Hartley, Esq; Member of Parliament for the town of Kingston-upon-Hull. The
eighth edition.
London: printed for
Almon,
Kearsly,
Dilly;
Cruttwell,
Bath; and
Becket,
Bristol.
mdcclxxix
. [1779.]
66 leaves in fours and twos, the latter explained by the note on the last leaf, otherwise blank:
The Binder will observe, in folding the Signatures G, H; M, N; and P, Q, that they are printed as Half-Sheets in Quarto, in
order that each Letter may be folded separate.
A presentation inscription or autograph signature cut off the upper margin of the title-page.
For other works by Hartley and a biographical note see no. 2788 and the Index.
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2. [GALLOWAY,
Joseph.]
Letters to a nobleman, on the conduct of the war in the middle Colonies. ?
London:
J. Wilkie,
1779.]
8vo. 44 leaves only, should have 46, lacks the title and one preliminary leaf. This edition seems to have been issued without
the map, and has an Appendix III. American Enquiry, not found in earlier editions.
This edition not in Sabin.
Uncut, the title written at the head of the first page, not by Jefferson.
For a note on Joseph Galloway, see no. 3134 above.
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3. [MACPHERSON,
James.]
A Short history of the opposition during the last session of Parliament.
Dublin: printed for
the Company of Booksellers,
m,dcc,lxxix
. [1779.]
31 leaves.
Halkett and Laing V, 256.
Sabin 43633.
Several of the works of James Macpherson, 1736-1796, the “translator” of the Ossianic poems, appear in this catalogue. The
first edition of this pamphlet was printed in London in 1779, and was followed by at least six editions in the same year.
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4. [PAINE,
Thomas.]
The Crisis Extraordinary. It is impossible to sit down and think seriously on the affairs of America . . .
Philadelphia: sold by
William Harris in Second-Street . . . [Price
four dollars single, or
thirty six dollars the dozen.] [
1780.]
First Edition. 8 leaves, caption title, imprint at the end.
The Crisis Extraordinary ends on the penultimate leaf, signed and dated Common Sense. Philadelphia, October 4, 1780; it is followed by a Postscript signed C. S.
Not in Sabin.
Evans 16918.
Hildeburn 4034.
Uncut. This is one of the copies in which the words
at his store are omitted from the imprint. The Postscript is concerned with the treachery of General Arnold.
It is possible that Sabin failed to distinguish between this pamphlet and that entitled
A Crisis Extraordinary
(see no. 3106 above) ascribed by him to Thomas Paine.
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5.
Proceedings of a Board of General Officers, held by order of his Excellency Gen. Washington, Commander in Chief of the Army
of the United States of America. Respecting Major John André, Adjutant General of the British Army. September 29, 1780.
Philadelphia: printed by
Francis Bailey,
m.dcc.lxxx
. [1780.]
First Edition. 8vo. 12 leaves including the half-title; with the misprint in the number on page 7.
Sabin 1454.
Evans 17043.
Hildeburn 4048.
John André, 1751-1780, major in the British Army in America, was executed on October 3, 1780.
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