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Maps, platas, charts, ate, may ba filmad at diffarant raduction ratios. Thosa too larga to ba antiraiy includad in ona axposura ara filmad baglnning in tha uppar laft hand cornar, laft to right and top to bottom, as many framas as raquirad. Tha following diagrams illustrata tha mathod: Las cartas, pianchas, tabiaaux, ate, pauvant Atra filmAa A das taux da rMuction diffirants. Lorsqua la documant ast trop grand pour Atre raproduit an un saul clichA, il ast f iimA A partir da I'angia supAriaur gaucha, da gaucha A droita, at da haut an bas, an pranant la nombra d'imagas nAcassaira. Las diagrammas suivants illustrant la mAthoda. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 I SitiUotlbetii afmettcaita 09i»a, CATALOGUE OK BOOKS RELATING TO AMERICA, IN VARIOUS LANGUAGES, INCLUDINti VOYAGES TO THE PACIFIC AND ROUND THE WORLD, ANJ> COLLECTIONS Of VOYAGES AND TBAVELS PaiNTBO 8IN0B THB YSAR 1700. coMrUiBO rtmctPAhut from tub works thembelvek, BY 0. RICH, MEMBER UF THE MASSACHUSE'rrS iUil> GEORGIA IIIS'IORICU. SOCIETIES, OF THB AMERIVAM NATIONAL INSTITUTE, THE ALBANY IXHTITUTB, THE AMEKICAN ANTIQVAUIAX SOIIETY, &«. &C. &C. " ; ,_ VOL. I. 1701 — 1800. jfeL N D N : RICH AND SONS, Iji, EED LION SgHARE. 1846. AT. / ^u5^s| 1\ "I .<>l i a U I U Mli ■fji" i> n ujn^ ii )nH»i nn^Tv fi, ^b.-^m .rfn«\H :jnr(Vi:r{ > w.-inii 'jH* ot jjr.-v/r »rv rJ «o» !ir» t>n 7!5i j/Sill ^o^f ^tRO'r vjtc^ n^^^ji •nt.xn ^J-if-kn*-, n.fov r 'u'< '\ti niqmjiCilh UTi "Iwy? m li ' ■• fj'^,t'i')lirh trriri x^n tmM I ^ifilttt " -^1 f>m/!:»;»<"^ Hi-hf ^•j'^ufia/m^H ffi'if'')''^ ..W5 Pjit* i'!";',li ^i '»' l!'.'-i i l.jli !• t • I- .»• '1 .J / 'J .< 1. » ri,i. rirS'i >n< //' M I fi-.t I. {) t I) ', r'W '•> t.t :((' tonioiq : It was owing to the honor of having been made a member of your Society more than forty years ago, that my attention was first directed to the study of the Bibliography of the "Western Hemisphere, which became my " ruling passion " through life. If, as I have reason to believe, my labours have promoted the taste for similar pursuits in our country, I have in some degree fulfilled one of the principal objects of the Society. I may then with propriety, venture to dedicate this work to you. With the apology, therefore, that "Chi fa quan- to puo, fa quanto deve," this work is most respectfully dedi- cated to you by your sincere well-wisher and fellow-member. 0. RICH. I.,..' ! Loudon, March 1, 1-816. «',V t.\i\ >« ■tnxKi'f ♦ I' '!(• 1 1 I'': If' • »V' _f '^ """J ' t''.'*l» i. mmotbtta Antrttrana Aoba. A CATALOGUE OF BOOKS RELATING TO AMERICA, Printed since the Year 1700. MDCCI. 1 A TWO YEARS* jouuNAL inNewYork: and part of its territories 1701. in America. By C. W. A.M. . . London. 12mo. pp. 104. A very curious and uncommou little book; the author appears to have been an English minister, who went to New York with Gov! Andros in 1678. It commences with the following "address to the reader:'' — " The materials of this Journal have laid by me several jears, expecting that some Landlooper or other in those parts would have done it more methodically ; but neither hearing nor reading of any such as yet, and I being taken off from the proper studies and offices of my function, for my unprofitableness, I concluded that when I could not do what I ought, I ought to do what I could, which I shall further endeavour in a second part : in the meanwhile, adieu." 2 A FULL ACCOUNT of the Proceedings in relation to Capt. Kidd. In two letters. Written by a person of quality to a kinsman of the Earl of Bellomont in Ireland. . London. Small 4to. pp. 52. Captain Kidd was employed by the Earl of Bellomont to go against the pirates which infested the coast of North America in 1696, but turned pirate himself. He was afterwards taken at Boston, sent to England, and hung with several others. There are many traditional stories of Kidd extant in New England, and a ballad, containing his last words and dying speech, commencing " My name was Captain Kidd, As I sail'd, &c." was to be had of the pedlars in Now England not many years ago. B /.*^ 2 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1701. 3 *A NEW Darien Artifice laid open, in a notable instance of '^'^ Captain Maclean's name being used to vouch for the Caledo- nian Company, &c. Authore Anti-Dariensi. Quarto, pp. 14. Bib. Am. Prim. p. 182. 4 *Plantation justice; shewing the Constitution of their Courts, and what sort of Judges they have in them. By which Mer- chants may see the occasions of their great losses and suffer- ings in the Plantation trade ; Lawyers may see such a model of justice as they could not have thought of; and others may see how those parts of the world are governed. London. Quarto, pp. 12. Bib. Am. Prim. p. 182. 5 ^Several circular letters to the Clergy of Maryland, sub- sequent to their late visitation, to enforce such resolutions as were taken therein. By Thomas Bray, D. D. London. Folio, pp. 21. Bib. Am. Prim. p. 183. 6 El nuevo mundo, pocmma heroyco de D. Francisco Botello de Moraes y Vasconcelos ; con las Alegorias de D. Pedro de Castro, Cavallero Anrlaluz. . . . Barcelona. Small 4to. 7 *Hi8T0RiA de la Provincia de San Antonio del nuevo Reyno de Granada del orden de predicadores. Por el P. M. Fr. Alonso de Zamora, su Coronista, hijo del conventx) de N . S. del Ro- sario de la cludad de Santa Vh su patria. Barcelona. Small folio. 8 HiSTORiA de laConquista de la Provincia de el Itza, Reduccion y progresses de la de el Lacandon y otras naciones de Indios barbaros, de la mediacion de el Reyno de Guatemala k las Provincias de Yucatan, en la America Septentrional. Pri- mera Parte. Escrivela D. Juan de Villagutierre Sotomayor, &c Madrid. Folio. With an engraved frontispiece of the arms of Spain, and at the end the Colophon on a separate leaf; both of which are frequently wanting. This work, the itcond part of which was never published, appears to have been unknown to Meusel. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. J MDCCII. 1 Maomalia Christi Americana: or, the ecclesiastical history of New- England, from its first planting in 1620, unto the year ofour Lord 1698. In seven books. — i. Antiquities. — ii. Lives of the Governors and names of the Magistrates of New- England. — III. The lives of sixty famous divines. — iv. An account of the University of Cambridge in New- England. — v. Acts and monuments of the faith and order in the Churches of New-England. — vi. A faithful record of many illustrious wonderful providences. — vii. The wars of the Lord, being an history of the manifold afflictions and disturbances of the churches in New-England. By the Reverend and Learned Cotton Mather, M.A. and pastor of the North Church in Boston, N.E. London. Folio. ' " One of the most singular books in this or any other language. Its puns and its poems, its sermons and its anagrams, render it unique in its kind." Quart. Rev. — " Liber quidem superstitionis plenus, utilis tamen illis, qui nasum habent." Meuul. — In the North American Review (vol. vi. p. 855,) there is an excellent analysis of this work. There are copies on LAROE PAPER, but they are rare. There is one in the choice library of Col. Aspinwall, who possesses, probably, the best private collection of V ^ books relating to America to be found any where. 2 Ak account of the illegal Prosecution and Tryal of Coll. Nicholas Bayard, in the province of New York, for supposed high treason in the year 170|. Collected from several memorials taken by divers persons privately, the commissioners having strictly prohibited the taking of the tryal in open Court. Folio, pp. 44. New York. 3 ^Proposals for carrying on an effectual War in America against the French and Spaniards London. Quarto, pp. 24. Bib. Am. Prim. p. 18.4. 4 *Thom£ Campanii, Holmiensis, Kort Beskryfnnig om Provin- cien Nya Swerige uti America som nu for tyden af the Engel- ske callas Pensylvania Stockholm. Quarto, plates. 1702. I 1702. 1 :f( Bibtiothecu Ameiicana Nova, A very icarce work relnting to the eitnbliihment of the Swedes in New Sweden, afterwarda I'enniyWaniu. It ii to be ref^rettod that it has never been trunilated into Bny liingunfife nioro gonerully understood tliun the SweUiib. lu lome American catalogue* ita author i» erroneously called Holm. *AcTs AND LAV'S of his Majesty's colony of Connecticut, in New England. Boston Folio. In the Dritiah Muaeum. MDCCIII. New voyages to North Ameuica. Containing an account of the several nations of that vast continent ; their customs, commerce, and way of navigation upon the lakes and rivers ; the several attempts of the English and French to dispossess one another ; with the reasons of the miscarriage of tlie former ; and the various adventures between the French and the Iroquese confederates of England, from 1683 to 1604. A geographical description of Canada, and a natural history of the country, with remarks upon their government, and the interest of the English and French in their commerce. Also a dialogue between the author and a general of the savages, giving a full view of the religion and strange opinions of those people ; with an account of the author's retreat to Portugal and Denmark, and his remarks on those courts. To which is added, a Dictionary of the Algonkine language, which is generally spoken in North America. Illustrated with twenty- three maps and cuts. Written in French by the Baron Lahontariy Lord Lieutenant of the French colony at Placentia in Newfoundland, now in England. Done into English. In :two volumes. A great part of which never printed in the original. . . . # . . . London. 8vo. 2 vols. Reprinted in 1735. First printed in French in this year. Labontan was a frtethinker, and consequently had but little respect for the clergy ; it ia not therefore to be wondered at that he was persecuted in France, and his work traduced. The character given of the author and of the work by the Jesuits has been adopted by later writers, who ought to have \, known better. A writer in the North American Review observes, that the Baron seems to have been an ardent and enterprising character, with more wit than discretion, but that his accounts bear every mark of ^ Bibliothecu Americana iWotnt. nitthentici'y, and are quite confirmed by cutHmporary ni well n» subKe* quent writers on the inme country. The Knglisb edition liuving been translated under the inspection of tlie author, is probably more correct than theFrencb editions. It contains also several additions published lor the first time; particularly the celebrated dialogue "between the author and Adario, a noted man among the savages." 2 *TiiE PRESENT STATE of affhirs in Carolina. Dy John Ash, Gent. Sent by several of the inhabitants of that colony, to deliver their representations thereof to, and seek redress from the Lords Proprietors of that province. Quarto. Bib. Am. Prim. p. 186. 3 A Voyage to New Holland, &c. in the year 1699. Wherein are described, the Canary Islands, the isles of Mayo and St. Jago, the bay of All Saints, with the fort and town of Bahia in Brazil. Cape Salvadore. The winds on the Brazilian coast. Abrohlo shoals. A table of all the variations observed in this voyage. Occurrences near the Cape of Good Hope. The course to New Holland. Shark's Bay. The isles and coast, &c. of New Holland. Their inhabitants, manners, customs, trade, &c. Their harbours, soil, beasts, birds, fish, &c. trees, plants, fruits, Sic. Hlustrated with several maps and draughts; also divers birds, fishes and plants, not found in this part of the world, curiously engraven on copper-plates. Vol. 3. By Capt. William Dampier. .... London. 8vo. The first volume was printed in 1697, the second in 1699. 4 New England judged by theSpirit of the Lord, &c. (see 1661.) In two parts. Formerly published by George Bishop, and now somewhat abbreviated. With an appendix, &c. 8vo. pp. 498 . London. The preface is signed Joseph Grove. At the end is the following work, with the date of 1702 : Truth and Innocency defended against Falsehood and Envy, &c. in answer to Cotton Mather's calumnies, &c. By John Whiting, pp. 212 and Index. 5 A collection of Voyages undertaken by the Dutch East-India Company for the improvement of trade and navigation. Con- taining an account of several attempts to find out the n. e. passage, and their discoveries in the East Indies and the South 1703. ; i I t ' 6 1703. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. Seas. Together with an historical introduction, giving an account of the rise, establishment, and progress of that great body. Translated into English, and illustrated with several charts. London. 8vo. pp. 336. News from Pen silvan i a, or a brief narrative of several re- markable passages in the government of the Quakers of that province, touching their proceedings in their pretended Court of justice, their way of trade and commerce ; with remarks and observations upon the whole. Published by the author of the Pilgrim's Progress (Francis Bugg.) London. ,8vo. pp. 36. 1/ /7 NouvEAUx VOYAGES de M. le Baron de Lahontan, dans I'Ame- rique septentrionate, qui conticnnent une relation des differens peuples qui y habitenl; la nature de leurGouvernement; leur commerce, leur costumes, leur religion, et leur maniere de faire la guerre. L'Interet des Fran9ois et des Anglois dans le commerce qu'ils fontavec ces nations; Tavantageque I'Angleterre pent retirer dans ce pays, etant en guerre avec la France. Tome premier. — Memoires de I'Amerique septen- trionale, ou la suite des voyages de M. le B. de Lahontan ; qui contiennent la description d'une grande etendue de pays de ce Continent, I'interSt des Francois et des Anglois, leurs commerces, leurs navigations, les mceurs, et les coAtumes des sauvages, &c. Avec un petit dictionnaire de la langue du pays. Le tout enrichi de cartes et de figures. Tome second. 12mo. 2 vols. \ First edition several times reprinted, and translated into German, Dutch, \ and English. See No. 1 of this year. Nova plantarum Americanarum genera. Authore P. Carole Plumier. Paris. Quarto, 40 plates. FiLiCETUM American UM, seu Filicum, Polypodiorum, Adian- torum, etc. in America nascentium icones. Authore P. Ca- rolo Plumier. ...... Paris. Folio. This volume consists of 222 plates, without any text, and comprises 50 plates of ferns contained in the Description des Plantes d» VAmeriqiu, 1693, and the 172 plates of the Traits des Fmigirt$, 1705. rman, Dutch, Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 10 Politic A Indiana, &c. (As in the edition of 1648.) Folio. Amberes. Printed in two columns, with a amallar type and on a larger page than the first edition ; with a portrait cf Solorzano. MDCCIV. 1 The History of the bucaniers of America; from the first original down to this time ; written in several languages, and now collected into one volume. Containing i. The exploits and adventures of Le Grand, Lolonois, Bat the Portuguese, Sir Henry Morgan, &c. Written in Dutch by Jo. Esque- meling, and thence translated into Spanish, ii. The dan- gerous voyage and bold attempts of Capt. Barth. Sharp, Watlin, Sawkins, Coxon, and others, in the South Sea. Written by Basil Ringrose, Gent, who was a companion therein, and examined with the originr' journey, iii. A Journal of a voyage into the South Sea by the freebooters of America, from 1684 to 1689. Written in French by the Sieur Raveneau de Lussan: never before in English. IV. A relation of a voyage of the Sieur de Montauban, captain of the freebooters in Guinea, in the year 1695, &c. The whole newly translated into English, and illustrated with 25 copper-plates. The third edition. . . . London. 8vo. This third edition of the history of the Bucaniers is somewhat difierent from the former editions ; *' for whereas the style before was loose and uncouth in divers parts thereof, the same is now rectified, and made more < correct throughout the whole body of it." Preface. It has in addition the Journals of Lussan and Montauban, the former having been first printed in French in 1690. 2 A NEW VOYAGE and description of the Isthmus of America, &c. By Lionel Wafer. The second edition. To which are added, the natural history of those parts by a Fellow of the Royal ) Society : and Davis's Expedition to the Gold Mines in 1702. Illustrated with several copper-plates. . . London, 8vo. pp. 283. First printed in 1699. A COLLECTION OF VOYAGES AND TRAVELS : SOmC nOW first printed from original manuscripts ; others translated out of foreign languages, and now first published in English. To 7 1703. \ \, & Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1704. V ^ which are added, some few that have formerly appeared in Eng- lish, but do now for their excellency and scarcenes deserve / to be reprinted. With a general preface, giving an account / of the progress of navigation from its first beginning to the ) perfection it is now in, &c. The whole illustrated with a great I number of useful maps and cuts, all engraven on copper. In four volumes. London. Folio, 4 vols. Tbis collection, generally knovrn by the name of tbe publisber, Cburchill, \ is to be found under the dates of 1732, 1744, 1752, &c. Two more l: volumes were published some years afterwards ; and Osborne's Collection, f printed in 1745, is generally added, to make the set complete. See 1732 L and 1745. 4 HiSTORiA de la conquista de Mexico por D. Antonio de Solis. Nueva edicion, enriquecida con diversas estampas, y aumen- tada con la vida del autor que escrivio D. Juan deGoyeneche. Folio. Brusselas. Tbis edition is recommended by De Bure on account of tbe plates. MDCCV. 1 The history and present state of Virginia, in four parts. I. The history of the first settlement of Virginia, and the government thereof, to the present time, ii, The natural productions and conveniences of the country, suited to trade and improvement, in. The native Indians, their religion, laws and customs, in war and peace, iv. The present state of the country, as to the polity of the government, and the ira- provements of the land. By a native and inhabitant of the place London. 8vo. \5 plates. The frontispiece has " By R. B. gent." which is understood to stand for R. Beverley, and not Bird, as stated by Meusel. Reprinted in 1722. Translated into French in 1707. Jamaica viewed, &c. (First printed in 1661.) The third edition. By Captain Hickeringill. . . London. Small 4to. map. This tract is printed with several others by the same author, a very eccen- trie writer, who, after having been an officer in the army, took orders and became a priest, " when he gave much offence to his brethren by his wild end often scurrilous attacks on the church, in a variety of pamphlets." Chalmers. Biblictheca Americana Nova. 9 3 *Party TYRANNY, or an sioual bill in miniature ; as now 1705. practised in Carolina. R...3i(ibly offered to the consideration '*"*' of both houses of Parliament. . . . London. Small 4to. pp. 30. Attributed to the celebrated Daniel De Foe. 4 *A PLAIN AND FRIENDLY PERSUASIVE to the inhabitants of Virginia and Maryland for promoting towns and cohabitation. By a Wellwisher to both Governments. . . London. Small 4to. pp. 16. 5 Reasons, by Capt. Le Wright, shewing why her Majesty ought to enter upon her propriety, now on the continent of America. Quarto, pp. 8. London. A project for a new settlement at Darien, in which the .projector, referring to the failure of the Scots company, says, " we are now addressing to the English, between whom and the Scots we allow no comparison in point of trade." 6 Navigantium ATQUE iTiNERANTiuM bibliotheca; Of a com- \' pleat collection of voyages and travels : consisting of above 400 of the most authentic writers ; beginning with Hackluit, Purchass, &c. in English ; Ramusio, in Italian : Thevenot, &c. in French ; De Bry and Grynsei Novus Orbis, in Latin ; the Dutch East-India company, in Dutch: and continued with others of note that have published histories, voyages, travels, or discoveries, in the English, Latin, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, or Dutch tongues ; relating to any part of Asia, Africa, America, Europe, or the islands thereof, to this present time. With the heads of several of our most considerable sea-commanders; and a great number of excel- lent maps of all parts of the world, and cuts of most curious things in all the voyages. To which is prefixed, a history of the peopling of the several parts of the world, and particularly of America &c. By John Harris, A.M. . London. Folio, 2 vols. First edition, reprinted in 1744-8, with great aUerations and additions. It appears to have been got up in competition with Churchill's Collection, but differs entirely from that work, being a history of all the known voyages and travels, whereas Churchill's is a collection of some particular relations and histories. 7 Traite des fouoeres de I'Amerique. Par le R. P. Charles '■'^ Plumier, Minime de la province de France, et Botaniste du Roy dans les Isles de I'Amerique. . , , Paris. 10 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1703. Folio. 172 plates. Flumier's figures coniist of little more than outlines, but being as large as nature, and well drawn by himself, produce a fine efifect. Many hundred of his drawings remain still unpublished in the library of the Jardin des Plantes at Paris. Copies of many of these were obtained by the Earl of Bute, which afterwards passed into the hands of Sir Joseph Banks. Boerhaave had previously obtained copies of above 600, most of which were published by Burmann, in iT65-Q0. In 1824 the compiler of this work met with copies of about 500, very well executed, and a hs. volume of descriptions, which are now in the possession of A. B. Lambert, Esq. Vice President of the Linnasan Society. *Thormodi torfai, historia Vinlandiee antiques seu partis Americee septentrionalis. .... HafnicB. Small 8vo. A rare book (republished in 1715,) showing that the northern nations had a knowledge of the American continent prior to the discoveries of Columbus. MDCCVI. ! 1 A Journal of travels from New Hampshire to Caratuck, on the continent of North America, by George Keith, A.M. late Missionary from the Society for the propagation of the gospel in foreign parts, and now rector of Edburton, in Sussex. Quarto, pp. 96. London. This work contains little more than an account of the sermons preached by the author at the difierent places through which he travelled. George Keith is the same person who some years before defended the Quakers against Increau and Cotton Mather, but afterwards turned against the Quakers himself, and became a Baptist. 2 An account of the Society for propagating the Gospel in foreign parts, established by the royal charter of King William III. With their proceedings and success, and hopes of continual progress under the happy reign of Queen Anne. Quarto, pp. 97. London. 3 HiSTOiRE DE LA DEcouvERTE et de la conqu^te du Perou, traduite de TEspagnol d'Augustin de Zarate par S. D. C. 12mo. 2 vols. Paris. Zarate's history of the discovery and conquest of Peru was first printed in Spanish at Antwerp in 15^5, in small octavo, afterwards in 1577 at Seville, in folio, and in Barcia's Historiadores in 1 749. It was translated into English by T. Nicholas, and printed in 1681, in small quarto, black letter. " Zarate's history, whether we attend to its matter or composition, is a Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 11 book of considerable merit, as be bad opportunities to be well informed, and seems to have been inquisitive witb respect to the nanners and transactions of the Peruvians ; great credit is due to his testimony." Robertson, 1706. MDCCVII. 1 A NEW DESCRIPTION of that fertile and pleasant province of Carolina : with a brief account of its discovery, settling, and the Government thereof to this time. With several remarkable passages of Divine Providence during my time. By John Archdale, late governour of the same. . . London. Quarto, p. 40. Gov. Archdale introduced the cultivation of rice into Carolina. 2 Memouial of the present deplorable state of New England under Joseph Dudley, esq Boston^ N. E. Quarto. A copy in the British Museum. 3 A MODEST ENQUIRY iuto the grounds and occasions of a late pamphlet, intituled, A Memorial of the present deplorable state of New England. By a disinterested hand. London. Quarto, p. 30. Contains the foregoing memorial, and the defence of Gov. Dudley. 4* The humble submission of several kings, princes, generals, Sec. to the crown of England, lately presented to Sir Nath. Johnson, the present governor of Carolina under her Majesty Queen Ann. ...... London, Folio. In the British Museum. 5 A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD. Containing an account of Captain Dampier's expedition into the South Seas in the ship St. George, in the year 1703 and 1704. With his various adventures, engagements, &c. and a particular and exact description of several islands in the Atlantick Ocean, the Brazilian coast, the passage round Cape Horn, and the coasts of Chili, Peru, and Mexico. Together with the author's voyage from Amapalla, on the west coast of Mexico, to East India. His passing by three unknown islands, and through a new discovered streight near the coast of New Guinea. His arrival at Amboyna. With a large description of that and 12 Bibliutheca Americana Nova. 1707. other spice islands; as also of Batavia, the Cape of Good Hope, &c. their rivers, harbours, plants, animals, inhabitants, &c. With divers maps, draughts, figures, plants, and animals. By William Funnell, mate to Captain Dampier. . London, 8vo " Funnell arrived in England before Captain Dampier, and seized on the opportunity to compose a relation of the voyage, a task for which he was ill qualified, and which he performed with disadvantage to the public. Funnell's narrative was published in l707byKnapton the bookseller, who being the publisher of three volumes of the voyages of Dampier, drawn up from his ownmanuscript journali), should have distinguished the difference, and not have obtruded Funnel's narrative into the same collection ; but he was tempted by the favourable reception of the former volumes. The public were thus punished with a fourtli volume to Dampier's P'oyaget, which contains not a word of Dampier's writing, but much that he dis- approved. Funnell's narrative must now be allowed to retain its rank as fourth volume of Dam\mr'i Forages, as no other authentic account of that voyage has appeared, or can be expected to appear. The volume, however, would be better naturalized if it were made to include the following work." 6 *Capt. Dampier's vindication of his voyage in the ship St. George ; with some small observations for the present on Mr. Funnell's chimerical relation. . . . London, In this vindication, which does not occupy more than a single sheet, Dam- pier points put several misrepresentations made by Funnell, and accuses him of having pirated from charts and papers with which he had been intrusted, but of which, Dampier says, he afterwards rendered a very slender account, pretending that some of them were lost." Bumey. 7 *An ANSwiiii TO Capt. Dampieu's Vindication of his voyage to the South Seas in the ship St. George ; with particular ob- servations on his ungenerous, false, and barbarous usage to his ship's crew. By John Welbe, midshipman on board Capt. Dampier's ship. .... London. Quarto, pp. 8. 8 A VOYAGE TO THE ISLANDS Madeira, Barbados, Nieves, S. Christophers and Jamaica, with the natural history of the herbs and trees, four-footed beasts, fishes, birds, insects, rep- tiles, &c. of the last of those islands ; to which is prefixed an introduction, wherein is an account of the inhabitants, air, waters, diseases, trade, &c. of that place, with some relations concerning the neighbouring continent and islands of Ame- rica. Illustrated with the figures of the things described, ! s; Bibliotheca Americana Nova, 13 which have not been heretofore engraved, in large copper-plates 1 707. as big as the life. By Hans Sloane, M.D., &c. In two ^'^^ volumes. — " Many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased." Dan. xii. 4. . . . . London. Folio, 2 vols. 276 plates. The second volume of thia great and important work was not published until 1725. There are some copies with the plates coloured, but they are of great rarity, and bring high prices when offered for sale. 9 HisToiRE DE LA ViRoiNiE, contcuant, I. L'Histoire du premier Y Entablissement dans la Virginie & de son Gouvernement jusques k present. — ii. Les productions naturelles & les commoditez du Pais avant que les Anglois y negociassent & ' I'ameliorassent. — iii. La Religion, les Loix, & les Coutumes des Indiens naturels, tant dans la Guerre, que dans la Paix. — \ IV. L'Etat present du Pais, tant k regard de la Police, que { de r Amelioration du Pais. Tar un Auteur Natif & hahitsint { du Pais. Traduite de I'Anglois. Enrichie de Figures. ■^ 12mo. Amsterdam. A translation of No. 1 of 1705. 10 HisToiRC DE LA coNQUETE dcs Islcs Moluqucs par les Es- pagnoles, par les Portugais, & par les Hollandois. Traduite de I'Espagnol d' ^r^era$o/a. . . . Amsterdam. 12mo. 3 vols. The original work was first printed at Madrid in 1609. Translated into English by Capt. John Stevens in 1708. 1 1 HisToiRE UNivERSELLE dcs Voyagcs fails par mer et par terre, \/ dans I'ancien et ie nouveau monde. Par M. Duperrier, avec figures. ....... Paris. 12mo. An English translation appeared in 1708, republished with a new title in 1711. ,-^ MCCVIII. V 1 The DEPLORABLE STATE of Ncw England by reason of a covetous and treacherous Governour, and pusillanimous Counsellors. With a vindication of the Hon. Mr. Higginson, Mr. Mason, and several other gentlemen, from the scandalous and wicked accusation of the votes ordered by them to be published in their Boston News-letter. To which is added an account of K 14 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. m \ 1708. the shameful miscarriage of the late expedition against Port Royal. ....... London, 8vo. pp. 39. This pamphlet is said to be bj the Rev. John Higginson of Salem, then aged 92 : but the dedication is signed A. H., probably Alex. Holmes, one of , the petitioners. It is written with great warmth, and lays open the dis> putes which existed between Governor Dudley and some leading cha- racters in New England, who opposed his designs, which were to get rid of the charter, and make the government completely arbitrary. — North r/-'^ ^*»»« iJ*"* "!• P' 305* ,'2 The British empiiie in America; containing the history of the discovery, settlement, progress, and present state of all the British Colonies on the Continent and islands of America, &c. With curious maps of the several places, done from the newest surveys, by Herman Moll, Geographer. London. 8vo. 2 vols. pp. 800. The dedication to this work is signed by J. Oldmixon ; but it is often attri- buted to Herman Moll, who prepared the maps, from his name appearing .^ ,. -^^Qn the title. It was reprinted in 1741, with considerable additions. 3 *SoME PROPOSALS towards promoting the propagation Jof the Gospel in our American Plantations. Humbly offered in a letter to Mr. Nelson, &c. . . . . London. Quarto, pp. 30. Bib. Am. Prim. 4 A NEW COLLECTION OF VoYAGES AND TRAVELS, with Historical accounts of Discoveries and Conquests in all parts of the World. None of them ever before printed in English; being now first translated from the Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch, Portuguese, and other languages. Adorned with cuts. For the month of December, 1708. To be continued monthly. Quarto. London. Capt. John Stevens, translated most of the works in this collection, which generally goes under his name. It was published in numbers, and some copies were printed on fine large paper. This first volume contains : — Argensola's Discovery and Conquest of the Molucco Islands. — Lawson's New Voyage to Carolina. — Cieza's Seventeen Years' Travels in Peru. Each with separate title, index, &c. The second volume was published in 1710. 5 The discovery and conquest of the Molucco and Philippine islands ; containing their history, ancient and modern, natu- ral and political; their description, product, religion, govern- Libliotheca Americana Nova. u ment, laws, languages, customs, manners, habits, shape and 1708. inclinations of the natives. With an account of many other adjacent islands, and several remarkable voyages through the streights of Magellan, and in other parts. Written in Spanish by Bartholomew Leonardo de Argensola, Chaplain to the Empress, and Rector of Villahermosa. Now translated into English, and illustrated with a map and several cuts. Small 4to. London. Tbis is the first work in the preceding^ Collection, but being complete in itself, with title-page and index, is frequently found separate. A GENERAL HISTORY of all Voyagcs and Travels throughout the Old and New World, from the first ages to this present time, illustrating both the Ancient and Modern Geography, &c. By Monsieur Du Perier. Made English from the Paris edition. Adorn 'd with cuts, ..... London, 8vo. pp. 364. 5 plates. Except the introduction of 36 pages, the whole of this volume relates to the early voyages of the Spaniards to America, taken from Oviedo and other Spanish authors. The sot-weed Factor : or a voyage to Maryland : a satyr. In which is described the Laws, Govsrnment, Courts and Con- stitutions of the Country : and also the Buildings, Feasts, Frolicks, Entertainments and Drunken Humours of the In- habitants of that part of America. In Burlesque verse. By Eben Cook, Gent. ..... London. Quarto, pp. 21. Relation du voyage du Port Royal de TAcadie, ou de la Nouvelle France, dans laquelle on voit un detail des divers mouvemens de la mer dans une traversee de long cours ; la description du pays, les occupations des Fran9ois qui y sont 6tablis, les manieres des differentes nations sauvages, leurs superstitions et leurs chasses ; avec une dissertation exacte sur '.e Castor. Par M. Diereville . embarque k la Rochelle dans le navire la Royale-Paix. Ensuite de la relation, on a ajout6 le detail d'un combat donne entre les Francois et les Acadiens, contre les Anglois Rouen. 12mo. a -k ■ ^ I '6 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1708' M. Di^reville, at the request of M. liegon, wrote the whole of the relation of hia voyage in ver$e, but bis frienda having represented to him that no credit would be given to it unless it was written in prose, all that they could obtain from him, was that he would intermix some prose with his verses. Some copies have a supplement of eight pages, containing an account of the unsuccessful attack made in 17U7 by the people of New* England on Port Royal. MDCCIX. 1 A MEW VOYAGE TO Caholina ; Containing the exact description and natural history of that Country : together with the present state thereof. And a Journal of a thousand miles, traveled thro' several nations of Indians. Giving a particular account of their customs, manners, &c. By John Lawson, Gent. Surveyor-Generalof North Carolina. . . London. Quarto, map and plate. First published in Steven's collection ( 1 708, No. 4.) Republished separately with new titles, under the dates of 1714 and 1718. The plate of animals is found in very few copies. An American paper mentions a copy having been sold a few years ago in South Carolina for tixty dollani, 2 The seventeen yeaus' travels of Peter deCieza, through the mighty kingdom of Peru, and the large provinces of Cartagena and Popayan in South America : from the city of Panama, on the Isthmus, to the frontiers of Chili. Now first translated from the Spanish, and illustrated with a map and several cuts. ........ London. Small 4to. This work forms also a part of Steven's collection. 3 Useful transactions for the months of May, June, July, August and September, 1709. Containing a Voyage to the island of Cajamai in America. Giving a brief account of the natural varieties, inhabitants, and diseases of the country ; together with their cures after the method used by Jasper Van Slonenbergh, a learned member of the Royal Vertuosi of Great Britain, in the relation he has given of his voyages into those parts. Translated into English from the Dutch. 8vo. London. A humorous satire on Sir Hans Sloane's Voyage to Jamaica. ij Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 17 e relation lu that no that they B with his taining an B of New- scription e present , travel'd r account n, Gent. London. 1 separately f animals is 5opy having )^' V /• 4 HiSTOiRB DB LA coNQUETE de la Flondo ou relation de ce qui 1709. s'est pa8s4 dans la decouverte de ce pays, par Ferdinand de Soto, compos^e en Espagnol par I'lnca Garcilasso de la Vega, & traduite en Francois par P. Richelet. . Paris, I3mo. This translation was first printed in lOTO, and reprinted with the " Hiitoin det Incat" in 1T3T. See No. 6. 1723. '' 5 'Journal de la campagne des Isles de TAmerique, qu' k fait M. D**». Par G. D. T Troye$. 12mo. According to Barbier, written by Oautier du Tronohoy. ^ *AusfUiirlicher bericht von der beriihmten Landschaft Carolina, an tag gegeben von Kocherthalern. Frankfort. 8vo. Meusel, z. 3, p. 375. MDCCX. 1 *A LETTER FROM SouTH CAROLINA ; giving an account of the soil, air, product, trade, government, laws, religion, people, military strength, &c. of that province. Together with the manner and necessary charges of settling a plantation there, and the annual profit it will produce. Written by a Swiss gentleman to his friend at Bern. . . London. Quarto, pp. 63. Bib. Am. Prim. p. 205.' This letter appears to have been reprinted in 1718 and 1732. ' 2 *The four kings of Canada ; being a succinct account of the four Indian princes lately arrived from North America. With a particular description of their country and remarkable re- ligion, feasts, marriages, burials, remedies for their sick, cus- toms, manners, constitution, habits, sports, war, peace, policy, hunting, fishing, &c London. 8vo. pp. 48. Bib. Am. Prim. p. 206. \ A VIEW OF THE Universe : or a new collection of voyages and travels into all parts of the world. With the geography and history of every country. None of them ever before printed in English. To be published monthly. This for January, 1710, begins the entertaining travels of the Sieur Mouette in Fez and Morocco, during his eleven years' captivity in those c l^ 11 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1710. parts. With a map of those countries by Hermon Mull, geo- "^^^ grapher. London. Quarto. TbU Mcond rolume of SteTons' Collection (■«• 1T08, No. 4,) containt: Mouette'i Travels in Fei and IMoroooo ; Texeira'a Travels from India to Italy by land ; Cauclie's Voyage to Madagascar ; Telles'a Travels of the Jesuits in Ethiopia. Only this last has a separate title. / / MDCCXI. \ 1 *JouRMAL of an expedition performed by the forces of our sovereign lady Anne, Queen, &c. under the command of the Hon. Francis Nicholson, general and commander in chief in the year 1710 for the reduction of Port- Royal in Nova Scotia, or any other place in those parts in America, then in posses- sion of the French. London. Quarto, pp. 24. Bib. Am. Prim. p. 211. 7 2 ^A TRUE ACCOUNT of the voyage of the Nottingham galley of London, John Dean, commander, from the river Thames to New England, near which place she was cast away on Boon Island by the captain's obstinacy, who endeavoured to betray her to the French, or run her ashore ; with an account of the falsehoods in the captain's narrative, 9cc. The whole attested on oath by Christopher Langman, mate, Nicholas Mellen, boatswain, and George White, sailor in the said ship. 8vo. pp. 36. London. Bib. Am. Prim. p.SlO. I / 3 A COMPLETE COLLECTION of voyagcs made into North and South '' America, in due order as they happen'd, beginning from Christopher Columbus, and Americus Vespucius, and des- cecv; ng to this present time, &c. By M. L'Abbe Bellegarde of the Royal Academy. Translated from the French original printed at Paris. Adorn'd with cuts. . . London. 8vo. Published in French at Paris in 1707, under the name of Du Ptri'i: Tb'i is the some book as Du Perier's, printed in 1708, with a new • ')>' , .<^e, iti which tho name of the Abb^ Bellegarde is substituted for that of Du Periet. 4 A LETTER fr }m an old Whig in town to a modem Whig in the country, up '^i the late uxpedition to Canada. London. Quarto, pp. 8. • !l Bibliotheca Americana Yova. 19 5 'A tETTEP '0 a Member of Parliament on tlu settling a trade to the South' Sea of America, dated '3d * ^ May, 1 < 1 1 With reasons to encourage a trade from Great Britain to the coun- tries situate in the South Seas of America. kondon. 4to. pp. 14. Bib. Am. Prim. p. Sit. 6 *A TRUE ACCOUNT of the design and advantages of the South Sea trade : with answers to all the objections raised against it ; a list of tlie commodities proper for that trade ; and the pro|i;rcv.; « '" dv r'lbscription towards the South Sea Company. 8vo pp. i)^. London. Bib. Am. Prim. p. 213. 