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——See alsoTheEcho;Americanpoems, selected and original.
Smith, Isaiah. The mirror of merit and beauty: fifty female sketches, drawn from nature. By a friend to the fair, I. S. M. D. [i.e., Isaiah Smith.] New-York: Printed for the author, by D. & G. Bruce. 1808. 79(1) p. 24º.
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Smith, John, 1580-1631. The generall historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles: with the names of the adventurers, planters, and governours from their first beginning an: 1584. to this present 1624. With the proceedings of those severall colonies and the accidents that befell them in all their journyes and discoveries. Also the maps and descriptions of all those countryes, their commodities, people, government, customes, and religion yet knowne. Divided into six bookes. By Captaine John Smith sometymes Governour in those countryes & admirall of New England. London. Printed by I. D. for Michael Sparkes. 1624. 7 p.l., 248 p. fº.
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Poems on pages 9, 12, 13, 16, 18, 20, 25, 34, 35, 36, 37, 43, 49, 50, 51, 53, 54, 66, 69, 78, 87, 90, 92, 93, 107, 150, 151, 157, 159, 176, 193, 200, 227, 229, 230, 239.
Reprinted in Capt. John Smith,Works, 1608-1631. Edited by Edward Arber. Birmingham, 1884. 2 v. 12º.* R-Room 300.
—— —— Richmond: Republished at the Franklin Press, William W. Gray printer. 1819. 2 v. 8º.
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—— —— Glasgow: James MacLehose and Sons, 1907. 2 v. 8º.
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—— The sea marke. (In his: Advertisements for the planters of New-England, or anywhere. London, 1631. 4º. p.l. 3.)
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Reprinted in Massachusetts Historical Society,Collections, Cambridge, 1833, series 3, v. 3, p. 4,IAA.
Also reprinted in Capt. John Smith,Works. Edited by Edward Arber, Birmingham, 1884, v. 2, p. 922.* R-Room 300.
Smith, Joseph. Eulogium on rum. (In: The American museum. Philadelphia, 1790. 8º. v. 7, appendix 1, p. 1-2.)
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Also printed inThe Beauties of poetry, British and American, Philadelphia, 1791, p. 174-176,Reserve;American poems, selected and original, Litchfield, 1793, p. 231-234,NBH;The Columbian muse, New York, 1794, p. 109-112.NBH; andAmerican poetical miscellany, Philadelphia, 1809, p. 169-172,NBH.
—— An Indian eclogue. Scene, the banks of the Ohio. (In: The Beauties of poetry, British and American. Philadelphia, 1791. 16º. p. 244.)
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Also printed inThe Columbian muse, New York, 1794, p. 160-161,NBH.
Smith, William, 1727-1803. Art and nature. (In: The American museum. Philadelphia, 1787. 8º. v. 1, p. 181-182.)
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Reprinted inThe Beauties of poetry, British and American, Philadelphia, 1791, p. 187-189,Reserve;The Columbian muse, New York, 1794, p. 184-186,NBH.
—— Indian songs of peace: with a proposal, in a prefatory epistle, for erecting Indian schools. And a postscript by the editor, introducing Yariza, an Indian maid’s letter, to the principal ladies of the Province and City of New-York. By the author of the American fables [i.e., William Smith]. New-York: Printed by J. Parker, and W. Wayman, at the New Printing-Office in Beaver-Street,mdcclii.27 p. 12º.
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Smith, William Moore, 1759-1821. The fall of Zampor, a Peruvian ode; Ode to meditation; Lampoon. (In: Samuel Kettell, Specimens of American poetry. Boston, 1829. 12º. v. 1, p. 306-312.)
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—— The man of sorrow. (In: The American museum. Philadelphia, 1787. 8º. v. 2, p. 517-518.)
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—— On a lady’s birthday. (In: The Columbian muse. New York, 1794. 16º. p. 183.)
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Snowden, Richard. The Columbiad: or, A poem on the American war, in thirteen cantoes. [By Richard Snowden.] Philadelphia: Printed by Jacob Johnson & Co. 147, Market-Street. 1795. iv, 46 p. 16º.
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—— —— Baltimore: Printed by W. Pechin, No. 10, Second-street. [1800?] 44 p. 16º.
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Bd. with his: The American Revolution. Baltimore. [1800?]. 16º.
Someexcellent verses on Admiral Vernon’s taking the forts and castles of Carthagena in the month of March last. Sold at the Heart and Crown in Cornhill. [Boston, 1741.] Broadside.
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Eighteen stanzas in two columns.
ASongmade upon the election of new magistrates for this city.... A song made upon the foregoing occasion. [New York. 1734.] Broadside.
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The two scandalous songs that figured in the Zenger-Cosby affair, 1734.
ASong, on the surrendery of General Burgoyne, who gave up his whole army to the brave General Gates, of glorious memory, October 17, 1777. [1777.] Broadside.
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Forty-six stanzas in three columns.
Sotweedredivivus: or the planters looking-glass.SeeCook, Ebenezer.
Specimensof the American poets; with critical notices and a preface. London: Printed for T. and J. Allman, 1822. iv, 283 p. 12º.
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W. C. Bryant. Poems, p. 189-218.—R. Dabney. Poems, p. 157-172.—J. W. Eastburn. Yamoyden,proem and cantoii, p. 219-249.—F. G. Halleck. Fanny, p. 109-156.—W. Maxwell. Poems, p. 173-187.—J. K. Paulding. The Backwoodsman, p. 71-108.—J. Pierpont. Airs of Palestine, p. 25-69.
TheSpiritof the Farmers’ museum, and lay preacher’s gazette. Being a judicious selection of the fugitive and valuable productions, which have occasionally appeared in that paper, since the commencement of its establishment. Consisting of a part of the essays of the Lay Preacher, Colon and Spondee, American biography, the choicest efforts of the American muse, pieces of chaste humour, the early essays of the Hermit, the most valuable part of the weekly summaries, nuts, epigrams, and epitaphs, sonnets, criticism, &c. &c. Walpole, (N. H.) Printed, for Thomas & Thomas, by D. & T. Carlisle. 1801. 2 p.l., (1)6-318 p., 2 l. of adv. 16º.
