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A PARTICULAR ACCOUNT OF THE INSURRECTION OF THE NEGROES OF ST. DOMINGO, BEGUN IN AUGUST, 1791: TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH. THE FOURTH EDITION: WITH NOTES AND AN APPENDIX EXTRACTED FROM AUTHENTIC ORIGINAL PAPERS.

[London? 1792?]. 32pp. Caption title, as issued. Erratum at the bottom of page 32. First page and last page with some dusting. Trimmed irregularly at top margin, affecting page numbers on two leaves but not taking any text. Good+, in plain modern green boards. Translated into English, this is... More about A PARTICULAR ACCOUNT OF THE INSURRECTION OF THE NEGROES OF ST. DOMINGO, BEGUN IN AUGUST, 1791:...

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Gillet, Eliphalet:

A DISCOURSE, DELIVERED AT HALLOWELL, APRIL 25TH, 1799. BEING THE DAY APPOINTED BY THE CHIEF MAGISTRATE OF THE UNITED STATES, FOR A NATIONAL FAST.

Hallowell- Printed. New York: Reprinted. Cornelius Davis, 1799. 22pp. Disbound, lacking the half title. Good+. On "the danger of a spirit of insubordination" to civil government. If France should "gain an ascendancy over us, farewel to that subordination, which is necessary to our peace, liberty and happiness and farewell... More about A DISCOURSE, DELIVERED AT HALLOWELL, APRIL 25TH, 1799. BEING THE DAY APPOINTED BY THE CHIEF...

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Lowell, John Jun.:

AN ORATION, PRONOUNCED JULY 4, 1799, AT THE REQUEST OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF BOSTON, IN COMMEMORATION OF THE ANNIVERSARY OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE.

Boston: Manning & Loring, 1799. 27, [1 blank] pp. Disbound and lightly dusted, else Very Good.. "More than an ordinary fourth of July oration" [Sabin]. Lowell, a prominent Federalist, warns of the "Gallic faction in this country," supporters of "the inhuman and savage atrocities which have disgraced the French Revolution."... More about AN ORATION, PRONOUNCED JULY 4, 1799, AT THE REQUEST OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF BOSTON, IN...

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Volney, C.F.:

A VIEW OF THE SOIL AND CLIMATE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: WITH SUPPLEMENTARY REMARKS UPON FLORIDA; ON THE FRENCH COLONIES ON THE MISSISSIPPI AND OHIO, AND IN CANADA; AND ON THE ABORIGINAL TRIBES OF AMERICA. BY C.F. VOLNEY, MEMBER OF THE CONSERVATIVE SENATE, &C. &C. TRANSLATED, WITH OCCASIONAL REMARKS, BY C.B. BROWN. WITH MAPS AND PLATES.

Philadelphia: Published by J. Conrad & Co.... 1804. xxviii, 446 pp, with the half title, plus Map of North American and two plates. Lacking the second map, scattered spotting. Bound in original sheep [hinges starting but still firm]. Good. Constantin François de Chassebœuf, comte de Volney [1757-1820], French Philosophe..... More about A VIEW OF THE SOIL AND CLIMATE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: WITH SUPPLEMENTARY REMARKS UPON...

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Cevallos, Don Pedro:

EXPOSITION OF THE PRACTICES AND MACHINATIONS WHICH LED TO THE USURPATION OF THE CROWN OF SPAIN, AND THE MEANS ADOPTED BY BUONAPARTE TO CARRY IT INTO EXECUTION. BY DON PEDRO CEVALLOS. FIRST SECRETARY OF STATE AND DISPATCHES TO HIS CATHOLIC MAJESTY FERDINAND VII. TO WHICH IS ADDED AN IMPARTIAL ACCOUNT OF THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS WHICH HAVE OCCURRED IN ARANJUEZ, MADRID AND BAYONNE, FROM THE 17TH OF MARCH UNTIL THE 15TH OF MAY, 1808. TREATING OF THE FALL OF THE PRINCE OF PEACE, AND THE TERMINATION OF THE FRIENDSHIP AND ALLIANCE BETWEEN THE FRENCH AND SPANISH NATION. TRANSLATED FROM THE SPANISH.