7 A VIEW OF rriE Coasts, Countries, and Islands within the limits oi' the South Sea Company. Containing an account of the discover;C8, settlements, progress, and present state, &c. of the several places : viz. From the river Aranoco to Terra del Fuego, and from thence through the South Sea to the farthest bounds of the late Act of Parliament, &c. The whole col- lected from the best authors, as well manuscripts as printed. Illustrated with a general map, and particular draughts of the most important places ; by Herman Moll, geographer. 8vo. pp. 220. Map. London. Herman Moll was probably not the author of this book, bat merely prepared the map which accompanies it. The book was no doubt got up by gome of the persons interested in the great and celebrated South Sea project. 8 *AusFUHRLiCHE BESCHREIBUNG von dcr unglUckUchen Reise des jungsthin aus Teutschland nach Carolina und Pensylva- nien wandernden Pilgrim, dem ubelgegriindeten Kocher- thalerischen Bericht entgegen gesetzt. . Frankfort. 8vo. An acconnt of the journey of some pilgrims from Germany to Carolina and Pennsylvania. Mexuel, z. S,/i. 975. MDCCXII. A CRUISING VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD : firSt tO the South Seas, thence to the East Indies, and homeward by the Cape of Good Hope. Begun in 1708, and finished in 1711. Con- taining a journal of all the remarkable transactions, particu- larly of the taking of Puna and Guiaquil, of the Acapulco ship, and other prizes ; an account of Alexander Selkirk's living alone four years and four months in an island ; and a c 2 1711. ^ 20 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. m 1712. brief description of several countries in our course noted for '^^ trade, especially in the South Sea. With maps of all the coast, from the best Spanish manuscript draughts, and an introduction relating to the South Sea trade. By Captain Woodes Rogers, commander-in-chief on this expedition, with the ships Duke and Duchess, of Bristol. . . London. 8vo. This and tho following are the relation of the same voyage. 2 A VOYAGE TO THE SoiTTii Sea, and round the world, performed in the years 1708, 17r3, 1710, and 1711. Containing a jour- nal of all the memorable transactions during the said voyage; the winds, currents, and variation of the compass; the taking of the towns of Puna and Guayquil, and several prizes, one of which a rich Acapulcu ship. A description of the American coasts, from Terra del Fuego in the South to California in the North, (from the Coasting Pilot, a Spanish manuscript.) An historical account of all those countries from the best authors. With a new map and description of the mighty river of the Amazons. Wherein an account is given of Mr. Alex- ander Selkirk, his manner of living and taming some wild beasts during the four years and four months he lived upon the uninhabited island of Juan Fernandes. Illustrated with cuts and maps. By Capt. Edward Cooke. . London. Bvo. Edward Cooke was second captain on board the Dutchess, the ship which accompanied the Duke, both under Woodes Rogers, on a voyage round the world. Capt. Burney says that Cooke's journal and charts are infe- rior to those published by Woodes Rogers. Dampier, who projected the expedition, and prevailed upon some able persons at Bristol to venture upon the undertaking, went as pilot in the Duke. 3 *An essay on the nature and methods of carrying on a trade to the South Sea. By Robert Allen. . . London. Bvo. Library of Harvard College. 4 *A LETTER to a friend in the country on the late expedition to Canada. ....... London. 8vo. In the British Museum. \/ 5 *A LETTER from a West India merchant to a gentleman at Tun- bridge, concerning that part of the French proposals which relate to North America, and particularly to Newfoundland. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. it- oted for ' all the and an Captain ion, with London. erformed ,g a jour- l voyage; he taking izes, one American ifornia in nuscript.) I the best ighty river Mr. Alex- some wild ived upon rated with London. ship which oyage round irts are infe- Tojected the to venture on a trade London. pedition to London. an atTun- )sals which foundland. ««S/W 1/ With some thoughts on their offers about our trade to Spam 1712. and the West Indies, and an abstract of the Assiento. 8vo. pp. 34. London. Bih. Am. Prim. p. 212. 6 *A LETTER to a noble Lord concerning the late expedition to Canada, (offering satisfaction in three points, i. Of what importance the conquest of that country would have been to the crown, and whether it would have answered the expense of the great armament that was made against it. ii. Whe- ther the expedition was well concerted ? And, lastly, if the ill success of it ought wholly to be charged on New England, as people here are made to believe.) . . London. 8vo. pp. 26. Bib. Am. Prim. p. 213. 7 Arte de Navegar em que se ensinam as regras practicas, e o modo de cartear pela carta plana & reduzida, o modo de graduar a Balestilha por via de numeros & muitos problemas uteis ii. naVega9ao ; & Roteiro das viagens e costas maritimas de Guine, Angola, Brasil, Inclias, & Ilhas occidentaes & ori- entaes agora novamente emendado & acrescentadas muitas derrotas novas. Por Manoel Pimentel. Cosmographo m6r do Reyno, &c. ...... Lisboa. Folio, pp. 576. Plans, &c. An important work on navigation, of which about a hundred pages are occupied with a description of the coasts of America. First printed in 1699, and reprinted in 1746. MDCCXIII. I BiBLioTHEcai Americana primordia. An attempt towards laying the foundation of an American library, in several books, papers, and writings, humbly given to the society for propaga- tion of the gospel in foreign parts, for the perpetual use and benefit of their members, their missionaries, friends, correspon- dents, and others concerned in the good design of planting and promoting Christianity within her Majesty's colonies and plan- tations in the West Indies. By a member of the said society. Quarto. London. This, as far as it goes, is the best catalogue of books relating to America extant ; the titles being copied at full length with the greatest exactness together with the name of the printer, and the number of pages in each volume. It unfortunately contains only the books given to the Society for propagating the gospel in foreign parts by White Kennett, Bishop of C 3 y t # 22 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1713. Peterborough, and a few others, many of them not relating to America. It is, hovrerer, rich in English tracts relating to New England. The catalogue was drawn up hy Bishop Kennett, but the very comi)lete index, which occupies nearly half the volume, was formed by the Rev. Robert Watts. Dr. Dibdin states that this work was reprinted in 1791, but this is a mistake, the Bibliotheca Americana of that date being a distinct work, in which the titles of many books are so carelessly abridged that it is difficult to make out what is intended. JouiiNAL HisTORiQUE du demier voyage que feu M. de la Sale fit dans le Golfe de Mexique, pour trouver Tembouchure et le cours de la riviere de Missicipi, nominee k present la riviere de saint Louis, qui traverr? la Louisiane. Ou Ton voit Thistoire tragique de sa mort, et plusieurs choses curieuses du Nouveau Monde. Par M. Joutel, Tun des compagnons de ce voyage : redige et mis en ordre par M. de Michel. . . Paris. 12mo. This voyage was commenced in 1684. La Sale was assassinated by some of his companions, the 19th March, 1687. Translated into English the fol- lowing year. MDCCXIV. 1 A JOURNAL of the last voyage perform'd by Monsr. de la Sale to the Gulph of Mexico, to find out the mouth of the Missisippi river; containing an account of the settlements he endeavour'd to make on the coast of the aforesaid bay, his unfortunate death, and the travels of his companions for the space of eight hundred leagues across that inland country of America, now call'd liOuisiana (and given by the king of France to M. Crozat,) till they came into Canada. Written in French by Monsieur Joutel, a commander in that expedition ; and trans- lated from the edition just published at Paris. With an exact map of that vast country, and a copy of the letters patent granted by the king of France to Mr. Crozat. . London. 8vo. Charlevoix speaks highly of Joutel, and of the services he rendered to M. de la Sale, in his unfortunate expedition. He says that Joutel had complained to him, that when the work was prepared for the press, some alterations were made by the editor, (M. Michel.) This translation was republished, with a new title in 1719. 2 The lavs of the province of Pennsylvania, collected into one volume. . . . . • • Philadelphia. Folio. British Museum. V :i .4 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. wS 3 Journal des observations physiques, mathematiques, et 1714. botaniques, faites par I'ordre du roi sur les c&tes orientales de **'*' TAmerique Meridionale et dans les Indes Occidentales, depuis \/ I'annee 1707 jusques en 1712 Parle R. P. Louis Feuillee. Quarto. 3 vols. Paris. The third volume was printed in 1 125. " This work is not elegant in stjie, but valuable for solid information upon all the subjects announced in its title, with various incidental matter besides. What relates to Peru makes a principal part of these volumes. The botanical part, comprising 100 plates, was republished at Nuremberg, with a German translation of the text, in 1756-7." Chalmers. 4 *D£ VERO Novi ORBis in ventore dissertatio historico-critica. Auctore Jo. Frid. StUven Francof. 8vo. Meusel, iii. 1, 264. A copy is in the library of Harvard College. MDCCXV. 1 ^Memoirs of Darien, giving a short description of that country, vfith an account of the attempts of the company of Scotland to settle a Colony in that place, and a relation of some of the many tragical disasters that did attend that design. By the Rev. Francis Borland. .... Edinburgh. 8vo. 2 Columbus, carmen epicum eminent, et rev. principi Benedicto pamphilio dicatum authore Ubertino Carrara Societatis Jesu. 8vo. p. 299. Roma. 3 Recueil de voyages au Nord, contenant divers memoircs tres \ y utiles au commerce et k la navigation. . Amsterdam, ^ 12mo. 9 vols. Maps and plates. This collection, made apparently by Jean Frederic fiemard, a bookseller, of Amsterdam, was commenced in this year, and continued at irregular inter- vals down to 1737. The principal contents of the volumes are as follows : Vol. I. 1715. Instructions pour voyager utilement. — Relation de I'lslande, par la Peyrere. — Relation du Greenland, par le mSme. II. 1715. Journal d'un voyage auSpitzberguen,&c. par Frederic Martens, — Description de Spitzberguen. — Journal du Capitaine Jeau Wood au Nord-Est. III. 1716. Relation de Terre-Neuve, traduite de I'Anglois de White. y Relations du Japon et de la Tartarie.— Lettres de M. Delile toucbant le Mississipi et la Californie, &c. IV. 1718. Relations de Coree, &c. Voyage de Jenkinson. Les deux voyages de J. H. de Linschoten. V. 1784. Relation, de la LouisiANE par uQoflBoierde la marine.— Relation V \ ( im'S V 24 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1715. de la LouisiANE, etc. par Tonti. — Voyage en un pays plus grand que s^^,^ I 'Europe, par le P. Hennepin. — Voyage8J,de Gomol, Fringe, et Gilbert, a la l^irginie,en 1602 et 1603. — Relation de la Baye de Hudson, par M. Jeremie. — Les trois navigations de Martin Frobisher. VI. 1723. De la conquete de la Chine par los Tartares (par Palafox.) VII. 1725. Relations de la Chine, des Tartures, de la Colchide, &c. VIII. 1727. Voyage de Moscou k la Chine, par Evert Isbrands Ides. — Nego- ciations du Sieur Lange a la Chine. — IMocurs et usages des Ostiackes, par Muller. \/ IX. 1737. Relation des Natchez, par le P. Lepetit, missionaire. — Raisons de lu Grande Bretagne d'avoir forme une colonie dans la Gkorgie : traduit de I'Anglois du Chev. Benj. Martin. — Decouverte d'un pays plus grand que I'Europe dans l'Amerique Septentrionale (par le P. Hennepin.) MDCCXVI. 1 A RELATION of Mr. R. M.'s voyage to Buenos Ayres : and from thence by land to Potosi. Dedicated to the Honourable the Court of Directors of the South Sea Company. London. Small 8vo. pp. 117. This little work is merely a reprint of the translation published in 1698, of the Voyage du Sieur Accarrete A Buenos Ayres, in Thevenot's Collection, (see 1696,) without any acknowledgment of the source from whence it was token. 2 *The entertaining history of King Philip's War, which began in the month of June, 1675, as also of expeditions more lately made against the common enemy and Indian rebels, in the eastern parts of New England ; with some account of the divine Providence towards Col. Benjamin Church. By Thomas Church, esq. his son. . Boston. 8vo. Reprinted at Newport in 1772, from which edition the above title is copied. 3 * Acts AND LAWS passed in New England. . Boston. Folio. In the British Museum. 4 Relation abr£g£e de ce que la Societe 6tablie en Angleterre pour la propagation de I'Evangile, a fait de plus remarquable dans les Colonies Angloises de I'Amerique, depuis le 19 Fevrier 1714, jusqu'au 18 du m^me mois 1715, vieux stile. Traduite de I'Anglois, et publiee par ordre de la societe. No place. Small 4to. pp. 39. 5 Relation du voyage de la Mer du Sud aux c6tes du Chily et du Perou, fait pendant les annees 1712, 1713, et 1714. Par Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 25 M. Frezier, ingenieur ordinaire du Roy. Ouvrage enrichi de 1716. quantite de planches en taille douce. . . Paris. Quarto, pp. 298, plates 37. Republished 1732. Reprinted in 1717, in 2 vols. 12mo. at Amsterdam. Translated into English in 1717. 6 El Colon j poema de D. Francisco de Moraes Vasconcelos y Botello. Madrid. Quarto. The foundation of this poem is the Nuevo Mundo of the same author, printed in 1701. A few cantos only were printed, and are sometimes met with, without title or preliminaries, and it is only from Barcia's edition of Pinelo (1737) that the time and place of publication are ascertained. MDCCXVII. 1 A VOYAGE to the South Sea, and along the coasts of Chili and Peru, in the years 1712, 1713, and 1714. Particularly describing the genius and constitution of the inhabitants, as well Indians as Spaniards : their customs and manners ; their natural history, mines, commodities, traffic with Europe, &c. By Monsieur Frezier, engineer in ordinary to the French king. Illustrated with thirty-seven copper-cuts of the coasts, har- bours, cities, plants, and other curiosities ; printed from the author's original plates inserted in the Paris edition. With a postscript by Dr. Edmund Halley : and an account of the settlement, commerce, and riches of the Jesuites in Paraguay. Quarto. London. The copies with the date of 1735 are this same edition with a new title-page. 2 A DISCOURSE concerning the design'd establishment of a new colony to the south of Carolina, in the most delightful country of the universe. By Sir Robert Montgomery, baronet. London. 8vo. pp. 30, and plan. Sir Robert Montgomery obtained a grant of all the land between the rivers Alutamaha and Savanna, now part of Georgia, which be called Azilia, and issued these proposals for settling it. See " A Description of the Golden Islands," 1720. 3 Arte de la lengua Mexicana, y breves platicas de los mys- terios de nuestra Santa Fe Catolica y otras para exortacion de su obligacion a' los Indios. Por F. Francisco de Avila. Small 8vo. Mexico. MDCCXVIII. 1 A NEW VOYAGE TO CAROLINA, &c. By John Lawson. London. Quarto. The same as the edition of 1709, with merely a new title-page. l^ vv 26 Bibliotkeca Americana Nova. \/ 1718. 2 Memoire present^ k son altesse royale M. le Due d'Orleans, '-s*' regent du royaume de France : concernaot la precieuse plante du Ginseng de Tartaric, decouverte en Canada, par le P. Joseph Fran9ois Lafitau, de la compagnie de Jesus, missionaire des Iroquois du Sault Saint Louis. . Paris. 12mo. / 3 Relation de divers voyages faits dans I'Afrique, dans I'Aine- y rique, et aux Indes Occidentales, &c. Par le Sieur Drals6 de Grandpierre Paris. 12mo. MDCCXIX. 1 Mr. Joutel's journal of his voyage to Mexico : his travels eight hundred leagues through forty nations of Indians in Louisiana to Canada : his account of the great river Missasipi. To which is added a map of that country ; M^ith a description of the great water-falls in the river Misouris. Translated from the French publish'd at Paris. . . . London. 8vo. The edition of 1714 with a new title-pnge. 2 Acts of Assembly passed in the province of New- York, from 4 1691 to 1718. London. Folio. The first collection of the laws of New York was printed there by William Bradford in 1694, a second in 1710, and a third in 1719. The present, probably copied from the last, was, according to Trott, printed by order of the Lords Commissioners of Trade and Plantation. 3 Relacion de la sorprecha hecha por los Franceses de la Movila en el Castillo de San Carlos, y punta de Siguenza ; y su restau- racion por las armas de S. M. el dia 7 de Agosto deste ano de 1719 Mexico' Small 4to. pp. 8. MDCCXX. y' 1 The history of New-England, containing an impartial account of the civil and ecclesiastical affairs of the country to the year of our Lord 1700. To which is added, the present state of New- England, with a new and accurate map of the country, and an appendix, containing their present charter, their eccle- siastical discipline, and their municipal laws. In two volumes. By Daniel Neal London. 8vo. 2 vols. pp. 712, map. Bibliotheca Americana Nova, 97 rleans, scieuse par le Jesus, Paris. rAme- rals6 de Paris. travels lians in [issasipi. jcription bed from London. rk, from London. J William e present, by order of a Movila m restau- te ano de Mexico' i\ account ) the year at state of ! country, leir eccle- ) volumes. London. - ''f V Y Repriiited in 1747. Gov. Hutchinson says that this work ^is little more 1720. than an abridgment of Mather's Magnalia (1703.) Mr. Neal was an eminent dissenting minister in London, and author of the History of the Puritans. 2 An account of the foundation and establishment of a design now on foot for a settlement on the Golden Islands, to the south of Port Royal, in Carolina. By authority of a royal charter . . . . . . . London. 4to. pp. 8. 3 A DESCRIPTION of the Golden Islands, with an account of the undertaking now on foot for making a settlement there : explaining, 1st, the nature of that design in general ; 2dly, the measures already taken ; and, 3dly, those intended to be taken hereafter London. 8vo. pp. 45. Relates to the project of Sir Robert Montgomery. (See 1717.) 4 Some considerations on the consequences of the French set- tling colonies on the Mississippi, with respect to the trade and safety of the English plantations in America and the West Indies. From a gentleman in America to his friend in London. ....... London* Svo. map. Written in consequence of the establishment of the French Missisippi Company. 5 *A FULL AND IMPARTIAL ACCOUNT of the Company of Missis- sippi, &c. French and English. . . . London. Svo. 6 A COLLECTION of scvcral pieces of Mr. John Locke, never before printed, or not extant in his works. Publish'd by the author of the Life of the ever-memorable Mr. John Hales, &c. Svo. London. This volume contains the " Fundmnental Constitutions of Carolina." 7 A JOURNAL or full account of the late expedition to Canada. With an appendix, containing commissions, orders, instruc- tions, letters, memorials, courts-martial, councils of war, &c. relating thereto By Sir Hovenden Walker, Kt. London. 8/0. pp. 304. Some copies of this same edition are without any date on the title-page. Sir Hovenden Walker was the naval commander of the great expedition >•-' V^ 38 Bihliotheca Americana Nova. / i; ii i 1 720. against Canada, which sailed from Boston, N. E. in the summer of 171 1 ; but which proved a complete failure, owing, it was said, to the unskilful- ness of the pilots, bj which eight ships and nearly a thousand men were lost in the river St. Lawrence. Great blame was attached to Sir Hoven- den, and he published this account in his own vindication. See Niehoh* Lit. Anec. I. p. 1T8. y 8 Relations de la Louisiane et du Fleuve Mississippi. Ou Tod . voit I'etat de ce grand pays et les avantages qu'il peut pro- duire, &c. Amsterdam. 12mo. This volume is dedicated to the celebrated Law ; its contents are the same as the fifth volume of Bernard's Collection, 1715. y/ 9 Recukil d'arrests et autres pieces pour I'etablissement de la Compagnie d'Occident. — Relation de la Baie de Hudson. — Les navigations de Frobisher au detroit qui porte son nom. 12mo. Amsterdam. yr Part of this volume corresponds to the fifth volume of Bernard's Collection of 1715 ; but the Recueil d^ Arrests, &c. is not contained in that edition. It is a collection of documents relating to the far-famed Company of the West, better known as the Mississippi Company, of which Law was the projector. 10 Voyage de Marseille \ Lima et dans les autres lieux des Indes Occidentales. Avee une exacte description de ce qu'il y a de plus remarquable tant pour la geographie, que pour les moeurs, les coiltumes, le commerce, le gouvernement, et la religion des peuples; avec des notes et des figures en taille douce. Par le Sieur D***. .... Paris. 12mo. Tho dedication is signed " Durrett," who says he prepared the work for the press, from the relations of a surgeon of the name of Bachelier. Father Labat, however, says that the work was entirely composed by Durrett, from the relations of Feuille, with the addition of extracts from various other authors, without any acknowledgment. 1 1 Proyecto para Galeones y Flotas del Peru y Nueva Es- paiia y para Navios de Registro, y avisos, que navegaren k ambos Reynos. ...... Cadiz. Folio, pp. 26. MDCCXXL ] A DEFENCE of the Ncw England charters. Ry Jer. Dummer. Pulchrum est Patrice benefacere, etiam benedicere hand ab- surdum est. Sallust. . . . . ^. London. 8vo. pp. 60. /■ Bibliotheca Americana Nova, 90 Dammer was the agent of Mauachu setts in England, and a distinguished 1721 . scholar. " This very able defence was written some time before ; but it ,«v^ was now published in the apprehension that a bill would be brought into the House of Commons at their next session to disfranchise the charter governments." Holmes, Reprinted in 1766. 2 India Christiana. A discourse delivered unto the commis- sioners for the propagation of the gospel among the American Indians, &c. By Cotton Mather, D.D. and F. R. S. 12mo. pp. 94. Boston^ N.E. 3 The laws of the British plantations in America, relating to the church and the clergy, religion and learning. Collected in one volume. By Nicholas Trott, LL. D., Chief Justice of '^ the province of South Carolina. . . . London. Folio. A scarce and valuable collection, in the preface to which is given an account of all the different collections of colonial laws which had been printed at the time. All those relating to ecclesiastical affairs which had not been printed were transcribed from the copies sent out to the Plantation o£Sce, or taken from other authentic sources. 4 Acts of Assembly passed in the island of Barbadoes from 1548 to 1718. London. Folio. 5 The several Reports of the Committee of Secrecy to the Honourable House of Commons relating to the South Sea Directors, &c. , . . . . . London. Folio, pp. 74. 6 Proceedings of the House of Lords in relation to the late Directors of the South Sea Company and others ; with the Reports of their Lordships on the said proceedings : to which is added, the conference with the Commons relating to Mr. Aislabie and Mr. Craggs, with their Lordships' proceedings thereupon. ....... London, Folio, pp. 26. MDCCXXII. ^ 1 A description of the English province of Carolana, by the V Spaniards called Florida, and by the French La Louisiane. As also of the great and famous river Meschacebe or Missi- sipi, the five vast navigable lakes of fresh water, and the parts adjacent. Together with an account of the commodities, of \ 30 Bibliotheca Americana Nova, 1722. V the growth and production of the said province. And a pre- face, containing some considerations on the consequences of the French making settlements th^re. By Daniel Coxe, esq. 8vo. map. London. A crude performance, drawn up from Torious journals and voyages, to impress the public with the great importance of the region described, and to make them jealous of its occupation by the French. Under the name of Carolana was comprehended the present state of Georgia, the two Floridas and Louisiana ; and this whole territory was claimed by Dr. Coze, the father of the author, as proprietor of it under the crown. North Am, Rev. 8, p. 1. Republished in 1727 and 1741. The history of Virginia, in four parts, &c. See 1705. The second edition, revised and enlarged by the Author. 8vo. pp. 284, 15 plates. London. Dr. Allen says that this work, in the historical part, is as concise and unsatisfactory as that of Stith is prolix and tedious. j4m. Biog, A GENERAL SURVEY of that part of the island of St. Christo- pher's which formerly belonged to France ; and was yielded up to Great Britain for ever by the late treaty of Utrecht : together with an estimate of the value of those lands, and a proposal and scheme for raising a very considerable sum of money, for the use of the publick, on the produce thereof^ &c. In a letter to M. R., Esq. a member of the honourable V-^naa of Commons. By Mr. R. M., S, B. . . Loudon, 8vo. pp. 48. *A VINDICATION of the ministers of Boston from the abuses and scandals lately cast upon them in diverse printed papers. By some of their people. . . . Boston, N, E. 8vo. In the British Museum. Voyages de FRAN901S Coreal aux Indes occidentales, conte- nant ce qu'il y a v6 de plus remarquable pendant son sejour depuis 1666. Jusqu'a 1697. Traduites de I'Espagnol, avec une relation de la Guiane de Walter Raleigh, et le voyage de Narbrough h. la mer du sud par le detroit de Magellan. 12mo. 3 vols. Amsterdam. • , nouvelle edition, corrigee et augmentee d'une nouvelle decouverte des Indes Meridionales et des terres Australe, enrichies de figures Paris. 12mo. 2 vols. •J Bibliotheca Americana Nova. There appears to be no reason to doubt or the identity of Francis Coreal, 1722. or of the fact of his having visited the different countries he describes. The only motive for such a doubt arises from the work never having been printed in Spanish, and from the French editor making no mention of the source from whence he obtained the original. Coreal's relation occupies only one half of the work, the other half being mode up of a selection from other authors, to which probably the judgment of Prosptr Marehand, as quoted by Mevbel, applies, viz. that the work eonsUted of a portimi of fragments taken here and there from several effective voyages, by some starving eompiler." This additional matter coiisisits of Sir Walter Raleigh's voyage to Gui((na. The discovery of the Palaos islands. Captain Narborough's voyage to the South Sea. Voyage of Abel Jansen Tasman to the Terra Australis. Letter on the Mission of the Moxes. Account of Alvaro d$ Menduna's voyages. Discoveries of Qiiiros. A certain Rev. Doctor " stuck his spurs so hard into the side of his good bibliographical courser," that he leapt over a good part of the title of this book, as given in Meusel, and makes out " Coueal's Voyages en le$ Indes occidentales, £cc. to be a translation of the Flemish jouniul of Capt. Abel Jansen Tasman ! " This Flemish journal is merely one of the before-uientioned relations. 7 HisToiRE DE l'Amerique Sepentrionale par M. de Bacque- ville de la Potherie, n^ k la Guadaloupe dans I'Amerique meridionale, aide-major dans la dire isle. . . Paris. I2mo. 4 vols. This work is written in tlie form of letters, except the second volume, which is divided into chapters. It contains several badly written memoirs on a considerable portion of the history of Canada. What the author relates, from his own observation, may be relied upon ; but in other re- spects he was not well informed, although apparently sincere and dispas- sionate." Charlevoix. 8 Nouveau voyage aux isles de TAmerique, contenant I'histoire naturelle de ces pays, Torigine, les mceurs, la religion et le gouvernement des habitans anciens and modernes. Les guerres et les evenemens singuliers qui y sont arrivez pendant . le long sejour que Tauteur y a fait. Le commerce et les manufactures qui y sont etablies, et les moyens de les aug- menter. Avec une description exacte et curieuse de toutes ces isles. Ouvrage enrichi de plus de cent cartes, plans et figures en tailles douces Paris. 12mo. 6 vols. The name of the author, F. Jean Baptiste Labat, is found a£S/«^ aoourate as to facts. Chalnuri. \ y 9 HisToiRE DE LA NAVIGATION, son Commencement, son progr^b, et ses decouvertes jusqu' k present. Traduit de TAnglois. Le commerce des Indes occidentales, avec un Catalogue des meilleurcs cartes gcographiqucs et les meilleurs livres de voy- ages, et le caractere de leurs autcurs. . . Paris. 12mo. 2 vols. This work is a translation, with some augmentations of the introduction to Churchill's Collection of Voyages. The French editor, in his preface, apologizes for the cruelties of the Spaniards to the Indians in this sum- mary way : " It wat difficult to u$e moderation towardi beingt human only in figure ; finally, of these uivages were made men, of these animals were made christians. God is adored where he was not known. The mission truly has not been like that of the first apostles, but the Gospel has been preached and received." 10 Relacion de la conquista de la provincia de los Nayaritas, en el Reyno de la Nueva Espana, que consiguieron las armas de S. M. ^ principios de este ano de 1722. . . Madrid. Small 4to. pp. 32. 11 *Aller6lteste NACAiniciiT von derNeuen Welt,welcheQi<;ser Eriinder derselben ehemals ertheilt von neuem edirt. Berlin. 8vo. This appears, from Meusel (in. 1. 265) to be a translation of Veaputius's account of his voyages. MDCCXXIII. I Acts of Assembly passed in the province of Maryland from 1692 to 1715. London. Folio. * An abridgement of the laws of Maryland was printed in London in 1704 : but an act of assembly was passed in the same year repealing all former acts, saving what are thereby excepted. A new collection under the title of "All the Laws of Maryland now in force," was printed at Annapolis in 1707, and another at Philadelphia in 1718, from which, it is probable, that the present edition was taken. Y 2 M(£URs DES SAUVAOES Ameriquaixs comparecs aux moeurs des premiers temps. Par le P. Lafitau, de la compagnie de Jesus. Ouvrage enrichi de figures en taille-douce. . Paris. Quarto, 2 vols. 41 plates. " This work was reprinted, badly enough'^ the following year, at Rouen, in four volumes 12mo. It contains a great detail of the manners, customs, Bibliothewi Americana Nova. 33 •Iwtyt fogrfefc, iglois. ;ue del le voy- Parit. kction to prefaoei his ■urn- unan only mall v)er» lion trull/ preached ititas, en irmas de Madrid. ;he o'.^iser Berlin. ^esputiuB'a ind from London * in 1T04 : all former [der tbe title jnnapoliB in }bable, that loeuTS des de Jesus. Paris. lat Rouen, in Irs, cnstoius, ami religion of the unvagps oi Ainpricn, particularly of tho«o of rnniitin, 17Q3. the author having been a misiiionQry among the Iroquois ; consequently, ^,mm> hid work it the most exiut w<( liave upon the subject. His parallel of the people of antiquity with tho Americans has been considered as very ingenious, and supposes a gron knowledge of ancient history.'' Charlevoix. 3 PiiiwKiiA PAiiTK de lo8 Veiutc i uno libros Rituales i Monarchia Indiana, con el origen y guerras de loa Indiosoccidcntales de sua poblaciones, descubrimiento, conquista, conversion y otras cosas maraviliosas de la misma tierra, distribuydos en tres tomos. Compuesto por Fr. Juan de Torquemada. Madrid. Folio, 3 vols. Fngraved titles and map. Reprinted from the edition of 1615 under the editorship of Ditrcia. The first volume treats of the Indians of New Spain and of their origin ; of the customs of tho kingdoms of Mexico, Tezcuco, Azcaputialco, Tlacupa, and of the origin oftho republics of Tlaxcnllan, Cholulla, and Huetzozingo, to- gether with the history of tho conquest by the Spaniards. The second volume contains a comparison of tlie customs of the Mexicans with those oftho nations of antiquity ; and the third relates to ecclesiusticul affairs, including the lives of many holy members of the order of Franciscans, to which the author belonged. Some curious chapters of the original sis. were omitted by order of the Inquisition, particularly one entitled " Como el Demonic quiso remedar a Dios escoglendo pueblo,'' or How the Devil wished to imitate the Almighty by choosing a favoured people : Probably comparing the migration of the ancient Toltecas to that of tbe Israelites. Clavigero says that " this history is without question the most complete in respect to the antiquity of Mexico of any hitherto published. The author resided in Mexico from his youth to his death ; knew the Mexican language well, conversed with the Mexicans for upwards of fifty years, collected a great number of ancient pictures and excellent manuscripts, and labored at his work more than twenty years ; but in spite of his dili- gence, and such advantages, he frequently betrays want of memory, of critical skill and good taste ; and in bis history there appear many gross contradictions, particularly in chronology, several childish recitals, and a great deal of superfluous learning, on which account it requires considerable patience'to read it." Hist, of Mex, i. p. xxi. 4 Primera parte de los Comentarios Reales que tratan del origen de los Incas, Reyes que fueron del Peru, de su idolatria y govierno en paz y en guerra : de sus vidas y conquistas, y de todo lo que fue aquel imperio y su republica, antes que los Espanoles passaron k el ; por el Ynca Garcilasso de la Vega. Segunda impresion Madrid. Folio. 5 HisTORiA general del Peru, trata el descubrimiento de el y como lo ganaron los Espanoles; las Guerras civiles que huvo D 34 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. I' II h I. -I 1723. entre Pizarros y Almagros sobre la partija de la tierra, castigo y levantamiento de tyranos y otros sucesos particulares que en la historia se contienen. Escrita por el Ynca Garcilasso de la Vega. Segunda itnpresion. . . . Madrid. Folio. Thia volume has the date of 1722 ; it was first printed in 1617 : the piiiMEnA PAnTEinl609. A new edition of both parts was printed in Madrid in 1800-1, in 13 small volumes : thej are also included in a new collection of American historians now publishing in Madrid, in small octavo volumes. 6 La FLORIDA DEL iNCA, historia del Adelantado Hernando de Soto, governador y capitan general del Reino de la Florida; y de otros heroicos Caballeros, Espanoles e Indios. Escrita por el Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, capitan de S. M. natural de la gran Ciudad del Cozco en el Peru. Van enmendadas en esta impresion muchas erratas de la primera; y al^adida copiosa tabla de las .'osas notables. Y el ensaio cronologico que contiene las su. didas hasta en el ano de 1722. Madrid. Folio, pp. 268. InJ xes, &c. The second edition: tbe first was printed in 1605. The third edition, in four small volumes, in 1803. Charlevoix says that this work is well written, and of authority as far as regards the account of tlie expeditions of Hernando de Soto, and his successor, Louis de Moscoso, but that the account of the riches and power of the Floridians is evidently much exaggerated. The following article was intended as a continuation of this work : 7 Ensayo cronologico, para la historia general de la Florida. Contiene los descubrimientos, y principales sucesos acaecidos en este gran Reino, k los Espanoles, Franceses, Suecos, Dinamarqiieses, Ingleses y otras naciones entre si, y con los Indios: cuias costumbres, genios, idolatria, govierno, batallas, y astucias se refieren: y los viages de algunos capitanes y pilotos, por el mar del norte, k buscar Paso k Oriente, o union de aquella tierra, con Asia. Desde el aiio de 1512 que descubrio la Florida Juan Ponce de Leon hasta el de 1722. Escrita por Don Gabriel de Cardenas z Cano. Folio, pp. 336. Indexes, &c. Madrid. This chronological history of Florida, under which name the author com prises noarly the whole continent of America north of Mexico, was se- verely criticised by Salazar, in 1725. The name on the title is an anagram of that of Don Andres Gonzalez Barcia, who deserved great praise for the pains he took in republishing the best works on American history, many of which were already in bis time presqu' introuvable. The five preceding articles were edited by him, together with Herrera, 1726 ; Bibliotheca Americana Nova. IS^ Pinelo, 1737; and tlie Historiadores Primitivos, 1749. Of all these 1723. works there are copies on large and fine paper, but they are so rare, that a complete set of this description is probably not to be found in any collection. 8 HiSTORiA DE LE coNQUisTA y poblacion de la provincia de Venezuela, por Don Josef de Oviedo Bahos y Sotomayor, quien lo dedica k su hermano Don Antonio de Oviedo y Bancs, oidor de las reales audiencias de Santo Domingo, Guatemala, y Mexico, &c. Primera parte. . Madrid. Folio. It is singular that a work of the magnitude and importance of this should have been entirely omitted by Barcia, in his additions to the Biblioteca of Pinelo. Like a great many other Spanish histories of America, only the * first part was ever printed; nor is there any account of any portion of the . continuation existing in manuscript. 9 CoNFESsioNARio CH Lengua Cumanagota, etc. Por F. Diego deTapia Madrid. Small 8vo. pp. 752. MDCCXXIV. 1 The present state of Virginia, giving a particular and short account of the Indian^ English^ and Negroe inhabitants of that colony. Shewing their religion, manners, government, trade, way of living, &c. with a description of the country. From whence is inferred a short view of Maryland and North Carolina. To which are added, schemes and propositions for the better promotion of learning, religion, inventions, manu- factures, and trade in Virginia, and the other plantations. For the information of the curious, and for the service of such as are engaged in the propagation of the gospel and advance- ment of learning, and for the use of all persons concerned in the Virginia trade and plantation. Gen. ix. 27. God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem, and Canaan shall be his servant. By Hugh Jones, A. M. Chaplain to the honourable Assembly, and lately minister of James Town, &c. in Virginia. * . . . . London. 8vo. This is one of the scarcest works relating to Virginia published in this century. The author thinks that the settlement of America by the Euro* peans is a fulfilment of the scriptural text on his title-page, Japheth being the Engliaht Shem the Indians, and Canaan the negroes. \ 36 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. ID 9 1!! 1724. 2 A GENERAL HISTORY of the Pyrates, from their first rise and ^'"^ settlement in the island of Providence, to the present time. With the remarkable actions and adventures of the two female pyrates, Mary Read and Anne Bonny, &c. To which is added, a short abstract of the statute and civil law in relation to pyracy. The second edition, with considerable additions. By Captain Charles Johnson. . . . London. 8vo. This work forma an appropriate sequel to the History of the Buccaneers. (17'04). The first et!''l.ion was printed in . A French translation was added to Oexmelin's Histoire des Avanturiers, printed at Trevoux in 1744. 3 A DETERMINATION of the case of Thomas Story and James Hoskins, relating to an aflfair of the Pennsylvanian company, &c. Quarto. London. In the British Museum. 4 The history of the conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards. Done into English from the original Spanish of Don Antonio d' Solis, secretary and historiographer to his Catholick Ma- jesty. By Thomas Townsend, esq. . . London. Folio, pp. 568, and plates. Reprinted in 8vo. in 1T38. — The original work was first printed in 1084. The edition of 1 TBS is by far the best that has been published. 5 Acts and laws passed by the great and general Court or As- sembly of the province of the Massachusetts-bay, in New- England, from 1692 to 1719. To which is prefixed, the charter granted by their late Majesties King William and Queen Mary to the inhabitants of the said province, a.d. 1691. Annoq; Regni S". ....... London. Folio. The first edition of this collection was printed at Boston in 1609 ; the second in 1714, and continued, as new laws were enacted, to the year 1719 ; from which this edition appears to have been taken. W 6 The voyages, dangerous adventures, and eminent escapes of ^ Captain Richard Falconer ; with a description of some regions JPa-^j4^ J-^Z^ of America London. / 8vo. Mentioned in the BibUothequ« des Voyagts, and in Watts's Bib. Brit. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 37 7 MoEURS DEs SAUVA0E8, &c. (Sce No. 2, 1723.) 12mo. 4 vols. 41 plates. Paris. This ia probably the edition referred to by Charlevoix, although the title- page states printed in Paris. 8 NouvEAU VOYAGE aux isles de TAmerique, &c. (See No. 8, 1722.) Ouvrage enrichi d'un grand nombre de cartes, plans, et figures en taille-douce A la Haye. Quarto, 2 vols. A reprint, without any alteration except in the form, of the first edition of Father Labat's New Voyage to the West Indies. 9 General aclamacion de la lealtad Mexicana; en la mas solemne jura del luminar mas flamante el Senor del Luis I. Por Don Patricio Antonio Lopez, Cazique de uno de los valles de Antcquera. ...... Mexico. Small 4to. pp. 8. With a curious woodcut of a bison or bu£falo. MDCCXXV. 1 The general history of the vast continent and islands of America, commonly called the West Indies, from the first discovery thereof: with the best accounts the people could give of their antiquities. Collected from the original relations sent to the King of Spain. By Antonio de Herrcra, historio- grapher to his Catholic Majesty. Translated into English by Capt. John Stevens. Illustrated with cuts and maps. London. 8vo. 6 vols. A. very indifferent translation, republished in 1740. (See 1726, No. 10.) 2 A iiELATiON of the late intended settlement of the islands of St. Lucia and St. Vincent, in America ; in right of the Duke of Montagu, and under his Grace's direction and orders, in the year 1722. . . . . . . London. 8vo. pp. 136, and maps. Signed A. B., Charleton, in Kent. 3 The report of the Lords of the Committee upon Governour Shute's Memorial ; with his Majesty's order in council there- upon. s. I, Quarto, pp. 12. This report »•; -■ riride in consequence of the complaint of Governor Shute against the House of Representatives of Massachusetts Bay, and the 1724. y V i! |i! 38 1725. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. reault of it was that an explanatory charter should be drawn up for that province. (This tract was found among the papers of Governor Barnard, now in my possession.) 4 Journal des observations physiques, mathetnatiques, et bota- niques, faites par I'ordre du Roi sur les Cotes Orientales de TAmerique Meridionale, et dans une autre voyage k la Nou- velle Espagne, et aux isles de I'Amerique. Par le P. Louis Feuillee, &c Paris. Quarto. The third volume of Father Feuill^e's Journal. The first and second were published in 1714. 5 NouvEAU VOYAGE fait autour du monde, par Le Gentil (la Barbinais), enrichi de plusieurs plans, vues, et perspectives des piincipales villes et ports du Perou, du Chili, du Bresil,et de la Chine, avec une description beaucoup plus etendue que celles qui ont paru jusqu'^ present, oil il est traite des mceurs, religion, politique, education, et commerce des peuples de ces empires. ...... Paris. 12mo. 3 vols. v; • . />^ * Admiral Bumey expresses a doubt whether thia voyage was really made by Le Gentil. The account, he says, is full of obscurity, which may have proceeded from the ignorance of the writer on maritime subjects, and from bis general want of judgment. M. de Brosses has allowed credit to the narration as being genuine, observing at the same time that it was one of small importance to the history of navigation or commerce. It is given in the form of letters addressed to some unnamed correspondent between 1714 and 1718. Bumey, ir. p. 508 Reprinted in 1727, 1728, 1731. 6 Crisis del ensayo k la historia de la Florida. Quarto, pp. 55. Alcald de Henares. A severe criticism on Barcia's Emayo chronologico, &c. 17'23, Barcia, like , was an industrious and intelligent collector, but apparently not an able writer. This criticism was written by the historiographer of Spain and the Indies, Don Joseph de Salazar, author of several works of no great merit, who \vas evidently jealous of Barcia's superior qualifica- tions for his own employment. 'C ■"f*- MDCCXXVI. 1 A VOYAGE rc-";d the world by the way of the Great South Sea, performed in the years 1719, 20, 21, 22, in the Speedwell of London, of twenty-four guns and 100 men, (under H. M.'s commission to cruize on the Spauiards, in the late war with Bibliotheca Americana Nova. lly made by I may bave its, and from redit to the t waa one of It is given ent between >8, 1731. e tienares. Barcia, like jparentiy not iographer of eral works of ior qualifica- South Sea, peedwell of let H. M.'s te war with the Spanish crown,) till she was cast away on the island of 1726. Juan Fernandez, in May, 1720; and afterwards continued ii the Recovery, the Jesus Maria, and Sacra Familia, &c. By Capt. George Shelvocke, commander of the Speedwell, Recovery, &c. in this expedition. . . . London* 8vo. pp. 468, pi. 4, and map. Two liistories were published of this voyage. This, written by Captain Shelvocke, was intended by him as a vindication of his conduct, having been accused of piracy and embezzlement. The other was written by one of Shelvocke's ofiicers, William Detagh (see 1728), who was roughly treated in Shelvocke's narrative, and, in return, wrote with the design of exposing Shelvocke. Both narratives are written with spirit. Burney, 2 The state of the island of Jamaica, chiefly in relation to its commerce, and the conduct of the Spaniards in the West '\ Indies. Addressed to a member of Parliament. By a person who resided several years at Jamaica. . . London, 8vo. pp. 80. 3 *HisToiiY of the wars of New England with the Eastern Indians, from 1703 to 1713, and from 1722 to their submission, which was ratified 5th August, 1726. . . . Boston. 12mo. 4 Thb voyages and adventures of Captain Robert Boyle, in several parts of the world, &c. To which is added, the voyage, shipwreck, and miraculous preservation of Richard Castelman, gent. With a description of the city of Phila- delphia and the country of Pensylvania. London, J. Watts. 8vo. pp. 374. Boyle's narrative is probacy a fictitious one, but that of Castelman bears marks of authenticity. The latter's visit to Philadelphia took place in 1710. Boyle's voyages have been often reprinted; but Castelman'a relation is only to be found in the early editions. 5 *A NARRATivKoftheproceedingsof the people of South Carolina in the year 1719. . . • » . London. Quarto. In the British Museum. *LiFE AND CHARACTER of a monstcr from America. 8vo. In the library of Harvard College. *AcTs OF THE Assembly of New York, from 1691 to 1725. Folio. New York. In the British Museum. 6 ii 40 1 1% m I i"i i'l i ; Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1726. 8 The voyages and travels of Nathaniel Uring, with new draughts of the Bay of Honduras and the Caribbee Islands. 8vo. London. Republished in 1T49. 9 Relacion historial de las missiones de los Indios, quellaman Chiquitos, que estan k cargo de los padres de la compaiiia de Jesus de la provincia del Paraguay. Escrita por el padre Juan Patricio Fernandez de la tnisma compaiiia. Sacada k luz por el Padre Geronimo Herran, &c. . . Madrid. Small 4to. Published in Latin at Vienna in 1733. 10 HisTORiA GENERAL de los hechos de los Castellanos en las islas i tierra firme del mar oceano. Escrita por Antonio de Herrrra, coronista mayoi de S. M. de las Indias y su coro- nista de Castilla Madrid. Folio, 5 vols. This work was printed between the years 1726 and 1730, the volumes bearing dates of all those years. It is merely a reprint of the original editionof 1601— 1615, with the addition of a very copious index, com- piled under the direction of Barcia, but without a continuation, as erro- neously stated by Meusel. An edition was printed at Antwerp in 1728, with very indifferent and very useless plates, and the text abounding in typographical errors. It was published in French, at Paris, in 1659 — ^71, and in English in 1725 — 6. Fori very judicious criticism of this work uf Herrera's, see Irving's Columbus, iv. p. 387. 1 1 Victim A real legal, discurso unico juridico-historico-politico, sobre que las vacantes mayores de las Indias occidentals pertenecen a la corona de Castilla, y Leon con pleno y ab- soluto dominio. Por D. Antonio Joseph Alvarez de Abreu, 6:2. ........ Madrid. Folio. In consequence of this vindication of the Royal right to the revenues accruing from vacancies in the churches in America, the author had a pension of a thousand ducats, and the title of Marquis de la Regalia bestowed upon him by Philip V. 12 Memorial informative del consulado de la Ciudad de los Reyes y la junta general del comercio de las provincias del Peru, sobre dife rentes puntos tocantes al estado de la real hazienda y del comercio, &c. Por D. Dionysio de Alsedo y Herrera (Lima?) Folio, pp. 148. Bibliotkeca Americana Nova. m 13 JusTiFiCACioN de lo8 Assientos de Averia, Aimojarifazgos y 1726. alcavalas, en satisfacion de las respuestus de lou fUscales del consejo real de las Indias y de la audlencia de Lima, &c. Folio, pp. 86. (Lima ?) MDCCXXVII. 1 A DESCRIPTION of the English province of Garolana, &c. (see 1722.) By Daniel Coxe, Esq. . . London. 8vo. map, pp. 56, and 122. Merely a new title to the edition of 1722. 2 Indian converts; or some account of the lives and dying speeches of a considerable number of the christianized In- dians of Martha's vineyard, in New-England. By Experience Mayhew, M.A., preacher of the Gospel to the Indians of that island. ........ London. 8vo. pp. 310. • An account of the lives of thirty Indian ministers, and about eighty Indian men, women, and youth, worthy of remembrance on account of their piety. At the end is the following, with a separate title-page : Some account of those English ministers who have successively presided over the work of gospelizing the Indians on Martha's vineyard, and the adjacent islands. By another hand, (the Rev. Thomas Prince.) 3 Miscellania curiosa : containing a collection of curious tra- vels, voyages, and natural histories of countries, as they have been delivered in to the Royal Society. Vol. III. The second edition. Revised and corrected by W. Derham, F.R.S. 8vo. 3 vols. London. The two first volumes of thie, collection contain philosophical papers. The third volume is devoted to voyages and travels, and contains, among other things, five letters "from Mr, John Clayton, rector of Crofton, at Wakefield in Yorkshire, to the Royal Society, May 12, 1688, giving an account of several observable$ in Virginia," &c. occupying 75 pages. 4 *Pii(ENOMENA Qu^DAM APoCALYPTiCA ad aspectum Novi Orbis configurata, or some few lines towards a description of the New Heaven, as it makes to those who stand upon the New Earth. By Samuel Sewall, A.M., and sometime Fellow of Harvard College, at Cambridge, in New-England. The second edition. Boston. Quarto, pp. 64. Mr. Sewall inclines to the opinion that the Indians are descendants of the Israelites ; and he adopts, after the learned Mr. Nicholas Fuller, the name of Columhina lor the continent of America. N. A. R. xi. p. lOT. i' 43 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1727. 5 *TiiE iiisTOUY of the five Indian nations depending on the pro- "^^^ vince of New York. By Cadwallader Golden. New York. This history was written on occasion of a dispute which happened at this time, between the government of New York and some merchants. It was reprinted with the second part, and hirge additions in 1747. 6 The acts of Assembly, passed in the colony of Virginia, from 1662 to 1715. Vol.1. .... London. / Folio. This volume contains all the acts down to 1715, and is probably called vol.i. in reference to those that might be subsequently passed and printed. The laws of Virginia were printed in London, without date, probably before 1 696, as an act passed in that year is mentioned by Trott as not contained in it. MDCCXXVIII. 1 Some observations on the Assiento trade, as it has been ex- ercised by the South Sea company ; proving the damage which will accrue thereby to the British commerce and plan- tations in America, and particularly to Jamaica. To which is annexed, a sketch of the advantages of that island to Great Britain, by its annual produce, and by its situation for trade or war. By a person who resided several years at Jamaica. 8vo. pp. 38. London. 2 A voyage round the world, in the year 1719. By Captain William Betagh. ...... Svo. pp. 38. The author was captain of marines with Shelvocke, (see 1726), and wrote this work in consequence of finding himself roughly treated in Shelvocke's narrative. y/ 3 Voyages du baron de Lahontan dans I'Amerique septentri- onale, &c. (as in No. 7, 1703.) Seconde edition, revue, corrigee et augmentee Amsterdam. 12mo. 3 volso, plates. The third, or supplementary volume has the following title ; Suite du voy/ ge de l'Amerique, ou dialogues de Monsieur le Baron de Lahontan et d'un sauvage de l'Amerique. Con- tenant une description exacte des moeurs et des coutumes de ces peuples sauvages. Avec les voyages du m^me en Portugal, &c. •••.... Amsterdam. 12mo. V Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 43 4 Voyage de la Lousiane fait par ordre du roy en 1720: dans 1728. lequel sont traitees diverses matieres de physique, astronomie, '^'^ geographie, et marine, &c. Par le P ^Mval, de la compagnie \X de Jesus. ....... Paris. Quarto. This work is principally occupied with mathematical and astronomical details. MDCCXXIX. 1 The English empire in America, or a view of the dominions of the crown of England in the West Indies, &c. By Robert Burton. The seventh edition. . . . Dublin. 12mo. rirst printed in 1685. \ 2 Origen d3 los Indios del Nuevo Mundo 6 Indias occidentales averiguado con discursode opiniones por el P. Gregorio Garcia. Segunda impresion enmendada y anadida de algunas opiniones o cosas notables, en mayor prueva de lo que contiene, con tres tablas muy puntuales de los capitulos, de las materias, y autores, que las tratan Madrid. Folio, pp. 336, and Index of 80 pages. This treatise on the origin of the Americans, first printed in 1607 at Valen- cia, is a work of vast erudition, but almost totally useless, as it gives little or no assistance in discovering truth ; the foundation of the opinions which the author maintains are for the most part weak conjectures, founded on the resemblance between some of the customs and words of the Americans and those of other nations. Clavigero. This edition was edited by Barcia, and 6orr-> copies were printed on large paper. 3 The history of America in the Turkish language ; with four maps and thirteen plates representing men, animals, and plants. Quarto. Constantinople. Printed in the year of the Hegira 1142. A copy is in the British Museum. MDCCXXX. 1 An historical account of the incorporated society for the propagation of the gospel in foreign parts. Containing their foundation, proceedings, and the success of their missionaries in the British colonies, to the year 1728. By David Hum- phreys, D.D., secretary to the honourable society. London. 8vo. pp. 356. This society was incorporated in 1701 . The whole of this volume relates to the proceedings of the missionaries iu different parts of North America, *l llll Bi - if ! nil 44 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1730. together with tho state of religion there : and is illuatrated with two maps, <^ ^ one of Carolina, the other of New England, &c. by Herman Moll. 2 HisTOiRB OE l'Isle Esfaonole, ou de S. Domingue. Ccrite particulierement sur des tnemoircs manuscrit du P. Jean Baptiste le Pers, Jesuite, Missionnaire k Saint Domingue et sur les pieces originales, qui se conservent au depot de la Marine. Par le P. Pierre Francois Xavier de Charlevoix, de la compagnie de Jesus. .... Paris. Quarto, 2 vols. Reprinted at Amsterdam in 1733, in 4 vols. ISmo. According to the judg« meut of Bayle, this is the best of the works of Charlevoix. The worthy father says, however, that if he had listened to the diiFerent critics who passed judgment ou his work, he should have been in the case of the man in the fable, who, between his two wives^ was left without any Lair on hi> head. 3 HiSTORiA DA America Portuoueza, desde o anno de mil e quinhentos de seu descobrimento, at6 o de mil e setecentos e vinte e quatro. Composta por Sebastiao da Rocha Pitta. Folio, pp. 716. Lisboa. A very rare book. " The only general history of Brazil ; a meagre and in- accurate work, which has been accounted valuable, merely because there was no other.'' Southey, 1810. — "Rocha Pitta, an intelligent and well- informed Brasilian, compiled a history of Brasil, from the Chronicles of the Jesuits and oti. er authorities, and some valuable local knowledge of his own. This work is extremely copious in the details of its foundation as a colony, its successive governors, its churches, monasteries, and con> vents ; but, in its natural history, productions, commerce, and, in short, every point of useful information, is brief, cramped, and deficient ; it is written also in the most bombastic and enthusiastic style : yet the Portu- ^niese government in a few years publicly prohibited its being read under the severest penalties, and it is now only to be met with (carefully se- cluded) in the cabinets of the curious. Lindley, 1803. MDCCXXXI. 1 The importance of the British plantations in America to this kingdom ; with the state of their trade, and methods for im- proving it ; as also a description of the several colonies there. 8vo. pp. 114. London. 2 *CoNsi DERATIONS on the dispute now depending before the Hon. House of Commons, between the British southern and northern plantations in America. . . London. , 8vo. Gent.'s Mag. 1731. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 45 3 *Odservations on the case of the northern colonies. 8vo. London. In the British Museum. 4 *TiiE IMPORTANCE of the Sugar Colonies to Great Britain stated. 8vo. London. Oent.'s Mag. 1731. 5 The natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama islands, with figures coloured after the life. By Mark Catesby. Folio, '2 vols. 220 plates. London. This important work was commenced in this year, and continued in numbers or parts, to the year 1748. when the appendix, completing the work, was published. A second edition was published in 1754, and '\ third in 1771. 6 Tratado dos descobrimentob antigos k modernos feitos ate a era de 1550. Com os nomes particulares das pessoas que os fizerao: e em que tempos, e as suas alturas e dos desvairados caminhos por onde a pimienta e cspeciaria veyo da India as nossas partes : obra certo muy notavel, e copiosa. Composta pelo famoso Antonio Galvao Lishoa. Folio, pp. 116. The first edition of this work, which was printed in 1563, is among the rarest of rare books; nor is this second edition easily to be met with. Hakluyt's translation, printed in 1601, is also a rare book, but is reprinted in the additions to the edition of his voyages, published by Mr. Evans in 1809. MDCCXXXII. 1 A letter from South Carolina ; giving an account of the soil, air, product, trade, government, laws, religion, people, military strength, &c. of that province; together with the manner and necessary charges of settling a plantation there, and the annual profit it will produce. Written by a Swiss gr.ntleman to his friend at Bern. The second edition. 8vo. pp. 63. London. First printed in 1710. 2 A NEW AND ACCURATE ACCOUNT of the provinccs of South Ca- rolina and Georgia: with many curious and useful observations on the trade, navigation, and plantations of Great Britain, compared with her most powerful maritime neighbours in an- cient and modern times. .... London. 8vo. pp. 76. Some copies have the date of 1733. This appears to be the tract referred to by Nichols, {lAt. Amc. 2, p. 19,) as written by Gov. Oglethorpe. 1731. 46 liihlintheca Americana Nova. 1732. In tbe preface mention is made of " Cnptnin J'urri/. n Swiss gentlemnn, who about two years ngo wrote im autbentick account of that country in French," and the following title is given : Description Abregt'e de I'otat proseiit de la Caroline Meridionolo : par Jean Pierre Purry, do Neuf'chatel. .... NeuJ'chatal, In the Gentlemun'a Magazine for 1732 is a translation of IVIr. I'urry's French treatise, " drawn up at Cliurles-town, in Sept. 17.']1." This could have hardly been printed befuro 173'2, which induces a belief that Capt. Purry published onother tract on the subject, in 1730, or there- abouts. It is to be regrottt'd that so little is known of a person who was BO instrumental in establishing the colony of Georgia. A CONFERENCE betwccn His Exc. Jonathan Belcher, esq. cap- tain general and governour in chief of H. M.'s province of Massachuset's Bay. in New-England, and the chief sacliems of several Indian tribes, with other chief men of the said tribes, at Falmouth, in Casco Bay, in New-England, July, 1732, &c. ....... London. 8vo. pp. 28. A COLLECTION OF VOYAGES AND TRAVELS, some now first printed from original manuscripts, others now first printed in English. In six volumes. With a general preface, giving an account of the progress of navigation from its first beginning. Illus- trated with a great number of maps and cuts, curiously en- graven. ....... London. Folio, 6 vols. The first four volumes were printed in 1704. Many of the articles in this collection are interesting, and are not to be found elsewhere in tbe English language. To make tbe collection complete, the Osborne, or Oxford col- lection, printed in 1745, should be added to it. The following are the articles contained in the six volumes : Vol. I. — NavRrrete's account of China, from the Spanish edition, printed at Madrid in 1676. Baumgarten's travels through Egypt, Arabia, Palestine, and Syria From the Latin. Brawem and Herckemann's voyage to Chili in 1642 and 1643. From the Dutch. Frankfort, 1649. Account of Formosa and Japan. From the Dutch. Capt. John Monck's voyage in 1619 and 1620, to Hudson's Straits, to discover a passage betwixt Greenland and America, to the West Indiea. From the Dutch. Frankfort, 1650. Beauplan's description of Ukraine. From the French. Italian voyages to Congo in 1666, 1667, and 1682. From the Italian. Sir Thomas Roe's voyage to the East Indies. Bibiiotheca Americana Nova. Vol.. II.— NieuhofT'R voyogcs niid travels into Draiil and tho East Indict, from tlio Dutch. Cnpt. John Smith's truo travels and adventures into Europe, Asiti, Afri- en, nnd America. Firat printed in 1630. Tho Journnl of sovun Hailors who wintered in Greenland, and of seven others who wintered in Spitzbergon. From the Dutch. La Peyrere's accounts of Iceland and Greonlund. From the French. James's strange and dangerous voyugu for the discovery of u North-west passage. First printed in 1(>3:). IJackhoft" and Wtigener'a travels to China. From the Dutch. The life of Columbus, written by his son. From tlie Italian. First printed in 1571. Pyrumidographia, &c. by Jolin Greaves. iiorri's account of Cochin China. From the Itolian. Vol. III.— Ovalle's historical relation of Chili. Abridged from the Spanish . First printed at Rome, in 1646. Sir William Monson's naval tracts; in six books. Printed from tho original manuscript. Daldocus's description of Malabar, Coromandel, and Ceylon. From the Dutch. Printed at Amsterdam in 1672. Vol. IV. — Gemelli Coreri's voyage round the wovld. From the Italian, first ])rinted at Naples in 1699. Shipwreck of u Dutch vessel on the Isle of Quelpaert, and description ofCorea. From the French. Sepp and Bebme's voyage from Spain to Paraquaria. From the Dutch. Printed at Nuremberg in 1697. A Fragment concerning the discovery of the Islands of Salomon. From the Spanish fragment in Thevenot's collection. Techo's history of the provinces of Paraguay, Rio de la Plata, Parana, Chili, &c. From the Latin. Le*Miii, 1673. Pelhum'spreservation of eight men in Greenland. Merin's Journey to the mines in Hungary. Ten Rhyne's account of the C'^pe of Good Hope. Roland's observations on the Streights of Gibraltar. Vol. V.^Barbot's description of North and South Guinea, and Angola: with a new relation of Guiana, and of tlie rivers of Amazons and Oronoque. Now first printed (1732.) General observations, and un account of the discovery ot America, from Herrera's history of the West Indioi. With a brief description of the Caribbee islands. Rolamb's journey to Constantinople, from the Swedish. Vol. VI. — Baron's description of Tonqueen. Gemelli Careri's travels through Europe. Colonel Norwood's voyage to Vii^nia in i649. Captain Philip's to Cape Mounseradoe, in Africa, and to Barbadoes. Gatonbe's voyage into the North-west passage, in 1612. 2 1732. 1 ill 'I 48 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1732» Everard's three years' suffering on the coast of Assada, near Mada- s^^ gascar. The Mosqueto Indian and his golden river, being a familiar description of the Mosquito kingdom, in America. Written (in or about the year 1699) by M. W. Lord's discovery of two forreigne sects in the East- Indies. May's wonderful preservation of the ship Terra Nova, homeward bound from Virginia. Skippon's Journey through part of the Low Countries, Germany, Italy, and France. 5 *SoME ACcouNTof the design of the trustees for Georgia. Folio. London. In the British Museum. 6 Relation du voyage de la Mer du Sud aux c6tes du Chily et du Perou, fait pendant les ann^es 1712, 1713, et 1714. Avec une reponse k la preface critique du livre intitule Journal des Observations, &c. par le P. Feuillee, et une chro- nologie des vicerois du Perou, depuis son etablissement jus- qu'au terns de la relation du voyage de la Mer du Sud. Par M. Frezier, &c. Paris. Quarto. Merely a new title-page and a supplement of sixty-three pages added to the edition of 1716. The supplemejit consists of Frezier's reply to Father Feuill^e's criticisms in the preface to bis third volume (1725). 7 Lima fundada, o conquista del Peru. Poema heroyco, en que se declara toda la historia del descubrimiento y sugecion de sus provincias por D. Fran""- Pizarro, Marques de los Atabillos, inclyto y primer governador de este vasto imperio. Y se contione la serie de los reyes, la historia de los virreyes y arzobispos, que ha tenido, y la memoria de los santos y varones ilustres que la ciudad y reyno han producido, &c. Por el Dr. Pedro de Peralta Barnuevo Rocha y Bena- vides, &c. ....... Lima. Small 4to. 2 vols. A heroic poem in octave verse, celebrating the discovery and conquest of Peru by Pizarro. 8 Representacion al Rey Phelipe V. dirigida al mas seguro aumento del Real Erario y conseguir la felicidad, mayor alivio, riqueza y abundancia de su Monarquia, &c. Hecha por Don Miguel de Zavala y Aunon. . . Madrid. Folio. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. This writer proposes that the commerce with America should be carried on by Spaniards alone, and that its produce should circulate in Spain onlj. The work is quoted by Robertson. This edition has no preliminaries, and was probably printed merely for private distribution : another edition with the same date on the title has the privileges, &o. dated in 1738. 40 1739. MDCCXXXIII. 1 Reasons for establishing the colony of Georgia, with regard to the trade of Great Britain, the increase of our people, and the employment and support it will afford to great numbers of our own poor, as well as foreign persecuted Protestants. With some account of the country, and the design of the trustees. Quarto, pp. 48, map, &c. London. A second edition, printed in the same year, has the author's name, Benjamin Martyn, esq. on the title-page. 2 * Account of the designs of the trustees for establishing the colony of Georgia, annexed to a sermon preached at their first yearly meeting, 25th February, 1730 — 31. By Samuel Smith. Quarto. London, Library of Harvard College. 3 The case of the planters of tobacco in Virginia as repre- sented by themselves ; signed by the President of the Council and Speaker of the House of Burgesses. To which is added, a vindication of the said representation. London. 8vo. pp. 64. 4 A REPLY to the vindication of the representation of the case of the planters of tobacco in Virginia. In a letter to Sir I. R. from the merchants of London. . . . London. 8vo. 5 A SHORT ACCOUNT of the hurricane that passed through the English Leeward Charibbee Islands, on Saturday, June 30tb, 1733 London. 8vo. 6 A MAP OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE in America, with the French and Spanish settlements adjacent thereto. By Henry Popple. Folio, 20 plates. London. This map, engraved by Toms, appears to have been the largest and finest hitherto published of America. It contains a number of views of cities and plans of ports. Being generally bound in the form of an atlas, it was thought proper to introduce it here. E 50 1733. 7 8 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. HisTOiRE DEs UECOuvERTES ct conquetcs des Portiiguais dans le Nouveau Monde ; avec des figures en taille-douce. Par le R. P. Joseph Fran9ois Lafitau, de la C"' de Jesus. Paris. Quarto, 2 vols. The title of this work is not rerj appropriate, as it relates almost entirely to the discoveries and conquests made by the Portuguese in Asia and Africa. It is, however, an esteemed and well-written work. Descripcion chorooraphica del terreno, rios, arboles, y animales de las dilatadissimas provincias del gran Chaco, Gualamba : y de los ritos y costumbres de las innumerables naciones barbaras e infieles que la habitan : con una cabal relacion historica de lo que en ellas ban obrado para con- quistarlas algunos governadores, y ministros reales : y los missioneros Jesuitas para reducirlas k la fe del verdadero Dios. Escrita por el P. Pedro Lozano de la comp"* de Jesus, chronista de su provincia del Tucuman. . Cordova. Small 4to. pp. 485, map. An interesting account of a country very little known, even a century after it was printed. 9 La Ar AUG an a. Primera, Segunda, y Tercera Parte. De Don Alonso Ercilla, y Zufiiga. . . « Madrid. Folio. See 1578. This edition was edited by Barcia; who has added to it the fourth and fifth parts by Don Diego de Santistevan Osorio. See 1697. MDCCXXXIV. 1 An EXTRACT of the journals of Mr. Commissary Von Reck, who conducted the first transport of Saltzburgers to Georgia: and of the Rev. Mr. Bolzius, one of their ministers. Giving an account of their voyage to, and happy settlement in that province. Published by the direction of the society for pro- moting christian knowledge London. 8vo. pp. 72. A very curious and interesting little work^ relating to the establishment of Ebenezer by the Saltzburgers. 2 A SERMON preached at St. George's church, Hanover-square, on Sunday, February 17, 173|, to recommend the charity for establishing the new colony of Georgia. ByT. Rundle, LL.D. prebendary of Durham. .... London, Bvo. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 61 3 Acts of Assembly passed in the Charibbee Leeward islands, from 1690 to 1730 London. Folio. 4 Glorias ll'l seoundo siolo de la compania de Jesus, dibux- adas en las vidas, y elogios de algunos de sus varones ilustres en virtud, letras y zelo de las almas, que ban florecido desde el ano de 1640, primero del segundo siglo, desde ia aprobacion de la religion. Escritas por el P. Joseph Cassani, de la misma Compania, &c Madrid. Folio, 3 vols. This work is a continuatioa of that of Father Nieremburg, Ideas de virtud, &c., 1643, and forms the 7th, 8th, and 9th volumes of the collection of lives of the members of the order of the Jesuits celebrated for their pietv or their learning ; together with an account of their missions to different parts of the world. The work is dedicated to " the Sovereign August Venerable Sacrament, which was worshipped in the Jesuit's College at Alcala, under the form of twenty-four consecrated wafers, which had been miraculously preserved there, from the year 1595, as white and fresh as when they wer«>rrat consecrated.'' In the first volume there is an account of the missions ' - : la, and Uvea of the missionaries sent by the Jesuits to different pan ;.'' . :r arica. 5 ^KurzeNachrtcht von dem mittagigen Carolina. Ausgesetzt in Carlstown von vier Schweizern. Aus dem Franzosischen. 8yo. Leipsig. Meusel iii. 1. 393, 1734. MDCCXXXV. 1 A NEW VOYAGE to Georgia. By a young gentleman : giving an account of his travels to South Carolina, and part of North Carolina. To which is added, a curious account of the Indians. By an honourable person. And a poem to James Oglethorpe, esq. on his arrival from Georgia. . London. 8vo. pp. 62. 2 New voyages to North America, &c. (See No. 496.) By the Baron Lahontan, &c. at that time in England. The second edition. ...... , . London. 8vo. 2 vols. The same as the first edition of 1T03. 3 A COLLECTION of all the Acts of Assembly now in force in the colony of Virginia. London. Folio. E 2 52 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 6 1735. 4 A VOYAGE to Guinea, Brasil, and the West Indies, in his Majes- ty's ships the Swallow and Weymouth, &c. By John Atkins. 8vo. London. The author was a surgeon, and somewhat of a philosopher. According to Watts, this voyage was first printed in 1723, the year in which the author reiiumed from it. / odition, with the date of 1737, is called the second on the title-page. A JOURNEY OVER LAND from the Gulf of Honduras to the South Sea, performed by John Cockburn and five other English- men. To which is added, a briefe discoverye of some things best worth noteing in the travells of Nicholas Withington, a factor in the East-Indias. ... London. 8vo. Republished with a different title in 1740. In the French title of this work, in tlie Bibliotheque des Voyages, it is slated to be by Nicholas Withington ; anO Finkerton (Collection of Voyages, vol. 17, p. 208,) re-translates the title, and perpetuates the error. Similar instances are innumerable in the former work, and are all repeated, wiih additions, in the latter. A SHORT ACCOUNT of the first settlement of the provinces of Virginia, Maryland, New- York, New- Jersey, aiid Pensylva- nia, by the English. To which is annexed, a map of Mary- land, according to the bounds mentioned in the charter, and also of the adjacent country, anno 1630. . London. Quarto, pp. 20, and map. * New-En gland's lamentations for the decay of godliness, the danger of Arminian principles, the declining state of their church order, &c. By J. White, M.A. . London, 8vo. ? Gent.'s Mag. t. p. 391. AusFUHRLiCHE Nachrichten von den Salzburgischen Emi- granten, die sich m America nicdergelassen haben, worinnen die Reisediaria des konigl. Grossbritannischen Commissarii und der beyden Salzburgischen Prediger, wie auch eine Beschreibung von Georgien enthalten. Heraus gegeben von Samuel Urlsperger Halle. Quarto. This journal of the proceedings of the $altz?)urgh emigrants, who formed the settlement of Ebenerer in Georgia, was continued from year to year to 1752, forming eighteen parts. Another work on the same subject was commenced in 1754. The early parts of the present work appear to hove been reprinted in 1744. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 53 1 MDCCXXXVI. A CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY OF New-Enoland in the form of annals : being a summary and exact account of the most ma- terial transactions and occurrences relatinp^ to this country in the order of time wherein they happened, from the discovery by Capt. Gosaold in 1602, to the arrival of Gov. Belcher in 1730. With an introduction, containing a brief epitome of the most remarkable transactions and events abroad, from the creation: including the connected line of time, the succession of patriarchs and sovereigns of the most famous kingdoms and erpires, the gradual discoveries of America, and the pro- gress oi' the reformation to the discovery of New- England. By Thomas Prince, M.A. . . . Boston, N.E. 8vo. Vol. I. Three numbers of a second volume were printed in 1 T55. It was the author's intention to have brought his hiatcrj down to 1730, but be has only reached to 1633. He spent much time upon the introductory epitome, which begins at the creation. Had be confined himself to New-England, and finished his work, it would have been of incalculable value. Allen. A. new edition was printed at Boston in 1836. Georgia, a poem ; Tomo Chachi, an ode. A copy of verses on Mr. Oglethorpe's second voyage to Georgia, . London. Folio. Report of the committee appointed to examine into the p> i- ceedings of the people of Georgia, with respect to the pro- vince of South-Carolina, and the disputes subsisting between the two colonies Charles-town. Quarto, pp. 121. Printed by Lewis Timothy. There was no printer in the Carolines before 1730, and this appears to have been one of the earliest productions of the Charleston press in the form of a book. Politica Indiana, &c. (As in the edition of 1648.) Sale en esta tercera impression ilustrada por el Lie. D. Francisco Pamiro Valenzuela, Relator del supreme consejo y Camara de Indias^ y electo Oidor honorario de la Real audiencia, y Casa de la contratacion de Cadiz : y en dos tomos. . Madrid. Folio, 2 vols. Commentaria in legum iNDiCAREMrecopilationem. {Madrid'*.) Folio, 4 vols. Without titles or pieliminaiies. Froni two royal order inserted at pp. 46 and 47, of Vol. iv. wo learn that the work was composed by D. Jxian del E 2 1736. ,/ m 54 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1 7 36. Corral Calvo dt la Torre, Oidor in the Audiencia of Santiago de Chile ; and that in 1732 he was ordered to send the work to Spain to be printed. In 1735 the first and second volumes had been examined and highly approved bj thj Council of the Indies, and the author was requested to send the 3d and 4th, and to finish the dth and 6th, which would complete the work, but it appears that death prevented his completing the 4th volume, which ^ only reaches to the 19th title of the 5th book *, the index to this volume being headed thus : '*J * jm que in hac parte Quarti tomi, (morte auctoris itarelicti)continentur. c. Apparently the work was left in this state, and never published. .I'he indexes to each volume are also imperfect. This copy was found in sheets among the papers of D. Bernardo Yriarte. MDCCXXXVII. 1 The natural history of North Carolina. With an account of the trades, manners, and customs of the Christian and In< dian inhabitants. Illustrated with copper-plates, whereon are curiously engraved the ^nap of the country, several strange beasts, birds, iishes, snakes, insects, trees, and plants, &c. By John Brickell, M.D. Nostra nos in urbe peregrinamur, Cic. ........ Dublin. 8vo. Republished with a new title-page in 1743. This work is an almost exact transcript of Lawson*s Carolina, (see No. 1 of 1709,) without any ac- lodgment, or even a hint that it is not original. Periods and paragraphs are transposed, parts are occasionally omitted, and words here and there interpolated ; but, as a whole, a more daring piece of plagiarism was never executed. N.A.R. xxiii. p. 288. 2 A NEW VOYAGE TO GEORGIA, by a young gentleman, &c. The second edition. ...... London. ' 8vo. pp. 62. Merely a new title-page to the edition of 1735. 3 The report of the Committee of the Commons House of Assembly of the province of South-Carolina, on the state of the paper- currency of the said province. . . . London. Quarto, pp. 48. 4 A FAITHFUL NARRATIVE of the surprizing work of God, in the conversion of many hundred souls in New-England. 8vo. ? London ? Gent.'s Mag. iT37. 5 A GENUINE NARRATIVE of the intended conspiracy of the negroes at Antigua. Extracted from an authentic copy of a Bibliotheca Americana Nova. m report made to the chief Governor of the Carabee islands, by 1737. the commissioners appointed to try the conspirators. Small 8vo. Dublin. 5 HisToiRB DBS YNCA8 Rois du Pcrou, depuis le premier Ynca Manco Capac, fils du soleil, jusqu'a Atahualpa dernier Ynca; ou Ton voit leur etablissement, leur religion, leurs loix, leurs conqu^tes, les merveilles du temple du soleil et tout Tetat de ce grand empire, avant que les Espagnols s'en rendissent niattres. Traduite de I'Espagnol de I'Ynca Garcilasso de la Vega. On a joint a cette edition, I'histoire de la conquSte de la F!l :ide par le m^me auteur, &c, Avec des figures dessinees par feu B. Picart, le Romain. . . . Amsterdam. Quarto, 2 vols. The translation of the history of Peru is bj Baudouin (first printed in 1650,) anu the history of Florida by Richelet, (see No. 3, 1709.) At the end of the second volume is found Hennepin's new discovery of a country larger than Europe, situated iu America. The volumes are ornamented with very fine engravings. 