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86, [2] p. ; 17 cm. (8vo) ; "The following Reflections were periodically published in the Pennsylvania packet"--p. [2]. ; Attributed to Wells by Adams.

1 sheet ([2] p.) : ill. (relief cut) ; 39 x 24 cm. ; Signed and dated on p. [2]: By order of Congress, John Hancock, president. Attested, Charles Thompson [sic] secretary. Philadelphia, July 6th, 1775. ; Imprint from colophon. Daniel Fowle was the only printer active at Portsmouth, N.H., at this time. ; Text in two columns; relief cut view of Boston (Reilly 1046), by J. Turner.

4 p. ; 24 cm. (4to) ; Instructions from the Virginia General Assembly to Peyton Randolph, Richard Henry Lee, et al., representatives to the Continental Congress, Sept. 1774. ; Caption title. ; Place of publication and printer's name suggested by Evans. Dated 1773 by Evans.

126, [2] p. ; 21 cm. (4to) ; Parentheses substituted for square brackets in title transcription. ; Errata note, p. 126.

Some accounts of the American Revolution are oversimplified, painting the Founding Fathers as freedom fighters at odds with the unjust British Empire. However, the causes of the war were many and began years before the first shot rang out in 1775. This book, a must for any social studies collection, presents a comprehensive look at the events before, during, and after the War for Independence. From the founding of the colonies to the ratification of the US Constitution, readers examine the most significant moments of early American history. They'll also consider the effects the revolution had on other struggling nations

32 p. ; 20 cm. (4to & 8vo) ; Attributed to Miles Cooper by Evans. However, in Vance, C.H. "Myles Cooper." Columbia University quarterly 22 (1930): 275-276, the work is attributed to Thomas Bradbury Chandler. ; Two states of gathering D noted. One has "demand" as last word of line 21 on p. 28; the other "demanded."

39, [1] p. ; (8vo) ; Compiled by Arthur Lee from material furnished by Benjamin Franklin. Cf. Crane, V.W. Benjamin Franklin's letters to the press, 1950, p. li and 236.

35, 8, 9, 16 p. ; 20 cm. (8vo) ; Attributed to Isaac Skillman by Evans. Attributed to John Allen in: Bumstead, John M. "New England's Tom Paine: John Allen and the spirit of liberty" William and Mary Quarterly 21 (1964): [561]-570. ; Dedicated to the Earl of Dartmouth.

32 p. ; 19 cm. (8vo) ; Title vignette (Reilly 1013).

72 p. ; 18 cm. (8vo) ; Attributed to Mather by Evans and Holmes.

146, [2] p. ; 21 cm. (8vo) ; Letters signed: A farmer. Attributed to John Dickinson in the Dictionary of American biography. ; For the omission of a significant passage in this edition, see: Crosskey, William W. Politics and government, Chicago, 1953, p. 1289-1291. ; Adams notes two states. One has six lines of text on p. 55 and leaf T2 (p. [147-148]) is blank. The other has seven lines of text on p. 55 and on leaf T2 "To the ingenious author of certain letters, subscribed A farmer"--a letter ordered to be printed by the town of Boston, March 22, 1768.

[4], 16 p. ; 21 cm. (8vo) ; Advertised as "just published" in Rivington's New York gazette, Nov. 17, 1774, where it is suggested that the author might be either Sir Francis Bernard or Benjamin Franklin. Although it has commonly been attributed to Bernard, it is attributed to Franklin in Crane, Verner W. "Certain writings of Benjamin Franklin ." Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America 28 (1934): 13-15.

15, [1] p. ; 22 cm. (8vo) ; Attributed to Wilkins by Adams.

x, [1], 12-81, [1] p. ; 20 cm. (8vo) ; Half-title: Mr. Sherwood's fast sermon, with Mr. Baldwin's appendix. ; Pages 45-46 numbered xlv-xlvi. ; Errata notes for the sermon and appendix, p. [82].

92, [4], p., [1] folded leaf ; 20 cm. (8vo) ; Half-title: The rights of Great Britain asserted against the claims of America. [Price three shillings.] ; Attributed to Macpherson by Adams. Frequently attributed to John Dalrymple. ; "A declaration by the representatives of the united colonies of North America . setting forth the causes and necessity of their taking up arms."--p. [5]-12, dated July 6, 1775. ; "A few more words, on the freedom of the press, addressed by the printer, to the friends of liberty in America."--[4] p. at end. By Robert Bell.