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A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875
Journals of the Continental Congress --BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
Resolutions on Tories.
89. The / Tory Act / Published by Order of the Continental Congress, Philadelphia, Jan. 2, 1776. [New York or Philadelphia: 1776.]
Fo. Broadside.
A copy is in the Library of Congress. It measures 35 ½ × 22 ½ cms.
Address to Canada.
90. Aux / Habitants / De la Province du Canada. / [Philadelphia:] Chez Fleury Mesplet & Charles Berger [1776]. ... Fo. Broadside.
The English original is printed in Force's Archives, 4, iv, 1653.
91. Aux Habitants / De la Province du Canada. [Philadelphia: Mesplet & Berger. 1776.] ... Fo. Broadside.
A copy is in the Library of Congress, in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 42, III, folio 459. It measures 32 × 19 ½ cms.
Oration on Montgomery.
92. An / Oration / in Memory of / General Montgomery, / and of the / Officers and Soldiers, / Who Fell with Him, December 31, 1775, / before / Quebec; / Drawn up (and Delivered February 19th, 1776.) / At the Desire of the / Honorable Continental Congress. / By William Smith, D. D. / Provost of the College and Academy / Of Philadelphia. /.../ Philadelphia: / Printed by John Dunlap, in Market-Street. / M,DCC,LXXVI. / ... 8°. pp. (4), 44.
"The oration was an insolent performance. A Motion was made to thank the orator, and ask a copy, but opposed with great spirit and vivacity from every part of the room, and at last withdrawn, lest it should be rejected, as it certainly would have been, with indignation. The orator then printed it himself, after leaving out or altering some offensive passages." Familiar Letters of John Adams, 28 April, 1776.
The oration was delivered at the Dutch calvinist church.
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93. An / Oration / In Memory of / General Montgomery, / and of the / Officers and Soldiers, / Who Fell with Him, December 31, 1775, / before / Quebec; / Drawn up (and Delivered February 19, 1776,) / At the Desire of the / Honorable Continental Congress. / By William Smith, D. D. / Provost of the College and Academy / Of Philadelphia. /.../ Philadelphia, Printed; / New York: Reprinted by John Anderson, the / Corner of Beekman's Slip, / 1776.
8°. pp. 36.
94. An / Oration / In Memory of / General Montgomery, / and of the / Officers and Soldiers, / Who Fell with Him, December 31, 1775, / before / Quebec; / Drawn up (and Delivered February 19, 1776,) / At the Desire of the / Honorable Continental Congress. / By William Smith, D. D. / Provost of the College and Academy / Of Philadelphia. /.../ Philadelphia, Printed; / London, / Reprinted for J. Almon...MDCCLXXIVI. ... 8°. pp. iv, 36.
95. An / Oration / In Memory of / General Montgomery, / and of the / Officers and Soldiers, / Who Fell with Him, December 31, 1775, / before / Quebec; / Drawn up (and Delivered February 19, 1776,) / At the Desire of the / Honorable Continental Congress. / By William Smith, D. D. / Provost of the College and Academy / Of Philadelphia. /.../ Philadelphia, Printed; / Newcastle, Reprinted by T. Robson and Co. And sold at their Printing-Office.
8°. pp. 35.
96. An / Oration / In Memory of / General Montgomery, / and of the / Officers and Soldiers, / Who Fell with Him, December 31, 1775, / Before / Quebec; / Drawn up (and Delivered February 19, 1776,) / At the Desire of the / Honorable Continental Congress. / By William Smith, D. D. / Provost of the College and Academy / Of Philadelphia. /.../ Philadelphia, Printed: / Newport: Reprinted by Solomon Southwick. / M,DCC,LXXVI. / ... 8°. pp. (2), 30.
97. An / Oration / In Memory of / General Montgomery, / and of the / Officers and Soldiers, / Who Fell with Him, December 31, 1775, / before / Quebec; / Drawn up (and Delivered February 19, 1776,) / At the Desire of the / Honorable Continental Congress. / By William Smith, D. D. / Provost of the College and Academy / Of Philadelphia. /.../ Philadelphia, Printed: / Norwich: Reprinted by Robertsons and J. Trumbull. 1776. ... 8°. pp. 22[1]
A copy is in the Connecticut Historical Society.