7 Epitome de la bibliotheca oriental y oCv ntal, nautica y geografica : de Don Antonio de Leon Pineio, del Consejo de S. M. en la casa de la Contratacion de Sevilla y Coronista mayor de las Indias, Anadido y enmendado nuevamente, en que se contienen los Escritores de las Indias Orientales y Occidentales y Reinos convecinos, China, Tartaria, Japon, Persia, Armenia, Etiopia y otras partes. . . Madrid. Folio, 3 vols. This work first appeared in 1629 in a small thin quarto ; and fiarcia pro- posed to reprint it as an addition to the new edition of Herrera (1726.) He found, however, such an abundance of materials as produced three small volumes in folio. The titles of books being all translated into Spanish, the omission of the places where published and great inaccura- cies in names and dates, detract much from t)ie utility of the work. The second volume contains the works relating to America, and its greatest value consists in the notices it gives of Spanish manuscripts on the subject, most of which are still existing in Spain. Barcia himself pos- sessed a noble collection of books and manuscripts relating to America, which were dispersed at his death. 8 CoMPENDio chronologico de los privilegios regulares de Indias desde Leon x. creado en 1513, hasta clemente xii. creado en 1730. Su autor el Rmo. P. F. Domingo Lossado. Quarto. Madrid. 56 1738. Jiibliothcca Americana Nova, MDCCXXXVIIT. 1 A JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE from Gibraltar to Georgia. By George Whitefield, A,B. of Pembroke College, Oxford. Containing many curious observationsi and edifying reflections on]\the several occurrences that happened in the voyage. London. 8vo. pp. 34. 2 *An afolooy for the liberties of the churches in New-England ; with a discourse concerning congregational churches. By Samuel Mather Boston, N.E. 8vo. Library of Harvard College. 3 Tub history of the British plantations in America. With a chronological account of the most remarkable things which happened to the first adventurers in their several dis- coveries of that new world. Parti. Containing the history of Virginia ; with remarks on the trade and commerce of that colony. By Sir William Keith, Bart. . . London. Quarto, pp. 1 87. 2 maps. Printed at the expense of the society for the encouragement of learning. The continuation was never published. Sir William Keith was Governor of Pennsylvania from 171T to 1726. 4 Acts of assembly passed in the island of Jamaica from 1681 to 1737 inclusive. London. Folio. 5 The history of the conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards. In two volumes. Translated ivito English from the original Spanish of Don Antonio de Solis, &c. By Thomas Townsend, esq. late Lieut. Col. in Brig. Gen. Newton's regiment. The whole translation revised and corrected, by Nathaniel Hooke, esq., author of the Roman History, &c. . . London. 8vo. 2 vols. 6 Recueil de voyages dans TAmerique Meridionale, contenant diverses observations remarquables couchant le Perou, la Gui- ane, le Bresil, &c. Traduits de I'Espagnol et de TAnglois. 12mo. 3 vols. Amsterdam. A reprint of the Voyages de Fran^oh Coreaf, &c. (see 1722.) Bibliotheca Americana Nova, fi7 AvANTUREs dii Sieur C. Le Beau, avocat en Parlement, ou voy- 1738. — age'^rieux et nouveau parmi les sauvages de TAmerique '^'^ septentrionale, dans lequel ou trouvera une description du \j^ Canada, comme une relation tr^s particuli^re des anciennes coutumes, moeurs et faqons de vivre des barbares qui Thabi- tent, et la mani^re dont ils se comportent aujourd'hui. ]2mo. 2 vols. Amsterdam. This work is highly praised by Lm Richarderie, upon whose judgment, how- \/ ever, very little reliance can be placed. It is somewhere insinuated that it is a fictitious narrativa. MDCCXXXIX. 1 A CONTINUATION of the Rev. Mr. Whitefield's Journal, from his arrival at London, to his departure from thence on his way to Georgia London. 8vo. pp. 115. 2 A CONTINUATION of the Rev. Mr. Whitefield's Journal, from his arrival at Savannah, to his return to London. London. Bvo. pp. 38. Mr. Whitefield states in this pamphlet that the " Journals already pub- lished were printed without his knowledge." 3 A DiscouiisE concerning the currencies of the British planta- tions in America. Especially vrith regard to their paper mo- ney : more particularly in relation to the province cf the Massachusett*s-Bay, in New-England. . . London. 8vo. pp. 54. A very well written pamphlet, without a date, but in which mention is made of the '* present year 1739." The following observations would apply to a later period. " The goodly appearance which Boston, and the country in general, at present makd in fine houses, equipage, and dress, is owing to paper money. Never were greater complaints of want of money, while, at the same time, never more extravagance in equipages and dress. Boston, like a private man of small fortune, does not become richer, but poorer, by a ricb, goodly appearance." 4 The British sailor's discovery, or the Spanish pretensions confuted. Containing a short history of the discoveries and conquests of Spain, in America : with a particular account of the illegal and unchristian means they made use of ^o establish their settlements there. (&c. &c. &c.) London. Svo. pp. 72. 58 1739. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. A tract with a very long title, apparently intended to excite the English nation againat the Spaniards ; perhaps the same as the following t 5 A PROPOSAL for humbling Spain. Written in 1711, by a per- son of distinction ; and now first printed from the manuscript. To which are added, some considerations on the means of in- demnifying Great Britain from the expenses of the present war London, ' 8vo. pp. 72. With no date, but evidently printed in this year. It is almost entirely de« scriptire of Spanish America. G Considerations on the American trade, before and since the establishment of the South Sea company. The second edition , with additions. . . ... London. 8vo. pp. 31. Written by a Jamaica merchant of some credit and reputation in London. An answer was published by Dr. Houstoun in 1741-2. Houitoun's M«- main (1747) p. 226. 7 *A HISTORICAL DISCOURSE on the affairs of Rhode Island and Providence plantations, from 1638 to the end of the first century. By John Callender. . . Boston, N. E. 8vo. Library of Harvard College. 8 A DESCRIPTION OF THE WINDWARD PASSAGE, and Gulph of Flo- rida, with the course of the British trading-ships to and from the island of Jamaica. Also an account of the trade winds, and of the variable winds and currents on the coasts there- abouts, at different seasons of the year. Illustrated with a chart of the coast of Florida, (&c. &c. &c.) . London. Quarto, pp. 28, and map. 9 Acts of assembly passed in the island of St. Christopher, from 1711 to 1735 inclusive London. Folio. 10 Abridgement of several acts and clauses of Acts of Parlia- ment, relating to the Trade and Navigation of Great Britain, to, from, and in the British Plantations in America, and to the duty of the Governors, and others, his Majesty's officers in the said Plantations London. Folio. British Museum. BibUotheca Americana Nova. 59 V / 11 A DESCRIPTION OF AMERICA, Containing conjectures of its first 1739. peopling ; the conquest of the several countries by the Euro- '^^ peans ; the persons, genius, habits, buildings, manners, laws, customs, religion, policy, arts, manufactures, &c. of the natives ; with an account of the present divisions and subdi- visions of this new world, and the vegetables, animals, and minerals, that are to be found in each province. By Henry Wilson. . . .... London, Folio, maps. This work forms apparently a part of the Universal Hiatoryj in 36 volumes, folio. Dr. Dibdin speaks of it as a separate work, " hardly worth men- tioning ; but OS there are tastes for all sorts of books, let Wilson be picked up for Ti . 6d," Lib. Camp. p. 472. 12 *DissERTATio GEooRAPiiiCA dc vcro Califomiee situ et condi- tione : aucthore Joh. Adolph. Hartmann. . Marburg. Quarto. Meusel, iii. 1, 351. IP HisToiRE de Texpedition de trois vaisseaux, envoy^s par la compagnie des Indes occidentales des Provinces Unies, aux Terres Australes en MDCCXXI. Par Monsieur de B***. 12mo. 2 vols, in 1. A la Haye. Two relations were published of Roggewein's voyage round the world, one in Dutch, printed at Dort in 1728, in 4to. with the title "Twee Jaarigt reytt random de Wereld ;" the other in German, printed at Leipiic in 1738, and translated into French the following year at the Hagtu. Tbe author of this last was Charles Frederic Behrens, a native of Mecklenburgh, Serjeant and commander of marines with Koggewein. " It is a very poor performance, written with much ignorance, though with the parade of kno \vledge. It appears to me that Behrens kept no journal, and wrote from memory ; but his narrative seems to be faithful in the recital of the things he saw.'' Dalrymple. . MDCCXL. 1 A NEW HISTORY of Jamaica, from the earliest accounts to the taking of Porto Bello by Vice-admiral Vernon. In thirteen letters from a gentleman to his friend. Containing, &c. With two maps, one of that island, and the other of the cir- cumjacent islands and territories belonging to France, Spain, &c. The second edition. .... London. 8vo. Tlie first edition of this work was probably published in the same year, as the history comes down to the end of 1739. It was translated into 4 1740. !l / V Bibliothcca Americana Nova. Frenoli iu 1751. It purports to bo written on the apot, but ii moro proba* biy a compilation. There is a great deal in it relating to Morgan and the Duccaneera. A FAITHFUL ACCOUNT of the distresses and adventures of John Cockburn, mariner, and five other Englishmen ; who were taken prisoners by a Spanish pyrate ; treated in the most in- human manner ; set on shore on an uninhabited island, naked and wounded, and obliged to travel over land from the Gul of Honduras to the great South Sea, being 2400 miles. Containing many new and useful discoveries of the inland of those almost unknown parts of America; and an exact account of the manners, customs, and behaviour^of the several Indians inhabiting so vast a tract of land. The second edition. To which is annexed, the travels of Mr. Nicholas Whithington in the East Indies, &c. London. 8vo. The iirat edition was printed in 1735. Thia ia probably the same, with merely a new title-page. A GEOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION of the coasts, harbours, an d sea-ports of the Spanish West Indies ; particularly of Porto Bello, Cartagena, and the island of Cuba. With obser- vations of the currents and the variations of the compass in the bay of Mexico, and the North Sea of America. Trans- lated from a curious and authentic manuscript, written in Spanish by Domingo Gonsalez Carranza, H. C. M.'s principal Pilot of the Flota in New Spain. Anno 1718. To which is added (&c. &c, &c.) ..... London. 8vo. pp. 136, and 5 maps and plans. Memoirs and considerations concerning the trade and revenues of the British Colonies in America. With proposals for ren- dering those colonies more beneficial to Great Britain. By John Ashley, esq. . . . • • London. 8vo. pp. 154. Thia pamphlet relates principally to the produce of sugar in the West Indies, and the markets for it. ♦The present state of the British and French Colonies. By W. Perrin London. 8vo. Cent.'s Mag, 1740. liihitotheca Amcricann Xova. 61 6 A OROonApiiiCAL and historical deicription of the principal 1740. objects of the present war in the West Indies. London, 8vo. Gent.'s Mag. 1740. 7 A CONTINUATION of the Rev. Mr. Whitefield's Journal, from his embarking after the embargo, to his arrival at Savannah, in Georgia London. 8vo. pp. 88. 8 "Journal of a voyage from Savannah to Philadelphia and England. By William Seward. . . . London. Quarto. In the British Museum. 9 Two LETTERS to Mr. Wood, on the coin and currency in the Leeward islands, &c, London. 8vo. pp. 61. 10 An authentick and particular account of the taking of Car- thagena by the French, in the year 1697. Containing an exact relation of that expedition (in all its circumstances), from their first setting out, to their return to Brest ; wherein are described their several engagements with the English fleets in their passage home. By the Sieur Pointis, com- mander in chief. With a preface, giving an account of the original of Carthag.na in 1532 to the present time; also an account of the climate and product of that place ,and the country adjacent. The second edition. . London. 8vo. pp. 86. First printed in 1699. 1 1 The dangerous voyage of Capt. Thomas James, &c. The second edition, revised and corrected. . . ^ondon. 8vo. pp. 142 and map. First printed in the jear 1633. 12 Acts of assembly passed in the island of Nevis, from 1664 to 1739 inclusive. London. Folio. 13 Acts of assembly passed in the island of Montserrat ; from 1668 to 1740 inclusive. .... London. Folio. 14 A COLLECTION of charters of Pennsylvania. . London. Folio. In the British Museum. 62 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. I 1740. 15 CoNTiKENTE AMERICANO, Argonauta de las costas de Nueva "^^ Espana, y Tierra Firme, Islas y Baxos de esta navigacion, longitud y altura de Polo de sus Puertos y noticias de estas habitaciones. (Cadiz?) 8vo. Tbe author says, in his Introduction, that he entered the Royal service at the age of 14, and served by land and sea from 1695 to 1725, during which period he collected, principally from personal observation, tbe information contained in this work. 16 Restablecimiento de las Fabricas y comercio Espanol : errores que se padecen en las causales de su cadencia, quales son los legitimos obstaculos que le destruyen, y los medios eticacesde que florezca. Parte Primera: Que trata que sea comercio, quales sus partes y diferenciatt : qual el que goza Espana y el que necesita mantener con las naciones para el restablecimiento de las Fabricas y Trafico terrestre : con un extracto del Libro de D.Geronimo Uztariz, theorica y practica de comercio y Marina. Segunda Parte : Que trata del Comer- cio y Trafico maritimo, que tiene Espana con las naciones y en la America : causales de su decadencia, y medios con que se debe aumentar y estender para beneHcio destos Reynos y aumento de las fuerzas maritimas de ellos y su poblacion. Su autor Don Bernardo de UUoa. . . . Madrid. Small 8vo. This work contains some particulars relating to the commerce between ' Spain and America, and is included in the list given by Robertson, at the end of his History of America. 17 Aviso historico, politico, geographico, con las noticias mas particulares del Peru, Tierra-firme, Chile, y nuevo reyno de Granada, en la relacion de los sucessos de 205 anos, por la chronologia de los adelantados, etc. desde el ano 1535, hasta el de 1 740. Y razon de todo lo obrado por los Ingleses en aquellos reynos por las costas de los dos mares del norte y del sur, desde el ano de 1567, hasta el de 1739. Por D. Dionisio de Alcedo y Herrera. ... Madrid. Small 4to. 18 Ikforme que hace k S. M. el padre Joseph Outnilla, sobre impedir k los Indies Caribes y k los Olandeses las hostilida- des, que experimentan las colonias del gran Rio Orinoco, y los medios mas oportunos para este fin. . (Madrid?) Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 63 V Folio, pp. 16, with a map of part of the Orinoco. 1740. Very rare, apparently not printed for sale. MDCCXLI. A COLLECTION of voyages and travels, in three parts. Part i. The dangerous voyage of Captain James, &c. ii. The Sieur de Pointi's voyage to America, &c. iii. A description of Carolana, &c. By Daniel Coxe, esq. . . London. 8vo. This volume contains No. 10 and 11 of 1740, and the following work, bound up together, with a general title. A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROVINCE OF Carolana, by the Spa- niards called Florida, and by the French La Louisiane, viz. I. A description of the great and famous river Merchacebe or Missisipi. ii. A description of the countries, people, rivers, bays, harbours, and islands, to the east of the Merchacebe. III. A description of the sea coast, the large rivers, their heads and courses to the west of Merchacebe. iv. A de- scription of the five great seas or lakes of fresh water, v. A new and curious discovery of an easy communication between the river Merchacebe and the South Sea, which separates America from China by means of several large rivers and lakes ; with a description of the said sea to the streights of Uries ; as also of a rich and considerable trade to be car- ried on from thence to Japan, China, and Tartary. vi. An account of the useful animals, vegetables, metals, minerals, and other rich commodities, which this province naturally produces, vii. An appendix, containing the original char- ter, &c. With a large and curious preface, demonstrating the right of the English to that country, and the unjust man- ner of the French usurping of it, their prodigious increase there, &c., and the inevitable danger our other colonies on the continent will be exposed to, if not timely prevented ; interspersed with many useful hints in regard to our planta- tions in general. To which is added, a large and accurate map of Carolana, and of the river Merchacebe. By Daniel Coxe, esq London. 8vo. The edition of 1723, with a new title-page. 64 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. V 1741. 3 The British empire in America, containing the history of the discovery, settlement, progress, and state of the British co- lonies on the continent and islands of America. Second edition, corrected and amended. With a continuation of the history, and the variation in the state and trade of those colonies, from the year 1710 to the present time. Including occasional remarks, and the most feasible and useful methods for their improvement and security. . . London, 8vo. 2 vols. maps. First printed in 1708. The first volome describes the British possessions on the continent of North America, and the second those in the West Indies. 4 A TRUE AND HISTORICAL NARRATIVE of the colony of Georgia in America, from the first settlement thereof until this pre- sent period : containing the most authentick facts, matters, and transactions therein ; together with his Majesty's charter, • representations of the people, letters, &c., and a dedication to H. E. General Oglethorpe. By Pat. Tailfer, M.D., Hugh An^Jerson, M.A., Da. Douglas, and others, landholders in G^rgia, at present in Charles-town, in South Carolina. 8vo. pp. 1^. Charles-town, S.C. This pamphlet was reprinted in London, without a date, but probably in the 'same year. It places the conduct of General Oglethorpe in a very different light from that in which it has generally been represented. An old MS. note at the beginning of the book says that it shews him in his"^ N true colours. * 5 As IMPARTIAL INQUIRY into the state and utility of the province of Georgia. . ..... London. 8vo. pp. 104. A very well-written tract, defending Georgia from the many reports which had been industriously propagated to the disadvantage of that colony. 6 An account shewing the progress of the colony of Georgia, in America, from its first establishment. . . London. Folio, pp. 71. This account was published by the trustees. 7 The currencies of the British plantations in America. 8vo. London. 8 An account of money received and disbursed for the Orphan- house in Georgia. By George Whitefleld, A.B. late of Pem- 8 \ Bihliotheca Americana Nora. 66 of the tish co- Second a of the )f those icluding methods London- osaeasions the West Georgia this pre- matters, 3 charter, iedication )., Hugh olders in olina. own, S.C. probably in in a very ented. An . lim in his - > 1 province London. iports which colony, eorgia, in London. rica. London. e Orphan- te of Pem- broke College, Oxford. To which is prefixed, a plan of the building. London. 8vo. pp. 46. 9 The newsman's interpreter, or a description of several Spanish territories in America, &c. The second edition. 12mo. Manchester. 10 *A GEOGRAPHICAL and historical description of the principal objects of the war in the Spanish West Indies. London. 8vo. Cat. British Museum. 11 The American traveller; being a new historical collection, carefully compiled from original memoirs in several languages, and the most authentic voyages and travels, containing a compleate account of that part of the world now called the West Indies, from its discovery by Columbus to tl e present time, &c. ....... London. 8vo. pp. 391. This work was published in numbers, and appears to be the commencement of an extensive work, but of which no more than this volume appeared. It commences with a long introduction on the rise, progress, and improve- ment of navigation, which is followed by book i., divideV'into two chap- ters ; one on the peopling of America, and the other, which concludes the book, containing an account of the voyages of Columbus. Some memoirs of the first settlement of the island of Barba- dos, and other Carribbee islands, with the succession of the governours and commanders-in-chief of Barbados, to the year 1741. Extracted from ancient records, papers, and ac- counts, taken from Mr. William Arnold, Mr. Samuel Bulkly, and Mr. John Summers, some of the first settlers, the last of whom was alive in 1688, aged 82. Also some remarks on the laws and constitution of Barbados. . Barbados. 8vo. pp. 103. 13 Caribbeana. Containing letters and dissertations, together with poetical essays, on various subjects and occasions, chiefly wrote by several hands in the West Indies, and some of them to gentlemen residing there. Now collected in two volumes. Wherein are also comprised divers papers relating to trade, government, and laws in general ; but more especially to those of the British sugar-colonies, and of Barbados in particular : 1741, 66 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1741. '^•v*' xi: \ as likewise the characters of the most eminent men that have died, of late years, in that ishnd. To which are added, in an appendix, some pieces never before published. London. Quarto, 2 vols. 14 A CONCISE HISTORY of the Spanish America; containing a succinct relation of the discovery and settlement of its several colonies : a circumstantial de ail of their respective situation, extent, commodities, trade, &'.. And a full and clear account of the commerce with Old Spain by tie galleons, flota, oScc. As also of the contraband trade with the Englisl Dutch, French, Danes, and Portuguese. Together with an appendix, in which is comprehended an exact description of Paraguay. Collected chiefly from Spanish writers. . . London, 8vo. , ( Said to be written by a Dr. Campbell. 1742 and 1747. Republished, with new titles, in 15 A LIST OF COPIES OF CHARTERS from the commjssioners for trade and plantations, presented to the honourable the House of Commons, in pursuance of their address to H. M. of the 25th of April, 1740, viz. Maryland charter, granted by Charles ' I. in the 8th year of his reign; Connecticut, Charles II., 14th of his reign ; Rhode Island, Charles II., 15th of his reign ; Pennsylvania, Charles II , 33d of his reign ; Massa- chusetts, William and Mary, 3d of their reign ; Georgia charter, granted by his present Majesty, in the 5th of his reign. Folio. London. 16 EssAi suR l'histoire naturelle de la France Equinoxiale, ou le denombrement des plantes, des animaux, et des mine- raux qui se trouvent dans Tile de Cayenne et k la Guyane. Par Pierre Barr^re. Paris, 12mo. Reprinted in 1 749. " lu this little work the author gives but a very im- perfect idea of the natural treasures of those countries : the plants are arrangerl alphabetically, under the names given them by Flumier and Toumefort." Biog. Univ. 17 Rasgo epico, veridica epiphomena, y aclamacion cierta k favor de Espana, en el celebre tropheo, que consiguieron en Car- thagena Americana las armas Catholicas contra Inglaterra, governadas por el virrey D. Sebastian Eslava. Sisthema 3 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. G7 politico, historica descripcion geographico-pronostica de In- 1741. glaterra y panegyris critico-historico de Espaiia. Su autor '■^'^ D. Joachin Casses de Xal6, &c. . . . Madrid. Small 8vo. Written in consequence of the repulse of Admiral Vernon at Carthagena. Its author was celebrated in his time for the number of works he under- took without finishing any, and for the ridiculous bombast of bis style. 18 DiARio DE TO DO LO occuRiiiDo Bz* la expugnacion de los Fu- ertes de Boca chica y sitio de la ciudad de Cartagena de las Indias; formado de los pliegos remitidos a S. M. porelVirey de Sa"ta Fe, D. Sebastian de Eslava con D. Pedro de Mur su Ayudante Gen'- De Orden de S. M. . (Madrid.) Quarto, pp. 24. 19 CoMPENDio HI3T0RIC0 de la provincia, Part'dos, Ciudades, Astilleros, Rios y Puerto de Guayaquil en las costas dela Mar del sur. Dedicado al Rey N. S. en su Real y supremo con- sejo de las Indias. Pot Don Dionysio de Alsedo y Herrera, Presidente que fu^ de la Real audiencia de Quito, Governador y Capitan General de las provincias de su distrito. .;.. Quarto, pp. 131. Plan of Guayaquil. Madrid. The author of this work was the father of Alcedo, the author of Diccionario de Uu Indiat OccidentaUs, published in 1786, Stc. and translated by Thompson in 1812. 20 El Orinoco ilvstrado, historia, natural, civil y geographica, de este gran Rio y de sus caudaIoi>as vertientes ; govierno, usos y costumbres de los Indies sus habitadores, con nuevas y utiles noticias de animales, arboles, frutos, aceytes, resinas, yervas y raices medicinales : y sobre todo se hallaran conver- siones muy singulares k nuestra santa fe y casos de mucha edificacion. Escrita por el P. Joseph Gumilla de la compania de Jesus, missioneroy superior de las missiones del Orinoco, &c. Quarto, pp. 580, and index. Map. Madrid. First edition : reprinted in 1745 and 1791. In French in 1758. At the time this work was published, the good father was supposed to have —-. availed himself of the traveller's privilege ; but later discoveries have proved the truth of his assertions, and his work has received the credit to which it was entitled. Alcedo MS. 21 Historia de la provincia de la compania de Jesus del nuevo Rbyno de Granada en la America, descripcion y relacion ex- acta de sus gloriosas missiones en el Reyno, Llanos, Meta y F 2 v^ II* 68 1741. Bibliotheca Americava Nova. . Rio Orinoco; Almas, y terreno que han conquistado sus Mis- sioneros para Dies, aumento de la Christiandad, y extension de los dominios de S. M. C. Su author el Padre Joseph Cassani, religioso de la misma conipania. Madrid. Folio. MDCCXLII. 1 A COMPLETE HISTORY of Spanish America; containing a distinct account of the discovery, settlement, trade, and present con- dition of New Mexico, Florida, New Galicia, Guatiinula, Cuba, Hispaniola, Terra Firma, Quito, Lima, La Plata, Chili, Buenos Ayres, &c. With a particular detail of the cornmerce with Old Spain by the galooiis, flota, ike. As also of the contraband trade with tie English, Dutch, French, Danes, and Portuguese. Together with an appendix, in which is comprehended an exact ;!: scription of Paraguay. Collected chiefly from Spanish writers. . . . London. 8vo. The "Concise history" of 1741, (No. 14,) with a new title; two more new titles for the 8amo book were printed in 174T. 2 Remarks on several acts of Parliament relating more especially to the colonies abroad ; as also on diverse acts of Assemblies there : together with a comparison of the practice of the courts of law in some of the plantations with those of West- minster Hall ; and a modest apology for the former, so far as they materially differ from the latter. Wherein is likewise contain'd, a discourse concerning the A\ per cent, duty paid in Barbados and the Leeward Islands. . . London. Svo. pp. 125. The author appears to have been Jonathan Blumeau, esq. attorney-general of Barbadoes. 3 An epistle to Dr. Richard Mead, concerning the epidemical diseases of Virginia, particularly a pleurisy and peripneu- mony : wherein is shewn the surprising efficacy of the seneca rattlesnake root, in diseases owing to a viscidity and coagulation of the blood ; such as pleurisies and peripneumonies, these being epidemick and very mortal in Virginia, and other colonies on the continent of America, and also the Leeward Islands. To which is prefixt, a cut of that most valuable plant : and an appendix annexed, demonstrating the highest Bibliotheca Americana Nova. us Mis- ;tension Joseph Madrid. I distinci eat con- ta, Chili, ommerce \o of the , Danes, which ia Collected London. ; two moM [rney-general probability that this root will be of more extensive use than 1742. any medicine in the whole materia medica, and of curing th^ gout, rheumatism, dropsy, and many nervous diseases. By John Tennent. Edinburgh. 8vr). pp. 102. First printod, according to Watts, in 1738. 4 A T. .TTER from a gentleman in Boston to Mr. George Wishart, one of the ministers of Edinburgh, concerning the state of re- ligion in New-England Edinburgh. 8vo. pp. 24. f. A V NDiCATiox and confirmation of the remarkable work of God in New- England. Being some remarks on a late pamphlet entitled The State of Religion in New-England since the Rev. Mr. George Whitejield's arrival there. By George Whitefield, A.B., &c. .... Glasgow. 8vo. pp. 32. 6 The state of religion in New-England since the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield's arrival there, &c. . . Glasgow. 12mo. Library of Harvard College. 7 A LETTER FROM New-Ekoland Concerning the state of religion there, &c. Edinburgh. 12mo. Signed Andrew Oliphant. 8 Ak impartial account of the expedition against St. Augustin, under the command of General Oglethorpe. . London. 8vo. ? 9 A STATE OF THE PROVINCE OF Georgia, attested upon oath in the court of Savannah, November 10, 1740. . London. 8vo. pp. 32. This tract is also printed at the end of the second volume of Stephen's journal. 10 A JOURNAL of the proceedings in Georgia, beginning October 20, 1737. By William Stephens, esq. To which is added, a state of the province, as attested upon oath in the court of Savannah, November 10, 1740. . . . London. 8vo. 2 vols. This journal comes down to Oct. 4, 1740, and gives a minute account of every thing which occurred to, or came to the knowledge of, the author. Some catalogues mention three volumes, but I have not had the good fortune to meet with the third. The author was secretary for the affairs of the trust in the province. 70 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1742. 1 1 *REroRT of the Committee of the House of Assembly of the '"^ province of South Carolina, appointed to enquire into the causes of the disappointment of success in the late expedition against St. Augustine, under General Oglethorpe. Folio. Charleston, S.C. Col. Aspinwairs Catalogue. 12 In Chancery. — Breviate. John Penn, Thomas Penn, and Richard Penn, esqs.; plaintiff's. Charles Calvert, esq. Lord Baltimore in the kingdom of Ireland, defendant. For the plaintiffs. Upon a bill to compell a specifick execution T of articles of agreement entred into between the partys for setling the boundaries of the province of Pensylvania, the three lower countys, and the province of Maryland, and for perpetuating testimony, &c. . . (Philadelphia ?) , Royal folio, pp. 116, ant/ ence in the arrangement of the articles. The account of books of vojages and travels is also brought down to the present yesr. See 1732. 18 GuATEMALENsis ECCLESiA monumeuta ; coliegit, digessit, con- cinnavit, atque in lucem edidit Fr. Raimundus Leal Ordinis Preedicatorum Madrid. Quarto. 19 HisToiRE et description generale de la Nouvelle France, avec le \f jouraaT'historique d'un voyage fait par ordre du Roi dans I'Amerique Septentrionale. Par le P. de Charlevoix, de la Compagnie de Jesus. Paris. Quarto, 3 vols, maps and plates. This is one of the most important works there is relating to Canada. It contains not only what the author saw himself, but he has collected from the best authorities, and with great judgment, every thing important relating to the history of the country. Some allowance is to be made for his prejudices in favor of his own order and religion : " in all oiher respects be was admirably qualified to discharge the task assigned to him. Patient in investigation, cautious in his belief, and judicious in his observations, bis narrative and history contain more sound views on the general subject of the Indians, than the works of all the writers who preceded or who have followed him." N.A.R. zxii. p. 68. The work commences with a chronological account of voyages and discoveries; followed by a cata- logue of authors, with a short, but, in general, a very able criticism on their works. The History of Canada, Louisiana, &c. follows , and occupies the greater part of two volumes. A.t the end of the second ib a descrip- tion of American plants, with plates. The third volume is devoted to an account of Father Cl^arlevoix's own voyages and travels in America. An edition in six volumes, 13mo. was printed in the same year; an English translation of part of the work in 1761. 78 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. l|:v^t ri^37 1745. 20 AusruHRLiCHE nachricht von den Saltzburgischen emi- granten, &c. Herausgegeben von Samuel Urlsperger, &c. Quarto, pp. 242. Halle. This appears to be the same work as No. 8 of 1735. It is ornamented with a 7ery fine engraving of Tomo Chachi and his son, who were brought to England bj Governor Oglethorpe. MDCCXLV. J Forgery detected, shewing how groundless are all the calum- nies in Dobbs's pamphlet. By Captain Middleton. London. 8vo. 2 A REPLY to Capt. Middleton's answer to the remarks on his vindication of his conduct, in a late voyage made by him in the Furnace sloop, by orders of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, to find out a passage from the N.W. of Hud- son's Bay to the Western and Southern Ocean of America. Shewing the art and evasions he makes use of to conceal his misconduct and neglect in prosecuting that discovery : as also the false currents, tides, straits, and rivers he has laid dov;n in his chart and journal to conceal the discovery ; with remarks upon some extraordinary affidavits he has published in his favour. To which is added, a full answer to a late pamphlet, published by Capt. Middleton, called Forgery de- tected. By Arthur Dobbs, esq. . . . London. 8vo. pp. 128. 3 *A HEPLY to Mr. Dobbs's answer, by Capt. Middleton. London. Svo. In the British Museum. 4 *A REJOINDER to Mr. Dobbs's reply, by Capt. Middleton. Svo. London. In the British Museum. 5 A DESCRIPTION of the coast, tides, and currents in Button's bay, and in the Welcome : being the N. W. coast of Hudson's bay, from Churchill river, in 58° 5& north latitude, to Wager river or strait, in 65° 24', taken from Scrog's, Crow's, Napier's, and Smith's journals, made in the years 1722, 1737, 1740, 1742, 1743, and 1744. Also, from the discoveries made in 1742, in the voyage in the Furnace bomb and Discovery Pink, commanded by Captain Middleton and Ctiptain Moor; shewing from these journals a probability that there is a passage from thence to the Western Ocean of America. London. Svo. pp. ' Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 79 V \ V 6 A JOURNAL of the late siege by the troops from North America, 1745, against the French at Cape Breton, the city of Louisbourg, and the territories thereunto belonging. Surrendered to the English on the 17th of June, 1745, after a siege of forty-eight days. By James Gibson, gentleman volunteer at the above siege. ........ London. " 8vo. pp. 49 ; plate. 7 The importance of Cape Breton to the British nation, con- taining the plan on which it was taken. By Robert Auch- muty, judge advocate in New England. . . London. , 8vo. 8 *CoNsiDERATiONS On the state of the British fishery in America. 8vo.? London. 9 MARVEr-LOus THINGS donc by the right hand and holy arm of God in getting him the victory. A sermon preached the 1 8th of July, 1745. Being a day set apart for solemn thanksgiving to Almighty God for the reduction of Cape Breton by H. M.'s New-England forces, &c. By Charles Chauncy, D.D., pastor of a church in Boston. ..... London. 8vo. pp. 32. First printed in Boston. This sermon does not appear to have been so successful as the following, by the Rev. Thomas Prince, on the same occasion. 10 Extraordinary events the doings of God, and marvellous in pious eyes. Illustrated in a sermon at the south church, in Boston, N. E., on the general thanksgiving, Thursday, J a 'y 18, 1745. Occa.ioned by taking the city of Louisbourg, on the isle of Cape Breton, by New-England soldiers, assisted by a British squadron. By Thomas Prince, M.A., and one of the pastors of the said church. . . Bgc^:: i, N.E. 8vo. At least five editions of ibis sermon were printed in England. 11 *The Ai-RiCAN TRADE, the great pillar and support of the British plantation trade in America. . . London. Quarto. British Museum. 12 A NATURAL HISTORY of Ncvis, and the rest of the Engl ^h Leeward Charibee islands in America. With many other ob- servations on nature and art; particularly an introduction to the art of decyphering. In eleven letters, from the Rev. Mr. / V . * ' 80 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1745. Stnitl>, sometime rector of St. John's, at Nevis, and novr **'*' rector of St. Mary's, in Bedford, &c. . Cambridge. 8vo. 13 A TRUE AND IMPARTIAL JOURNAL of a voyagc to the South Seas, and round the globe, in H. M.'s ship the Centurion, under the command of Commodore George Anson. Wherein all the material incidents during the said voyage, from its commencement in the year 1740, to its conclusion in 1744, are fully and faithfully related, having been committed to paper at the time they happened. Together with some his- toric i accounts of Chili, Peru, Mexico, and the empire of China ; exact descriptions of such places of note as were tou ^hed at, and variety of occasional remarks. To which is added, a large and general table of longitudes and latitudes, ascertained from accurate observations, or (where those are wanting) from the best printed books and mss. taken from the Spaniards in this expedition. Also the variations of the compass throughout the voyage, and the soundings and depths of water along the different coasts; and lastly, several curious observations on a comet seen in the South Seas, on the coast of Mexico. By Pascoe Thomas, teacher of mathematics on board the Centurion. . ... London. Svo. 14 A NEW GENERAL COLLECTION of voyagcs and travels; consist- ing of the most esteemed relations which have been hitherto published in any language : comprehending every thing re- markable in its kind in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, with respect to the several empires, kingdoms, and provinces ; their situation, extent, bounds, &c. Also, the manners and customs of the several inhabitants, their religion , government, &c. So as to form, a complete system of modern geography and history, exhibiting the present state of all nations: illus- trated not only with charts of the several divisions of the ocean, and maps of each country, entirely new composed as well as new engraved, by the best hands, from the latest sur- veys, discoveries, and astronomical observations, but likewise with variety of plans and prospects of coasts, harbours, and cities ; besides cuts, representing antiquities, animals, vegeta- Bibliotheca Americana Nova. South iturion, Vherein Tom its n 1744, itted to )me his- mpire of as were which is atitudes, those are sen from ns of the id depths \\ curious the coast natics on London. consist- hitherto thing re- America, irovinces ; iners and vernment, eography »ns: iUus- ns of the iposed as atest sur- t likewise urs, and s, vegeta- bles, the persons and habits of che people, and other curiosi- 1745. ties ; selected from the most authentic travellers, foreign as well as English London. Quarto, 4 vols. 226 maps and plates. This collection, generally known as Astley's, the publisher, was intended to hare been much more extensive, but apparently did not receive sufficient patronage. It was originiuly published in weekly numbers, and gave r'se to the collection of the Abbe Prevost, the first seven volumes of which are a translation of these four. They relate almost entirely to Africa and Asia. 15 Relation ABRioiE d'un voyage fait dans I'interieur de I'Ame- rique meridlonale. Depuis la c6te de la mer du sud jusqu'aux c6tes du Bresil et de la Guiane, en descendant la riviere des Amazones. Lut k I'assemblee publique de I'academie des sciences le 28 Avril, 1745. Par M. de la Condamine, de la m^me academic. Avec une carte du Maragnon ou de la riviere des Amazones, levee par le mfeme. . . Paris. 8vo. 16 Extract© del diario de observaciones hechas en el viage de Quito al Para, por el Rio de las Amazonas ; y del Para k Cayana, Surinam y Amsterdam. Destinado para ser leydo en la assemblea publica de la academia Real de las Cieucias de Paris. Por M. de la Condamine, uno de los tres embiados de la misma academia k la Linea Equinoccial para la medida de los grados terrestrss. Traducida del Frances al Castellano. 