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p. 5-11 contain list of 199 subscribers.
Edited by Joseph Dennie.
TheSpunkiad: or Heroism improved. A congressional display of spit and cudge. A poem, in four cantoes. By an American youth. Newburgh: Printed and sold by D. Denniston.m, dcc, xcviii.1 p.l., (1)4-23 p. 8º.
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A satire on the duel between Mathew Lyon and Roger Griswold in Congress, Jan. 30 and Feb. 15, 1798. For a full account of this affair see theHistorical magazine, Jan., 1864.
TheSquabble; a pastoral eclogue. By Agricola. With a curious and well-design’d frontispiece. Printed [from the first edition] by Andrew Steuart, in Second-street Philadelphia. [1764.] 8 p. 16º.
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The frontispiece, which is on page 4, is a crude woodcut representing “Thyrsis with a Pr*sb*t*rian Nose. Conn, with a Q**k*ronian Nose.”
Standish, Miles, the younger, pseud.? The times; a poem, addressed to the inhabitants of New-England, and of the state of New-York, particularly on the subject of the present anti-commercial system of the national administration. By Miles Standish, jun. Plymouth: Printed for the author, 1809. 2 p.l., (1)6-27 p. 8º.
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At head of title: No. 1.
A poem on “the exterminating war, now carrying on by the National Administration against commerce” of New York and New England.
Copyright notice on verso of title-page.
Stansbury, Joseph, andJonathan Odell, 1737-1818. The loyal verses of Joseph Stansbury and Doctor Jonathan Odell; relating to the American Revolution. Now first edited by Winthrop Sargent. Albany: J. Munsell, 78 State Street. 1860. 3 p.l., (i)x-xxi p., 1 l., 199 p. 8º. (Munsell’s historical series, no. 6.)
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Poems by Odell, p. 5-6, 7-9, 11-12, 35, 45-60.
TheStatetriumvirate, a political tale.SeeVerplanck, Gulian Crommelin.
Stearns, Charles, 1753-1826. The ladies’ philosophy of love. A poem, in four cantos. Written in 1774. By Charles Stearns. A.B. Since pastor of the Church, and preceptor of the Liberal School in Lincoln. Now first published—according to act of Congress. Leominster, for the author. 1797. 1 p.l., (i)iv, (1)6-76 p. sq. 16º.
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Steendam, Jacob, b. 1616. A memoir of the first poet in New Netherland [i.e., Jacob Steendam] with his poems descriptive of the colony. [By Henry C. Murphy.] The Hague, The Brothers Giunta D’Albani, 1861. 59 p., front, (port.) 8º.
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Poems in Dutch and English on opposite pages; the “Complaint of New Amsterdam” and “The praise of New Netherland” include reproductions of the original title-pages.
Contents: Memoir.—Poems on New Netherland: Complaint of New Amsterdam in New Netherland, to her mother, 1659. The praise of New Netherland, 1661.—Spurring-verses.
—— Memoir and poems. (In: Henry C. Murphy, Anthology of New Netherland. New York, 1865. 8º. p. 21-75.)
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Stewart, John. The revelation of nature, with the prophesy of reason. [By John Stewart.] New York: Printed by Mott & Lyon, for the author. In the fifth year of intellectual existance, or the publication of the apocalypse of nature, 3000 years from the Grecian olympiads, and 4800 from recorded knowledge in the Chinese tables of eclipses, beyond which chronology is lost in fable. [1796.] xxxix, 104 p. 16º.
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Stiles, Ezra.SeeAFamilytablet: containing a selection of original poetry.
Stoddard, Amos, 1762-1813. The president’s birth day ode. Performed at Taunton, at the Civick Festival, February, 1793. Written by A. Stoddard. (In: The Massachusetts magazine. Boston. 1793. 8º. v. 5, no. 3, p. 178-179.)
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Stoddard, Lavina, 1787-1820. The soul’s defiance. (In: R. W. Griswold, The female poets of America. Philadelphia, 1849. 8º. p. 44.)
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Story, Isaac, 1774-1803. An epistle from Yarico to Inkle, together with their characters, as related in the Spectator. [By Isaac Story.] Marblehead: Printed for the sons and daughters of Columbia.m. dcc. xcii.2 p.l., (1)6-31 p. 8º.
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Printed at Salem. The monogram “I. S.” appears above the imprint.
—— A parnassian shop, opened in the Pindaric stile; By Peter Quince, Esq. [pseud. of Isaac Story.] Copy right secured. Boston: Printed by Russell and Cutler. 1801. 3 p.l., (i)viii, (1)10-155 p. 16º.
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Reviewed inThe American review, and literary journalfor the year 1801, New York, 1801, v. 1, p. 460-465,Reserve.
——See alsoAllthe world’s a stage.A poem.
Story, Joseph, 1779-1845. Elegy to the memory of General George Washington. (In his: An eulogy on General George Washington. Salem: J. Cushing, 1800. 8º. p. [17]-24.)
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“The subsequent Elegy, added by advice of some friends, was originally designed for newspaporial currency. As some sentiments of it are perhaps enlarged on in the Eulogy, it is necessary to observe, that it was written previous to the suggestion of the other, and could not be altered without impairing its structure.”
—— The power of solitude. A poem. In two parts. By Joseph Story. A new and improved edition. Salem: Published by Barnard P. Macanulty. 1804. 2 p.l., 260 p., front. 12º.
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Extract printed in Samuel Kettell,Specimens of American poetry. Boston, 1829, v. 2, p. 109-112,NBH.
TheStoryof Æneas and Dido burlesqued.SeeRugeley, Rowland.
TheSubstanceof a late remarkable dream.SeeShurtleff, James.
Sumner, Charles Pinckney, 1766-1839. The compass. A poetical performance at the Literary Exhibition in September.m, dcc, xcv, at Harvard University. By Charles P. Sumner. Boston: Printed by William Spotswood for the subscribers. [1795.] 1 p.l., (1)4-12 p. 16º.