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Proclamation for a fast.
98. In Congress, / Saturday, March 16, 1776. / Philadelphia: Printed by John Dunlap. [1776.] ... Fo. Broadside.
Prepared and introduced, with the permission of Congress, by William Livingston.
99. In Congress, / Saturday, March 16, 1776. / New-London: Printed by Timothy Green, Printer to the Governor and Company of the Colony of Connecticut. [1776.] ... Fo. Broadside.
It measures 49 × 36 ½ cms.
100. A Proclamation for a Continental Fast. / In Congress, Saturday, March 16, 1776. / [Boston: 1776? ... Fo. Broadside.
Resolutions concerning privateers.
101. In Congress, / March 23, 1776. / Philadelphia: Printed by John Dunlap. [1776]. ... Fo. Broadside.
A copy is in the Library of Congress, Letters to Washington, 90, folio 77. It measures 32 × 20 cms.
Sermon on Ward.
102. Death, the last Enemy, destroyed by Christ. / A Sermon, / Preached, March 27, 1776, / before / The Honorable / Continental Congress; / on the Death of / The Honorable / Samuel Ward, Esq. / one of the / Delegates from the Colony / of Rhode Island, / who died of the Small-Pox, in this city, / (Philadelphia) / March 26, Æt. 52. / Published at the desire of many who heard it. / By Samuel Stillman, M. A. / Philadelphia: / Printed by Joseph Crukshank, in Market-street. / MDCCLXXVI. ... 8°. pp. 28.
Instructions for Letters of Marque.
103. In Congress, / Wednesday, April 3, 1776. / Instructions to the Commanders of Private Ships or Vessels of War, which shall / have Commissions or Letters of Marque and Reprisal, authorising them to make captures of British Vessels / and Cargoes. ... Fo. Broadside.
A copy is in the Library of Congress, signed by Samuel Huntington, President. It was delivered March 21, 1780, to Samuel Wardwell, with his commission as commander of the sloop George, a private vessel of war. It measures 35 × 22 cms
It is probable that other issues of these resolutions were made as occasion called for them. The following number is an example:
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104. In Congress, / Wednesday, April 3, 1776. / Instructions to the Commanders of Private Ships or Vessels / of War, which shall have Commissions or Letters of Marque and Reprisal, / authorising them to make captures of British Vessels and Cargoes. / ... Fo. Broadside.
A copy is in the New York Public Library, Emmet, 1240. It is signed by Henry Laurens, as President.
A copy, signed by John Jay as President, and issued June 9, 1779, to John Cahoone, commander of the schooner Scorpion, is in the Rhode Island Historical Society. Another copy, signed by John Jay, is in the Connecticut Historical Society.
Bonds from Letters of Marque.
105. In Congress, / April 3, 1776. / Resolved, That every Person intending to set forth / and fit out a Private Ship or Vessel of War, and applying / for a Commission or Letters of Marque and Reprisal for that / Purpose [shall give bond /.../ which shall be lodged with the said Secretary of Congress. ... Fo. Broadside.
A copy is in the New York Public Library, Emmet, 517. It is signed by John Hancock as President.
Resolutions concerning state governments.
106. In Congress / May 15, 1776. / Philadelphia: Printed by John Dunlap. [1776.] ... Fo. Broadside.
The resolve of May 10, with the preamble, drafted by John Adams, John Rutledge, and R. H. Lee, adopted May 15. The resolve was written by John Adams.
107. In Congress, / May 15, 1776. [Philadelphia?: 1777])
Fo. Broadside.
Has appended a letter "To the Inhabitants of Vermont, a Free and Independent State, bounding on the River Connecticut and Lake Champlain," dated Philadelphia, April 11, 1777, and signed Thomas Young. Also a communication, signed "A word to the wise is sufficient," dated April 12, 1777. A copy is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 78, II, folio 159. It measures 39 x 24 cms. In Paul Leicester Ford's Bibliography the place and printers are conjectured to be Dresden: Judah Padock and Alden Spooner.