8vo. Amsterdam. M. de la Condamine was detained more than two months after his arrival in Holland, waiting for passports to enable him to proceed to Paris. In this interval he employed himself in translating his journal into Spanish, to send to his friends in America ; for which purpose he caused the ne- cessary niunber of copies to be printed, and no more. 17 El Orinoco ilustrado y defendido, &c. Por el Padre Joseph Gumilla, &c. Segunda impression, revista y aumen- tada por su mismo autor y dividida en dos partes. Madrid. Quarto, 2 vols, plates. The first edition was printed in 1741. 18 Vita e lettere di Amerigo Vespucci gentiluomo Fiorentino raccolte e illustrate dall' abate Angelo Maria Bandini. Quarto, pp. 76 and 128. Firenze. T) -V hi m / V 82 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1745. Bandini'a life of Vesputius is a mere panegyric throughout. He does not hesitate to call him the discoverer of America, which he makes him appear to have heen, from the dates he gives of his two first voyages. But the Spanish writers have proved that these dates are incorrect ; and that the first of these voyages, if made at nil, must have heen in 1499 ' *' ' instead of 1497. But even if Bandini'a dates were correct, all that could *'° be said about it would be, that Vesputius had followed a track which ••<-«'. Columbus had pointed out. MDCCXLVI. , " . 1 A LETTER from William Shirley, esq. governor of Massachusett's Bay, to his Grace the Duke of Newcastle : with a journal of the siege of Louisbourg, and other operations of the forces, dvrine^ the expedition against the French settlements on Cape Br> ton ; drawn up at the desire of the Council and House of Representatives of the province of Massachusett's Bay ; ap- proved and attested by Sir William Pepperell, and the other pvir 'rial officers who commanded in the said expedition. I'lioiislied by authority. .... London. 8vo. pp. 32. 2 An, ACCURATE JOURNAL of the proceedings of the New* England land forces, during the late expedition against the French settlements on Cape Breton, to the time of the surrender of Louisbourg. Containing a just representation of the trans- actions and occurrences, and of the behaviour of the said forces. Dated Louisbourg, Oct. 20, 1745, and in form at- tested by Lieut. Gen. Pepperell, &c. Exhibiting a more authentic, correct, and perfect account, than any before ^^. made publick. With a computation of the French fishery on the banks of Newfoundland, Acadia, Cape Breton, &c. All sent over by Gen. Pepperell himself to his friend, Capt. Henry Stafford, at Exmouth, Devon. Printed from the original manuscripts, at the desire c*" Capt. Stafford, as well in justice to the general, as for the better information rf the publick. Bvo. pp. 40. Exon. See 1758. 3 The importance and advantage of Cape Breton, truly stated and impartially considered. With proper maps. . London. 8vo. pp. 156. 2 maps. Taken ]:)riucipally from Chajievoix's Nouvelle France} according to Allen by Bollau. loes not lies him royages. set; and in 1499 lat could ck which ihusett's urnal of e forces, on Cape :louse of lay; ap- the other pedition. London. -England e French ■render of he trans- ' the said 1 form at- a more ly before [fishery on &c. All [pt. Henry le original in justice lublick. Exon. [uly stated London. to Allen by Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 4 "'Importance of Gape Breton considered. London. 8vo. Entirely different from the foregoing. 5 * Work of grace among the Indians of New Jersey and Penn- sylvania. By the Rev. David Brainerd. Philadelphia. 8vo. Library of Harrard College. — ^''Mr, Brainerd published his journal, or an account of the rise and progress of a remarkable work of grace amongst a number of Indians in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, with some general remarks, 1746. This work, which is very interesting, and which displays the piety and talents of the author, was published by the "ommissioners of the society in Scotland, with a preface by them.'' Allen. An abridgment of this journal was printed in 1748. 6 Original letters to an honest Sailor. . . London. 8vo pp. 94. This pamphlet appears to have been published by Admiral Vernon, after his name was ordered to be struck out of the list of flag ofificers, for having published two pamphlets entitled, A specimen of naked truth, und Some seasonable advice from an honest Sailor. It relates principally to the expeditions against the Spanish possessions in America. 7 Lettre a Madame*** sur I'emeute populaire excitee en la ville de Cuenca au Perou, 29 AoAt, 1739. Contre les aca- demiciens des sciences, envoyes pour la mesure de la terre. Svo. pp. 108, plate. {Paris.) This pamphlet is generally found with Condamiue's account of his voyage, No. 15, 1745. 8 HiSTOiRE g£nerale des voyages, ou nouvelle collection de toutes les relations de voyages par mer et par terre, qui ont ete publiees jusqu' a present dans les difFerentes langues de toutes les nations connues : conteuant ce qu'il y a de plus remarquable, de plus uti' et de mieux avere dans les pays ou les voyageurs ont penetres touchant leur situation, leur eten- due, leurs limites, leurs divisions, leur climat, leur terroir, &c. Avec les moeurs et les usages des habitans, leur religiou, leur gouvernement, leurs arts et leurs sciences, leur commerce et leurs manufactures ; pour former un sisteme complet d'histoire et de geographic moderne, qui representera I'etat actuel de toutes les nations: enrichi de cartes geographk|ues, nouvelle- ment composees sur les obsf vation^? k* plus autentiques, de plane et de perspectives ; de figures d animaux, de vegetaux, habits, antiquites, &c. Fnris. 4to. 20 volumes, 393 maps and plates. 83 1746. V x y 84 Bihliotheca Americana Nova. 1/46 w^ Tbe first seven volumes of this work are a translation of the four volumes published by Astley, (No. 14, 1745.) Volumes VIII. toXV. were compiled by the translator of the preceding volumes, the Abb^ Prevost. The six- teenth volume, printed in 1761 , is a general index to the work. The seven- teenth volume is a supplement containing tbe restitutions and additions of the edition printed in Holland . The three remaining volumes are a continuation of the work by MM. Queilon and de Leyre, containing the voyages omitted by the abb6, or which had been published after his death. ^ Laharpe says that, if the whole of tbe work had been as well edited as the '/' three last volumes, his abridgment would have been unnecessary. The twentieth volume has the date of 1802. "This quarto edition is still esteemed for the beauty of the engravings, by able artis^B, after the designs of Cochin, and on account of the maps and plans, which are also well exe- cuted. Large paper copies sell for double and triple the price of the common paper." Bibliotheque des Voyages, Reprinted at the Hague, in twenty-five volumes in quarto, and in Parit in 1749, ond following years, in eighty volumes, 12mo., but these editions are t.cI much esteemed. It was translated into German, and printed at Leipsic in 1747, and following years. 9 Idea de una historia general de la America Septentrional. Fundada sobre material copioso de figuras, synibolos, carac- teres y geroglificos, cantares y manuscritos de autores Indies, ultimamente descubiertos. Por el Cavallero Lorenzo Boturini Benaducci. ...... Madrid. Small 4to. pp. 303. "Tbo curious and learned author of this work arrived in Mexico in 1736 ; and, desirous of writing the history of that kingdom, he made, during eight years he remained there, the most diligent researches into its antiquity ; acquired a considerable mastery of the Mexican language, entered into friendship with the Indians to obtain their ancient pictures from them, and procured copies of many valuable manuscripts which were in the libraries I of the monasteries. The museum which he formed of paintings and ancient manuscripts was the most numerous and select ever seen in that kingdom excepting that of the celebrated Siguenza; but, before he put a hand to the work, the jealousy of the Spanish government stripped him of all his literary estate, and sent him into Spain, where, being entirely cleared from , every suspicion agiiinst bis loyalty and honour, but without recovering his manuscripts, he published this sketch of the great history he was medi- tating. It contains much important information not before published, but there are also some errors in it." Clavigero. 10 EscuDo DE ARMAS DE Mexico. Celestial proteccion de esta nobilissima ciudad de la N ueva Espaiia y de casi todo el Nuevo mundo, Maria santissima .n su portentosa imagen del Mexi- cano Guadalupe, milagrosamente apparecida en el Palacio Bibliotkeca Americana Nova. m volumes compiled Tbe six- he seven- udditions les are a lining tbe liB death, ted as the ry. The ion is still he designs I well exe- rice of the Hague, in ving years, emed. It d following entrional. 9, Carac- as Indies, Boturiui Madrid. CO in 1T36 ; during eight antiquity ; entered into them, and the libraries and ancient lat kingdom hand to the of all bis cleared from covering his le was medi- e published, m de esta el Nuevo del Mexi- el Palacio Arzobispal el aiio de 1531. Y jurada su principal patrona cl pasado de 1737. En la angustia que ocasionb la pestilencia, que cebada con mayor rigor en los Indios, mitig6 sus ardores al abrigo de tanta sombra : describiala D. Cayetano de Ca- brera, y Quintero, Presbytero de este Arzobispado, &c. Folio. Mexico, 11 Theatro Americano: descripcion general de los reynos y provincias de la Nueva Espaiia y sus jurisdicciones : dedicala al Rey N. S. D. Phelipe quinto, monarca de las Espaiias: su author D. Joseph Antonio de Villa Seiior y Sanchez, etc. Folio, 2 vols. Mexico. The second volume was printed in 1748, and, according to Meusel, a third in 1T74. Until Humboldt's work appeared, this was the most important statistical account of New Spain that had been published. Robertson made great use of it. 12 ViDA do Apostolico padre Antonio Vieyra da Companhia de Jesus, chamado por antonomasia o grande : acclamado no mundo por principe dos oradores evangelicos, pregador incom- paravel dos Reys de Portugal, varao esclarecido em virtudes, e letras divinas, e humanas ; Restaurador das Missoes do Ma- ranhao e Pard. Pelo P. Andr^ de Barros da companhia de Jesus Lishoa. Folio. Father Vieyra was most zealous in converting the Indians of Brazil, but was much persecuted by the Portuguese inhabitants for opposing their making slaves of them as fast as they became C hristians, which, it appears, they had previously been in the habit of doing as a thing of course. 13 Arte de navegar, &c. Por Manoel Pimentel. Novamente emendado. ....... Lisboa. Folio, pp. 604. First printed in 1699, and reprinted in 1712. 14 Neueste und richtioste nachricht von der landschaft Georgien; mit anmerkungen, die der uebersetzer bey seinem vieljahrigen aufenthalt in America angestellet hat, begleitet von J. M. K Ooettingen, 8vo. Meusel, iii. 394. 1746. 86 1747. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. ^ V MDCCXLVII. 1 The iiiSTOTiY of the first discovery and settlement, of Vir- ginia, being an essay towards tt gteneral history of this colony. By William Stith, A. M. rector of Henrico parish, and one of the governors of William and Mary College. Williamsburg. 8vo. pp. 331, appendix, pp. 34. Reprinted in London in \753, This itt but a small part of tbo author's intended work, coming down to the year 1 024 only. "An appendix contains a collection of charters, relating to the period comprised in the Tolu.ne. Besides the copious materials of Smith, the author derived assistance from the manuscripts of his uncle, Sir John Randolph, and, from the records of the London company, put into his hands by Colonel William Byrd, president of the council, and from the valuable library of this gentleman. Mr. Stith was a man of classical learning, and a faithful historian ; but he was destitute of taste in style, and his details are ex- ceedingly minute." Allen, 2 The history of thk five Indian nations of Canada ^hich^rellependent on the province of New York in America , and are the barrier between the English and French in that part of the world. With accounts of their religion (&c. &c. &c.) By the Hou, Cadwallader Colden, esq. one of H. M.'s council, and sur < yor-general of New York. To which are added, accounts of i he several other nations of Indians in North America (&c. &c. &c.) . . . . . London. 8vo. p. 20, 204, and 283. There are copies of this edition, called the teeond, with the date of 1760, but have merely a new title-page. The first part was printed at New York in 1727. In the reprint, the dedication, which was originally to Governor Burnet, is transferred by the London publisher to General Oglethorpe. Mr. Colden complained of this, as well as of some additions which were made to the London, edition without lis knowledge or consent. An edition in two volumes 12mo. was printed iu 1755. 3 A JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS in the detection of the con- spiracy formed by some white, people in conjunction with negro and other slaves for burning the city of New York, and murdering the inhabitants, in 1 741—42. With an appendix. Svo. London. First printed at New York in 1744. Bihliothfca Americana Nova. 87 m, M.D. ' African the . the v\ 4 'Further observations intended for improving the culture 1747. and curing of indigo, &c. in South Carolina. London. 8vo. * In the British Museum. 5 The history of New England. By D. Neal, M.A. Second edition, enlarged by the author. . . . London. 8vo. 2 vols. See 1720. G Memoirs oi the life and travels of James Houst (formerly physician and surgeon-general to ''^ Company's settleinents in Africa, and lat« Royal Assiento Company's factories in Ami year 1690 to this present year 1747. Conta...iiig fi great variety of curious observation? that occurred during the course of above thirty years' travels in divers foreign parts. Collected and written by his own hand. . . . London. 7 The Spanish empire in America, containing a succinct relation of the discovery and settlement of if 3 several colonies ; a view of their respective situations, extent, commodities, trade, &c. And a full and clear account of the commerce with old Spain by the galleons, flota, &c. Also of the contraband trade with the English, Dutch, French, Danes, and Portuguese. With an exact description of I araguay. By an English merchant. Bvo, London, The same book as No. ) * of 1741, v.ith a new title. P The sequel to Bulkely's and Cummin's voyage to the South Sea. By A. Campbell. ... London. 8.V0. See 1T43. 9 A succinct abridgement of a voyage made within the inland parts of South America ; from the coasts of the South Sea to the coasts of Brazil and Guiana, down the river of Amazons : as it was read in the public assembly of the academy of sciences at Paris, April 28, 1745. By Mons'- de la Conda- minCy of that academy. To which is annexed, a map of the Maranbn or river of Amazons, drawn by the same. London. 8vo. A translation of No. 15, 1745. '»' ; ^, IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) Ai*^ 1.0 1.1 ■90 £ |2^ ■ 22 mm £ 1^ 12.0 1 ^ < // ^1 u ■'I FhotogFaphic Sdmces Corporation 23 WIST MAM STMir WnSTII,N.Y. I4SM (716)t73-4S03 ^7 4^ ^ 88 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1747. 10 *The sequel to Bulkelt and Gummins's voyage to the •-^^ South Seas. By Alexander Campbell. . . London. 8vo. 11 Carta del P. Pedro Lozako, de la Compania de Jesus, de la provincia del Paraguay, escrita'al P. Bruno Morales, de la misma compania, y provincia existente en esta corte de Madrid. Small 4to. pp. 56. {Madrid.) This letter is dated Nor. 1, 1746« at Coidova, in the province of Tacnman, and contaf:i8 an account of the state of the missions of the Jesuits in Pan^aj, at that time. It has no title-page, and was evidently printed for private distribution onlv. The same author published Deteripeion del Gran Chaeo, in 1733, and a history of his order in 1T£4. 12 Individual y verdadera relacion de la extrema ruina que padecid la ciudad de los Reyes Lima, capital del reyno del Peru, con el horrible temblor de tierra, acaecido en ella la noche del 28 de Oct"- 1746, y de la total asolacion del pre- sidio y puerto del Callao, por la violenta irrupcion del Mar que ocasion6 en aquella Bahla. . . . Mexico. Small 4to. pp. 20. Published in English in 1748. 13 Orden.inzas del consejo real de las Indias, nuevamente recopiiadas, y por el Rey D. Phelipe IV. N. S. para &u go- bierno, establecidas ano de M.DC.xxxvi. . Madrid. Folio, pp. 14 *De pr£stantia coLOKiiE Georoico-Anglicanje, pree colo- niis aliis. .... . . Aug. Vind, Quarto. British Museum Catalogue. ^. ^-^^7 MDCCXLVIII. \l 1 A voyage to HupsoN's Bay, by the Dobbs galley and Cali- ~n!omi^Tn1the years 1746 and 1747, for discovering a North- west passage ; with an accurate survey of the coast, and a short natural history of the country. Together with a fair view of the facts and arguments from which the future finding of such a passage is rendered probable. By Henry Ellis, gent, i^ent for the proprietors in thv% said expedition. To which is prefixed, an historical account of the attempts hitherto made for finding a passive that way to the East Indies. Illus- Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 89 5 A 6 y tratedwith proper cuts, and a new and correct chart of Hudson's 1748. Bay, with the countries adjacent. . . . London. 8vo. pp. 28 and 336. Account of a votaoe for the discovery of a North-west pass- age by Hudson's Streights to the Western and Southern Ocean of America. Performed in the year 1746 and 1747, in the ship California, Capt. Francis Smith, commander. By the clerk of the California. Adorned with cuts and maps. 8vo. 2 vols. London* The author's name was Drage, and his work is called by Barrow " a pedan- tic, disputatious, dogmatical performance." Arctic Voyaget (1818), p. 287. The state of trade in the Northern Colonies consider'd. By Otis Little, es()^ London. 8vo. An abridgement of Mr. David Brainerd's journal among the Indians, or the rise and progress of a remarkable work of grace among a number of the Indians, in the provinces of New Jersey and Pensylvania. By David Brainerd, minister of the gospel, and missionary from the honourable society in Scot- land for propagating Christian knowledge, &c. London. 12mo. The work from which this abridgment was made was apparently printed at Philadelphia ii. 1746. The dedication to the abridgment was written by the celebrated Dr. Doddridge. BILL IN the chancery OF New Jerset. At the suit of John Earl of Stair, and others, proprietors of the eastern division of New Jersey, against Benjamin Bond and others, of Elizabeth Town ; with three large maps. To which is idded, the publications of the council of proprietors of East New Jersey, and Nevill's speeches to the General Assemb/y, con- cerning the riots committed in New Jersey, and the pretences of the rioters and their seducers. Nev) York. Folio. In the British Museum. — In the Harvard College catalogue, witii the date of 1747. A TRUE AND PARTICULAR RELATION of the dreadful earth- quake which happened at Lima, the capital of Peru, and the neighbouring port of Callao, on the 28th of October, 1746. With an account likewise of every thing material that passed X V.'. 90 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1 748. there afterwards to the end of November following. Published at Lima by order of the viceroy, and translated from the original Spanish, by a gentleman who resided many years in those countries. To which is added, a description of Callao and Lima before their destruction, and of the kingdom of Peru in general, &c. The whole illustrated with a map, plans, and several cuts of the natives, drawn on the spot by the trans- lator. The second edition. . . . . . , London. 8vo. pp. 341, 9 plates and maps. The account of the earthquake is translated from No. 11 of 1747, and occu- pies seventj pages : the remainder of the work is a compilation from various authors. The translator's name was Henry Johnson ; and the^rtt edition was prohably published in the same year. In the Gent.'s Mag. for 1748 it is called a pretended translation from the Spanish. 7 A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD, in the ycars MDCCXL. I. II. III. IV. By George Anson, esq. commander-in-chief of a squadron of his Majesty's ships, sent upon an expedition to the South Seas. Compiled from papers and other materials of the R. H. George Lord Anson, and published under his direction, by Richard Walter, M.A., chaplain of the Centurion, in that expedition. Illustrated with 42 copper-plates. Quarto, pp. 417. London. Walter had prepared an account of this voyage for the press, but it was found so badly executed, that Benjamin Robins, the mathematician, was employed to re-write it, although, for some reason or other, the worthy chaplain's name was allowed to remain on the title-page. It is called by some English writers a masterpiece of composition ; but it ap^ to have been made amusing at the expense of truth. The progress o '.ce formed no part of the object of this expedition, which was prepu^uu for attacking unawares the Spanish possessions and shipping in the South Sea, and which was so successful, that the prixe-money divided amongst the officers and crews amounted to more than a iri' Jon sterling. The Biographie UnivenelU says, that the views, charts, and plans, deserve praise for their exactness ; but Dr. Dibdin says, that " the plates are in truth barbarously bad, and that to read the text without the plates, must be a comfort." He says, moreover, that the volume is unworthy in every respect of the intrepid Anson. The doctor had apparently only seen the fifth edition, printed in 1749; in which, of course, the plates must have been nearly worn out. The copies of the first edition, on royal paper, of which I now have one before me, were superior to any book of the kind which had been hitherto published, and were unequalled until Cook'p voyages appeared. Of the large paper copies 360 were Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 91 8 taken by subscription. A seventb edition was printed in 1T5S in %vo. It was publisbed in German, French, and Dutch, in 1749, and in Italian in 1166. Descripcion oe todas las frovincias, Reynos^ Estados y 1748. Ciudades principales del Mundo, sacada de las relaciones toscanas de Juan Botero Bcnes ; en que se trata de las cos- tumbres, industria, trato y riquesas de cada una de las na- ciones de Europa, Asia, Africa, America^ 6 Nuevo Mundo ; de la quantidad, qualidad y movimientos del Mar ; y de todas las islas y peninsulas hasta oy descubiertas. Por Fr. Jayme Rebullosa de la orden de Predicadores. . Oerona. Small 4to. This work, which is found in Robertson's catalogue, was first printed in 1603. 9 Carta o diario que escrive D. Joseph Eusebio de Uano y Zapata al Dr. Ghirivoga en que con la mayor verdad, y critica mas segura le dk cuenta de todo lo acaecido en esta capital del Peru desde el viernes 28 de Oct"- 1746, quando experi- ment6 su mayor ruina con el grande movimiento de tierra, &c. Madrid, Small 4to. pp. 33. 10 ExTRACTO DE LOS AUTOS de diligeucias y reconocimientos de los Rios, Lagunas, Vertientes y Desagues de la capital Mexico y su valle : d^ los caminos para su comunicacion, y su comer- cio : de los daiios que se vieron : remedios que se arbitraron : de los puntos en particular decididos : de su practica : y de otros k mayor examen reservados, para con mejor acierto resolverlos. Por D. Joseph Fran**** de Cuevas, Aguirre y Espinosa . Mexico. Folio, pp. 7 1 , and map. 1 1 HisTORiA DE LA CONQUISTA DE Mexico, poblacion y progres- sos de la America Septentrional conocida por el nombre de Nueva Espana. Escriviala D. Antonio de Solis, secretario de S. M. y su Chronista mayor de las Indias. . Madrid. Folio. The editor, in his dedication to Ferdinand VI. says, that this edition was corrected from the manuscripta of the author. It was first published in 1684. 12 Relacion historica del viage k la America Meridional hecho de orden de S. M. para medir algunos grados de meridiano 92 Biblioiheca Americana Nova. 1748. terrestre y venir por ellos en conocimiento de la verdadera figura y magnitud de la tierra con otras varias observaciones astronomicas y phisicas. Vot Hon Jorge Juany'D.Anf'Ulloa. Small folio, 4 vols. Madrid. 13 Observaciones astronomic as y phisicas hechas de orden de S. M. en los reynos del Peru, por D. Jorge Juan y D. Antonw Ulloa^ &c. de las quales se deduce la figura y magnitud de la tierra y se aplica k la navigacion. . . Madrid* Small folio. These two worka are generally found together. The historical relation was written by Ulloa ; the astronomical part by Juan. It was, at the time, the most important work of the kind that had been published. The expedition to which it relates was the same in which Condamine and Bouguer were sent by the French academy of sciences, for the purpose of determining the figure of the earth at the Equator. The astronomical observations were reprinted in 1T73, with a memoir of the author. The historical part was translated into French in 1752, and into English in 1768. J>.// J 7 I V ^ / MDCCXLIX. A SHORT STATE of the countries and trade of North America. Claimed by the Hudson's Bay Company, under pretence of a charter for ever, of lands without bounds or limits, and an exclusive trade to those unbounded seas and countries. Shew- ing the illegality of the said grant, and the abuse they have made of it, &c London. 8vo. pp. 44. A SHORT NARRATIVE and justification of the proceedings of the committee appointed by the adventurers to prosecute the dis- covery of the passage to the Western ocean of America ; and to open and extend the trade, and settle the countries beyond Hudson's Bay. With an apology for their postponing at pre- sent their intended application to Parliament. To which are annexed, the report and petitions referred to in the narrative; and the papers prepared to be delivered to the Lords and Commons, &c. Now laid before the publick for their future consideration. London. Svo. pp. 30. Reasons to shew that there is a great probability of a navigable passage to the Western American ocean, through Hudson's Bibliotkeca Americana Nova. 93 Streights, and Chesterfield inlet; from the observations made 1749. on board the ships sent upon the late discovery ; supported >^^ by affidavits, which coincide with several former accounts. Humbly offered to the consideration of the Lords and Com- mons assembled in Parliament. . . . London. 8vo. pp. 24. 4 Papers presented to the committee appointed to inquire into t*^ the state and condition of the countries adjoining to Hudson's Bay, and of the trade carried on there. . London. Folio. 5 *A OEOORAPHICAL HISTORY of Nova Scotia. . London. V 8vo. * Gent's Magazine, 1749. Meusel iii. 1. 375. 6 A JOURNAL of the proceedings of the commissioners appointed for managing a treaty of peace ; to be begun and held at Falmouth, in the county of York, the 27th of September, 1749; between Thomas Hutchinson, John Choate, Israel Williams, and James Otis, esqs. ; commissioned by the Hon. Spencer Phips, esq. Lieut.-Gov. and Commander-in-chief in and over H. M.'s province of the Massachusett's Bay, in New- England, on the one part, and the Eastern Indians on the other part Bostonf N.E. Quarto, pp. 18. Printed by John Draper. 7^AjUMMARY, HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL, of the first planting, J^ progf^sive Tmprovements, and present state of the British settlements in North America. Containing i. Some general account of ancient and modern colonies, the granting and settling of the British continent and West India Island colo- nies ; with some transient remark concerning the adjoining French and Spanish settlements, and other remarks of various natures, ii. The Hudson's Bay Company's lodges, fur and skin trade, iii. Newfoundland harbours and codfishery. IV. The province of I'Accadie or Nova Scotia, with the vicissitudes of the property and jurisdiction thereof, and its present state, v. The several grants of Sagadahock, pro- vince of Main, Massachusett's Bay, and New Plymouth, united by a new charter in the present province of Massachu- 94 Bibliotheca Americana Nova, 1749. 1/ sett's Bay, commonly called New-England. By William Douglass, M .D. Vol. I. .... Boston. 8vo. pp. 568. This work was first published in numbers. The first appeared in January, 1747 ; the volume was completed in May, 1749, about which time the first 248 pages were reprinted, apparently without any alteration, not- withstanding the statement made in the preface, that " the account of Commodore Knowles's impress in the harbour of Boston, in 1747, was sup- / ' pressed when the work was 'Collected into volumes." The second volume (pp. 416,) was published m 1753; containing, i. Province of New Hamp« shire, ii. Colony of Rhode Island, in. Colony of Connecticut, iv. Province of New York. v. Province of New Jersey, vi. Province of ^j,\ri Pennsylvania and its territories, vii. Province of Maryland, viii. The H colony and dominions of Virginia. The death of the author, in Oct. 1762, prevented the work from being finished ; the history of Virginia is only touched upon, the two last numbers being mostly occupied by a digression on the small-pox, which prevailed at that time in Boston. Both volumes were reprinted in London in 1165, and republished, with new titles only, in 1760. 8 ^Representation of the Board of Trade relating to the laws, manufactures, and trade of the plantations in America. Folio. London. 9 Voyage A la baye de Hudson, fait en 1746 et 1747, pour la decouverte du passage de Nord-ouest, &c. Traduit de I'An- glois de M. Henri Ellis, &c. . . . . Paris. 12mo. 2 vols, in 1, plates. The name of the translator of this work is Sellius, according to Barbier, (see No. 1, 1748.) Another edition was printed at Leyden in 1750. 10 HisToiRE OENERALE DEs VOYAGES, ou nouvellc collcction de toutes les relations de voyages qui ont 6te publi^es jusqu'ii present, &c. (par A. F. Prevost d'Exiles.) . . Paris. 12mo. 80 vols. See No. 8, 1746. The last volume was published in 1789. 11 La figure de la terre d6termin6e par les observations de MM. Bouguer et de la Condamine, envoy^s au P^rou pour observer aux environs de T^quateur. Avec une relation abreg^e de ce voyage, qui contient la description du pays dans lesquels les operations ont et6 faites. Par M. Bouguer. Quarto, pp. ex. and 396. Paris. See 1751—2. 12 DisERTACioN historica y geoorapiiica sobrc el meridiano de demarcacion entre los Dominios de Espana y Portugal, y Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 95 los parages por donde passa en la America Meridional, con- forme k los tratados y derechos de cada estado, y las mas seguras y modernas observaciones. Por Don Jorge Juan y Don An^' Ulloa. ..... Madrid, Small 8vo. The boundary line between the Spanish and Portugueae poBBeasiona in America was a subject of discussion from the time of the infallible decision of Pope Alexander VI. until they became independent states. This important treatise on the subject was prepared by two of the most learned men in Spain. It was translated into French in 1776. 13 Primer synodo diocesan a, celebrola el Ilmo. S'- D. Pedro Phelipe de Azua e Iturgoyen, Obispo desta Santa Iglesia de la Concepcion de Chile, despues electo Arzobispo de Santa Fe, del Nuevo Reyno de Granada, en la Santa Iglesia Cathe- dr41 de dicha Ciudad de la Concepcion. A que se dio prin- cipio endoce deOctubrede 1744. . . . Lima. Folio, pp. 191. 14 HisTORiADORES PRiMiTivos de las Indias occidentales que junt6, traduxo en parte y sac6 k luz, ilustrados con eruditas notas y copissos. Indices Don Andres Gonzalez Barcia. Divididos en tres tomos. .... Madrid. Folio, 3 vols. The following are the contents of this valuable collection. Vol. I. 1. La historia del Almirante D. Christoval Colon, que compusoen Castel- lano Don Fernando Colon su hijo y traduxo en Toscano Alfonso de Ulloa, Tuelta h. traducir en Castellano, por no pareoer el original, pp. 128. 2. Quatro (there are only three) cartas de Heman Cortes dirigidas al Emperador Carlos V. en que hace relacion de sus conquistas, y sucessc en la Nuera Espana : con las relaciones de Pedro de Alrarado y Diego de Godoy. pp. 173. 3. Relacion sumaria de la historia natural de las Indias, compuesta y dii- gida al Emperador Carlos V. por Gonz. Fernandez de Oriedo. pp. 66. 4. Examen Apologetico de la historica Narraoion de los naufragios, pere- grinaciones y Milagros de Alvar Nunea Cabeza de Vaca, en las tierras de la Florida y del nuevo Mexico, contra la incerta y mal reparada censura del P. Honorio Filipono 6 del que puso en su nombre el libro intitnlado Nova typis transacta, &c. (see 1621.^ Por el Excmo. Sr. D. Antonio Ardoino. Tratase de los Milagros aparentes y verdaderos y de la virtud y bondad de la Milicia Christiana vanamente injuriada en los soldados. Madrid en la imprenta de Juan de Zuniga. Ano de 1736. pp. 60. 6. Naufragios de Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca y Relacion de la Jornada que hizo k la Florida con Panfilo de Narvaez. pp. 52. 2 1749. 6 Sibliotheca Americana Nova. 1749. 6. Comentarios de Alvar Nunei Cabesa de Vaoa Adelantado j Goberoader del Rio de la Plata, pp. 79. Vol. II. 7. Franciaoo Lopei de Oomara, Hiatoria de laa Indiaa. pp. 996, Index, 50. 8. ' Cronioa de la Nueva Eapana. pp. 214, Index, 46. Vol.111. 9. Hiatoria del deacubrimiento y oonquiata de la Provinoia del Peru y de laa Guerraa y coaaa aenaladaajen ella, aoaeoidaa baata el venoimiento de , '' Gon^alo Pizarro 7 de aua aequaces que en ella ae rebelaron contra S. M. (Por Auguatin de Zarate.) pp. 116. Index pp. S8. 10. Conquiata del Peru de Franoiaco de Xeres. pp. 66. 11. Hiatoria del deacubrimiento de el Rio de la Plata y Paroguay (por Hulderico Sobmidel.) pp. 40. Tranalated and abridged by Baroia from the Latin, publiabed in 1599 by Levin Hulaiua. 'I'bia work ia cited in Pinelo, p. 661, aa being by Gabriel de Cardenaa, and printed in 1631, a miatake for 1731, in which year moat of tbeae works were printed, al- though not published until 1749. 13. Argentina y Conquiata del Rio de la Plata por D. Martin del Baroo Ceutenera. pp. 124. 13. Viage del mundo por Simon Perez de Torrea en 1586, &c. pp. 45. Now first printed. 14. Epitome de la Relacion del viage de algunoa Mercaderea de San Malo a Moka, loa anoa 1T08, &o. traducido del Frances por D. Manl. de Grova. pp. S. Don Andres Gonzalez de Barcia Carballido jZuniga, after having published new editions of Torquemada (1722,) El Peru y Florida del Inca, Herrera, la Araucana, £1 Origen de loa Indioa, and the Biblioteoa de Pinelo, cauaed to be printed the authors contained in this collection, and probably soma othera, aa he mentions, in his edition of Pinelo, that Fenaudez's Hiatoria del Peru was about being finished in 1731, but of which no copies are known to exist. Most of these authors were printed about that same period, but were not published until 1749, (aix years after Barcia's death, which happened in 1743,) when general titles to the 3 volumes were printed, with a table of contenta, of which there are two different imprea" siona ; one, the most modem, is printed by Ibarra. In the account of the remaining atock of thia work in 1778, two hundred complete aets are men- tioned, 21 of which are described as on large paper. Of the aeparate parts there are as many as 1300 copies of some of them, of others very few, and none of the History of Columbus ; ill these separate parts were sold aa waate paper, upwards of 30 years ago. The large paper copiea disap- peared about the aame time, and perhapa in the aame manner, as I have found seven copies of the history of Columbus on thia paper, but have never aeen a copy of the whole work on large paper. My own copy contains, besides the works already mentioned, the following : « Viage de Jerusalen de D. Fadrique Enriquez de Ribera Marquea de Tarifa, y otros Caballeros.'' Reprinted from the edition of 1606. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. vr 15 Annaes iiistouicos do Estado do Maranhao, em que se da 1749. noticia do seu descobrimiento e tudo o mais que nelle tern '^'^ succedido desde o anno em que foy descuberto ate o do 1718. For Bernardo Pereira de Berredo. . . Lxshoa. Folio, pp. 710. The author was appointed governor of Maranham in the year 1718. His death took place in 1748, while preparing this work for the press. He was distinguished amongst his countrjrmen for his valour, but " has left for himself a more durable remembrance in his historical annals of the state over which he presided." Southey. MDCCL. 1 The natural history of Barbados. In ten books. By the Rev. Mr. Griffitli Hughes, A.M. rector of St. Lucy's parish, in the said island, and F.R.S. Folio, pp. 314, 29 plates, and map. There is a very well written article on this work in Vol. 3 of the Monthly Review, (p. 197,) from which it appears that it is of no value whatever to the naturalist. The writer of the review says, that Linnteui, when in London, " was despised, his papers laughed at, and himself, had it not been for the generous friendship of the late Dr. Isaac Lawson, had perished for want." Large paper copies of this work are more common than those on small paper. The plates being engraved from the drawings of Ehret, may still be consulted with advantage. 2 Observations on the importance of the Northern colonies, under proper regulations New York. 8vo. pp. 36. " By Axchibald Keneday, esq. receiver-geaeral of New York." MS. note. 3 Tratado historico, politico t legal de el comercio de las Indias Occidentales, pertenicientes a Ics Reyes Catholicos, conforme al tiempo de Paz y Gtierra, en interpretacion de las Leyes de la Nueva Recopilacion k ellas. Compendio his- torico del comercio de las Indias, desde su principio hasta su actual Estado. Su author Don Joseph Outierrez de Ruhal- cava. Professor de el Derecho canonico y civil y assessor de marina en la comission de Montes y plantios, del departa- miento de Cadiz. Cadiz. Small Bvo. This work has no date on the title, but the licences, &c. were given in this year. At the end is added the Proyeeto d» Galeon«$, etc. first printed in 1790. 'V. ^8 Bibltotheca Americana Nova. 1750. 4 PitciuM 8ERPENTVM IN8BCT0RUM alionimque nonniillonim ani- '*'*' malium necnon plantarum imagines qua* Marcus Catesby in posteriore parte splendidi illius operis quo Carolinec, Flori- da, et Bahamensium insularum tradidit historiam naturalem. eiusque appendice descripsit. Ediderunt N. F. Eiaenbergt. et G. Lichtensteger. .... Norimberga. t Folio, 64 coloured plates. The plates in this work are copied from the first sixty-four of the second ▼olume of Catesbj's Carolina : according to Brunet, the work should contain 100 plates. 5 *Al'8zvo der kaciirichten von dem Englischen America, besonders von Carolina und Georgia. Von Emanuel Christian Loeber Jena. 8vo. , Meusel iii. 1.394. MDCCLI. 1 *A GENUINE NARRATIVE of the transactions in Nova Scotia since the settlement, June, 1749, till August 5th, 1751, in which the nature, soil, produce of the country, are related, with the particular attempts of the Indians to disturb the colony. By John Wilson, late inspector of the stores. 8vo. London. " Mr. Wilson seems to be very much out of humour, but does not tell us on what account. However, he pours out his spleen upon this new colonj, which he represents in a yery unpromising way ; but he has said so little, and that in such general terms, and in such a rambling superficial manner, that he deserves little notice, and less credit." M.R. r. p. 458. 2 *The importance of settling and fortifying Nova Scotia. By a Gentleman lately arrived from that colony. London. 8vo. "We find very little, if any thing, worth notice in this piece." M.R. V. p. 397. 3 Observations on the inhabitants, climate, soil, rivers, produc- tions, animals, and other matters worthy of notice, made by Mr. John Bertram, in his travels from Pensylvaniato Onondago, Os- wego, and the lake Ontario, in Canada. To which is annexed, a curious account of the cataracts at Niagara. By Mr. Peter Kalm, a Swedish gentleman who travelled there. London. 8vo. pp. 94, and plan. John Bartram was the father of William Bertram, who published his travels in 1791. Both were enthusiastic naturalists. ]/ Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 99 •«m am- Cntesby D, Flori- turalem. enbergt imbergce. the iMond ork ibould America, Christian Jena- »va Scotia , 1751, in ,re related, iisturb the res. London. 8 not tell u« new colony, ■aid BO little, ficial manner, 158. cotia. By London. jce." M. B« rs, produc- adebyMr. ondago, Os- annexed, a f Mr. Peter London. ibedhiBtnTels 4 A JOURNAL, or historical account of the life, travels and christian experiencies, of that ancient faithful servant of Jesus Christ, Thomas Chalkley, who departed this life in the island of Tortola, the 4th day of the 9th month, 1741. The second edition. ....... London, 8vo. pp. 326. A testimony of the Friend$, at the beginning of this book, is dnted Philn< delpbia, 1749, from which it may be inferred that the firit edition was printed there about that time. Chalkley was a Quaker preacher and trader, and spent about forty year.i of his life in preaching and trading in differ- ent parts of North America and the West Indies, but principally in Penn- sylvania. He was a man of many virtues. 