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—— An ode for the sixth anniversary of the Massachusetts Charitable Fire Society. Boston, May, 1800. (In: The Columbian phenix and Boston review. Boston, 1800. 8º. v. 1 for 1800, p. 380.)
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Swanwick, John. Poems on several occasions. By John Swanwick, Esq. One of the Representatives in the Congress of the United States, from the State of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: Printed by F. and R. Bailey, at Yorick’s Head, No. 116. High-Street.mdccxcvii.2 p.l., 174 p. 32º.
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Sympson, J. Science revived or The vision of Alfred. A poem in eight cantos. With biographical notes. By the Rev. J. Sympson, B.D. Philadelphia: Printed by John Bouvier, for John Wilson. 1810. 2 p.l., (1)6-207 p. 24º.
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T., B.SeeTompson, Benjamin.
TheTenthMuse lately sprung up in America. Or several poems.SeeBradstreet, Mrs. Anne Dudley.
Terribletractoration!! A poetical petition against galvanising trumpery....SeeFessenden, Thomas Green.
Theresa, pseud.SeeTheBreechiad, a poem.
Thomas, Daniel. A poem, delivered in Middleborough, September 8th, A.D. 1802. At the anniversary election of the Philandrian Society. By Daniel Thomas, student of Rhode-Island College. Wrentham, (Mass.) Printed by Nathaniel Heaton, Jun. 1802. 12 p. 12º.
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Thomas, John. The genius of America. Inscribed to his Excellency General George Washington, on his return to Mount Vernon in December, 1783. [And other poems.] (In: Extracts in prose and verse, by a lady of Maryland. Annapolis, 1808. 12º. v. 2, p. 154-189.)
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Thomas, Joseph. A poetical descant on the primeval and present state of mankind; or, The pilgrim’s muse. By Joseph Thomas, minister of the Gospel. Winchester, Va. J. Foster, printer. 1816. 1 p.l., (i)iv-vii(i), 9-219(1) p. 32º.
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Tileston, Thomas. Funeral elegy, dedicated to the memory of his worthy friend, the learned and religious Mr. John Foster, who deceased in Dorchester the 9 of Septr. 1661. (In: T. C. Simonds, History of South Boston. Boston, 1857. 12º. p. 34-37.)
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TheTimes, a poem.SeeChurch, Benjamin.
TheTimes; a poem.SeeMarkoe, Peter.
Tompson, Benjamin, 1642-1714. Celeberrimi Cottoni Matheri, celebratio.... (In: Cotton Mather, Magnalia Christi Americana. London, 1702. 4º.)
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Text in Latin and English.
Also in later editions of theMagnalia, as follows: Hartford, 1820, v. 1, p. 17, and Hartford, 1855, v. 1, p. 20.
Reprinted in E. C. Stedman and E. M. Hutchinson,A library of American literature, New York, 1889, v. 2, p. 35-36,NBB.
—— [Elegy] Upon the very Reverend Samuel Whiting. (In: Cotton Mather, Magnalia Christi Americana. London, 1702. 4º. bookiii, p. 160-161.)
Also in later editions as follows: Hartford, 1820, v. 1, p. 459-461; Hartford, 1855, v. 1, p. 510-511.
—— The grammarians funeral, or An elegy composed upon the death of Mr. John Woodmancy, formerly a school-master in Boston: but now published upon the death of the venerable Mr. Ezekiel Chevers, the late and famous school-master of Boston in New-England; who departed this life the twenty-first of August 1708. Early in the morning. In the ninety-fourth year of his age. [By] Benj. Tompson. Broadside. (In: S. A. Green, Ten fac-simile reproductions relating to New England. Boston, 1902. fº.)
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Enclosed in mourning borders.
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—— A neighbour’s tears sprinkled on the dust of the amiable virgin, Mrs. Rebekah Sewall, who was born December 30.1704. and dyed suddenly, August 3. 1710. Ætatis 6. [By] B. T. [i.e., Benjamin Tompson.] Broadside. (In: S. A. Green, Ten fac-simile reproductions relating to New England. Boston, 1902. fº.)
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Thirty-two lines, enclosed in mourning border.
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—— New-England’s crisis. By Benjamin Tompson. Boston: The Club of Odd Volumes, 1894. 28 p., 1 l., (1)6-31 p. sq. 8º. (The Club of Odd Volumes. Early American poetry [Reprints, v.] 1.)
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No. 81 of one hundred copies printed on hand-made paper.
This is a modern type reprint, without title-page, of a copy of the original, Boston, 1676, in the Boston Athenæum.
The BostonEvening Transcript, July 13, 1910, records the sale of the only known perfect copy, which was disposed of at the sale of Thomas Gray’s library, at Sotheby’s on June 25, 1910.
—— [Poem] Upon the elaborate survey of New-Englands passions from the natives, by the imperial pen of that worthy divine Mr. William Hubbard. 2 p. (In: William Hubbard, The present state of New-England. Being a narrative of the troubles with the Indians.... London. 1677. 4º. p.l. 7.)
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Also in reprint of Hubbard’s work, with notes by S. G. Drake, Roxbury, 1865, v. 1, p. 23-26,HBC.
Touchstone, Geoffry, pseud. The house of wisdom in a bustle. A poem, descriptive of the noted battle lately fought in C—ng—ss. By Geoffry Touchstone. New-York: Printed for the purchasers. 1798. [Price 25 cents.] 24 p. 8º.
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A satire on the duel between Mathew Lyon and Roger Griswold in Congress, Jan. 30 and Feb. 15, 1798. For a full account of this affair see theHistorical magazine, Jan., 1864.
First published at Philadelphia, in 1798.
Townsend, Eliza. 1789-1854. An occasional ode. (In: The monthly anthology, and Boston review. Boston, 1809. 8º. v. 7, p. 180-186.)
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Also printed in R. W. Griswold,The female poets of America, Philadelphia, 1849, p. 39-41,NBH.