Regulations Concerning Prisoners.
108. In Congress, / May 21, 1776. / Resolved, / That all persons taken in arms on board any prize, be deemed prisoners, to be taken
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care of by the supreme executive / power in each Colony to which they are brought, whether the prize &c. ... Fo. Broadside.
A copy is in the Library of Congress, Letters to Washington, 89, folio 143. It measures 33 × 20 cms.
Declaration of Independence.
109. In Congress, July 4, 1776. / A Declaration / By the Representatives of the / United States of America, / In General Congress assembled. /.../ Philadelphia: Printed by John Dunlap.
Fo. Broadside.
Three copies are in the Library of Congress. One was attached by wafers to the Manuscript Journals. The copy in the Washington Papers (Letters to Washington, 89, folio 203) was inclosed in a letter from John Hancock, dated July 6. It was sent to the States in letters dated July 5 and 6. Thus the paper must have been printed on the 5th or 6th, and is in all probability the original issue. It measures 46 × 37 ½ cms.
See also Pennsylvania Archives, First Series, X, 634.
110. In Congress, July 4, 1776. / A Declaration / By the Representatives of the / United States of America, / In General Congress assembled. /.../ [Philadelphia:] Printed by John Dunlap. [1776].
Fo. Broadside.
A copy on vellum was found among the papers of David Rittenhouse, and is now in the American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia. It measures 55 × 41 cms. It has been described by I. Minis Hays in the Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, XXXIX, 72.
111. In Congress, July 4, 1776. / A Declaration by the Representatives of the United States / of America, in General Congress assembled /... ... Fo. Broadside.
Printed in double column. A copy is in the Du Simitiè re Collection, Library Company of Philadelphia. It measures 28 ½ × 27 ½ cms. See Hays, above.
112. In / Congress, / July 4, 1776. / A Declaration / By the / Representatives / of the / United States of America, / In General Congress assembled. [With the order of the Council of Massachusetts for its publication.] Salem, Massachusetts-Bay: Printed by E. Russell, By Order of Authority. [1776.] ... Fo. Broadside.
A copy is in the Essex Institute, Salem, Mass., and another in the New York Public Library, Emmet Collection,. No. 1532. It measures 49 ½ × 38 cms.
113. In Congress, July 4, 1776. / A Declaration / By the Representatives of the / United States of America / In General Congress
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Assembled. / America: Boston, Printed by John Gill, and Powars and Willis, in Queen-Street. [1776.] ... Fo. Broadside.
Two imprints have been found, one with and the other without the names of the printers. Copies are in the Massachusetts Historical Society. The one without the imprint measures 50 × 34 cms. That with the imprint measures 44 ½ × 28 cms.
114. In / Congress, / July 4, 1776. / A / Declaration / by the Representatives / of the / United States of America, / In General Congress assembled.
Fo. Broadside.
Printed in four columns. A copy is in the Essex Institute, Salem, Mass. It measures 42 x 34 ½ cms.
115. In Congress, July 4, 1776. / A Declaration / By the Representatives of the / United States of America, / In General Congress assembled. /.../ Newport, June 13, 1776: Printed by S. Southwick. / ... Fo. Broadside.
"This is the only copy I have ever seen of the Newport edition; and from the circumstances of its being printed, when the town was largely in the hands of the Tories, and within six months of the time that the British took possession of the town and drove out most of the inhabitants, it must necessarily be a very scarce broadside. I remember once when in conversation with your brother over this particular item, he remarked humourously that this Newport edition must have been the pattern for the original act, as according to the imprint it was printed three weeks before July 4. It is, of course, explainable only through a printer's error." Clarence S. Brigham.
116. In Congress, July 4, 1776. / A Declaration / By the Representatives of the / United States of America, / In General Congress Assembled. /.../ Newport, Printed by S. Southwick. /
Fo. Broadside.