5 A NARRATIVE of the dangers and distresses which befel Isaac Morris and seven more of the crew belonging to the Wage store ship, which attended commodore Anson, in his voyage to the South Sea ; containing an account of their adventures after they were left by Bulkely and Cummings, on an unin- habited part of Patagonia, where they remained about fifteen months, till they were seized by a party of Indians, and carried above 1000 miles into the inland country, with whom they resided upwards of sixteen months : after which they were carried to Buenos Ayres, and ransomed by the governor. Hvo. London. " This narrative appears to be genuine, and is well and methodically written," &c. M.R. T. p. 156. 6 NouvEAU voYAOii FAIT Au Perou. Par M. I'Abbe Courte de la Blanchardiere. Auquel on a joint une description des anci- ennes mines d'Espagne traduite de TEspagnol d'Alonso Ca- rillo Lazo. Paris. 12mo. An English translation was published in 1753. 7 Histoire de la Jamai'que, traduite de I'Anglois : par M * * *, ancien officier de dragons Londres. l?mo. 2 vols., 6 plates. Translated from A New Hittory, &«. 1T40. The translator's ,name was Raulin. It was probably printed in Paris. 8 Histoire des fyramidbs dequito, elev^espar lesacademiciens envoyes sous TEquateur par ordre du Roi. *' Etiam peri^re ruinee." Lucan Paris. Quarto, pp. 53. Plate. h2 1751. 100 Bibl'otheca Americana Nova. 1751. In H London catalogue this work is stated to be very rare, from having been suppressed. This is probably a mistake, as the same work is reprinted with the Journal du Voyage. It was printed separately merely for private distribution, and hence its rarity. 9 Journal du voyage fait parordredu Roi, a I'Equateur, servant d 'introduction historique k la mesure des trois premiers degres du Meridien. Par M. de la Condamine. . . Paris. Quarto, pp. 280, plates 5. 10. Mesuke des trois premiers deor^s du meridien dans I'he- misphere Austral, tiroes des observations de M"* de Tacademie Royale des sciences, envoyes par le Roi sous I'Equateur. Par M. de la Condamine. .... Paris. Quarto, pp. 265, plates 3. 1 1 Supplement au journal historique du voyage k I'Equateur, et au livre de la mesure des trois premiers degres du Meridien. Pour servir de reponse k quelques objections. Par M. de la Condamine Paris. Quarto. This supplement was printed in 1752, and a second part of it in 1754 : in- tended principally to answer the objections which had been made by M. Bouguer, in his Juttification, 1752. 12 Recueil des memoires qui ont 6t6 publies avec les cartes hydrograpbiques, que Ton a dressees au d6p6t des cartes et plans de la marine, pour le service des vaisseaux du Roi par ordre duministere, depuis I'annee 1737 jusqu'en 1751. Par le Sieur Bellin, ingenieur ordinaire de la marine. (Paris.), , Quarto. S 4'/'t MDCCLII. I An account of six years' residence in Hudson's Bay, from 1733 " to 1736, and 1744 to 1747. By Joseph Robson, late sur- veyor and supervisor of tbe buildings to the Hudson's Bay Company. Containing a variety of facts, observations, and discoveries, tending to shew, &c. . . London. 8vo. 2 maps and a plan. " The author relates his facts with an air of honesty and seeming reg^ard to truth ; and we are credibly assured that his account it as honest and >* just as it appears to be." M .R. vii. p. 75. \/ 2 The importance of gaining and preserving the friendship of the Indians of the Six Nations to the British interest considered. 8vo. pp.46. London. V V Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 101 " The author uf this pamphlet Btronglj recommends a confederacy among the American colonies, like that of the United provinces, for their mutual support, and for contributing towards the expenses of building forts, and cultivating the fricadship of the Six Nations ; since it is abso- lutely true, that the preservation of the whole continent depends upon a proper management of those Indians.*' Gent.'s Mag. xxii. p. 46. This tract was apparently first printed in Philadelphia. 3 The trial of John Peter Zenger, of New York, printer ; who was tried and acquitted for printing and publishing a libel against the government; with the pleadings and arguments on both sides. . . ... London. 8vo. pp. 76. A very interesting trial, in which the counsel for the defendant was Andrew Hamilton, esq. a barrister of Philadelphia, who, for the able defence he made upon the occasion, was rewarded by order of the common council of New York with the freedom of the city in a splendid gold box. This trial took place in 1735. 4 *An epistle to Arthur Dobbs, esq. from a clergyman in Ame- rica. ........ London. 8vo. Gent.'s Mag. 1752. 5 *Lawb or New York, from the year 1691 to 1751 inclusive. Folio. New York. In the British Museum. 6 HisToiRE Du TREMBLEMENT DE tcrre de Lima et Callao, avec la description du Perou, &c. Traduite de TAnglois. 12mo. pp. 445, and 6 plates. Paris. A translation of No. 6 of 1748. 7 Voyage historique de I'Amerique meridionale fait par ordre du Roi d'Espagne par Don George Juan et par Don Antoine de UUoa; ouvrage orne des figures, plans et cartes necessaires. Et qui contient une histoire des Incas du Perou, et les obser- vations astronomiques et physiques, faites pour determiner la figure et la grandeur de la terra. . . Amsterdam. Quarto, 2 vols. 48 plates. The original edition in Spanish was printed in 1748. Some copies of this French translation have the imprint of Paris on the title-page, which has given rise to the idea that an edition was printed in Paris ; and La Richarderie even says that the Amsterdam edition is moit esteemed. I have now both before me, and I can safely assert that they are one and the same edition. The translator was M, de Mauvillon. 1752. 102 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 17.52. 8 *ALLGEMEiNii Geschichte der lander und Volker von America. **•*' Nebst einer vorrede Siegmund Jacob Baumgartens, &c. Quarto, 2 vols. 58 plates. Halle. This Universal history of the country and people of America was compiled or translated, from various authors, by Jo. Fred. Schroeter. The intro- ductory discourses only were written by Baumgartens. Meuul. MDCCLIII. 1 *HiSTORiCAL MEMOIRS relating to the Housatunnuk Indians, or an account of the methods used for the propagation of the gospel among the heathenish tribe, under the ministry of John Sergeant, &c. By Samuel Hopkins. . Boston, N.E. Quarto. r Allen's Biog. Diet. 2 ^Remarks in support of the new chart of North and South America. By J. Green. The same person published at the same time a chart of North and South America, including the Atlantic. Both are in the British Museum. y 3 *A genuine letter from Mr. John Brainard, missionary from the Scotch society to the North American Indians. London. 8vo. 4 The history of the first discovery and settlement of Virginia. * By Wm. Stith, A.M London. 8vo. Originally printed at Williamsburg, V>- in 1747. 5 A VOYAGE TO Peru, performed by the (ship) Conde of St. Malo, in the years 1745, 1746, 1747, 1748, and 1749. Written by the chaplain. To which is added, an appendix, containing the present state of the Spanish affairs in America, in respect to mines, trade, and discoveries. . . . London. 12mo. The Monthly Review (vol. ix. p. 294,) speaks well of this work, and says of its author, that his " observations and descriptions are sensible, perti- nent, and entertaining. He seems to have little of the priest, and nothing of the bigot :ibout him ; yet his sentiments are such as become the good chriitian, and the gentleman." No mention is made in the work of the original author, who it appears was the Abb£ Court de la Blanchardiere, •nd who published the account of his voyage at Paris in 1751. 6 *Observatiovs ckitiques sur les nouvelles decouvertes de Tamiral de la Fuente, presentees k I'academie royale des sciences, par M. Robert de Vaugondy. . . Paris. l'2mo. BibliothiS' f Americana Nova. 103 Lmerica. Halle. I compiled rhe intro- dians, or on of the y of John ton, N.E. nd South I and South useum. )nary from London. Virginia. London. 7 *Objets X coNsiD£R£R r- r un memoire qu'il avoit appris qu'on 1753 sc proposoit de presenter k Tacademie contre la relation de I'amiral de Fonte. Par M. Philippe Buache. . Paris. 12mo. 8 NouvELLEs CARTES des decouvertes de Tamiral de Fonte et autres navigateurs Espagnols, Portugais, Anglois, Hollandois, Fran9ois, et Russes, dans les mers septentrionales^ avec leur explication. Par M. de Tlsle. . . . Paris. Quarto, pp. 80, and 4 maps. An abridgment, by Arthur Dobbs, of this memoir, is printed with the Letter from a RuMian Sea Officer, 1754. 9 *Lettre d'un officier de la marine Russe k un Seigneur de la Cour de Russie, concernant la carte des decouvertes, au Nord de la Mer du Sud, et le memoire qui y sert d'ex plication. 8vo. Paris. Translated into English in the following year. 10 *CoNsiDERATiONs GEOGRAPHiQVES et physiques sur les nou- velles decouvertes au Nord de la grande Mer, appellee vul- gairement la Mer du Sud ; avec des cartes, qui y sont relatives, &c. Par M. Philippe Buache Paris. Quarto. 11 *NouvELLES OBSERVATION'S conccmant Ics dcmieres connois- sances venues de Russie, qui confirment les vues, indiquees dans les considerations geographiques, 8^c. sur le voisinage de I'Amerique et de I'Asie, separees uniquement par un long detroit, et sur la grande Presqu' He supposee ; presentee k I'academie des sciences. Par Philippe Buache. Paris. 12mo. 12 Voyage fait par ordre du Roi en 1750 et 1751, dans I'Amerique septentrionale, pour rectifier les cartes des c6tes de I'Acadie, de risle Royale, et de I'lsle de Terre Neuve ; et pour en fixer les principaux points par des observations astronomiques. Par M. de Chabert. Paris. Qutrto, pp.288. Maps, &c. 7. M. Cbabert's work is highly spoken of by the commission appointed by the French Academy of Sciences to examine it, and is recommended as a model to future navigators. It is divided into two parts, the first con- taining au account of the author's voyage from Brest to Louisbourg, and of his four expeditions to the neighbouring coasts and islands ; the se> V 104 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. V 1 753 . cond part contains the astronomical observations at large. It may be 1^^ important as a scientific work, but can by no means be recommended to those who read for amusement. \f 13 Memoires historiques sur la Louisiane, conteuant ce qui y est arnv6 de plus memorable depuis Tannee 1687 jusqu*^ present ; avec Tetablissement de la colonie Fran9oise dans cette province de I'Amerique Septentrionale, sous la direction " de la compagnie des Indes ; le climat, la nature, et les pro- ductions de ce pays, Torigine et la religion des sauvages qui rhabitent, leurs moeurs et leurs co&tumes, &c. Composes sur les memoires de M. Dumont, par M. L. L. M. Ouvrage enrichi de cartes et de figures Paris. 12mo. 2 vols in 1. The editor of this work was M. I'Abb^ Le M aserier. M. Dumont, an officer in the service of France, was employed twenty>fire years in Louisiana, The first part contains the history of its natural productions, and of the manners and customs of the Indians : the second part contains an histo« ricai narrative, from the death of La Sale, in 1687, to 1740. 14 CopiA DE LA RRLACiON, y diario critico nautico de el viage que desde la ciudad de Cadiz k la de Cartagena de Indias, hizo con sus Compaiieros el R. P. M. F. Francisco de Soto y Marne, chronista gen'- de la religion de San Francisco, &c. Sacase k luz a expensas de D. Fran. Ant. Garcia Vicente. 4to. pp. 40 and 8. Madrid. 15 Arte novissima de lenova Mexicana que dict6 Don Carlos de Tapia Zenteno, &c. cathedratico proprietario de dicha lengua en la real universidad de esta Corte, &c. Mexico. Quarto. From the dedication to this work, it appears that this professorship of the Mexican language was first established in the university of Mexico by order of the archbishop, D. Manuel Rubio Salinoi^ not long before the book was published. 16 *R£SA TIL NoRRA AMERICA pa Kongl. Swenska Vetenskaps Academiens befallning och publici kestnad forrattad. Peter Kalm. ....... Stockholm. 8vo. Vol. 1. wood-cuts. The original Swedish edition of Kalm's travels, the second volume of which was printed in 1750, and the third in 1761. It was translated into German by Jo. Philippo and Jo, Andrea Murrat/, and printed at Goettin- gen in 1754, 1757, and 1764. An English translation was printed in 1770. Meuael. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 105 «^^^ 17 Fasti societatis Jesu, res et personas memorabiles ejusdetn 1753. societatis per singulos anni dies reproesantantes. Oper£i et studio R. P. Joannes Drews. .... Hispali. Small 8vo. 4 vols. .. , ^ , ^ MDCCLIV. 1?..The journal of Major George Washington : sent by the /l^ Hon. Robert Dinwiddie, esq' ; H. M.'s lieut. gov. and com- mander in chief of Virginia, to the commandant of the French forces on Ohio. To which are added, the governor's letter, and a translation of the French officer's answer. With a new map of the country as far as the Mississippi. . London. 8vo. pp. 32 and map. First printed at Williamsburg, Virginia, in the same year. Prefixed is the following. Advertisement. At it waa thought advisable by his Honour the Governor to have the following account of mtf proceedings to and from the French on Ohio committed to print, I think I can do no less than apologize, in tome measure, /or the numberless imperfections of it. There intervened but one day between my arrival in Williamsburg and the time for the Council's meeting, for me to prepare and transcribe, from the rough minutes I had taken in my travels, this ,Toumal ; the writing of which only was sufficient to employ me closely the whole time, conse- quently admitted of no leisure to consult of a new and proper form to qffier it in, or to correct and amend the diction of the old : neither was I apprized, nor did in the least conceive, when I wrote this for his Honour's perusal, that it ever would be published, or even have more than a cursory reading ; till I was informed, at the meeting of the present general Assembly, that it was already in the press. There is nothing can recommend it to the public but this : those things which came under the notice of my own obser- vation, I have been explicit and Just in a recital of ; those which J have gathered from report, I have been particularly cautious not to augment, but collected the opinions of the several intelligencers, and selected from the whole the most probable and consistent account. 6. Washinoton. 2 Some account of the North American Indians; their genius, characters, customs, and dispositions towards the French and English nations. To which are added, Indian miscellanies, viz. 1 . The speech of a Creek Indian against the immoderate use of spirituous liquors, &c. 2. A letter from Yariza, an Indian maid, of the royal line of the Mohawks, to the principal ladies of New York. 3. Indian songs of peace. 4. An '^Ni 106 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1754. V^ American fable. Collected by a learned and ingenious gentle- man in the province of Pensylvania. . . London. 8vo. " The same book appears to bave been published with a somewhat different title, viz. The speech of a Creek Indian against the immoderate use of spirituous liquors," &c. M. R. x. p. S85. 3 *A MEMORIAL of the case of the German emigrants settled in the British colonies of Pennsylvania, and in the back parts of Maryland, Virginia, &c. .... London. Quarto. Col. Aspinwall and British Museum. 4 *Thb conduct of the French with regard to Nova Scotia, from its first settlement to the present time. In which are exposed, the falsehood and absurdity of their arguments to elude the treaty of Utrecht, and support their unjust proceedings. In a letter to a Member of Parliament. . . London. 8vo. (i^^r-/^^4\.. j;*>-f\y »*» rf.^t*^ Ji^-e ,■ " Our author has given b regular, and as it appears to us an authentic, account of the several proprietors of these countries, from their first settle- ment by Europeans, as well as of the treaties that have been concluded relative thereto. Both the quantity and quality prove its coming from the hand of no common catchpenny writer." M. R. xi. p. 472. 5 Serious considerations on the present state of the affairs in the northern colonies. By Archibald Kennedy, esq. London. 8vo. 6 A letter from a Russian sea-officer to a person of dis- tinction at the court of Petersburgh. Containing his remarks on Mr. de Tlsle's chart and memoir, relative to the new discoveries northward and eastward from Kampschatka. Together with some observations on that letter. By Arthur Dobbs, esq. governor of North Carolina. To which is added, Mr. de I'lsle's explanatory memoir on his chart, published at Paris, and now translated from the original French. London. 8vo. pp. 83. *' This pamphlet relates chiefly to the attempts that have been so worthily made by Mr. Dobbs and other gentlemen, associated for the patriot pur- pose of discovering a N. W. passage to the South Seas." Monthly . Review, x. p. 320. Bibliotkeca Americana Nova. 107 ^" 7 The natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama 1754. -Inlands, with figures coloured after the life. By Mark Catesby. The second edition. ..... London. Folio, 2 vols. 320 plates. See 1731 and 1771. 8 De modo probabiliori, quo primee in Americam Septentrio- nalem immigrationes sunt factee. Ottonis Christi. de Lohen< schiold. ....... Tuhingce, Quarto. ' Meusel, iii. !i2. p. 93. 9 Arte de la lenoua Mexicana, dispuesto por D. Joseph Augustin de Aldama y Guevara, presbytero de el Arzobis- pado de Mexico Mexico. Small 8vo. 10 Arte y vocabulario de la lenoua Quicha, general de los Indios de el Peru. Que compuso el Padre Diego de Torres Rubio de la Compania de Jesus, y anadio el P. Juan de Figueredo de la misma Compania. Ahora nuevaroente aumentado, &c. por un Religioso, &c. . . Lima. Small Svo. 11 HiSTORiA de la Compania de Jesus de la provincia del Paragcuay. Escrita por el Padre Pedro Lozano de la misma Compania. ....... Madrid. Folio, 2 vols. The second volume hat the date of 1755. The author was many years a missionary iu Paraguay. He published in 1733 an interesting account of the Greet Chaco, in the interior of South America. The present work, which appears to be very little known, contains the history of the acta of the Jesuits in Paraguay, and, notwithstanding a large portion of "Jesuiti- cal chaff," is an important addition to the history of that country. These two volumes appear to be only a part of what the work was intended to be. Funes, in bis Historia Civil del Paraguay (1816), speaks highly of Father Lozano, and mentions a civil history of the same country being extant in manuscript by bim. He says that his esprit de corps sometimes causes him to fall into illusions, and that his style is redundant and heavy ; but that, in other respects, no writer is more diligent, more exact, and more sincere. 12 CoNSTiTUCioNES synodales del Ar9obispado de los Reyes en el Peru. Hechas y ordenadas por el III. y Rev. S. D. 108 Bibliolheca Americana Nova. 1754. Bartholome Lobo Guerrero, y publicadas en la Synodo Dio- cesana del aiio de 1613. . . En loa Reyes (Lima.) Folio. First printed in Lima in 1614. This volume contains also a reprint of the Synod of 1636 ; and various edicts of the Archbishop of Lima, issued in the same year in which the volume was printed. 13 Americanisches ackeraverk Gottes : oder zuverl'assige nachrichten den zustand der Americanisch, Englischen, und von Salzburgischen Etnigranten erbauten Pflantzstadt Ebenezer in Georgien betrefTend aus dorther eingeschickten glaubwurdigen Diarien genommen, und mit Briefen der dasi- gen herren Prediger noch weiter bestattiget. Herausgegeben von Samuel Urlsperger. .... Augsburg. Small 4to. Vol.1. The second volume of this work, which is a continuation of the Au$f%lLhrliche Nachrichten, 1735, was published in 1755; the third, in 1756, with a supplement in 1760. A fourth volume, apparently unknown to Meusel, was published by Johann August Urlsperger in 1767. The honest Saltzburgers, who formed the settlement of Ebenezer, on the Savannah river, appear to have been as industrious with their pens as with their ploughs: the printed books relating to their little colony would form a small library. jft W/i? MDCCLV. 1 The present state of North America. Part I. London. Quarto. " This first part contains only three chapters, of eight, which, we are told, the whole of this performance is intended to consist of : in these we find very little but what has been retailed before, either in the magazines or newspapers." M . R. xii* p. 484. Taken principally from Dumont's Histoire et Commerce des Colonies Angloises dans I'Amerique Septen- trionale, printed in the same year. Gent.'i Mag, xxv. p. 238. CONCISE DEscKiPTiON of the English and French possessions in North America, for the better explaining of the map pub- ^^...^shedjvi^Jthat titlcj^f By /. Palairety agent of their High Mightinesses the States-general of the United Provinces. 8vo. pp. 72. London. ^f*"^ Printed at the same time in French. ( 3 State of the British and French colonies in North Ame- \ fica, with respect to number of people, forces, forts, Indians, trade, and other advantages. In which are considered : V Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 109 / ^*^^/ i.y » I 1. The defenceless condition of our plantations, and to what 1755. causes owing. 2. Pernicious tendency of the French encroach- ments, and the fittest methods of frustrating them. 3. What it was that occasioned their present invasion, and the claims on which they ground their proceedings. With a proper ex- \ pedient proposed ^for preventing future disputes. In two Nw^ letters to a friend. ..... London. (W9o. « The defenceless'condition of our plantations is bj this author ascribed to a disunion among our colonies in North America, an abuse of power in former governors, and the defection of our Indian allies *, which last he imputes to our ill treatment of those allies. The second letter is intended to give a general view of the Brituh colonies, and the number of inhabitants, which, our author thinks, ought to be placed at about 900,000. We must remark that this gentleman does not pretend to any personal knowledge of the countries he treats of, nor have we any assu- rance of the authenticity of his relations or computations : however, 'tis certain he has mad« some very pertinent reflections." M. R. xii. p. 483* 4 Observations on the late and present conduct of the French, with regard to their encroachments upon the British colonies In North America : together with remarks on the importance I / of those colonies to Great Britain. By William Clarke, M.D. of Boston, in New England. To which is added, wrote by another hand, observations concerning the increase of mankind, peopling of countries, &c London. 8vo. This pamphlet, which was first printed at Boston, is commended in the ^ - ^ Monthly Review, vol. xiii. p. 400. ^ The FRENCH ENCROACHMENT EXPOSED: or, Britain's original right to all that part of the American continent claimed by France fully asserted : wherein it appears that the honour and interest of Great Britain are equally concerned, from the conduct of the French for more than a century past, to vindi- cate her rights, &c. . . . . ^ . London. 8vo. "The author's zeal for his country is expressed in furious declamation against its enemies, and in these declamations his merit, as a writer, seems ' chi'ifly to consist." M. R. xiii. p. 608. 6 Two LETTERS to a friend on the present critical conjuncture of affairs in North America. .... London. 8vo. V' ^^' no Bihliotheca Americana Nova. 1755. ^ / V Reprinted from the New England edition. The first of these letter* is only a new edition of the following article : A LETTER TO A FRIEND*, giving^ a concise, but just account, according to the advices hitherto received, of the Ohio defeat; pointing out the many good ends this inglorious event is naturally adapted to promote, &c. . . London. flvo. V^,^^^ This tract was first printed in Boston, N.E. 8 Second letter to a friend, giving a more particular narrative of the defeat of the French army at Lake George. Quarto. Boston, N.E. Harvard College Cat. 9 Letter from a West India Merchant concerning that part of the French proposals which relates to North America, and par- ticularly Newfoundland. Quarto. Harvard College Cat. — No place or date, but probably printed about this time. 10 The expedition of Major General Braddock to Virginia, with the two regiments of H&lket and Dunbar, being extracts of letters from an officer in one of those regiments, to his friend in London, describing the march and engagement in the woods, &c. ........ London, 8vo. "A vile misrepresentation of everj thing that the worthless, unknown scribbler, undertakes to describe. '* M. R. xiii. p. 306. 11 An ACCURATE description of Cape Breton. . London. 8vo.? Cent.'s Mag. 1755. 12 The wisdom and policy of the French, in the construction of their great offices, so as best to answer the purposes of extend- ing their trade and commerce, and enlarging their foreign settlements. With some observations in relation to the dis- putes now subsisting between the English and French colonies in America. London. 8vo. This performance seems more especially intended as an introduction to the following : A MISCELLANEOUS ESSAY, conccming the courses pursued by Great Britain, in the affairs of her colonies. With some ob- Bibliotheca Americana Nova. Ill irs ia only iccount, > defeat ; event is London. frative of on, N.E. »art of the and par- d about this ginia, with extracts of ) his friend the woods, London. 89, unknown London. struction of sofextend- eir foreign to the dis- ch colonies London. Ittction to the I pursued by |h some ob- \ / servtitions on the great importance of our settlements in 1755. America, and the trade thereof. . . . London. 8vo. " After having pointed out the inconveniences the inhabitants of our Ame* rican colonies are exposed to, for want of sufficient checks on their gover- nors, our author hopes that it will be thought for the service of the crown and of the subject to regulate offices so as to bring every matter of im- portance to the view of the crown, &c. The reasons urged in favor of these regulations are plausible, if not altogether convincing, and have the merit of being modestly offered. The author appears to us to have taken \ much pains to inform himself on the subject he has considered, and is far >^' from being a mean writer." M. R. xii. p. 153. 14 A BRIEF STATE of the province of Pennsylvania, in which the conduct of their Assemblies for several years past is imparti- j ally examined, and the true cause of the continual encroach- ments of the French displayed, more especially the secret design of their late unwarrantable invasion and settlement upon the river Ohio. To which is annexed, an easy plan for restoring quiet in the public measures of that province, and defeating the ambitious views of the French in time to come. / In a letter from a gentleman who has resided many years in Pennsylvania to his friend in London. The second edition. 8vo. pp. 45. London. From the antwer to this pamphlet it would appear that its author was V " Panon Smith,'' probably the Rev. William Smith, author of Di$courtei, \^ See. 1T59, assisted, according to a ms. note in a copy of the same work, \^ by Dr. Franklin. See Monthly Review xii. p. 192, where several pages '^ of extracts from it will be found . 15 An answer to an invidious pamphlet intituled A brief state of the province of Pennsylvania. Wherein are exposed the many false assertions of the author or authors, of the said pamphlet, with a view to render the Quakers of Pennsylvania and their government obnoxious to the British parliament and ministry ; and the several transactions, most grossly misrepre- sented therein, set in their true light. . . London. 8vo. pp. 80. Written, according to a ms. note on the title, by Mr. Crou, a CounuUor, a long time reiidtnt in North America.'' In the ■" Briif View," 1766, this answer is " said to be the production of one -f formerly an attorney's clerk, who was convicted of forgery, sentenced to be hanged, but after some time obtained the favour of transportation ; and did us the honour to take up his residence in this province,'' &c. 2 112 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 17/)5. y V' V ^1 16 Geographical, hiitorical, political, philosophical, and mechanical essays. The Jint, containing an analysis of u general map of the middle British colonies in America, and of the country of the confederate Indians ; a description of the face of the country ; the boundaries of the confederates; and the maritime and inland navigations of the several rivers and lakes contained therein. By Lewis Evans. The second edition. Philadelphia. Quarto, pp. 32. Printed by B. Franklin and D. Hall. A lerond part wai publiihed in 1756. 1 7 A TREATISE upon husbandry or planting. By William Belgrove, a regular bred and long experienced planter, of the island of Barbadoes. And may be of great use to the planters of all the West India Islands. D. Fowle, Boston, N.E, Small 4to. pp. 86. 18 A PHILOSOPHICAL and practical essay on the gold and silver mines of Mexico and Peru : containing the nature of the ore, and the manner of working the mines ; the qualities and use of quicksilver ; the cleansing and refining these metals, &c. Translated from a letter wrote in Spanish by Father James Hernandez, of the society of Jesus, employed by his Catholic Majesty to write the natural history of the West Indies. 8vo. pp. 86. London. 19 A MAP OF THE British and French dominions in North Ame- rica, by John Mitchell. Engraved by Kitchen. Pub. Feb. 13, 17o5. London. Atlatt ^olio, 8 sheets. 20 *A POCKET MIRROR for North America. 12mo. (London ?) In the British Museum. 21 A SUMMARY, HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL, of the first plf»ntino, 'progressive improvements, and present state of th> :< ":.i stttlements in North America, &c. By William Douglass, M.D. 8vo. 2 vols. London. An exact re^>rint cf the Boston edition of 1T49. date of nCO, Some copies have the 22 The MEMoar^. i of 'M Enf-llsh and French commissaries con- cerning the Wruh', of Nove Bcotia or Acadia. London. Quarto. Bibliotheca Americanu Nova. 113 al, and Ris of a ca, and ption of derates ; •al rivers Q second idelphia. »d in 1756. 3elgrove, island of era of all oUf N.E. ind silver if the ore, 8 and use etals, &c. ler James Catholic kdies. London. )rth Ame- ).Feb.l3, London. London ?) h. plant ni;',, ass.M.D. London. es have the laries con- London. V 23 The mkmorials of the English and pr'^nch coj^jmrswirles con- 1755. cerning St. Lucia. London, -''*' Quarto. By tlie titles, these two articles would appear to bft distinct works, h' sur les limites de I'Acadie. ■- — Tome iroisieme contenant les pieces justiHcatives concernant la propi ictc uc I'isle de Sainte Lucie. Tome quatri^me, contenant les derniers memoires sur I'Acadie, et un memoire des commissaires du Roi sur I'isle de Tobago. . Paris. Quarto, 4 vols. The fourth volume was printed in 1757, and is seldom found with the other three. The Rev. Dr. Holmes, in the second edition of his AnnaU of America, the most perfect work, of the kind ever published, calls this " an invaluable collection of official papers and documents." The authors of these memoirs were M.M. de Silhouette, de la Galissoni^re, and particularly the Abb^ de la Ville, an ez-jesuit. Barbier. An edition, in 8 vols. 12mo. was printed in 1756. 15 *MnMoiRES DES Co.MMissAiRE de sa majeste tr^s Chretiennes et de ceux de sa majeste Britannique, sur les possessions et les droits respectifs des deux couronnes en Amerique, &c. r2mo. 2 vols. Copenhague. Probably taken from No. 24. 26 *DiscussiOM soMMAiuE sur les anciences limites de I'Acadie. 12mo. Basle. Written by M. Pidansat de Mairobert. It gave offence to the English com- missaries, who published an answer to it in 1756. I V ^y 114 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. / 1755. 27 *La CQNDUiy:^DEs Francois par rapport ^ la Nouvelle Ecosse. '^'^ T raduit de I'Anglois, avec des notes d'un Francois. ^y" 12mo. Londres. This appears to be a translation of No. 4 of 1754. Barbier says that the original was bj Jefferjs, and that the notes were written bj Butel-Du* mont, author of the following article : n/ 28 HiSTOi RE ET COMMERCE des colonies Aneloises dans TAmerique septentrionale, oii 1 on trouve Tetat actuel de leur productions et des details curieux sur la constitution de leur gouverne- ment, principalemcnt sur celui de la Nouvelle Angleterre, de la Caroline et de la Georgie. . d, Londres. {Paris.) 12mo. By George Marie Butel-Dumont, author of Memoires sur la Louisiane, 1T53, &c. / 29 *Memoires pour la carte intitulee Canada, Louisiane, et V les terres Anglaises. Par J. B. Bourguignon d'Anville. Quarto, pp. 26. Map. Paris, 30 Remarques sur la carte de TAmerique septentrionale com- prise entre le 28'- et le 72''- degre de latitude avec une de- scription geographique de ces parties. Par M. Bellin, &c. Quarto, pp. 131. Paris. 31 Real compania de comercio para las Islas de Santo Domingo, Puerto Rico y la Margarita, que se ha dignado S. M. conce- der con diez registros para Honduras, y provincias de Gua- themala al comercio de la ciudad de Barcelona, y su esta- blecimiento en la misma, &c. . . . Madrid. 8vo. pp. 33. 32 Razox de lo acaecido en la ciudad de San Francisco de Quito el dio 29 de Avril de 1755, hasta el dos de Mayo inclusive. ....... Sevilla. Small 4to. pp. 4. 33 Hernandia. Triunfos de la Fe, y gloria de las armas Espa- iiolas. Poema heroyco. Conquista de Mexico, Cabeza del Imperio Septentrional de la Nueva-Espana. Proezas de Hernan Cortes, catolicos blasones militares, y Grandezas del Nuevo Mundo, &c. Por Don Francisco Ruiz de Leon : hijo de la Nueva Espana Madrid. Small 4to. 3 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 115 Ecosse. Londres. B that the Butel-Du- Lmerique )ductions ;ouverne- iterre, de {Paris.) Louisiane, lisiane, et aville. Paris. nale com- c une de- llin, &c. Paris. '^ Domingo, /I. conce- as de Gua- su esta- Madrid. ancisco de de Mayo Sevilla. rmas Espa- Cabeza del roezas de andezas del Leon: hijo Madrid. 34 Representacion A S. M. C. D. Fernando VI. por el D. D. 1755. Gregorio de Molleda y Clerque arzobispo de la ciudad de la Plata en los Reynos del Peru en solicitud de las providencias mas proporcionadas y convenientes k la salud espiritual de los Indios y para que sus Parrocos sean tratados, con el honor y respeto que conviene, &c. . . . {MadridV) Folio. 35 Manual compendio de el Real patronato Indiano, para su mas facil uso en las materias conducentes a la practica ; de- dicado al Rey. N. S. D. Fernando VI. el amado. Por Don Antonio Joachin de Ribadeneyra y Barrientos ; abogado de Mexico. Madrid. Small folio. 36 Bibliotheca Mexicana, sive eruditorum historia virorum qui in America Boreali nati, vel alibi geniti, in ipsam domicilio aut studiis asciti, quavis linguS, scripto aliquid tradiderunt. Eorum preesertim qui pro fide catholica et pietate amplianda fovendaque, egregie factis et quibusvis scriptis floruere editis aut ineditis. Tomus primus exhibens litteras A. B.C. A. D. Joanne Josepho de Ecuiara et Eguren, Mexicano, electe Epis- copo jucatenensis, &c. .... Mexici. Folio. "£z nova tjpograpbia in sedibus authoris editioni ejusdem bibliotheca destinata." It is unfortunate that no more of this important work was published. It is probable that not many copies were printed of this volume, as it is not often met with. 37 Plantarum Americarum : Fascic. X. Continens plantas quas olim Carolus Plumierius, botanicorum princeps detexit, eruitque, atque in Insulis Antillis ipse depinxit. Has primum in lucem edidit, concinnis descriptionibus et observationibus. iEneisque tabulis illustravit Joannes Burmannus, M.D. &c. Folio, pp. 2G2. 262 plates. Amsterdam. " These plates are executed with tolerable, but by no means infallible ac< curacy, being far inferior in neatness and correctness to what Flumier himself published. The well-meaning editor has overloaded the book with descriptions of his own, necessarily made from the figures, and therefore entirely superfluous. They are indeed not unfrequently founded in misapprehension ; nor has he been very happy in the adaptation of his materials to Linnsan names and principles." Sir J. E. Smith. I 2 116 Z" / 3 / ^ , , Bibliotheca Americana Nova. /^^'^ MDCCLVI. ' A FAIR REPRESENTATION of his Majcsty's right to Nova Scotia, ""^fAcadie. Bneny stated from the memorials of the English commissaries; with an answer to the objections contained in the French memorials, and in a treatise entitled Discussion sommaire sur les anciennes limites de VAcadie. London. 8vo. pp. 64. The French commissaries having, besides their voluminous m£moiret, pub* lished a pamphlet, " in order to prejudice all the courts of Europe in favour of their unjustifiable pretensions," the English commissaries thought proper, « to .Aviate the wrong impressions that these might create, briefly to recapitulate what had been offered in support of H.M.'s claim, collected from the Englith memorials. All the memorials of the courts of Great Britain and PVance, since the peace of Aix la Chapelle, relative to the limits of the territories of both crowns in North America, and the right to the neutral islands in the West Indies. To which are an- nexed, two maps, one delineating the right of Great Britain, and the other the claim of France. The French memorials are translated, and the whole is printed in English. Quarto. London. Remarks on the French memorials concerning the limits of Acadia. To which is added, an answer to the summary dis- cussion. With two maps. .... London. 8vo. •Reasons humbly offered to prove that the letter printed at the end of the French memorial of justification is a French for- gery, and falsely ascribed to . London. 8vo.? Gent.'s Mag. 1756, p. 453. *An account of conferences held, and treaties made, between Major-Gen. Sir William Johnson, and the chief sachems and warriors of the Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, Cayugas, Senegas, Tuscaroras; &c. Indian nations in North America, at their meetings, on different occasions, at Fort Johnson, in the county of Albany, in the colony of New York, in the years 1755 and 1756. With a letter from the Rev. Mr. Haw- ley to Sir William Johnson, written at the desire of the Delaware Indians. And a preface, giving a short accouni Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 117 Scotia, English ained in Iscussion London. lires, pub- Europe in (nmissaries lese might tofH.M.'s i France, } limits of i the right :h are an- it Britain, memorials London. limits of imary dis- London. ited at the iench for- London. ofithe six nations; some anecdotes of the life of Sir William; 17.56. and notes illustrating the whole: also an appendix, containing '*'*' an account of conferences between several Quakers in Phila- delphia, and some of the heads of the six nations, in April, 1756. ....... London. l8vo. M.R. zv. p. 196. 6 A BRIEF STATE of the province of Pennsylvania, &c. (No. 14 of 1755.) Third edition London. 8vo. pp. 47. 7 A BRIEF VIEW of the conduct of Pennsylvania, for the year 1 755 ; so far as it affected the general service of the British colonies, particularly the expedition under the late General Braddock. With an account of the shocking inhumanities committed by incursions of the Indians upon the province, in October and November; which occasioned a body of the inha- bitants to come down, while the Assembly were sitting, and to insist upon an immediate suspension of all disputes, and the passing of a law for the defence of the country. Interspersed with several interesting anecdotes and original papers, relating to the politics and principles of the people called Quakers : being a sequel to a late well-known pamphlet entitled A brief state of Pennsylvania. In a second letter to a friend in London. ....... London, 8vo. pp. 88. N ANSWER to an invidious pamphlet entitled A brief state of the conduct of Pennsylvania. 8vo. A LETTKR from New Jersey, in America, giving some account and description of that province. By a gentleman late of Christ's College, Cambridge. . . . . London. 8vo. " In this letter we have a very slight account of the present state of the colony mentioned above : but so little is said, that it seems scarcely to deserve an exemption from being ranked among the catchpenny "V.OClaS!!;" M. R. XV. p. 427. 10 * Geographical, Historical, Political, Philosophical, and Mecha- \ nical Essays. No. II. By Lewis Evans. . London. V Quarto. 