Townsend, Richard? H. Original poems, by a citizen of Baltimore [i.e., Richard? H. Townsend]. Published by Samuel Jefferis, 212, Baltimore-Street. Robinson, printer. 1809. 2 p.l., (i)vi-x, 139(1) p. 1 l. of adv. 12º.
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Transallegania, or The groans of Missouri. A poem.SeeSchoolcraft, Henry Rowe.
ATributeto Washington, for February 22d, 1800.SeeLovett, John.
TheTrueAmerican, Tom Tackle, Fair Kate of Portsmouth, Had Neptune, Roger and Kate. New-York: Printed and sold at No. 38, and 64, Maiden-Lane. 1811. 8 p. 12º.
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Trumbull, John, 1750-1831. Ambition, an elegy. (In: American poems, selected and original. Litchfield, 1793. 12º. p. 17-20.)
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Also printed inThe Columbian muse, New York, 1794, p. 65-68,NBH; and, under the title An elegy, inThe American museum, Philadelphia, 1787, v. 2, p. 206-207,Reserve.
—— The critics, a fable. (In: The Columbian muse. New York, 1794. 16º. p. 69-73.)
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—— The downfall of Babylon.—An imitation of sundry passages in the 13th and 14th chapters of the prophecy of Isaiah, and the 18th chapter of the Revelations of St. John. Written, anno 1775. (In: The American museum. Philadelphia, 1787. 8º. v. 2, p. 97-99.)
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Also printed inAmerican poems, selected and original, Litchfield, 1793, p. 25-29,NBH.
—— An elegy on the death of Mr. Buckingham St. John, tutor of Yale College, who was drowned in his passage from New Haven to Norwalk, May the 5th, 1771. New York: C. F. Heartman, 1915. 2 p.l., 9-19 p., front, (fold. fac.) 8º. (Heartman’s historical series, no. 12.)
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Contains facsimile of original broadside.
One of 31 copies printed on Fabriano hand-made paper.
Also printed inThe American museum, Philadelphia, 1787, v. 2, p. 101-103,Reserve;The Massachusetts magazine, Boston, April, 1791, p. 243-245,Reserve;American poems, selected and original, Litchfield, 1793, p. 13-17,NBH;The Columbian muse, New York, 1794, p. 61-65,NBH.
—— Elegy on the times. First printed at Boston, Sept. 20th, 1774. (In: American poems, selected and original. Litchfield, 1793. 12º. p. 1-12.)
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Also printed inThe Columbian muse, New York, 1794, p. 51-61,NBH.
—— Excellent logic; British favours to America; Extreme humanity; Nobility anticipated. (In: The Beauties of poetry, British and American. Philadelphia, 1791. 16º. p. 146-155.)
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—— McFingal: a modern epic poem. Or, The town meeting. [By John Trumbull.] Philadelphia, printed: London, reprinted for J. Almon, opposite Burlington-House, Piccadilly.mdcclxxvi.[Price one shilling.] 44 p. 12º.
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The first part was written in 1775 at the request of some members of the American Congress, with a view to influence public opinion in favor of the war then beginning against the mother country.
—— M’Fingal: a modern epic poem, in four cantos. [By John Trumbull.] Hartford: Printed and sold by Byail Webster, a few Rods South-East of the Court-House, 1782. 96 p. 24º.
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—— —— Hartford: Printed by Hudson and Goodwin, near the Great Bridge, 1782. 100 p. 12º.
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—— —— Boston: Printed by Peter Edes, in State-Street.mdcclxxxv.2 p.l., (1)6-110 p. 16º.
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—— —— Philadelphia: From the Press of Mathew Carey.m. dcc. xci.95(1) p. 16º.
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This is the first edition in which the author’s name appears on the title-page.
—— —— The fifth edition, with explanatory notes. London: Printed for J. S. Jordan, No. 166, Fleet-Street.m, dcc, xcii.xv, 142 p. 8º.
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—— —— The sixth edition, with explanatory notes. London: Printed for Chapman and Co. No. 161, Fleet-Street.m, dcc, xciii.2 p.l., (i)vi-xv, 142 p. 8º.
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—— —— Embellished with nine copper plates; designed and engraved by E. Tisdale. The first edition with plates, and explanatory notes. New-York: Printed by John Duel, No. 132. Fly-Market.m, dcc, xcv.vii, 136 p., front. (port.), 8 pl. 8º.
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Frontispiece, the portrait of the author.
—— —— With explanatory notes. Boston: Printed by Manning & Loring, for Ebenezer Larking, No. 47, Cornhill. 1799. 141(1) p., 1 l. 24º.
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—— —— Embellished with plates. With explanatory notes. Baltimore. Printed and sold by A. Miltenberger, No. 10, North Howard-street. 1812. 1 p.l., (i)iv-vi, (1)8-146 p., 3 pl. (incl. front.) 32º.
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—— —— With explanatory notes. Albany: Printed by E. & E. Hosford. 1813. 1 p.l., (i)iv, (1)6-112 p. 24º.
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—— With explanatory notes. Published and sold by Ezekiel Goodale, at the Hallowell Bookstore. 1813. vi, (1)8-138 p., 2 l. (one l. of adv.) 16º.
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Peter Edes, printer, Augusta.
—— —— With explanatory notes and plates. Hudson: Published by W. E. Norman. 1816. vi, (1)8-146 p. 24º.
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Ashbel Stoddard, printer.
The Library has another copy of this edition, ending with p. 145. The publisher probably had a number of copies lacking the last leaf, and in order to sell them had the missing part reprinted on one page, and inserted it. This must have been done some years after the printing of the original. This copy also has an engraved frontispiece.
—— —— With explanatory notes. Boston: Printed by John G. Scobie, 1826. 1 p.l., (1)4-184 p. nar. 24º.
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—— —— With explanatory notes. Fine edition. Philadelphia: Published by C. P. Fessenden. 1839. iv, (1)6-120 p. 24º.
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—— M’Fingal, a modern epic poem, revised and corrected, with copious and explanatory notes, by John Trumbull, LL.D. With a memoir of the author. Hartford: S. Andrus and Son, 1856. 1 p.l., (1)6-183 p., 3 l. of adv., front. 8º.