"This is precisely the same as the previous edition except that it also contains the official action of the Rhode Island General Assembly at its July session upon the Declaration. This copy is signed in autograph by the Secretary of the Colony." Clarence S. Brigham.
117. In Congress, July 4, 1776, / The Unanimous / Declaration / of the / Thirteen United States of America. /.../ Baltimore, in Maryland: Printed by Mary Katharine Goddard. / [1777.]
Fo. Broadside.
This was published in accordance with a resolution of the Continental Congress of January 18, 1777. A copy is in the Library of Congress, with signatures of John Hancock and Charles Thomson. It measures 53 ½ × 42 cms.
"I am therefore commanded by Congress, to transmit to you the enclosed copy of the act of Independence, with the list of the several members of Congress, subscribed thereto; and to request that you will cause the same to be put upon
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record, that it may henceforth form a part of the archives of your state and union, a lasting testimony of your approbation of that necessary and important measure." John Hancock to States, 31 January, 1776.
Defense of New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
118. At a Conference of the Delegates in Congress for the States of New-York, New-Jersey and / Pennsylvania, of the Committee of Safety of Pennsylvania, the Committee of Inspection and / Observation for the City and Liberties of Philadelphia, and the Field Officers of the five Batta / lions of the said City, &c. ... Fo. Broadside.
Contains resolution of Congress calling the conference, July 4, 1776; the resolutions agreed upon by the conferees, Thomas McKean, Chairman; and the resolution of Congress approving the results of the conference, July 5, 1776.
A copy is in the Library of Congress, Letters to Washington, 89, folio 206. It measures 33 × 20 cms.
First draft of the Articles of Confederation.
119. Articles / of Confederation and Perpetual Union, / Between the Colonies of /
[Philadelphia: 1776.] ... Fo. pp. 8.
Two copies of this issue are in the Library of Congress. One insthe Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 47, folio 21, is endorsed by Charles Thomson, "First draught of Articles of Confederation as brought in by Committee, June [July] 12, 1776." It bears no other manuscript marks. The second copy is in the Jefferson Papers, and has, in his writing, the changes probably made in July or early in August, 1776, for they differ somewhat from the form in which the document was reported on August 20, 1776. See in this volume under date July 12, 1776. The Jefferson copy measures 34 × 22 cms; that in the Papers of the Continental Congress has been slightly trimmed.
The following document is in the Library of Congress:
"We and each of us do swear that we will deliver all the copies of 'the articles of confederation' which we shall print together with the copy sheet to the Secretary of Congress and that we will not disclose either directly or indirectly the contents of the said confederation.
Philadelphia July 13, 1776. ... John Dunlap.
Sworn to before me ... D. C. Claypoole.
John Gibbon.
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Resolve concerning volunteers.
120. In Congress, July 19, 1776 [Philadelphia: 1776]. 4°. pp. (3).
Plan of Treaties.
121. There shall be a firm, inviolable, and universal peace, and a true and / sincere friendship between A. and B. and the subjects of A. and B. /.../...[Philadelphia: 1776]. ... Fo. pp. 5.
Two copies of this report are in the Library of Congress, in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 47, folios 151 and 161. Both have manuscript changes of text. They measure 31 × 21½ cms.
Address to Hessians.
122. [ ... ]
See note under August 27 in Journals.
Second Draft of the Articles of Confederation.
123. Articles / of / Confederation and Perpetual Union, / Between the States of /
[Philadelphia: 1776.] ... Fo. pp. 6.
Three copies of this issue are in the Library of Congress, in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 47, folios 29, 69 and 111. The first copy has many manuscript changes in the writing of Charles Thomson and Henry Laurens, and is endorsed: "Articles of Confederation as amended in a committee of the whole Congress, August 20, 1776, with the Amendments afterwards made in Congress" [i. e., in 1777]. The second copy also has changes of text in the writing of Charles Thomson, Henry Laurens and John Hancock (?), and is endorsed: "Articles of Confederation belonging to the Secretary of Congress, corrected at the table." The third copy has a small number of manuscript amendments, in the writing of Charles Thomson and John Hancock (?), and has no endorsement indicating its relation to the other copies. The copies are uniform in size, measuring 32½ × 21 cms.
