathering D noted. In the second, leaves D3,4 are cancelled.... Added text consists of an "Extract from the Columbian magazine for Oct. 1786" and the "Preface to the ninth edition of the Poem on the happiness of America." Two states of gathering 2I (p. 249-256) noted. In one (BAL 20544, state A) pages are misnumbered 247, 250, 252, 250, 251, 253, 256, 254. In the other (BAL 20544, state B) pages are misnumbered 249, 248, 249, 251, 254, 252, 253, 255. "Epistle from Dr. [Timothy] Dwight to Col. Humphreys. Greenfield, 1785."--p. 102-110. "Ode on the glory of Columbia."--p. 181-183. By Timothy Dwight. READEX NOTE: The copy filmed, like the CSmH copy noted by Shipton & Mooney, has leaves D3,4 cancelled by gathering d.