New York: Published and sold by E. Sargeant, 1808. [1- general title], [1 blank], 47, [1 blank], 46, [2 blanks] pp. Broken stitching. Widely scattered foxing. Good+. Usually only the first part of this pamphlet is encountered, without the general title page or the second part. Cevallos was minister... More about EXPOSITION OF THE PRACTICES AND MACHINATIONS WHICH LED TO THE USURPATION OF THE CROWN OF SPAIN,...

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Richards, William:

REFLECTIONS ON FRENCH ATHEISM AND ON ENGLISH CHRISTIANITY. BY WILLIAM RICHARDS, A.M. MEMBER OF THE PENNSYLVANIA SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY. THIRD EDITION WITH ADDITIONS.

Philadelphia: Printed by Thomas Dobson, for Morgan J. Rhees, 1796. 32pp. Disbound, else Very Good. With the signature "Jh Bloomfield" in the upper margin of page [3]. Joseph Bloomfield was Governor of New Jersey 1801-1812. This edition is recorded by Sabin; it is not in Evans. It was "also issued... More about REFLECTIONS ON FRENCH ATHEISM AND ON ENGLISH CHRISTIANITY. BY WILLIAM RICHARDS, A.M. MEMBER OF...

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Mallet du Pan, M. [Jacques]:

THE DANGERS WHICH THREATEN EUROPE; THE CHIEF CAUSES OF THE ILL-SUCCESS OF THE LAST CAMPAIGN: WHAT ERRORS TO BE AVOIDED, AND WHAT MEASURES TO BE ADOPTED, IN ORDER TO RENDER THE PRESENT ONE DECISIVE IN FAVOUR OF THE REAL FRIENDS OF GOOD ORDER AND PEACE. FROM THE FRENCH OF M. MALLET DU PAN. TO WHICH ARE ADDED, THE AERAS OF EVENTS SUBSEQUENT TO THE REVOLUTION OF FRANCE; AND A PROCLAMATION ISSUED BY THE GENERALS OF THE ARMY OF THE ROYALISTS IN LA VENDEE, BRITANNY, &C. &C.

New York: Printed for, and sold by, James Rivington, 1795. 88pp. Disbound, else Very Good. In the French Revolution, "None but sordid views are entertained, none but the shallow and unsupported calculations of egotism are made, when the devouring flames arise from every part of the great social edifice... Terror... More about THE DANGERS WHICH THREATEN EUROPE; THE CHIEF CAUSES OF THE ILL-SUCCESS OF THE LAST CAMPAIGN: WHAT...

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Osgood, David:

SOME FACTS EVINCIVE OF THE ATHEISTICAL, ANARCHICAL, AND IN OTHER RESPECTS, IMMORAL PRINCIPLES OF THE FRENCH REPUBLICANS, STATED IN A SERMON DELIVERED ON THE 9TH DAY OF MAY, 1798, THE DAY RECOMMENDED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR SOLEMN HUMILIATION, FASTING, AND PRAYER.

Boston: Samuel Hall, 1798. 27pp, with the half title [one small abrasion costing the 'M' in 'May']. Disbound, else Very Good. For the Federalist Osgood, France was the Devil incarnate. "The legislators of France have abolished the christian religion...On the seventh of November, 1793, the existence of God and... More about SOME FACTS EVINCIVE OF THE ATHEISTICAL, ANARCHICAL, AND IN OTHER RESPECTS, IMMORAL PRINCIPLES OF...

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Morse, Jedediah:

A SERMON, EXHIBITING THE PRESENT DANGERS AND CONSEQUENT DUTIES OF THE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. DELIVERED AT CHARLESTOWN, APRIL 25, 1799, THE DAY OF THE NATIONAL FAST. PUBLISHED AT THE REQUEST OF THE HEARERS.