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Address to Hessians.
124. [ ... ]
See note under date in Journals.
Resolve concerning gun powder.
125. In Congress, / August 28, 1776. / Resolved, /...By Order of Congress, &c. ... Fo. Broadside.
A copy is in the Library of Congress, and another in the Rhode Island Historical Society. It measures 34½ × 22 cms.
Bounties &c.
126. In Congress, / September 16, 1776. / [Organization of the army, bounties &c.] [Philadelphia: John Dunlap, 1776.]
Fo. Broadside.
This was sent to the States by John Hancock on September 24, 1776.
A copy is in the New York Public Library, Emmet, 5583.
Revised Articles of War.
127. Rules / and / Articles / for the better / Government / of the / Troops / Raised, or to be raised and kept in pay by / and at the expence of the United / States of America, / Philadelphia: / Printed by John Dunlap, in Market-Street. / M,DCC,LXXVI. /
8°. pp. 36.
"Resolved, That Mr. John Dunlap, Print 300 Copies of the Rules and Regulations for the Government of the Continental Army, for the use of the Associators going in to the Continental service." Minutes Council of Safety, 8 July, 1776. In Colonial Records of Pennsylvania, X, 636.
This should apply to the Articles of War before revision, but no copy of such an issue has been traced.
128. Rules and Articles for the better Government of the Troops raised, or to be raised, and kept in pay, by and at the Expence of the United States of America. In Congress, September 20, 1776....[Philadelphia? 1776?] ... 12°. pp. 25.
129. Rules / and / Articles / for the Better / Government / of the / Troops / Raised, or to be raised and kept in pay / by and at the expence of the Uni- / ted States of / America. / Philadelphia, Printed: Fish-Kill, / Re-printed by S. Loudon. / M,DCC,LXXVI. /
12°. pp. 31.
A copy is in the New York Historical Society.
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130. The / Rules / and / Articles / of / War, / For the Government / of the / Troops / of the / United States. / Extracted / from the / Journals of Congress / for the year 1776. / Baltimore: Printed by Philip Edwards. / MDCCXCIV. ... 8°. pp. 28.
Resolve to borrow $5,000,000.
131. In Congress, / October 3, 1776. [Philadelphia:] Printed by John Dunlap [1776]. ... Fo. Broadside.
Contains also the resolve of October 7, on publishing the resolutions.
A copy is in the Rhode Island Historical Society.
Continental Lottery.
132. United States Lottery No. / Class the first. / This Ticket entitles the Bearer to receive / such Prize .../ [Philadelphia, 1776]. ... Broadside.
A ticket of the third class, signed by G. Campbell, is in the Library of Congress. It measures 5 × 19½ cms.
Reinforcing Washington's Army.
133. In Congress, / November 23, 1776. / [Philadelphia: 1776.]
Fo. Broadside.
See Journals, under date. The broadside was issued by the Council of Safety of Philadelphia. A copy is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 69, I, folio 265. It measures 33½ × 21½ cms.
Address to the people.
134. The Representatives of the United States of / America, in Congress assembled, / To the People in General, and particularly to the Inhabitants / of Pennsylvania, and the adjacent States. [Philadelphia: 1776.] ... Fo. Broadside.
135.
[Philadelphia: Henrich Miller. 1776.]
Fo, Broadside.
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Resolution for a Fast.
136. [Resolved that it be recommended to all the United States, as soon as possible, to apppoint a day of solemn fasting and humiliation ...]
Baltimore: Printed by John Dunlap, [1776]. ... Fo. Broadside.
A copy is in the New York Public Library, Emmet, 2093. The compiler of the "Calendar of the Emmet Collection" adds the following note: "The resolution was adopted on Dec. 11; the day following Congress adjourned to meet at Baltimore on the 20th. The fact that no Philadelphia edition of the broadside has been noted may perhaps be explained thereby, this Baltimore edition being the first, printed about the time of removal."