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—— M’Fingal: an epic poem. By John Trumbull. With introduction and notes, by Benson J. Lossing. New York: G. P. Putnam, 115 Nassau Street, 1860. 322 p., front. (port.) 4º.
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Large paper copy.
—— —— New York: G. P. Putnam: Hurd and Houghton, 1864. 322 p., front. (port.) 16º.
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—— —— New York: American Book Exchange, 1881. 322 p. 16º.
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Also printed inThe American museum, Philadelphia, 1787, v. 1, p. 353-382,Reserve.
—— Poems: The speech of Proteus to Aristæus, translated from the fourth book of Virgil’s Georgics, 1700; The downfall of Babylon, written 1775; The prophecy of Balaam, written 1773; An elegy, on the death of Mr. Buckingham St. John, who was drowned in his passage from New-haven to Norwalk, May 5th, 1771. (In: The American museum. Philadelphia, 1787. 8º. v. 2, p. 95-103.)
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—— The poetical works of John Trumbull,ll.d.Containing M’Fingal, a modern epic poem, revised and corrected, with copious explanatory notes; The Progress of dulness; and a collection of poems on various subjects, written before and during the Revolutionary War. In two volumes. Hartford: Printed for Samuel G. Goodrich, by Lincoln & Stone.mdcccxx.2 v. 8º.
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v. 1. 3 p.l., (1)8-177 p., front, (port.), eng. t.-p.; v. 2. 4 p.l., (1)9-235 p., 4 pl., eng. t.-p.
Contents: v. 1. Memoir of the life and writings of John Trumbull.—M’Fingal. v. 2. Progress of dulness.—Genius of America.—Lines to Messrs. Dwight and Barlow.—Ode to Sleep.—To a young lady, a fable.—Speech of Proteus, translation.—Prophecy of Balaam.—Owl and sparrow, a fable.—Prospect of the future glory of America.—On the vanity of youthful expectations.—Advice to ladies of a certain age.—Characters.—Elegy on the death of Mr. St. John.—Destruction of Babylon.—Elegy on the times.—Appendix.
—— The progress of dulness, part first, or The rare adventures of Tom Brainless; shewing what his father and mother said of him; how he went to college, and what he learned there; how he took his degree, and went to keeping school; how afterwards he became a great man and wore a wig; and how any body else may do the same. The like never before published. Very proper to be kept in all families. [By John Trumbull.] The second edition, corrected. Re-printed in the Yearm, dcc, lxxiii.vi, (1)8-20 p. 12º.
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Also printed inThe American magazine, Dec., 1787, p. 59-61, Jan., 1788, p. 117-119,Reserve.
—— The progress of dulness, part second: or An essay on the life and character of Dick Hairbrain, of finical memory; beingan astronomical calendar, calculated for the meridian of New-York, north latitude, 41°. west longitude 72°: 30′; but which may serve without material error, for any of the neighboring climates: containing, among other curious and surprizing particulars, Dick’s soliloquy on a college-life ... a description of a country-fop ... receipt to make a gentleman, with the fop’s creed and exposition, of the Scriptures.... Dick’s gradual progress from a clown to a coxcomb ... his travels, gallantry, and opinion of the ladies ... his peripætia and catastrophe, with the moral and application of the whole. [By John Trumbull.] Published for the universal benefit of mankind. Printed in the Yearm, dcc, lxxiii.x, (1)12-27(1) p. 12º.
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—— The progress of dulness, or The rare adventures of Tom Brainles. By the celebrated author of McFingall [i.e., John Trumbull]. Printed at Exeter, by Henry Ranlet, and sold at his office, also, by most of the booksellers in Boston.mdccxciv.72 p. 16º.
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Lacks p. 3-4 (the preface), and 27-28.
—— The prophecy of Balaam. Numbers: Chap.xviii,xiv. An irregular ode. Written anno 1773. (In: The American museum. Philadelphia, 1787. 8º. v. 2, p. 99-101.)
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Also printed inAmerican poems, selected and original, Litchfield, 1793, p. 21-24,NBH.
——See alsoTheAnarchiard.
Tucker, Saint George, 1752-1827. The probationary odes of Jonathan Pindar, Esq. [pseud. of Saint George Tucker.] A cousin of Peter’s, and candidate for the post of Poet Laureat to the C. U. S. In two parts. Philadelphia: Printed for Benj. Franklin Bache,m. dcc. xcvi.[Copy-right secured.] viii, (1)10-103 p. 16º.
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Erroneously attributed to Philip Freneau. Part 1 originally published in hisGazette, 1793.
Page 47 is a special title reading: The probationary odes of Jonathan Pindar.... Part second. With notes, critical and explanatory by Christopher Clearsight, Esq.
—— Stanzas. (In: Samuel Kettell, Specimens of American poetry. Boston. 1829. 12º. v. 1, p. 349-350.)
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Also printed in E. A. and G. L. Duyckinck,Cyclopædia of American literature, New York, 1866, v. 1, p. 236,NBB, and E. C. Stedman and E. M. Hutchinson,A library of American literature, New York, 1889, v. 3, p. 444-445,NBB.
Turell, Jane, 1708-1735. An invitation into the country, in imitation of Horace. (In: Samuel Kettell, Specimens of American poetry. Boston, 1829. 12º. v. 1, p. 65-67.)
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Also printed in E. A. and G. L. Duyckinck,Cyclopædia of American literature, New York, 1866, v. 1, p. 125,NBB.
This and the following poems appeared originally inMemoirs of the life and death of Mrs. Jane Turell, by Ebenezer Turell, Boston, 1735.
—— A paraphrase of the one hundred and thirty-fourth Psalm. (In: Samuel Kettell, Specimens of American poetry. Boston, 1829. 12º. v. 1, p. 62-63.)
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—— On the poems of Sir Richard Blackmore. (In: Samuel Kettell, Specimens of American poetry. Boston, 1829. 12º. v. 1, p. 64-65.)
