9. [MARTIN,
Alexander.]
A New Scene interesting to the citizens of the United States of America, additional to the historical play of Columbus, by
a Senator of the United States . . . Lately performed with applause at the New-Theatre, in Philadelphia.
[
Philadelphia:] printed by
Benj. Franklin Bache,
m,dccxcviii
. [1798.]
PS801 .M8
8vo. 6 leaves. In blank verse.
Sabin 53397.
Evans 34050.
Not in Wegelin.
Mentions Jefferson on page 9 in a speech by “Genius”:
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Their councils shall my FRANKLIN guide, great sage,
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Who first dare check the lightning of the skies;
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My ADAMS and my JEFFERSON with him;
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By these great aids shall wrest the sceptre from
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A tyrant hand . . .
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Alexander Martin, 1740-1807, Governor of North Carolina and United States Senator. This tract is included as being apparently the only one
published by Martin in either 1798 or 1799. Two issues were printed, of which the other has Thomas Condie’s name in the imprint.
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10. [OGDEN,
John Cosens.]
A Short History of late ecclesiastical oppressions in New-England and Vermont, by a citizen. In which is exhibited a statement
of the violation of religious liberties, which are ratified by the Constitution of the United States.
Richmond: printed by
James Lyon,
1799.
BR520 .O4
8vo. 10 leaves.
John Cosens Ogden addressed several letters to Jefferson from Litchfield prison. On March 5, 1799, he wrote to him from that address a letter
which mentioned: “. . . To-morrow my design is to open the aristocracy and spiritual tyranny to view, in another pamphlet. They are well assured,
that I shall industriously endeavor to make a revolution in opinions in this state, which violate the constitution & laws
& disturb the public tranquility . . .”
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11. [ADAMS,
John.]
Message of the President of the United States, to both Houses of Congress. April 3d. 1798.
Philadelphia: printed by
T. Dobson and
J. Ormrod,
1798.
E323 .U54
8vo. 30 leaves.
This issue not in Evans, who has John Fenno’s edition, 34812.
Cronin and Wise no. 70 (Phila. 1798).
Relates to the X Y Z affair. Jefferson is mentioned on page 54 in the comments on Article 14 of the treaty of amity and commerce,
in the instructions to the Envoys Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the French Republic. On page 8 is a reference
to Major Mountflorence, one of whose original letters is in Jefferson’s collection, see no. 2563.
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12. [DUANE,
William.]
A Caution; or, Reflections on the present contest between France and Great-Britain. [
Philadelphia:] printed by
Benj. Franklin Bache,
m,dccxcviii
. [1798.]
AC901 .D8 Vol. 38
8vo. 8 leaves, the last a blank; dated at the end January 25, 1798; the penultimate leaf contains Ode, on the French Revolution,
four stanzas.
Sabin 11586 (under the title).
Evans 33647 (under the author).
Not in Clark.
The copy in the Library of Congress, in the Duane collection of pamphlets, has
By W
m Duane
written in ink on the title-page, apparently by Duane himself.
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