British Parliament.
Philadelphia: printed and sold, by
William and Thomas Bradford,
m.dcc.lxxiv.
[1774.]
20 leaves; the Advertisement dated August 17, 1774.
Sabin 104629.
Evans 13775.
Hildeburn 3137.
On the title-page Jefferson has written:
by James Wilson.
For James Wilson see no. 3032 above. This pamphlet was published anonymously and was at first ascribed to Franklin. Several references to Wilson are made
by Jefferson in his autobiography.
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7. [NICHOLAS,
Robert Carter.]
Considerations on the present state of Virginia examined. [
Williamsburg:] Printed in the year
m,dcc,lxxiv
[by
Purdie and
Dixon, 1774].
22 leaves: [ ]
4, B-E
4, F
2.
Sabin 55170.
Evans 13500.
Clayton-Torrence 424.
In his
Notes on the State of Virginia
(1782 ed. page 325) Jefferson includes this pamphlet, with the author’s name, as one of the four pamphlets on the controversy
with England, published in the State of Virginia:
1774, Considerations, &c. by Robert Carter Nicholas.
Robert Carter Nicholas, 1728-1780, colonial official and revolutionary patriot, was well-known to Jefferson. In his autobiography begun in 1821,
in connection with the day of prayer, humiliation and fasting on June 1, 1774, on the closing of the Boston port, Jefferson
wrote:
. . . to give greater emphasis to our proposition, we agreed to wait the next morning on m(
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r)
Nicholas, whose grave & religious character was more in unison with the tone of our resolution, and to sollicit him to move
it . . .
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8. [LEE,
Charles.]
Strictures on a pamphlet, entitled, a “Friendly address to all reasonable Americans, on the subject of our political confusions.”
Addressed to the People of America . . .
Philadelphia: printed and sold by
William and Thomas Bradford,
m.dcc.lxxiv
. [1774.]
First Edition. 8 leaves.
Sabin 39714.
Evans 13372.
Hildeburn 3042.
On the title-page Jefferson has written in ink:
by General Lee.
Charles Lee, 1731-1782, originally a soldier in the British Army, became a Revolutionary general in the American Army, having settled
in America in 1773. The author of
A Friendly Address
against whom this pamphlet was written was Dr. Myles Cooper, Loyalist, president of King’s College, New York.
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9. [HOPKINSON,
Francis.]
A Pretty Story written in the Year of our Lord, 2774. By Peter Grievous, Esquire, A. B. C. D. E. . . .
Williamsburg: printed by
John Pinkney for the benefit of Clementina Rind’s Children,
m dcc lxxiv
. [1774.]
8 leaves: [ ]
4, B
4.
Sabin 32980.
Evans 13340.
Clayton-Torrence 415.
Wright 1232 (this copy only).
Francis Hopkinson, 1737-1791, statesman, musician and author.
A Pretty Story is his first political satire, and is an allegorical account of the trouble between England and the colonies. For an account
of the work, sometimes referred to as the first American novel, see Arthur Hobson Quinn,
American Fiction, page 4.
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10. [LEE,
Arthur.]
An Appeal to the justice and interests of the people of Great Britain, in the present disputes with America. By an old Member
of Parliament.
London: printed for
J. Almon,
mdcclxxiv
. [1774.]