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—— On reading the warning by Mrs. Singer. On the incomparable Mr. Waller. (In: E. C. Stedman and E. M. Hutchinson, A library of American literature. New York, 1889. 8º. v 2, p. 359, 361.)
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—— To my muse. (In: Samuel Kettell, Specimens of American poetry. Boston, 1829. 12º. v. 1, p. 63-64.)
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Also printed in E. A. and G. L. Duyckinck,Cyclopædia of American literature, New York, 1866, v. 1, p. 125,NBB; Stedman and Hutchinson,A library of American literature, New York, 1889, v. 2, p. 359,NBB.
TwoNew England poems. [The Mercies of the year, commemorated: a song for little children in New-England. December 13th 1720, and Psalmcvii, last part. Translated by the Reverend Mr. Isaac Watts and by him intitled, A Psalm for New England.] Boston: The Merrymount Press, 1910. 2 l. fº.
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“One hundred copies reprinted in facsimile from the original in the John Carter Brown Library for the patrons of the Club for Colonial Reprints, Providence, Rhode Island, December 13, 1910.”
Tyler, Royal, 1756?-1825. Address to Della Crusca, humbly attempted in the sublime style of that fashionable author. (In: E. A. and G. L. Duyckinck, Cyclopædia of American literature. New York, 1861. 8º. v. 1, p. 417.)
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Some of Tyler’s poems appeared originally inSpirit of the Farmer’s museum, 1801, andColumbian Centinel, 1804.
—— Country ode for the fourth of July; My mistresses; Address to Della Crusca; Choice of a wife; On a ruined house in a romantic country; The town eclogue. (In: Samuel Kettell, Specimens of American poetry. Boston, 1829. 12º. v. 2, p. 48-54.)
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—— Love and liberty. (In: E. A. and G. L. Duyckinck, Cyclopædia of American literature. New York, 1866. 8º. v. 1, p. 418.)
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—— Ode composed for the fourth of July, calculated for the meridian of some country towns in Massachusetts, and Rye in New Hampshire. (In: E. A. and G. L. Duyckinck, Cyclopædia of American literature. New York, 1866. 8º. v. 1, p. 417-418.)
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—— Spondee’s mistresses. (In: E. A. and G. L. Duyckinck, Cyclopædia of American literature. New York, 1866. 8º. v. 1, p. 417.)
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Umphraville, Angus, pseud.? The siege of Baltimore, and the battle of La Tranche; with other original poems. By Angus Umphraville. Aged nineteen. Baltimore: Printed by Schaeffer and Maund. 1817. 6 p.l., 144 p. 16º.
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TheUntaughtbard. An original work. New-York: Deare and Andrews, printers. 1804. 260 p. 16º.
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Upham, Thomas Cogswell, 1799-1872. American sketches. By Thomas C. Upham. New-York: Published by David Longworth, at the Shakspeare-Gallery, for the author. Feb.—1819. vii, (1)6-120 p. illus. 16º.
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—— [Poem written on visiting the scene of Lovewell’s fate.] (In: Magazine of history with notes and queries. New York, 1909. 4º. extra no. 5, p. 101-102.)
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Uponthe death of G. B. [i.e., General Bacon.] (Massachusetts Historical Society. Collections for 1814. Boston, 1838. 8º. series 2, v. 1, p. 59-60.)
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This elegy is in the manuscript copy of an account of Bacon and Ingram’s rebellion found among the papers of Capt. Nathaniel Burwell, printed in this volume of theCollections.
Also printed in Stedman and Hutchinson,Library of American literature. New York, 1889, v. 1, p. 457-458,NBB.
Verplanck, Gulian Crommelin, 1786-1870. The state triumvirate, a political tale: and the epistles of Brevet Major Pindar Puff. [By Gulian Crommelin Verplanck.] New-York: Printed for the author, and sold by W. B. Gilley, No. 92 Broadway, and other booksellers. J. Seymour, printer. 1819. 215 p. 16º.
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Verses, composed and sung at Trenton, on the delivery of the funeral eulogium in honor of the memory of General George Washington. [1800?] Broadside.
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Text in two columns, enclosed in mourning borders.
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Verseson Doctor Mayhew’s Book of observations on the charter and conduct of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts.SeeGoddard, William.
Verses, sacred to the memory of Benjamin Franklin,l.l.d.(In: The American museum. Philadelphia, 1790. 8º. v. 7, appendix 1, p. 35-38.)
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Versificationof President Washington’s excellent Farewell-Address.SeeSewall, Jonathan Mitchell.
TheVillage; a poem.SeeLincoln, Enoch.
Violaor The heiress of St. Valverde, an original poem.SeeBotsford, Mrs. Margaret.
Virtuesof society.SeeMorton, Mrs. Sarah Wentworth Apthorp.
W., I. H. The Dartmoor massacre. By I. H. W. 1815. (In: Magazine of history with notes and queries, extra no. 15, p. 61-71.)
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“Transposed in verse from the New York Commercial Advertiser of the 6th June last and Boston papers of the same month.”
“Being an authentic and particular account of the tragic massacre at Dartmoor prison in England on the 6th of April, last, 1815, in which sixty-seven American prisoners there fell the victims of the jailor’s revenge, for obtaining their due allowance of bread which had been withheld from them by the jailor’s orders.”
TheWagesof sin; or, Robbery justly rewarded: a poem; occasioned by the untimely death of Richard Wilson, who was executed on Boston Neck, for burglary, on Thursday the 19th of October, 1732. Boston: Printed and Sold at the Heart and Crown in Cornhill. n. d. Broadside.
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Ward, Nathaniel, c. 1580-1652. The simple cobler of Aggawam in America. Willing to help ’mend his native country, lamentably tattered, both in the upper-leather and sole, with all the honest stitches he can take. And as willing never to bee paid for his work, by old English wonted pay. It is his trade to patch all year long, gratis. Therefore I pray gentlemen keep your purses. By Theodore de la Guard [i.e., Nathaniel Ward]. London, Printed by John Dever & Robert Ibbitson, for Stephen Bowtell, at the signe of the Bible in Popes Head-Alley, 1647. 2 p.l., 80 p. sq. 12º.
