Glocester: printed by
R. Raikes, and sold by
T. Cadell,
London,
m.dcc.lxxv
. [1775.]
First Edition. 8vo. 48 leaves in fours, folded leaf with table, list of errata at the foot of the last page of text, followed by
two pages with list of books by the same author.
Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.
Other tracts by Josiah Tucker are in this catalogue, q.v.
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Pulteney’s thoughts on the present affairs with America.
1778.
4. PULTENEY,
William.
Thoughts on the present state of affairs with America, and the means of conciliation. By William Pulteney, Esq. The
fourth edition.
London: printed for
J. Dodsley and
T. Cadell,
mdcclxxviii
. [1778.]
8vo. 52 leaves in fours. On sig. L (page 73) begin the Appendices:
Appendix. N
o I. Letters of Dr. Franklyn, published in the London Chronicle, from the 6th to the 8th of February, 1766. Apendix. N
o II. Extract from a Treatise, entitled, “Letter from a Merchant in London to his Nephew in America,” written in 1766, by Dr.
Tucker, Dean of Glocester, and now republished in a Book, entitled, “Four Tracts on political and commercial Subjects.”
In the list of the pamphlets written by him on the fly-leaf, Franklin has drawn attention to the first Appendix:
4. Thoughts on the present State of Affairs with America, (Pultney).
Page 73. D
r Franklin’s Letters to Gov
r Shirley. 1754.
On the relative page, unnumbered, Franklin has written
Page 73.
William Pulteney, English politician, was member of Parliament for Shrewsbury. A second edition of this pamphlet in the same year has a third
Appendix containing a copy of a letter from Franklin dated from Passy March 12, 1778, written after his receipt of a copy
of the first edition, in order to correct a mistake by the author.
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Prospect of the consequences of the conduct of G. B. towards America.
1776.
5.
A Prospect of the consequences of the Present Conduct of Great Britain towards America . . .
London: printed for
J. Almon,
1776. [Price
one shilling and six-pence.]
First Edition. 8vo. 50 leaves in eights, including a leaf of advertisement at the end.
Not in Halkett and Laing.
Sabin 66069.
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Franklin and Jefferson’s volume III, Colonial Pamphlets Vol. 9, contains 5 tracts, listed and numbered by Franklin on the
fly-leaf.
Pownal’s memorial of affairs between the old and new world.
1780.
1. [POWNALL,
Thomas.]
A Memorial, most humbly addressed to the sovereigns of Europe, on the present state of affairs, between the Old and New World.
London: printed for
J. Almon,
1780. [Price
half a crown.]
First Edition. 8vo. 70 leaves in fours including a leaf of advertisement at the end. Sig. F is missed in printing but the text
and pagination are correctly printed. The Preface dated from Paris, Jan. 25, 1780.
Halkett and Laing IV, 159.
Sabin 64826.
Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I
By Thos. Pownall written on the title-page by Franklin.
See no. 3054 above.
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