8 V / 118 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1756. *' This second part is employed in refuting a letter published iA' the New York Mercury of January 6, 1756, containing objections to those parts of Evans's general map and analysis which relate to the French title to the country on the N. W. side of St. Laurence river, &c. To which our author replies with the appearance of much solidity of argument, as well as honesty of intention. He was certainly a sensible man, a good geogra- pher, (so far at least as concerns that part of the world he treats of,) and a true friend to his country : so that his death may justly be deemed a public loss." M. R. xv. p. 312. 11 An impartial view of the conduct of the Ministry in regard to the war in America, the engagement with Hesse Cassel and Prussia, the cause of throwing out the militia bill, and the affairs in the Mediterranean ; in answer to the many attacks of pamphleteers. London. 8vo. British empire in (London.) A NEW AND COMPLETE HISTORY of the America 8vo. 3 vols. I have a copy of a work which was commenced about this time, and issued in numbers of twenty-four pages each, without any title-pages, the titles, as given above, being found on the first page of two of the three volumes into which it is divided. The Jir$t volume contains an introduction of fifty-two pages, and an account of Hudson's Bay, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and New England, in 402 pages. The second continues the history of New England, and gives that of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania ; 490 pages. The third contains Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina, ending abruptly at page 272. The volumes contain several very well executed maps and plates, but the work was apparently left in this unfinished state, which accounts for its being so little known. 13 A NEW HISTORY OF SouTH AMERICA. By Richard Rolt. 8vo. London. This was intended to have been followed by a history of North America, but which apparently was never published. 14 The civil and natural history of Jamaica : in three parts ; containing, i. an accurate description of that island, its situation and soil ; with a brief account of its former and present state, government, revenues, produce, and trade. II. A history of the natural productions, including the various sorts of native fossils, perfect and imperfect vegetables, qua- drupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles, and insects ; with their proper- Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 119 f ties and uses in mechanics, diet, and physic, iii. An account 1756. of the nature of climates in general, and their different effects upon the human body ; with a detail of the diseases arising from this source, particularly within the tropics: in three dissertations. The whole illustrated with fifty copper-plates, in which the most curious productions are represented of the natural size, and delineated immediately from the objects. By Patrick Browne, M.D London. Folio, pp. 503. Republished, with a new title and additional indexes, in 1789. Mr. Chalmers states that only ^50 copies of this work were printed, and that all the copper-plates, as well as the original drawings, were consumed br the great fire in Cornhill, November 7, 1765. The first part of the work, containing the civil history, is dispatched in twenty-seven pages; the second, which comprises the natural history, occupies the rest of the volume; the third part mentioned on the title being entirely omitted, for which the following apology is given at the end of the volume: " I would willingly have added the three dissertations I proposed to publish with this work, but, as it has already swelled to the limits I designed, and that the season is too far advanced to finish the whole this year, I determined to publish the Civil end Natural History alone: leaving chose, with another on worm- fevers, &c. which will make a small ^^. , volume in 8vo. to be printed the ensuing season." 15 *La coNDUiTfi des Francois justifiee, ou observations sur "^ vili ecnt intitule Conduite des Francois d I'tgard de la Nou- velle Ecosse. Par M. I). L. G. D. C. Utrecht et Paris. \ 12mo. \s^ee No. 28 of 1755. The author, according to Barbier, was M. de la Vi^range de Cbessieuz. 16 ^Repliquf. des Commissaires Anglois; oumemoire concernant la Nouvelle Ecosse La Haye. 12mo. . Harvard Coll. Cat. 17 HisToiRE DE Nicolas I. Roy du Paraguai, et Empereur des Mamelus A Saint Paul. Small 8vo. pp. 88. " Appears to have been printed in Germany, and is the fabrication of some needy and ignorant impostor, who wrote, not for the purpose of injuring the Jesuits, but in the hope of making money by duping the curiosity of the public. He makes Nicolas Rubiouni, a Spaniard by birth, a rogue by breeding, and a Jesuit by profession, who raises a rebellion among the Indians at Nova Colonia, and proclaims himself King of Paraguay, &c. ./ / v^ 120 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1756. 1'his is set forth as a true history ; and the bookseller asserts in a prefa- tory advertisement, that all which the Gazettes hare published upou the subject is false." Southey's Brazil, iii. p. 474. 18 HisToiRE Du Paraguay. Par le P. Pierre Fran9ois-Xavier de Charlevoix^ die la Compagnie de Jesus. . Paris. Quarto, 3 vols. maps. An edition in six volumes ISmo. was printed in 1757. Translated into German, and printed at Nuremberg in 1768, in two volumes 8vo. In Ecglish, in 17tt9. In Latin, with notes and a supplement by Muriel, at Venice, in 1779, in folio. 19 La Colombiade, ou la Foi portee au Nouveau Monde. Poetne par Madame Dubocage Paris. 8vo. 20 Voyage A la Mer du Sud, fait par quelques officiers com- mandant le vaisseau le Wager. Pour servir de suite au voyage de Georges Anson. Traduit de TAnglois. Lyon. Quarto. -^ - ■ This volume is composed, rather than translated, from the Journals of Messrs. fiulkely and Cummins, London, 1743; of Alexander Campbell, BiibUn, 1747 ; Anonymous, London, 1751 ', and of Isaac Morris, Dublin, 1752. ^'21 HisToiRE DES NAVIGATIONS aux Tcrrcs Australes ; contenant ce que Ton S9ait des moeurs et des productions des contrees decouvertes jusqu'^ ce jour ; et oil il est traite de I'utilite d'y faire de plus amples decouvertes, et des moyens d'y former un etablissement Paris. Quarto, 2 vols. >v By tlie President M. Charles de Brosse, as is stated in the Privilege, at the end of the work. Translated into German, with additions by J. C. Adelung, and printed at Halle in 1767. For an English translation, see "^■., Terra Amtralis Cognita, 1766. 22 *11eise nacii Pennsylvanien von 1750 bis 1754. Von Gottlieb Mittelberger. .... Stuttgard. Svo. Meusel, iii. 1, 385. A work made up from this, and from Kalm, was pub- lished in French, at Paris, in 1768. / \ \. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. m 1757. V 1 MDCCLVII. A REVIEW OF THE MILITARY OPERATIONS in Notth America, from the commencement of the French hostilities on the fron- tiers of Virginia, in 1753, to the surrender of Oswego, on the 14th of August, 1756 London,^ Quarto. " The author's chief design is to vindicate Governor Shirley, and asperse the characters of those who opposed his measures." M. R. xvi. p. 524. North America ; a descriptive poem, representing the voyage to America, a sketch of that beautiful country ; with remarks upon the political humour and singular conduct of its inhabi- tants. To which are subjoined, notes critical and explanatory. 8vo. London. The contest in America between Great Britain and France, with its consequences and importance, giving an account of the views and designs of the French, with the interests of Great Britain, and the situation of the British and French colonies in all parts of America : in which a proper barrier between the two nations in North America is pointed out, with a method to prosecute the war, so as to obtain that necessary security for our colonies. By an impartial hand. 8vo. pp. 294. London. The Monthly Review (vol. xvii. p. 172) allows, "notwithstanding an inequality of style, a want of method, and a disgusting iteration of the same observations, which betray too much haste, that this work abounds with truths, hitherto perhaps not generally attended to, and with obser- vations and proposals that indicate the author's knowledge of the subject, though his hints may not always be practicable, and his ardent zeal for the interests of Britain, though it often betrays him into national par- tiality.'' Written by Dr. Mitchell. •Remarks upon a letter published in the London Chronicle or Universal Evening Postj No. 115. Containing an enquiry into the causes of the failure of the late expedition against Cape Breton. In a letter to a Member of Parliament. London. 8vo. M. R. xvii. p. 470. 122 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1757. 5 *A LETTER to a Member of Parliament, on the importance of the American colonies, and the method of making them most useful to their mother country. . . . London. 8vo.^ *Profosals for uniting the English colonies on the continent , of America, so as to enable them to act with force and vigour against their enemies London. Jvo. ... k 7 *A LETTER from a merchant of the city of London to the R — t H — ble W, P., esq., upon the affairs of North America and the West Indies ; our American trade ; the destination of our squadrons and convoys ; new taxes, and the schemes proposed for raising tha extraordinary supplies for tiie current year. 8vo. London. The three foregoing from the M. R. xvi. p. ITl — 4. ]/■' 8 The conduct of the late Ministry, or Memorial, contaiiiing a summary of facts, with their vouchers. In answer to the obser- vations sent by the English ministry to the courts of Europe, &c. ........ London. 8vo. See "Mystery Revealed,*' 1759. This work was published, probably by authority of the French government, in consequence of a piece sent by direction of H. B. M. to most of the courts of Europe, entitled " Obser- ^ vationt on the Memorial of France.'' ^ 9 The military history of Great Britain, for 1756, 1757. , Containing a letter from an English officer at Canada, taken prisoner at Oswego ; exhibiting the cruelty and infidelity of the French, and their savage Indians, in times of peace and , war; shewing their superior advantages, and the only means . . of redress; and impartially delineating the present state of our colonies in America, with some hints for their future regulation. Also a journal of the siege of Oswego, and the articles of ca- pitulation ; with a particular table of their inhabitants, &c. 8vo. London. " A collection of different papers, from different quarters ; and very impro- perly entitled a History. However, as tha materials have the appearance of authenticity, they may possibly be of use in future compilations ; but certainly the public ought to be told what authority they come from.'' M. R. xvii. p. 375. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. n'^ V 10 An enquiry concerning the trade, commerce, and policy of 1757. Jamaica, relative to the scarcity of money, and the causes and '^■'^, bad effects of such scarcity, peculiar to that island. With cal- culations of the annual amount of its inland commerce, &c. Quarto. St. Jago de la Vega. Monthly Review, ziz. p. 131. 1 1 An account of the life of that ancient servant of Jesus Christ, John Richardson, giving a relation of many of his trials and exercises in his youth, and his services in the work of the Ministry, in England, Ireland, America, &c. . London. ,• 8vo. pp. 236. An enthusiast of the society of Friends, who pretended to be in direct com- munication with the Almighty, but whose commands he could not answer sometimes so fully as he should have done, because a violent humour fell into one of his legs. He was in New England in the time of George Keith (about the year 1700.) 12 The history of the province of New York from the first ) ■^scbvery to the year 1732. To which is annexed, a descrip- tion of the country, with a short account of the inhabitants, their trade, religious and political state, and the constitution of the courts of justice in that colony. — "Lo! swarming o'er the new discovered world," &c. Thomson. By William Smith, A.M London. Quarto. An edition in 8vo. was printed in 1776; and another in 1814, with a con- tinuation. ' A French' transfatTon ih'l767. 13 An account of the European settlements in America. y In six parts, i. A short history of the discovery of that part of the world, ii. The manners and customs of the original inhabitants, iii. Of the Spanish settlements, iv. Of the Portuguese, v. Of the French, Dutch, and Danish, vi. Of the English. Each part contains an accurate description of the settlements in it, their extent, climate, prodtictions, trade, genius and disposition of their inhabitants ; the interests of the several powers of Europe with respect to those settlements; and their political and commercial views with regard to each other. ....... Dodsley. 8vo. 2 vols. Written by the celebrated Edmund Burke, and frequently reprinted ; the last time in quarto in 1808. 124 Bibliotheca Americana Nova, 1757. 14 NoTiciA DE LA CALIFORNIA, y de su conquista temporal, y espiritual hasta el tiempo piesente. Sacada de la historia manuscrita, formada en Mexico aiio de 1739, por el Padre Miguel Venegas, de la Compaiiia de .lesus ; y de otras Noticias y relacionea antignas y modernas. Aiiadida de algunos mapas particulares y uno general de la America Septentrional, Asia Oriental, y Mar del sur intermedio, formados sobre las Memo- rias mas recientes, y exactas, que se publican juntamente. Small 4to. 3 vols. Madrid. The learned Jesuit, father Andrea Marcos Burriel, deserves all the credit that is due to this work, the manuscript of father Venegas having formed but a small part of the materials made use of. An English translation was printed in 17^9. From this vicious and defective version, Meusel Says, were made, one in Dutch, at Harlaem, in 1T61 ; one in French, at Paris, in 1767; and one, in German, at Lemgow, in 1769. ^/ MDCCLVIII. CUSTOMS AND MANNERS of the Micmakis ^ v 1 y /= An account of the ~ and"1VIaricheets savage nations, now dependent on the govern- ment of Cape Breton. From an original French ms. letter, never published, written by a French abbot, who res'c'ed many years in quality of missionary amongst them. To which are annexed, several pieces relative to the savages, to Nova Scotia, and to North America in general. . . . London. 8vo. pp. 146. *An accurate and authentic account of the taking of Cape Breton, in the year 1745. Together with a computation of the French fishery in that part of the world; both sent over by Gen. Pepperell, who commanded in that expedition, in a letter to his friend Captain Henry Stafford, &c. From whence will appear the importance of that island, and the danger we shall be in of losing our superiority at sea, should it now again be restored to France. . . London. 8vo. Probably the same as the " Accurate Journal," &c. printed at Ezon in 1747. Memoirs of the principal transactions of the last war between the English and French in North America. From the com- mencement of it, in 1744, to the conclusion of the treaty at Aix la Chapelle. Containing in particular, an account of the Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 126 iporal, y historia el Padre , Noticias OS mapas nal, Asia IS Memo- lente. Madrid. ,1 the credit iring formed nslation waa [eusel soys, at Paris, in Micmakis le govern- Ms. letter, c'ftd many which are )va Scotia, London. g of Cape )utation of sent over ition, in a From and the should > ea. Ezon in 1747. ar between the com- le treaty at ount of the n 1 r y )-^ i/ importance of Nova Scotia or Acadia, and the island of Cape 1758. Breton, to both nations. .... London. 8vo. 4 The CONDUCT of Major-General Shirley, late commander in chief of H. M.'s forces in North America, briefly stated. Bvo. London, -—mmm^o^- Apparently written by Oen. Shirley himself. 5 Av AUTHENTic^^ccouNT of the rcduction of Louisburg, in 1758. By^fTspectator London. /' 8vo. 6 •A LETTER to the R. H. William Pitt, Esq. from an officer at Fort Frontenac London, 8vo. Fort Frontenac is now Kingston on Lake Ontario. " The author seems well acquainted with the geography of that country, and has collected several interesting considerations that have been dispersed in some late pamphlets and papers on American affairs.'' M. R. xz. p. 185. 7 *MiNUTEs OF A TREATY held at Easton, in Pennsylvania, by the Lieut. Governor of Pennsylvania and the Governor of New Jersey, with the chief sachems and warriors of fifteen Indian tribes, October 1758. . . . Woodbridge, N. J. folio. ^ Col. Aspinwall's Catalogue. 8 The T HEATRE of the present War in North America. With re- i>' ^ fleclToftlT dn*>he great importance of that war. By A. Y****, esq. ........ London. 8vo. '^'^•- Collected from Harris, Salmon, and such like authorities. M. R. i/^V The conduct of a noble commander in America impartially re- l-' / viewed. With the genuine causes of the discontents at New I York and Halifax. And the true occasion of the delays in I that important expedition. Including a regular account of all 1 the proceedings and incidents in the order of time wherein \ they happened London. \ 8vo. ^---v. The design of this pamphlet is to vindicate Lord Loudon from some impu- / ,., ■ ,,^~'. tations which were thrown out against his conduct in America. /lO *OccASiONAL REFLECTIONS on the importance of the war in {/^ America. . . . . . . . London. \ 8vo. pp. 140. M. R. xviii. p.S60. 'f 126 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1758. 11 An account op two missionary voyages by the appointment of the society for the propagation of the gospel in foreign parts : the one to New Jersey in North America, the other from America to the coast of Ouiney. By Thomas Thomp- son, A.M., vicar of Reculver, in Kent. . . London, 8vo. pp. 87. 12 An enquiry concerning the trade, commerce, and poi.jy of Jamaica. ....... London. Quarto. 13 A VOYAGE TO South America: describing at large the Spanish cities, towns, provinces, &c. on that extensive conti- nent. Interspersed throughout with reflections on the genius, customs, manners, and trade of the inhabitants ; together with the natural history of the country. And an account of their gold and silver mines. Undertaken by command of the King of Spain, by Don George Juan and Don Antonio deUlloa, both captains of the Spanish navy, &c. Translated from the ori- ginal Spani3 London. Svo. 2 vols. See 1748 and 1752. This English translation, which is somewhat mutilated and abridged, was reprinted in 1760, in 1772, and in 1806. 14 HisTOiRE DE LA LouisiANE, coutcnant la decouverte de ce vaste pays ; sa description geographique ; un voyage dans les terres; Thistoire naturelle ; les moeurs, codtumes, et religion des naturels, avec leurs origines ; deux voyages dans le Nord du Nouveau Mexique, dont un jusqu'^ la Mer du Sud ; ornee de deux cartes el de 40 planches en taille douce. Par M. Le Page du Pratz Paris. 12mo. 3 vols. ' The plates to this work are barbarous, particularly those of plants,'which remind one of the cuts in the old Hortm Sanitatit. The author appears to have been a very sensible and a very worthy man, but with very little talent as a writer. His stile is unequal and diffuse, and his work wants method. It was translated into English in 1763. 15 Voyage au Nouveau Monde, et histoire interessante du nau- )/ frage du R. P. Crespel (RecoUet) avec des notes historiques et geographiques Paris. 12mo. pp. 240. / Bibliothecn Amtncana Nova, 127 tntment foreign he other Thomp- London. poiijy of London. large the ive conli- 16 genius, •iher with it of their the King Illoa,both m the ori- London. lat mutilated erte de ce re dans les Bt religion [IS le Nord ud ; ornee lice. Par Paris. lants.'which ithor appears th very little work wants te du nau- historiques Paris. xv^ V / Father Crespel was a missionary to Canada, and on his return to France, 1758. after having spent ten years in the country, was shipwrecked on the island of Anticosta. The ^renter part of the book is taken up with the relation of the hardMhijot and privations suffered by himself and his companions, of whom oi ly seven survived out of sixty-four persons. M. R. zix. p. aoo. First printed at Frankfort in 1743. 16 Hrst'oiRK ET COMMERCE des Antilles Angloises; oix Ton trouve I'etat actuel de leur population, et quelques details sur le commerce de contrabande des Anglois avec les Espagnols dans le Nouveau Monde. On y a joint I'histoire des loix principales, qui concernent les colonies Angloises Stabiles tant dans les ties, que sur le continent de I'Amerique. 12mo, Paris. The name of the author of this anonymous work appears to have escaped tlie researches of the industrious Barbier. 17 Description oeooraphique des Isles Antilles possedees par les Anglois. Sqavoir, La Jamaique, la Barbade, Antigue, Montserrat, S. Christophe, Nieves, I'Anguille, et les Vierges, Isles Lucayes et Bermudes. Pour joindre aux cartes de ces Isles qui ont ^te dressees au deport des cartes et plans de la marine. Par le S. Bellin. .... Paris, Quarto. Engraved and printed title, maps, and plans. 18 HiSTOIRE NATURELLE, CIVILE ET GEOGRAPHIQUE DE l'OrO- KOQUE, et des principales rivieres qui s'y jettent. Dans la- quelle on traite du gouvernement, des usages et des codtumes des Indiens qui I'habitent, des animaux, des arbres, des fruits, des resines, des herbes, et des racines medicinales qui nais- sent dans le Pais. On y a joint le detail de plusieurs con- versions remarquables et edifiantes. Par le Pere Joseph Gumilla, de la compagnie de Jesus, superieur des missions de rOronoque. Traduite de I'Espagnol sur la seconde edition. Par M. Eidous, ci-devant ingenieur des annees de S. M. C. 12mo. 3 vols. Avignon, See 1741 and 1745. 19 Relation ABREoiE, concernant la republique, que les reli- gieux, nomm^s Jesuites, des provinces de Portugal et d'Es- pagne ont ^tablie dans les pays et domaines d'outremer de ces deux monarchies, et de la guerre, qu'ils y ont excitee et soutenue contre les armies Espagnoles et Portugueses: dressees sur les registres du secretariat des deux commissaires vr: wn 1 28 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1758. respectifs principaux et plenipotentiares des deux couronnes, "■"^ et sur d'autres pieces authentiques. . . . Paris. Svo. The original of this work is said to have been written in Portuguese by the Marquis de Pombal. The translation was made by a person of the name , '' of Pinault. According to Meusel, it was reprinted in the same year at i''^ Amsterdam, and also at the Hague, under the title of La Republique des Jesuites au Paraguay renversie, etc, y 20 *Beskrivelse over Eylandet St. Croix i America i West- Indien. .... . . Copenhagen. Quarto. According to Meusel, the author's name was Haagensen. W7 / *^ MDCCLIX. y / 1 An historical review of the constitution and govt.nment of Pennsylvania, frr m its origin ; so far as regards the several points of contro' rsy which have from time to time arisen between the sc ^ral governors of the province and their se- veral assemblies. Founded on authentic documents. "Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporal safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." Svo. London. Written by Dr. Franklin. 2 A TRUE AND IMPARTIAL State of the province of Pennsylvania. Containing an exact account of the nature of its government; the power of the proprietaries and their governors, &c. Being a full answer to the pamphlets entitled A brief statCy and A brief view, &c. of the conduct of Pennsylvania. Svo. Philadelphia. / 2 The life of General James Wolfe, the conqueror of Ca- nada ; or the elogium of that renowned hero, attempted ac- cording to the rules of eloquence, &c. by J*** P****, A.M. Quarto. London. According to the Monthly Review, a performance of no merit whatever. >r^N ENQUIRY INTO THE CAUSES of the alienation of the Delaware [ and Shawanese Indians from the British interest, and into \ the measures taken for recovering their friendship. 'Extracted \ from the public treaties and other authentic papers relating \ to the transactions of the government of Pennsylvania and / Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 129 the said Indians, for near 40 years, and explained by a map 1759. of the country. Together with the remarkable journal of '*'^' Christian Frederic Post, (&c. &c. &c.) Written in Penn- sylvania. ....... London. \^vo. pp. 184, and map. 5 Discourses on several public occasions during the war in America. Preached with a view to the explaining the impor- tance of the protestant cause in the British colonies ; and the advancement of religion, patriotism, and military virtue. With an appendix, &c. By William Smith, D.D. provost of the college and academy of Philadelphia. London. 8vo. pp. 246. A second edition was printed in 1763, with additions ; and again in 1803, with the other works of the author. 6 The mystery revealed; or truth brought to light : being a discovery of some facts in relation to the conduct of the late M — y. ....... London. Svo. pp. 320. We too have a mystery to reveal, says the Monthly Reviewer, the present publication being no other than an old pamphlet, first published in 1757, under the title of The conduct of the late Minittry, &c. See Monthly Re« view, xvi. p. 468, and xz. p. 379. 7 Fren ch and Indian cruelty: exemplified in the life and V vanou'% vtctssitiides of fortune of Peter Williamson. Contain- ing a particular account of the manners, customs, and dress ^ of the savages; oftheirscalping, burning, and other barbarities, committed on the English in North America, during his resi- dence among them: being at eight years of age stolen from his parents, and sent to Pennsylvania, where he was sold as a slave ; afterwards married, and settled as a planter, till the Indians destroyed his house, and every thing he had, and carried him off a captive; from whence, after several months captivity, he made his escape, and served as a volunteer and soldier in many expeditions against them. Comprehending, in the whole, a summary of the transactions of the several provinces in America ; particularly those relative to the in- tended attack on Crown-point and Niagara. And an accurate and succinct detail of the operations of the French and English forces at the siege of Oswego, where the author was wounded 130 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1 759. and taken prisoner. Also a curious discourse on kidnapping. ^•^ Written .by himself. The fourth edition, with considerable improvements. ...... London. 12mo. 8 God's protecting Providence, man's surest help and defence in times of greatest difficulty and most eminent danger, evi- ' ' denced in the remarkable deliverance of Robert barrow, with divers other persons, from the devouring waves of the sea, amongst whicL tney suffered shipwreck, and also from the cruel devouring jaws of the inhuman cannibals of Florida (in 1696.) Faithfully related by one of the persons concerned therein, Jonathan Dickenson. Fourth edition. London. 12mo. First printed in the year 1700, at which time President Dickenson, of New Jersey, to whom it has been attributed, was but twelre years of age. It •>>...«,,_was printed in German at Frankfort in 1774. 9 Considerations on the importance of Canada, and the bay and river of St. Lawrence ; and of the American fisheries depen- dent on the islands of Cape Breton, St. John's, Newfoundland, and the seas adjacent London. 8vo. 10 Candid reflexions on the expedition to Martinico; with an account of the taking of Guardaloupe, &c. By J. J. a lieu- tenant in the navy. ..... London. • Bvo. " Made up from the newspapers." M. R. 11 An account of the expedition to the West-Indies, against Martinico, Guadaloupe, and other the Leeward Islands, subject to the French King, 1759. By Richard Gardiner, esq. cip- tain of marines on board H. M's. ship Rippon, on the expe- dition. . . . • . . • London. Quarto. See 1762. 12 An enquiry concerning the trade, commerce, and policy of Jamaica, relative to the scarcity of money, and the causes and bad effects of such scarcity, peculiar to that island, Sec. Quarto. London. First printed at St. Jago de la Vega in the year 1767. 1 t Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 131 13 A NATURAL AND CIVIL HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA; containing an accurate description of that country, its soil, mountains, harbours, lakes, rivers, and seas ; its animals, vegetables, minerals, and famous fishery for pearls. The customs of the inhabitants, their religion, government, and manner of living, before their conversion to the Christian religion by the mis- sionary Jesuits. Together with accounts of the several voyages and attempts made for settling California, and taking actual surveys of that country, its gulf, and coast of the South Sea. Illustrated with copper plates, and an accurate map of the country and the adjacent seas. Translated from the original Spanish of Miguel Venegas, a Mexican Jesuit. Published at Madrid, 1758. In two volumes. . . . London. 8vo. 2 vols. The original work was printed at Madrid, 1757. 14 A GENUINE ACCOUNT of the late sccret expedition to Martiuico and Guardaloupe, under Commodore Moore and General Hopson. Written at Guardaloupe by a sea-officer, who went out with Commodore Hughes. . . London. Svo. 15 HisToiRK de la guerre contre les Anglois. . Geneve. 'Bvo. IppT 24T. ' ^ • " - ' " V This work relates almost entirely to the French war in America. Accord- ing to Barbier the author was Poullin de Lumina, who published a continua- tion of the work the following year. 16 Preliminar y cartas que preceden al tomo i. de las memo- rias historico-physicas, critico-apologeticas de la America Meridional. Su author D. Joseph Eusebio Llano Zapata. Small Svo. Cadiz. This author treats upon several heterogeneous subjects, and incidentally endeavours to defend the humanity of the Spaniards against the good bishop Las Casas, one of his arguments being that the Indians have used the Spaniards still worse : and, altering or mistaking the title of Las Casas' book, says, that if he has filled the world with destruction and dismay by his " Destruction of the Indian* (for Indies) by the Spaniards," greater horror and dismay would be caused, if any Spaniard, zealous for the honour of his nation, would write the " Destruction of the Spaniards by the Indians." At p. 238 he says that rare and uncommon books are more abundant in America, particularly in Lima, than in Europe, and that Ciceros of 1465-4-7, he. are so frequently met with, that the finding k2 1759. /■ *- m 132 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1759. 17 of copies is not considered as anj thing uncommon. This author wrote also a work on the natural history of America, which has never been published. *B£SKRiFNiNO OM DE SwENSKA forsamlingers foma och nar- warande tilstand uti Nye Swerige. By Israel Acrelius. Quarto. Stockholm. Acrelius's account of New Sweden is a scarce book, which apparently was never translated into any other language. r"' /r-'r ^/4p MDCCLX. V s/3 1 Gekvine letters and memoirs, relating to the natural, civil, and commercial history of the islands of Cape Breton and St. John, from the first settlement there to the taking of Louisbourg by the English, in 1758. In which, among many interesting particulars, the causes and previous events of the present war are explained. By an impartial Frenchman. Translated from the author's original manuscript. London. 8vo. pp. 400. These letters were printed at the same time in French. The author was Th. Pichon. The work is spoken of as impartial, instructive, and enter- taining. M. R. vol. 22. Quebec : A poetical essay in imitation of the Miltonic stile ; being a regular narrative of the proceedings and capital transactions performed by the British forces under the com- mand of Vice-Admiral Saunders and Major General Wolfe, in the glorious expedition against Canada, in the year 1759. The performance of a volunteer on board H. M.'s ship Somer- set, during the passage home from Quebec. The whole embellished with entertaining and explanatory notes. London. Quarto. A JOURNAL OF THE siEOE OF QuEBEC. To which IS annexed, a correct plan of the environs of Quebec, and of the battle fought on the 13th September, 1759. Together with a parti- cular detau of the French lines and batteries, and also of the encam;;"aents, batteries, and attacks of the British army, and the investiture of that city, under the command of Vice- Admiral Saunders, Major General Wolfe, Brigadier General Monckton, and Brigadier General Townshend. Drawn from U9: Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 133 // 4 \. r, 8 A t/ V V the original surveys, taken by the engineers of the army. 1760. Engraved by Thomas Jefferys, geographer to H. M. (London.) Quarto. A LETTER TO AV HONOURABLE Brioadier General, Com- mander in chief of H. M.'s forces in Canada. London. 8vo. pp. 32. A refutation of the letter to an Honourable Brigadier General, commander of H. M.'s forces in Canada. By an Officer. Urit enimfulgore suo. . . . London. 8vo. pp. 52. Lord George Townsend is the Honourable Brigadier General referred to in these pamphlets. The interest of Great Britain considered, with regard to ""Tier coIonie^V ihd Che acquisition of Canada and Guadaloupe. To which are added, Observations concerning the increase of mankind, peopling of countries, &c. . London. 8vo. pp. 58. This pamphlet was published by Dr. Franklin, when residing in London as agent for Pennsylvania. A second edition was printed in the following year. The history of the colony of Massachusett's Bay, from the first settlement thereof in 1628, until its incorporation with the colony of Plymouth, province of Main, &c. by the charter of King William and Queen Mary, in 1691. By Mr. Hutchinson, Lieutenant Governor of the Massachusett's province. The second edition. . . . London. 8vo. pp. 566. Some copies of this edition hare a new title-page with the date of 1765, both called the eecond edition. The 6rst edition was apparently printed in Boston, but I cannot find it mentioned in any catalogue, and rm there- fore unable to ascertain in what yea". The second volume was printed in 1768> Both volumes were reprinted at Salem in 1795. An additional volume was published by the author's grandson in 18S8. A volume of documents was printed in Boston in 1769. LETTER TO THE R. R. FaTHER IN GoD THE LoRD B P OF L N. Occasioned by a letter of his lordship's to the L — ds of T e, on the subject of the Act of Assembly passed V in the year 1758, intituled An Act io enable the inhabitants 134 1760. V V Y ..^ 9 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. of this Colony to discharge their public Dues, SfC, in money for the ensuing year. From Virginia. . . London. 8vo. pp. 60. Apparently first printed in Virginia. *A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE WAR IN NoRTH AMERICA *, Con- taining several very remarkable particulars relative to the natural dispositions, tempers, and inclinations of the un- polished savages, not taken notice of in any other history. With notes and a dedication to George Drummond. By Peter Williamson. .... . Edinburgh. 12mo. See another work bj the same author, printed in 1759. The abore title is copied from the catalogue of an Edinburgh bookseller. 10 A POLITICAL ESSAY ou the English and French colonies in Northern and Southern America. Considered in a new light. By a Patriot. London. 8vo. * ^ ' A very trifling affair, according to the Monthly Review, and very little to the purpose. , ., . ^ 1 1 A STATE OF THE TRADE Carried on with the French, on the island of Hispaniola, by the merchants of North America, under colour of flags of truce. Occasioned by some captures of said flags, lately made by H. M.'s ships under the com- mand of Admiral Cotes. By a Merchant of London. London. 8vo. 12 A DEFENCE OF THE CONDUCT OF Barbadoes, during the late expedition to Martinique and Guadaloupe. In a letter to the R. H. Gen. Barrington. By a Native, resident in the island. Svo. pp. 88. London. 13 A RELATION OF THE MISSIONS OF PARAGUAY. Wrote origi- nally in Italian, by M. Muratori, and now done into English from the French translation Lonlon. Svo. 14 The natural and civil history of the French dominions in North and Sduth America. Giving a particular account of the climate, soi?., minerals, animals, vegetables, manufactures, trade, commerce, and languages; together v^ith the religion, government, genius, character, manners and custohis of the Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 135 Indians, and other inhabitants. Ilhistrated by maps and plans 1760. of the principal places, collected fron the best authorities, and engraved by T. Jeffcrys^ geographer io his Royal High- ness the Prince of Wales. Part i. Containing a description of Canada and Louisiana. Part ii. Containing part of the islands of St. Domingo and St. Martin ; the islands oi St. Bartholomew, Guadaloupe, Martinico, La Grenade, and the island and colony of Cayenne. . . London. Folio, P. 1. pp. 168, and 8 maps and plates. 2. . . 246, . . 10 ditto ditto. M. R. zzii. p. 81. 15 Lettres £t memoires pour servir k I'histoire naturelle^ civile ^""^ politique, du Cap Breton^ depuis son ^tablissement jusqu'^ la reprise de cette isle par les Anglois en 1758. 12mo. pp. 327. A la Hay e ( London? ) By Tb. Pichon. Barbier. See No. 1 of this year. 16 NicoLAi JosEPHi Jacquin enumeratio systematica plantaruri quas in Insulis Caribeeis Americes continente detexit novas, aut jam cognitas emendavit. . . . Lugd. Bat. 8vo. pp. 41. ,..- = . ,,. -' • :. p MDCCLXL V / 1 Voyages from Asia to America, for completing the dis- coveries of the north-west coast br'Altterica. To which is prefixed, a summary of the vv>yages made by the Russians on the Frozen Sea, in search of a North-east Passage. Serving as an explanation of a map of the Russian discoveries, published by the Academy of Sciences at Petersburgh. Trans- lated from the High Dutch of S. MuUer, of the Royal Academy of Petersburgh. With the addition of three new maps. 1. A copy of part of the Japanese map of the world. 2. A copy of Delisle's and Buache's fictitious map. And 3. A large irap of Canada, extending to the Pacific Ocean, containing the new discoveries made by the Russians and French. By Thomas JefTerys, geographer to his Majesty. Quarto, pp. 52 and 76. 4 maps. London. Taken from the third volume of MuUer's Sammlung Rusiischer Geschichta, -> P«tr(»/w/. 1758. Printed in French in 176«. TV Ki ^t: wKki 136 1761. M W V Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 2 Journal of a voyage to North America; undertaken by order of the French King. Containing the geographical de^ scription and natural history of that country, particularly Canada. Together with an account of the customs, charac- ters, religion, manners and traditions of the original inha- bitants. In a series of letters to the Duchess of Lesdiguieres. Translated from the French of P. de Charlevoix. London. 8vo. 2 vols. See No. J 9, 1744. " This translation betrays, bj numerous Scotticisms and misrepresentations, the hand of a North Briton, too little acquainted with the French and English languages to read or write either with pro- priety. M. R. zziii. p. 417. The importance of Canada considered, in two letters to a nobleman London. 8vo. British Museum Cat. Memoirs of the siege of Quebec, capital of all Canada; and of the retreat of M. de Bourlemaque from Carillon to the Isle aux Noix, m Lake Champlain. From the journal of a French officer on board the Chczine frigate, taken by H. M.*s ship Rippon. Compared with the accounts transmitted home by Major-General Wolfe and Vice- Admiral Saunders ; with oc- casional remarks. By Richard Gardiner, esq., captain of marines in the Rippon London. Quarto. , . . . A description of South Carolina; containing many curious and interesting particulars relating to the civil, natural, and commercial history of that colony, viz. the succession of European settlers there ; grants of English charters ; bounda- ries ; constitution of the government; taxes; number of in- habitants, and of the neighbouring Indian nations, &c. ; the nature of the climate; tabular accounts of the altitudes of the barometer monthly for four years, of the depths of rain monthly for eleven years, and of the wind's direction daily for one year, &c. The culture and produce of rice, Indian com, and indi- go; the process of extracting tar and turpentine; the state of their maritime trade in the years 1710, 1723, 1740 and 1748, with the number or tonnage of shipping employed, and the species, quantities and values of their produce exported in one 3 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 137 In a letter to a Oxford. An enquiry into the origin of the Cherokees. member of Parliament 8vo. pp. 27. " A mightj learned attempt to prove the Cherokees to be the descendants of Meshek, a son of Japhet.'' M. R. zzviii. p. 164. CoLONiA ANGLiCANiE ILLUSTRATE, or the acquest of dominion, and the plantatior of colonics made by the English in America : with the rights of the colonists examined, stated, and illustrated. Part I. Containing, i. The plan of the whole work, including the proportion asserting the right of the colonists intended to be established, ii. A brief history of the wars, revolutions and events which gave rise to all the marine discoveries and foreign acquisitions made by the modern Europeans, iii. A survey of the knowledge and opinions which the Europeans had of the earth in times pre- ceding these discoveries ; with other matters relating to this subject. IV. The particulars of the progress made by the Portuguese, from their beginning these discoveries to the death of King John the 2d, and an account of the grants made to the king of Portugal of the countries that were, or might be / year. Sec, To which is added, a very particular account of 1761. their rice trade for twenty years, with their exports of raw silk and imports of British silk m ' ufactures for twenty-five years London. 