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—— —— [Second edition.] London, Printed by J. D. & R. I. for Stephen Bowtell, at the signe of the Bible in Popes Head-Alley, 1647. 2 p.l., 80 p. sq. 12º.
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—— —— The third edition, with some additions. London, Printed by J. D. & R. I. for Stephen Bowtell, at the signe of the Bible in Popes Head-Alley, 1647. 2 p.l., 80 p. sq. 12º.
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—— —— The fourth edition, with some amendments. London, Printed by J. D. & R. I. for Stephen Bowtell, at the signe of the Bible in Popes Head-Alley, 1647. 2 p.l., 89 p. sq. 12º.
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Warren, John, 1753-1815. An eulogy on the honourable Thomas Russell, Esq.... who died at Boston, April 8, 1796. Delivered, May 4, 1796.... By John Warren. Boston: Printed by Benjamin Sweetser, corner of Wings-lane.m, dcc, xcvi.2 p.l., (1)6-31, 3 p. 8º.
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Last three pages contain: A monody on the death of the honourable Thomas Russell, Esq. sung after the eulogy of Doctor John Warren ... May 4, 1796.
Warren, Mrs. Mercy Otis, 1728-1814. Poems, dramatic and miscellaneous. By Mrs. M. Warren. Printed at Boston, by I. Thomas and E. T. Andrews. At Faust’s Statue, No. 45, Newbury Street.mdccxc.viii, (1)10-252 p. 12º.
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Washington’sbirthday: an historical poem.SeeLovett, John.
AWashingtonian, pseud. Washington’s birthday: an historical poem.SeeLovett, John.
TheWashingtoniana: containing a sketch of the life and death of the late Gen. George Washington; with a collection of elegant eulogies, orations, poems, &c. sacred to his memory. Also, an appendix, comprising all his most valuable public papers, and his last will and testament. Lancaster: Printed and Sold by William Hamilton, Franklin’s Head, in West King-Street. 1802. viii, (1)10-411 p. 8º.
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Edited by F. Johnston and W. Hamilton.
Frontispiece, the portrait of Washington, engraved by David Edwin, after Stuart.
p. 321-398 misnumbered 1-78, but total correct.
Tribute by Doctor Aiken, p. 25; Elegiac ode, p. 154-155; Extract from elegiac poem on the death of General George Washington, by Charles Caldwell, p. 312-315; Extract from a poem, sacred to the memory of General George Washington, by Richard Alsop, p. 316-318; Tribute, by Mr. Paine, of Massachusetts, p. 319; On the death of Washington from a London newspaper, p. 319-320.
TheWaterywar: or A poetical description of the existing controversy between the Pedobaptists and Baptists....SeeBenedict, David.
Webb, George, fl. 1730-36. Batchelors’ Hall: a poem. (In: E. A. and G. L. Duyckinck, Cyclopædia of American literature. New York, 1866. 8º. v. 1, p. 101-102.)
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First published in 1731.
Webster, Noah, 1758-1843. To the author of the Conquest of Canaan. (In: The American magazine. New York, 1788. 12º. March, 1788, p. 265-266.)
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—— To a lady on the approach of spring. (In: The American magazine. New York, 1788. 12º. March, 1788, p. 266.)
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—— The triumph of infidelity. A poem. 1788. Addressed to Mon. de Voltaire. (In: The American magazine. New York, 1788. 12º. July, 1788, p. 588-590.)
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—— Verses on the New Year, January 1, 1788. (In: The American magazine. New York, 1787. 12º. December, 1787, p 56.)
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Weekes, Refine. Poems, on religious and historical subjects. By Refine Weekes. New-York: Printed for the author, by James Oram, No. 5 Burling-Slip. 1820. 3 p.l., (1)4-388 p. 12º.
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—— —— Second edition, corrected and enlarged. New-York: Printed for the author, by Mahlon Day, No. 372, Pearl-Street. 1823. 2 p.l., (i)vi, (1)8-418 p., 1 l. of adv. 12º.
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Weems, Mason Locke, 1760-1825. Hymen’s recruiting sergeant; or, The new matrimonial tattoo for old bachelors. Philadelphia: the author, 1821. 40 p., 1 pl. 7. ed. 8º.
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First published in 1805.
—— —— Hartford, Ct.: Published by Andrus & Judd, 1833. 52 p. 16º.
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—— —— Hartford: S. Andrus and Son. 1845. 52 p. 16º.
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—— —— Hartford: Silas Andrus and Son, 1851. 52 p., 2 l. 16º.
SNV p.v. 33, no. 3
Weller, Catharine. The medley. By Catharine Weller. New-York: Printed by T. & J. Swords, No. 160 Pearl-Street. 1810. 1 p.l., (1)3-192 p. 12º.
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p. 135-142 lacking.
Contains poems and prose selections.
Wharton, Charles Henry, 1748-1833. An elegy to the memory of Mrs. Mary Wharton, who died at Philadelphia, on the second day of June, 1798. By her husband. [Colophon:] Printed by John Ormrod, 41 Chestnut-Street [1798]. 7 p. 12º.
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Signed C. H. W.
Reprinted inThe remains of the Rev. Charles Henry Wharton, D.D. With a memoir of his life by George Washington Doane, Philadelphia, 1834, v. 1, p. lxxix-lxxxi,ZEP.
Also reprinted in George C. Perine,The poets and verse writers of Maryland, Cincinnati, 1898, p. 7-12.NBB.
—— A poetical epistle to His excellency George Washington, Esq. commander in chief of the armies of the United States of America, from an inhabitant of the state of Maryland. [By Charles Henry Wharton.] To which is annexed, a short sketch of General Washington’s life and character. [By John Bell of Md.] Annapolis printed 1779: London reprinted for C. Dilly, in the Poultry; J. Almon, Piccadilly, W. Tesseyman, York; T. and J. Merrill, Cambridge; R. Cruttwell, Bath; and T. Becket, Bristol.mdcclxxx.[Price half a crown.] 1 p.l., (i)iv, (1)6-24 p., front. (port.) sq. 8º.