Charlestown: Printed and Sold by Samuel Etheridge, 1799. iv, [5]-50, [2 blanks] pp. Disbound, else Very Good. A Sermon, published also in New York and Hartford, enthusiastically attacking France; and also, for good measure and with heavily footnoted references, a charge that the Masons are treasonous: "the Lodge of Wisdom... More about A SERMON, EXHIBITING THE PRESENT DANGERS AND CONSEQUENT DUTIES OF THE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED...

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[Voltaire, Francois Marie Arouet de]:

THE PHILOSOPHICAL DICTIONARY, FOR THE POCKET. TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH EDITION. CORRECTED BY THE AUTHOR.

Catskill [NY]: Printed by T. & M. Croswel for selves and J. Fellows & E. Duyckinck, New York, 1796. [8], 336 pp. Disbound, textblock split. Title page engraving of Voltaire, by Peter R. Maverick. Good+. An early Catskill imprint; printing began there in 1792. Evans located no earlier American... More about THE PHILOSOPHICAL DICTIONARY, FOR THE POCKET. TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH EDITION. CORRECTED BY...

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Morse, Jedidiah:

A SERMON, PREACHED AT CHARLESTOWN, NOVEMBER 29, 1798, ON THE ANNIVERSARY THANKSGIVING IN MASSACHUSETTS. WITH AN APPENDIX, DESIGNED TO ILLUSTRATE SOME PARTS OF THE DISCOURSE; EXHIBITING PROOFS OF THE EARLY EXISTENCE, PROGRESS, AND DELETERIOUS EFFECTS OF FRENCH INTRIGUE AND INFLUENCE IN THE UNITED STATES. SECOND EDITION.

Boston: Samuel Hall, 1799. 79, [1 blank] pp, but lacking the half title. Disbound, light toning. Good+. "Not in Howes, but should be" [III Jenkins, Early American Imprints 819]. "A remarkable discourse, with an Appendix, giving an account of a French Revolutionary Society, called the 'Lodge of Wisdom,' with lists... More about A SERMON, PREACHED AT CHARLESTOWN, NOVEMBER 29, 1798, ON THE ANNIVERSARY THANKSGIVING IN...

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A PARTICULAR ACCOUNT OF THE INSURRECTION OF THE NEGROES OF ST. DOMINGO, BEGUN IN AUGUST, 1791: TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH. THE FOURTH EDITION: WITH NOTES AND AN APPENDIX EXTRACTED FROM AUTHENTIC ORIGINAL PAPERS.

A DISCOURSE, DELIVERED AT HALLOWELL, APRIL 25TH, 1799. BEING THE DAY APPOINTED BY THE CHIEF MAGISTRATE OF THE UNITED STATES, FOR A NATIONAL FAST.

AN ORATION, PRONOUNCED JULY 4, 1799, AT THE REQUEST OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF BOSTON, IN COMMEMORATION OF THE ANNIVERSARY OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE.

REFLECTIONS ON FRENCH ATHEISM AND ON ENGLISH CHRISTIANITY. BY WILLIAM RICHARDS, A.M. MEMBER OF THE PENNSYLVANIA SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY. THIRD EDITION WITH ADDITIONS.

SOME FACTS EVINCIVE OF THE ATHEISTICAL, ANARCHICAL, AND IN OTHER RESPECTS, IMMORAL PRINCIPLES OF THE FRENCH REPUBLICANS, STATED IN A SERMON DELIVERED ON THE 9TH DAY OF MAY, 1798, THE DAY RECOMMENDED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR SOLEMN HUMILIATION, FASTING, AND PRAYER.

A SERMON, EXHIBITING THE PRESENT DANGERS AND CONSEQUENT DUTIES OF THE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. DELIVERED AT CHARLESTOWN, APRIL 25, 1799, THE DAY OF THE NATIONAL FAST. PUBLISHED AT THE REQUEST OF THE HEARERS.

THE PHILOSOPHICAL DICTIONARY, FOR THE POCKET. TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH EDITION. CORRECTED BY THE AUTHOR.

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