and improved. To which are added for the benefit of the Merchant, the Student and the Traveller, I.--Tables of the Moneys
of most of the commercial Nations in the world . . . II.--Tables of Weights and Measures, ancient and modern . . . III.--The
Divisions of Time among the Jews, Greeks and Romans . . . IV.--An official List of the Post-Offices in the United States .
. . V.--The Number of Inhabitants in the United States, with the amount of exports. IV[sic].--New and interesting Chronological Tables of remarkable Events and Discoveries. By Noah Webster, Esq. From
Sidney’s Press. For
Hudson & Goodwin, Book Sellers,
Hartford, and
Increase Cooke & Co. Book-Sellers,
New-Haven.
1806.
PE.1628W3 1806 [punct.
sic.--
Ed.]
First Edition. 12mo. 214 leaves. The Dictionary is preceded by a Preface dated from
New-Haven, Jan. 1806.
Sabin 102347.
Ford II, 537.
Noah Webster, 1758-1843, lexicographer.
A Compendious Dictionary was Webster’s first dictionary, compiled as a preparation for his larger work. Jefferson’s opinion of Webster was written
in a letter to James Madison, the Secretary of State, dated from Monticello August 12, 1801: “
. . . tho’ I view Webster as a mere pedagogue, of very limited understanding and very strong prejudices & party passions .
. .
”
For correspondence between Jefferson and Webster, see no. 4928.
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Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.
1815 Catalogue, page 166, no. 35, Lindley Murray’s English Grammar, 12mo.
MURRAY,
Lindley.
English Grammar, adapted to the different Classes of Learners, with an Appendix, containing Rules and Observations, for assisting
the more advanced students to write with Perspicuity and Accuracy . . . By Lindley Murray. From the Eighteenth English Edition, enlarged and improved by the Author.
Philadelphia: published by
Johnson and
Warner, and sold at their Stores in
Philadelphia,
Richmond, Virginia, and
Lexington, Kentucky,
1811.
12mo. 153 leaves; a copy of this edition was not seen, the title was taken from the card for this edition in the National
Union Catalog, and is identical with other editions save for the number of the source edition and the imprint.
Not in Sabin.
Listed without detail in Smith,
Catalogue of Friends’ Books.
Lindley Murray, 1745-1826, Quaker grammarian, was born in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. In 1784 he went to England, settled just outside
York, and lived there until his death. The first edition of this work was printed in London in 1795, and the book was frequently
reprinted in England and in the United States. For a full list of the editions, see Smith’s
Catalogue of Friends’ books and for an account of the book, see R. L. Lyman,
English Grammar in American Schools before 1850.
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Pointer’s Academical miscellany.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 167, no. 93, as above.
POINTER,
John.
Miscellanea in Usum Juventutis Academicæ: Containing 1. Characters of the Classick Authors . . . 2. Instructions for Reading
the Classick Authors . . . 3.