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Frontispiece, the portrait of George Washington, engraved by W. Sharp, from an original picture.
Reprinted, New York, 1865, by J. Munsell, in an edition of seventy-five copies, of which five were printed on Whatman’s drawing paper. No. 2 of five copies on Whatman’s drawing paper,Reserve; No. 4 of five copies on Whatman’s drawing paper,AN(Washington)p.v. 11, no. 3.
Also printed in George C. Perine,The poets and verse-writers of Maryland. Cincinnati, 1898, p. 7-12,NBB.
—— —— From the original manuscript belonging to David Pulsifer.... With an appendix. Boston: Printed for David Pulsifer, 1881. 2 p.l., (1)4-106 p. 12º. 1881. 2 p.l., (1)4-106 p. 12º.
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Wheatley, Phillis, 1754-1784. An elegiac poem on the death of that celebrated divine, and eminent servant of Jesus Christ, the reverend and learned Mr. George Whitefield.... By Phillis, a servant girl of seventeen years of age, belonging to Mr. J. Wheatley of Boston.... (In: E. Pemberton, Heaven the residence of the saints. A sermon.... Boston, printed: London, reprinted, 1771. 8º. p. [29]-31.)
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—— The following thoughts on his Excellency Major General Lee being betray’d into the hands of the enemy by the treachery of a pretended friend; to the Honourable James Bowdoin Esq. are most respectfully inscrib’d, by his most obedient and devoted humble servant, Phillis Wheatley. Boston, Decr. 30, 1776. (Massachusetts Historical Society. Proceedings, 1863-64. Boston, 1864. 8º. p. 166-167.)
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Printed from original manuscript, found among the Bowdoin Papers.
—— Memoir and poems of Phillis Wheatley, a native African and a slave. Dedicated to the friends of the Africans. Second edition. Boston: Light & Horton, 1 & 3 Cornhill. Samuel Harris, printer. 1835. viii, (1)10-112 p. 24º.
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—— Phillis Wheatley (Phillis Peters), poems and letters. First collected edition. Edited by Chas. Fred. Heartman. With an appreciation by Arthur A. Schomburg. New York: C. F. Heartman [1915]. 2 p.l., 7-111 p., front. (port.) 8º. (Heartman’s historical series, no. 8.)
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No. 97 of 350 copies printed on Ben Day paper.
Poems, p. 31-108.
—— The poems of Phillis Wheatley as they were originally published in London, 1773. Re-published by R. R. and C. C. Wright. Philadelphia, Pa. 1909. 1 p.l., 3-88 p., front. (port.) 12º.
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—— Poems on various subjects, religious and moral. By Phillis Wheatley, negro servant to Mr. John Wheatley, of Boston, in New England. London: Printed for A. Bell, Bookseller, Aldgate; and sold by Messrs. Cox and Berry, King-Street, Boston.mdcclxxiii.124 p., 2 l., front. (port.) 12º.
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—— —— Albany: Re-Printed, from the London edition, by Barber & Southwick, for Thomas Spencer, Book-Seller, Market-Street,—1793—viii, (1)10-89(1) p., 1 l. 24º.
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—— —— Dedicated to the Countess of Huntingdon. Philadelphia: Printed by and for William B. Woodward, No. 17, Chestnut Street. 1801. 1 p.l., 169-244 p. 16º.
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The Library has a second copy bound in Joseph Lavallée,The negro equalled by few Europeans, Philadelphia, 1801. 16º. v. 2, p. [167]-244. Also inReserve.
—— Six broadsides relating to Phillis Wheatley (Phillis Peters) with portrait and facsimile of her handwriting. New York: C. F. Heartman, 1915. 2 p.l., front. (port.), 7 pl. fº.
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One of twenty-five copies printed.
No. 1. An elegiac poem on the death of ... George Whitefield.... By Phillis.... Sold by Ezekiel Russell, in Queen-Street, and John Boyles, in Marlboro-Street. [1770?]
No. 2. Phillis’s poem on the death of Mr. Whitefield.
No. 3. To Mrs. Leonard, on the death of her husband.
No. 4. To the Rev. Mr. Pitkin, on the death of his lady. Boston, June 16th, 1772.
No. 5. To the Hon’ble Thomas Hubbard, Esq; on the death of Mrs. Thankfull Leonard. Boston, January 2, 1773.
No. 6. An address to Miss Phillis Wheatley.... Composed by Jupiter Hammon. Hartford, August 4, 1778.
No. 7. Facsimile of manuscript of “To the University of Cambridge wrote in 1767.”
Nos. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 are also in C. F. Heartman,Phillis Wheatley, New York, 1915. 8º. (Heartman’s historical series, no. 7.)
—— Verses presented to his Excellency Gen. Washington, Providence, Oct. 26, 1775. (In: The Pennsylvania magazine: or American monthly museum. April, 1776, p. 193.)
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Whitman, Benjamin, the younger. Hero of the North—or Battle of Lake Erie. By Mr. Benjamin Whitman, jun. of Boston. (In: B. Badger, The Naval temple. Boston, 1816. 2. ed. 8º. p. 313-317.)
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—— The heroes of the North, or The battles of Lake Erie, and Champlain. Two poems. By Benjamin Whitman, Jr. Esq. Boston: Published by Barber Badger, 1816. 4 p.l., (1)12-24 p., 3 pl. 8º.
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Two portraits inserted.
—— Victory on Lake Champlain. By Benjamin Whitman, jun. Esq. (In: B. Badger, The Naval temple. Boston, 1816. 2. ed. 8º. p. 318-322.)
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Whitwell, Benjamin. Experience, or, Folly as it flies. A poem, delivered at Cambridge, on the anniversary of the ΦΒΚ Society. Aug. 28, 1806. By Benjamin Whitwell. Boston: Printed at the Anthology Office, by Munroe & Francis. 1806. 2 p.l., (1)6-23 p. 8º.