"As it is of great Consequence to the people to be informed of the situation of Public affairs, and there is no Press now in the City capable of giving such intelligence; therefore
"Resolved, That Mr. Dunlap's press and types be employed for that purpose, and as it is a time of more than usual Danger, this board will pay the value of them in case they should fall into the enemy's hands." Colonial Records.
137. In Congress, / December 11 1776 / .../ Hartford: Re-Printed by Ebenezer Watson. ... Fo. Broadside.
Accounting for militia money.
138. In Congress. / December 23, 1776. / [Persons entrusted with money for the militia reinforcing the army are to transmit the receipts of the officers receiving the same to the paymaster general.]
Baltimore: Printed by John Dunlap, [1776]. ... 4°. Broadside.
A copy is in the New York Public Library, Emmet, 5585.
Non-exportation of certain articles.
139. In Congress. / December 30, 1776. [Baltimore:] Printed by John Dunlap, [1776.] ... Fo. Broadside.
A copy is in the Library of Congress. It measures 32½ × 20 cms.
140. Extract / from the / Journals of Congress, / relative to the / Capture and Condemnation of Prizes, / and the / Fitting out Privateers; / together with the / Rules and Regulations of the Navy, / And Instructions to the / Commanders of Private Ships of War. / Philadelphia: / Printed by John Dunlap, / M,DCC,LXXVI.
8°. pp. (2), 45.
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141. Extract uit de Dag-Registers van het Noord-Amerikaansche Congres, Betrekklyk tot het neemen en verbeurdverklaaren van Scheeps-Ordonnantien en Schikkingen der Zee-Vlort, en de Pryzen en het intrusten van Kaapers; benevens de Instructien voor de Bevelhebbers der Particuliere Oorlogschepen. Philadelphia. 1777.
8°. pp. 48.
September, 1775, to April, 1776.
142. Journal / of the / Proceedings of Congress / Held at Philadelphia, / From September 5, 1775, to April 30, 1776. / Philadelphia: Printed: / London: Reprinted for J. Almon, opposite / Burlington-House, Piccadilly / M,DCC, LXXVIII./ ... 8°. pp. 202.
January to May, 1776.
143. The / Journals / of the / Proceedings / of / Congress. / Held at Philadelphia, / from January to May, 1776. / Philadelphia: / Printed by R. Aitken, Bookseller, opposite the / London Coffee-house, Front-Street. / M,DCC, LXXVI. / ... 8°
"Collation: Title, 1 leaf; Journal for January, pp. 1--93; Title, 1 leaf; Journal for February, pp. 1--70; Title, 1 leaf; Journal for March, pp. 73--146; Journal for April, pp. 147--237. The second title is: The / Journals / of / Congress. / For February, 1776. / Philadelphia: / Printed and sold by R. Aitken, Front-Street. / M,DCC,LXXVI.
"This addition appears to have been issued in monthly parts. Aitken says of it, 'I was ordered [in April 1776] to print no more in this large type, and to begin a new edition beginning the session of Congress, which rendered the sale of the above abortive, meantime, I sold 80 copies. I also sold 14 reams of this edition to Benjamin Flower for the use of the army for cartridges at 30s per ream.'" Hildeburn.
The Pennsylvania Gazette, 9 October, 1776, contains an advertisement of the issue of this volume "this Day," "containing nearly 240 Pages, large Octavo, in blue Boards, Price One Dollar."
A copy is in the Pennsylvania Historical Society. The Connecticut Historical Society has William Williams's copy.
144. Journals / of / Congress. / Containing the / Proceedings / In the Year, 1776. / Published by Order of Congress. / Volume II. / Philadelphia: / Printed and Sold by R. Aitken, Bookseller, Front-Street. / M,DCC,LXXVII. ... 8° PP. [2], 513, [22]
See Journals, September 26, 1776, ante.
145. Journals / of / Congress. / Containing / the / Proceedings / From January 1, 1776, to January 1, 1777. / Published by order of Congress. / Volume II. / York-Town: [Pennsylvania] / Printed by John Dunlap. / M,DCC,LXXVII. ... 8°. pp. (2), 520, XXVII.
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