8vo. pp. 110. 6. Reasons for keeping Guadaloufe at a peace, preferable to Canada. Explained in five letters, from a gentleman in Gua- daloupe to his friend in London. . . . , London. 8vo. This writer asserts that nothing can secure Great Britain so much against the revolting of North America, as the French keeping some footing there to be a check upon them. M. R. xxiv. p. 440. MDCCLXII. 1. VoYAOEs FROM AsiA TO AMERICA, &c. By Thomas JefTerys, &c. Second edition. ..... London. Quarto, pp. 8. 120, and 4 maps. SeeNo. 1 ofl761. K if II 138 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1762. discovered, by the bulls of several popes, with one of them set forth at large. London. Quarto, pp. x. 141. A very learned work, but of which, unfortunately, no more was publiBhed. The author was William boUan, the Massachusetts agent in England from 1745 to 1762. 4 An authentic journal of the siege of the Havana. By an officer. To which is prefixed, a plan, shewing the landing, encampment, approaches, and batteries of the English army ; with the attacks and stations of the fleet. . London. 8vo. 5* An authentic account of the reduction of the Havanna. 8vo. London. 6 The great importance of the Havanna, set forth in an essay on the nature and methods of carrying on a trade to the South Sea and the Spanish West-Indies. By Robert Allen, esq. who resided some years in the kingdom of Peru. London. 8vo. First printed in the year 1712. 7 An account of the Spanish settlements in America. In four parts, i. An account of the discovery of America by the celebrate 1 Christopher Columbus; with a description of the Spanish insular colonies in the West Indies. ii. Their settlements on the continent of North America. iii. Their settlements in Peru, Chili, Paraguay, and Rio de la Plata. , IV. Their settlements in Tierra Firma. Of the different coun- tries in South America still possessed by the Indians, &c. with a description of the Canary Islands, &c. . Edinburgh. Bvo. pp. 528, and map. At the end are " the accounts published by authority, of the siege and sur- render of the Havannah, the chief town of the island of Cuba.'' 8* The American Gazetteer, containing a distinct account of all the parts of the New World, their situation, climate, produce, former and present condition. . . . London. 8vo. 3 vols. Translated into Italian in 1T63. 9 A description of the Spanish Islands and settlements on the coast of the West Indies, compiled from authentic memoirs; revised by gentlemen who have resided many years in the Spanish settlements, and illustrated with 32 maps and plans, Bibliotheca Americana Nova. i8d chiefly from original drawings taken from the Spaniards in the 1762. last war, and engraved by Thomas Jefferys. . London, ^-m** Quarto. 10 An account of the expedition to the West Indies against Martinico, with the reduction of Guadaloupe, and other the Leeward Islands, subject to the French king, 1759. By Captain Gardiner, of the King's Royal musqueteers, &c. employed in this expedition. The third edition. Quarto, pp. 91, plates 4. Birmingham. Beautifully printed by Baakerville. There are some copies on large paper. A French translation, occupying the same number of pages, is generally , found with it. It is probable that the first and second editions were also printed in this year. MDCCLXIII. 1 An account of the first discovery and natural history of Florida. With a particular detail of the several expeditions and descents made on that coast. Collected from the best authorities, by William Roberts. Illustrated by a general map, and som(> particular plans, together with a geographical . description of that country. By T. Jefferys, geographer to his Majesty. ...... London. Quarto, pp. 102, 7 maps and plans. 2 The history of Louisiana, or of the western parts of Virginia \'' and Carolina: containing a description of the countries that lie on both sides of the river Missisipi; with an account of the settlements, inhabitants, soil, climate, and products. Trans- lated from the French (lately published) by M. le Page du Pratz, with some notes and observations relatingtoourcolonies. 12mo. 2 vols. London. The original Frenoh edition was printed at Paris in 1758. This translation was reprinted in octavo in 1774. 3 Candid and impartial considerations on the nature of the sugar trade ; the comparative importance of the British and French islands in the West Indies ; with the value and con- sequence of St. Lucia and Granada truly stated. Illustrated with copper plates. ..... London. 8vo. pp. 228. " Upon the whole, we think it a masterly performance." M. R. tt I'« 140 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. / y 1763. 4* Some hints to people in power on the present melancholy situation of our colonies in North America. . London. 8vo. In the British Museum. 5 The advantages of a settlement upon the Ohio, in North America London. 8vo. b 6 A SET or PLANS AND FORTS IN AMERICA. Reduccd from ac- tual surveys. London. 8vo. oblong. A set of thirty plans, without any text, engraved by P. Andrews. / 7 Thoughts on trade in general ; our West-Indian in par- V ticular, our Continental colonies, Canada, Guadaloupe ; and the preliminary articles of peace. Addressed to the commu- nity London. 8vo. " The writer is a cool dispassionate advocate for Canada and the prelimi- nary articles : but we cannot greatly extol his talent for composition. M.R. xxviii. p. 167. 8 Observations on the charter and conduct of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in foreign parts ; designed to shew their nonconformity to each other. With remarks on the mis- takes of East Apthorp, M.A., missionary at Cambridge, in quoting and misrepresenting the sense of said charter, &c. As also, various incidental reflections relative to the Church of England, and the state of religion in North America, parti- cularly in New England. By Jonathan Mayhew, D. D., &c. To which is added, Apthorp's Considerations. . London. 8vo. pp. 164. First printed at Boston. An answer wu printed in th« following year, which was followed by Dr. Msybew's reply, a review of which was pub- lished in 1765. 9 Description Geooraphique de la Guyane, contenant les possessions et les etablissemens des Francois, des Espagnols, des Portugais, des HoUandois dans ces vastes pays. Le climat, les productions de la terre, et les animaux, leurs habi- tans, leurs moeurs, leurs coutumes, et le commerce qu'on y pent faire. Avec des remarques pour la navigation et des cartes, plans et figures. Dressees au depot des cartes et Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 141 plans de la marine, par le S. Bellin, Ingenieur de la Marine, 1763. &c. ....... A Parts. Quarto. 10 Voyage X la Martinique, contenant diverse observations sur la physique, I'histoire naturelle, Tagriculture, les moeurs, et les usages de cette isle, faites en 17rP , et dans les annees suivantes. Lu k Tacademie royale des sciences de Paris, en 1761. ........ Paris. Quarto. By M. de Chanvalon : and a highly esteemed work at the time it was pub- lished. See M. R. xziz. p. 580. 1 1 Descripcion de las Provincias de c1 Peru. Por el Cosmographo mayor del Virreynato, Don Cosme Bueno. . Lima, 8vo. This work appears to hare been published with the Guia or Calendario of Lima annually, during seventeen years, and is probably the most correct geographical account of Peru and Chili extant; the author says it re- quired all that time to obtain the necessary information from the different provinces. In point of rarity the book may be considered as almost unique, as few persons will have taken the trouble to have collected to- gether these separate accounts published in such a length of time, and to have formed them into a volume. The title is hs., nor is it probable there ever was a separate printed one. 12 SoLucioN DEL ORAN FROBLEMA acercR de la poblacion de las Americas, en que sobre el fundamento de los libros santos se descubre facil camino k la ti ansmigracion de los hombres del uno al otro continente ; y como pudieron pasar al Nuevo Mundo, no solamente Ifts bestias de servicio, sino tambien las fieras y nocivas. Y con ««ta ocasion se satisface plenamente al delirio de los Pre-Adamitas apoyado con esta dificil obje- cion hasta ahora no bien desatada. Por el P. Francisco Xavier Alexo de Orrio de la sagrada compania de Jesus. Sacala k luz Don Francisco Carmona God(^y y Bucareli, corregidor, Juez de Minas de la ciudad de N. S. de Io> Zaca- tecas, &c Mexico. Small 4to. 13 Retacion descriptiva de la ciudad, y provincia de Truxillo del Peru, con noticias exactas de . i estado politico; escrita por el D'- D. Miguel Feyjoo, corregidor (que fue) de dicha ciudad, &c Madrid. Folio. ; 142 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1763. 14 II OAzzETTiERE Americano contenente un distinto ragguaglio di tutte le part' del Nuovo Mondo, della loro situazione* clima, terreno, prodotti, stato antico e moderno, merci, mani- fatture, e commercio ; con una esatta descrizione delle citta> piazze, porti, baje, fiume, laghi, montagni, passi, e fortiiica- zioni. II tutto destinato ad esporre lo stato presente delle cose in quella parte di globo, e le mire, e interessi delle diverse po- > tenze, che hanno degli stabilimenti in America. Tradotto dair Inglese e arrichito di aggiunte, note, carte, e rami. Quarto, 3 vols. 78 plates. Livorno. 15 NicoLAi JosEPHi Jacqvin, selectarum stirpium Americanarum historia in qua ad Linneeanum systema determinatee descrip- teeque sistuntur plantoe illoe, quas in insulis Martinica, Ja- maica, Domingo, aliisque et in vicinse continentis parte, observavit rariores; adjectis iconibus in solo natali delineatis. Folio, pp. 284, plates 183. Vienna. MDCCLXIV. 1 Letters to the Dutchess of Lesdiguieres, giving an account of '§rV5yage to Canada, and " travels tlirough that vast country, and Louisiana, to the Gulph of Mexico. Undertaken by order of the present King of France. By Father Charlevoix. 8vo. London. 2 The ancient right of the English nation to the American fishery r and its various diminutions ; examined and stated. With a map of the lands, islands, gulphs, seas, and fishing bank, comprising the whole cod fishery. Humbly inscribed to the sincere friends of the British naval empire. London. Quarto, pp. 105. By Mr. BoUan. An essay in vindication of the continental colonies of America, from a censure of Mr. Adam Smith, in his Theory of Moral Sentiments. With some reflections on slavery in general. By an American. ...... London, 8vo. pp. 46. Adam Smith said "thatfortum never more cruelly exerted her empire over mankind, than v)h«n the subjected thote nations of heroes (the negroes) to the refuse of the jails of Europe," (the Americans.) Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 143 London. 1764. 4 The ADMINISTRATION of the colonies. 8vo. pp. 131. The first edition of Governor Pownall'a celebrated work, frequently reprinted with great additions, the last time in 1777, in two volnmes octavo. 5 The history of the life and sufferings of Henry Grace, of Ba- singstoke, in the county of Southampton, being a narrative of the hardships he underwent during several years captivity among the savages in North America, and of the cruelties they practice to their unhappy prisoners. In which is intro- duced an account of the several customs and manners of the different nations of Indians ; as well as a compendious de- scription of the soil, produce, and various animals of those parts. Written by himself. . . Reading, Eng. 8vo. pp. 56. " The author's recital of the various hardships he underwent affords that painful entertainment we usually find in historical details of distress, ■'■'"' '■■ especially when they have any thing of adventure in them, as is the case with the present artless but afifecting narrative.'' M. R. 6 Considerations which may tend to promote the settlement of our new West India colonies, by encouraging individuals to embark in the undertaking London. 8vo. 7 The speech delivered in the House of Assembly of the province of Pennsylvania, May 24, 1764. By John Dickinson, esq. one of the members for the county of Philadelphia. On occa- sion of a petition drawn up by order, and then under con- sideration, of the House, praying H. M. for a change of the government of this province. . . . London. 8vo. First printed in Philadelphia. " Mr. Dickinson reasons like a man of extraordinary good sense, with the knowledge of an able politician, and the pleasing flow of an accomplished orator.'' M. R. 8 The speech of Joseph Galloway, esq. one of the members for Philadelphia county, in answer to the speech of John Dickin- son, esq. delivered in the House of Assembly of the province of Pensylvania, May 24, 1764. . . . London. 8vo. First printed in Philadelphia. A manly and spirited, though not a very correct production, which drew forth the following answer : 144 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1764. 9 A REPLY to a piece called the Speech of Joseph Galloway, esq. "^"^ By John Dickinson Philadelphia. 8vo. 10 An essay on the trade of the northern colonies of Great Britain in North America. London. 8vo. pp. 38. The subject of this essay (first printed at Philadelphia,) is treated in a masterly and judicious maimer, by one who appears to be perfectly well acquainted with it. M. R. j/' 1 1 A GENERAL HISTORY of the late war : containing its rise, progress, and events, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America. And exhibiting the state of the belligerent powers at the commencement of the war ; their interests and objects in its continuation ; and remarks on the measures which led Great Britain to victory and conquest. Interspersed with the cha- racters of the able and disinterested statesmen, to whose wisdom and integrity, and of the heroes to whose courage and conduct, we are indebted, for that naval and military suc- cess which is not to be equalled in the annals of this or any nation. And with accurate descriptions of the seat of war, the nature and importance of the conquests, and of the most important battles by sea and land. Illustrated with a variety of heads, plans, map, and charts, designed and engraved by the best artists. By the Rev. John Entick, m.a. and other gentlemen. London. 8vo. 5 vols. The Monthly Review speaks very disparagingly of this work. The greater part relates to the war in America. 12 An account of the first settlement, laws, form of government, and police of the Cessares, a people of South America. In nine letters, from Mr. Vander Neck, one of the senators of that nation, to his friend in Holland. With notes bv the editor. .... ... London. 8vo. The Cessares are a race of white Indians found in Chile, about whom, how- ever, very little is known. The present work adds nothing to our infor- mation respecting them, being merely a new version of Sir Thomas More's Utopia. It was written, according to Nichols, by the celebrated author of the Dignity of Human Nature, Mr. Burgh. ay, esq. delphia. t Britain London. lated in a fectly well its rise, America, rs at the cts in its led Great i the cha- to whose ►urage and litary suc- this or any at of war, ,f the most h a variety graved by , and other London. The greater overnment, (lerica. In senators of otes by the London. it whom, how- to OUT infor- 'homasMore's ibrated author Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 13 An answer to Dr. Mayhew's Observations on the charter and conduct of the Society for the propagation of the gospel in foreign parts. ...... London. 8vo. pp. 08. See No. 8, 1763. 14 A DEFENCE OP THE OBSERVATIONS on the chartcf and conduct of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in foreign parts, against an anonymous pamphlet falsely intitled A candid Examination of Dr. May hew* s Observations^ Sfc And also against the Letter to a Friend annexed thereto, said to contain a short vindication of said society; by one of its members. By Jonathan Mayhew, D.D. &c. . . . London. 8vo. pp. 120. First printed at Boston. 15* Trait6 des maladies frequentes k Surinam, etc. avec une dissertation sur ie fameux crapaud de Surinam, nomme Pipa : par M. Phelippe Fermin Maestricht. 8vo. 16 Descripcio .xacta de la provincia de* Venezuela, par 1). Joseph Luis de Cisneros. . . . Valencia, S. A. Quarto. 17 Synodo diocesana, que celebro el Ilmo. S"' D. Manuel de Alday y Aspee, Obispo de Santiago de Chile, en la Iglesia Catedral de dicha ciudad. A que se dio principio el dia 4 de Enero de 1763, y se publico en 22 de Abril de dicho aiio. Folio, pp. 170. Lima. 18 Synodo diocesana, con la carta pastoral convocatoria para ella y otra en orden k la paga de los Diezmos. Celebrola D. Fray Bernardo Carrasco y Saavedra, Obispo de Santiago de Chile, en la Iglesia Catedral de dicha ciudad. A que se dio principio Domingo 18 de Enero de 1688 y se publico en 2 de Mayo de dicho aiio. .... Lima. Folio, pp. 168. 145 1764. »*/^# 146 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1765. P 4 1 V ir MDCCLXV. An account of the Island of Newfoundland, with the nature of """ its trade, and method of carrying on the fishery. With reasons for t^ ; great decrease of that most valuable branch of trade. V j Capt. Griffith Williams, of the royal regiment of artillery, who resided in the island fourteen years, &c. ; to which is annexed a plan to exclude the French from that trade, «&c. By Capt. Cole. .... London. 8vo. pp. 35. * ' : " Printed for Captain 1 jomas Cole." The History of the Colony of Nova Cjesarea or New Jersey : containing an account of its first settlement, pro- gressive improvements, the original and present constitution, and other events, to the year 1721 ; with some particulars since, and a short view of its present state. By Samuel Smith ...... Burlington, N. J. 8vo. pp. 573. The author was a native of New Jersey ; his work is considered as a judi- cious and authentic compilation. Never having been reprinted, it has become very scarce and difficult to be met with. A CONCISE ACCOUNT. of North America: containing a descrip- ' tion of the several British colonies on that continent, includ- ing the islands of Newfoundland, Cape Breton, &c. as to their situation, extent, climate, soil, produce, rise, govern- ment, religion, present bouruiaries, and the number of inha- biiants supposed to be in each. Also of the interior or Westerly parts of the country, upon the rivers St. Lawrence, the Mississipi, Christino, and the great lakes. To which is subjoined, an account of the several nations and tribes of Indians residing in those parts, as to their customs, manners, government, numbers, &c. containing many useful and en- tertaining facts, never before treated of. By Major Robert Rogers ....... London. 8vo. pp. 264. " Major Rogers headed, with much reputation, the provincial troops called Rangers, during the whole course of v/hat were called the French wars in America. To this brave, active, judicious officer, it is, tbp.t the public are indebted for the most satisfactory account yet published of the inte- J- Bibliofkeca Americana Nova. 147 mture of With e branch regiment &c. ; to rom that London, or New lent, pro- tistitution, particulars Jy Samuel tOHy N. J. 5d 89 a judi- Inted, it bas a descrip- nt, includ- &c. as to se, govern- sr of inha- interior or Lawrence, To which is id tribes of s, manners, 'ul and en- ajor Robert London. 1 troops called French wars in tbf.t the public d of tbe inte- rior parts of that immense continent, which victory hath so lately added ]765. to the British empire; of which we were, in many respects, totally igno- ^,«^ rant, till the British lion tore away the veil, and opened to our view the wide, extended, glorious prospect. Major Rogers is the reputed author of a tragedy called • Ponteach, or the Savages o^ \merica ;' one of the most absurd productions of the kind that we have seen." M. R. xxxiv. p. 242. Journals of Major Robert Rogjers; containing an account of /^ "the "several excursions he made, under the generals who com- ma rded on the continent of America, during the late war. From which may be collected the most material circumstances of every campaign on that continent, from the commence- ment to the conclusion of the war. . . London. 8vo. pp. 236. " This is but the first part of the journals of this noted American partizan. It commences in 1755, and terminates with the year 1760. The second part*, which is to be printed by subscription of one guinea, will contain the author's travels among tlie Cherokees and the Southern Indians; his second tour into the interior country, upon the great lakes; and the Indian wars in America since 1760; together with correct plans of all the British forts upon the continent. From the specimen of the work now before us, it appears that the accounts of Major Rogers may be de- pended upon by the public ; they are undoubtedly as authentic as they are importttnl and necessary to those who would acquire a thorough understanding of the nature and progress of the late military operations in North America. The author writes like an honest, a sensible, and a modest man ; and he has given, throughout his whole conduct, un- doubted proofs that he is a brave and skilful officer." M. R. xxxiv. p. 80. The memoirs of Lieut. Henry Timberlake, (who accompanied '/ ■ the three Cherokee Indians to England in the year 1762,) containing whatever he observed remarkable, or worthy of public notice, during his travels to and from *hat nation ; wherein the country, government, genius, and customs of the inhabitants, are i uthentically described. Also the principal occurrences during their residence in London. Illustrated with an accurate map of their overhill settlement, and a curious secret journal, taken by the Indians out of the pocket of a Frenchman they had killed London. 8vo. Which apparently never was published. I. % n > . 148 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1765. I'oor Lieut. Timberlake and his Indians met with an inhospitable reception ■^.^ in England, where he got himself in debt for their expenses. After under- going a variety of disappointments, vexations, arrests and imprisonments, he died in the flower of his age ; and, we much fear, of a broken heart. M.R. zxxiv. p. 1 . A DEFENCE of the Npw England charters. By .ler. Dummer. *• Pulchrum es &c. ..... London. 8vo. pp. 88. First printed in H::! , The present edition has no date, but it is mentioned ^^ in the Gent.'s IViag. among the books published in this year. The necessity of repealing the American stamp-act demon- strated; or, a proof that Great Britain must be injured by that act. In a letter to a member of the British House of Commons. ....... London. "This is one of the mos* -jonsiderable publications on the subject of the pre- sent disagreeati a situation of affairs in our North American colonies; and contains, indeed, more information than all the rest put together." The author is warm in defence of the colonies, and gives good reasons why they should not be taxed by the mother country. 8 A LETTER to a Member of Parliament, wherein the power of the British legislature, and the case of the colonists, are briefly and impartially considered. .... London. 8vo. ••The sensible writer of thia letter endeavours to prove that, t» point of law, the colonists are bound to pay obedience to every act of the Parlia- ment of Great Britain, whertin they are expreuly named ; consequently that, by having denied and resisted this power, they have been hurried into a conduct, tinctured with an offence, bordering too nearly upon the worst species of treason ; — a treason against the state. At the same time, he condemns the stamp -act, as one of the worst measures of the late „ Ministry.'' M.R. 9 The claims of the colonies to an exemption from internal taxes imposed by authority of Parliament, examined. In a letter from a gentleman in London to his friend in America. 8vo. London. By William Knox. "Another defence of the scheme for imposing stamp- ^ duties in the colonies, in which the author also shews the impropriety of V^ jthe measures taken by the colonies to oppose the stamp bill." M.R. Y 10 The rights of the British colonies considered, the adminis- tration and regulation of the colonies exploded, and the best \ Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 149 means recommended to make the colonies most useful to the ITG.G. mother country. ...... London. ***' V 8vo. 11 The rights of the British colonies asserted and proved. By James Otis, esq. ...... London. 8vo. pp. 120. First printed at Boston. " A very zealous defence of the colonies, tending to prove that every man in the British dominions is constitutionally a free man ; and that no part of his Majesty's dominions can constitution- ally be taxed without their own consent, and that every part has a right \^«..v. '■^ ^^ represented in the supreme or some suliordinatf legislature." M. R. 12 Regulations lately made concerning the colonies, and the taxes imposed upon them, considered. . . London. 8vo. pp. 114. 1.3 The objections to the taxation of our American colonies, by the legislature of Great Britain, briefly considered. Quarto. London. On exactly opposite principles to the foregoinsr of Mr. Otis, being an attempt to prove not only the right of the legish of Great Britain to impose taxes on her colonies, but the expediency and even the necessity of exercising that right in the present conjuncture. The author of " Con- tideratiom," &c. (No. 16) calls this pamphlet the opusculum of the ne1<«- ^""- brated Mr. .T s. 14 The mutual interest of Great Britain and the American colonies considered, with respect to an act passed last ses- ' sions of Parliament, for laying a duty on merchandize, &c. With some remarks on a pamphlet entitled Objections to the Taxation of the American Colonies, &c. considered. In a letter to a Member of Parliament. . . . London. Quarto. By VV. Bollan. " This author animadverts on the foregoing pamphlet with plain good sense, and a becoming zeal for the liberties of his fellow- subjects of North America. He is not a:, elegant writer, but appears to be well acquainted with the mutual interest and natural connection be- tween this country and the colonies." M. R. 15 The administration of the colonies. By Thomas Pownall, late governor and commander in chief of H. M.'s provinces, Massachusetts Bay and South Carolina, and lieutenant go- vernor of New Jersey. The second edition, revised, corrected, and enlarged. . . . . . . London. 8v^j v / l/ '/ V ■^.^- 150 Bibliutheca Americana Nova. V V 1765. 16 Considerations on behalf of the colonists. In a letter to a "^^ noble lord London. y 8vo. pp. 52. This pamphlet, which is si;:;ned F. A., aud dated Boston, September 4, 176a, is in answer to " The Ohjectious to the Taxation," &c. (No. 13.) ' "The author appears tu be a staunch North American, fired with the glorious idea of Liberty I and flaming with patriotic zeal for the Rioiits / of his native country ; of which he appears to be neither an inccmpetent judge, nor a weak defender." M. R. 17 The grievances of the American colonies candidly examined. Printed by authority, at Providence, Rhode Island. London. 8vo. " A modest jet pathetic recital of the hardships laid on our American bre- thren by the stamp act, • appointed agent for Massachusetts a year or two before. 21 *HisToiRE naturelle, ou description des curiosites naturelles, qui se trouvent dans la colonie de Surinam. Par M. Phe- lippe Fermin. ...... Amsterdam. V 8vo. ^*^ See 1769. 22 Memoires et observations geographiques et critiques sur la situation des Pays Septentrionaux, del'Asie, etde I'Amerique, d'apres les relations les plus recentes. Auxquelles on a joint un essai sur la route aux Indes par le Nord, et sur un com- / ( A Bibliotheca Americana Xova. 151 merce tr^s vaste et tr^s riche k ^tablir dans la Mer du Sud. Avec deux nouvelles cartes dressees conform^ment k ce systAme. Par Mr. **♦ Lausanne. Quarto, pp. 268, 2 maps. By the Baillj d'Engel, the author of the Essay on the manner in which America was first peopled. (See 1707. ) 23 Arte de la lengua general del reyno de Chile, con un dialogo Chileno-Hispano muy curioso : k que se aiiade la doc- trina Christiana, esto es Rezo Catecismo, Coplas, Confesio- nario y platicas ; lo mas en lengua Chilena y Castellana : y por fin un Vocabulario Hispano-Chileno , y un Calepino Chileno-Hispano mas copioso. Compuesto por el P. Andres Febres, Misionero de la Comp. de Jesus. Ano de 1764. De- dicalo k Maria S. S. Madre de la Luz increada, abogada espe- cial de las Misiones. . . " . ■ . . Lima. Small 8vo. pp. 682. ... . 1765. ^— MDCCLXVI. / 1 *An account of East Florida. With remarks on its future \ importance to trade and commerce. . i> i-f.: London. \._ 8vo. M. R. xxzir.p. 478. 2 An account of East Florida; with a journal kept by John Bartram, of Philadelphia, upon a journey from St. Augustine up the river St. John's. . . . ■ K . London. 8vo. pp. 90 and 70. The acccant of East Florida was written bj William Stork, as appears by the dedication. Reprinted in quarto in 1769. 3 An historical account of the expedition against the Ohio . It Indians, in 1764; under the command of Henry Bouquet, esq., colonel of foot, and now brigadier-general in America; including his transactions with the Indians relative to the delivery of their prisoners, and the preliminaries of peace. Published from authentic documents, by a lover of his coun- try. London. Quarto, pp. 14 and 71, 5 plates. Two of the plates are from designs by Benjamin West. Reprinted from the Philadelphia edition of the preceding year. " The accounts here laid 3 ■9 i'4 152 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. V I76'i. before the public appear to be perfectly authentic ; and they are drawn ^.^^ up with equal jMrapicuity and elegance." M. R. Tho author was Thomas Hutchins. A French translation was printed at Amsterdam in 17fl9. / 4 Thk charters of the follow \so provinces of North America, viz.: Virginia, Maryland, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Pv msylvania, Massachusetts Bay, and Georgia. To which is prefixed a faithful narrative of the proceedings of the North American colonies, in consequence of the late stamp act. ....... London. Quarto, pp. 70. Closely printed in two columns. " Collected from the ' Daily Gazetteer/ both charters and narrative. There is no doubt of the authenticity of the former, and the latter being copies of Gazettes, &ie. carry their own evidence along with them." M. R. r/ 5 Terra Australis Coonita; or. Voyages to the Terra Austra- lis, or Southern Hemisphere, during the sixteenth, seven- teenth, and eighteenth centuries. Containing an account of the manners of the people, and the productions of the coun- tries, hitherto found in the southern latitudes; the advantages that may result from further discoveries on this great conti- nent, and the methods of establishing colonies there, to the advantage of Great Britain. With a preface by the editor, in which some geographical, nautical, and commercial ques- tions are discussed. .... Edinburgh. 8vo. 3 vols. ' ,v The dedication is signed " John Callander," who was probably the trans- lator of the work, which was written originally in French, by the Presi- dent De Brosses, and printed at Paris in 1756. Mr. Callander merely acknowledges that he had " drawn many helps" from the French writer, whom he does not name, and appears inclined to take the principal merit of the work to himself, although the translation is almost literal, and the additions trifling. The second and third volumes were published in 1768. 6 A PLAIN AND SEASONABLE ADDRESS to the freeholders of Great Britain, on the present posture of affairs in America. London. 8vo. pp. 21. " Ridicule of Mr. Pitt, and declamation against the Americans." M. R. Considerations upon the rights of the colonists to the pri- vileges of British subjects, introduced by a brief review of ■/ /^ V Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 153 / the rise and progress of English liberty, and concluded with 1766. some remarkn upon our present alarming situation. ""^ 8vo. pp. 27. ' New York. ^ 8 A i.ETTEii TO THE NoRTH AMERICAN, ou occasiou of his ad- Y dress to the committee of correspondence in Barbados. By a native of the island. .... Barbados. 8vo. pp. 47. 9 Political Debates. " Upon the whole, I will beg leave to tell the House what is really my opinion. It is, that the stamp act be repealed absolutely, totally, and immediately." The Great Commoner. ..... Paris. 8vo. pp. 18. This, and the two following, were evidently printed in London, notwitb- standing that they have Pari$, &c. on the title-page. "W Protest against the bill to repeal the American stamp • act, last session. ...... Paris. 8vo. pp. 16. 11 Second Protest, with a list of the voters against the bill to repeal the American stamp act, of last session. . Paris. i 8vo. pp. 15. 12 A SUCCINCT VIEW of the origin of our colonies, with their civil state, founded by Queen Elizabeth, corroborated by succeed- ing princes, and conBrmed by acts of Parliament ; whereby the nature of the empire established in America, and the errors of various hypotheses formed thereupon may be clearly understood. With observations on the commercial, benefi- cial, and perpetual union of the colonies with this kingdom, &c. ........ London. 8vo. pp. 46. This pamphlet is extracted from an essay entitled " The Freedom of Speech and Writing," 8tc. 13 The importance of the colonies of North America, and the interest of Great Britain, with regard to them, considered. Together with remarks on the stamp duty. . London. Quarto, pp. 16. By W. Bollan, (Allen.) "Chiefly intended to show how impolitic as well as unreasonable it would be, in the dispute with the colonies, to bare recourse to any improper exertion o{ power." M. R. \ Y / 154 Bibtiotheca Americana Nuva. \ 1706. 'i 4 The general opposition of the colonies to the payment of the stamp duty, and the consequence of enforcing? obedience by military measures, impartially considered. Also, a plan for uniting them to this kingdom, in such a manner as to make their interest inseparable from ours, for the future. In a letter to a Member of Parliament. . . London. Quarto. An ingenious dissuosive from violent measures with the colonies, on account of the stamp act, written partly in a serious and partly in a ludicrous \,/ 15 Four dissertations on the reciprocal advantages of a perpe- tual union between Great Britain and her colonies. Written for Mr. Sargent's prize medal. . . . London. 8vo. First printed in Philadelphia. 16 The conduct of the late administration examined. With an appendix, containing original and authentic documents. 8vo. London. " One of the most formidable attacks that hath as yet been made on the late administration, and seems to be the production of some ingenious and well instructed writer, strongly attached to Air. Granville. The Ameri- can stamp act is the grand object of his attention, and be confines him- self in this tract to the examination of the conduct of the ministry, with regard to it, from the time at which they came into office to that at which it was repealed." M. 11. The author of a letter to G. G. (No. 9, 1767) /"^ culls this Mr. G[reni;i//e]'s elaborate pamphlet on the stamp act. 17 An account of a late conference on the occurrences in America. ....... London. 8vo. pp. 40. An imaginary conference, managed with decency and good sense, but the \ strength of the argument lies altogether on the side of America. The ';_ author is supposed to be Joshua Steele, esq. / ^.-tS Tiie^rue interest of Great Britain, with regard to her 1 , American colonies, stated and impartially considered. By I a merchant of London. .... London. Svo. This rational and candid politician appears to be a thorough master of his subject. He shews the impolicy of distressing the Americans by ill-de- vised taxes, restrictions and prohibitions, and proves that, although the V stamp-duty has been the ostensible cause of the late disturbances, it was '• in fact but a small portion of their grievances. \^ .... \ 1 / > 21* _^^_^ Libfiulhcca Americana Nuca. \.')C) 10 The An venture of a bale of goods from America, in conse- 1766. quence of the stamp act. .... London. ^-"^ 8vo. V '* A strango nttempt nt humour. Wliut the author would ho at \h best known ''''■^••Uo himself, nnd, no doubt, will over remain so." M.R. 20 Considerations on the propriety of imposing taxes in the British colonies, for the purpose of raising a revenue, by act ^ of Parliament. ... ... London. 8vo. pp. 81. • First printed in America. Written bj a patriotic North Amerioan, who denies the right of the Parliament to tax the colonies " and wliose zeal I sometimes carries him too far in his reflections on the mother c( >'.ntry." M.H. The second edition publiHhed a month after this, has the author's mime, Mr. Dn/aneif, of Marijland, on the title-page. ^N EXAMINATION of the Hghts ofthc colonies, upon principles / of law. By a gentleman at the bar. . . London, 8vo. • ^I'his lawyer after a rery slight hearing has determined against the colonies. ,^2* Considerations on the American stamp-act, and on the conduct of the minister who planned it. . . London. 8vo. ' . The author recommends the repeal of the stamp-act as the only means to \ reconcile the colo' ds to thoir mother country, and to restore peace, plenty, and cordiality to every part of the British empire. 23 Constitutional considerations on the power of Parliament y to levy taxes on the North American colonies. . London. Quarto. 'J'hia author undertakes to prove that the colonies ought not, in sound policy, to bo allowed a ropresentation, in Parliament, urging, as a reason, their numbers, extent, situation andadvantagea of every kind, bf-ier such, thot they only want a government properly regulated, to becom . ''.ii masters /^"^- of £urope. 24 The legislative authority of the British Parliament, with / respect to North- America, and the privileges cl the assemblies there, briefly considered. By J. M. ofthc Inner Temple. 8vo. .-.*,. London. " A vindication of the legislative jurisdiction, on the principles of law. The author however in common with almost every other writer, on what- \ ever side the question gives up the stamp-act, as ineligible insome respect ', or degree.'' M.R. \ . 156 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1766. / 25 The crisis ; or a full defence of the colonies ; in which it is incontestibly proved that the British constitution has been flagrantly violated in the stamp-act ; and rendered indisputably evident, that the mother country cannot lay an arbitrary tax upon the Americans, without destroying the essence of her own liberties. ...... London. 8vo. A warm defender of the colonists, who asserts, in opposition to some of the advocates of the stamp act, that the colonies are not all virtually repre- sented in the British Parliament. A LETTER to the gentlemen of the committee of London mer- chants, trading to North America ; shewing in what manner the trade and manufactures of Britain may be affected by some late restrictions on the American commerce, and by the act \ for the stamp duty, &c. .... London. '\8vo. f This writer, like the foregoing, denies the virtual representation, and offers I several arguments in favor of the colonies, in common with their other advocates. 'V'v . f ■ 27 The claim of the colonies to an exemption from internal taxes imposed by authority of Parliament, examined. In a letter from a gentleman to his friend in America. . London. 8vo. " This writermaintains the right of Parliament to asupreme and uncontrollable jurisdiction, internally and externally, over the properties and persons of the subjectsin the colonies." M. R. 28 A LETTER from a merchant in London to his nephew in North- America, relative to the present posture of affairs in the colo- nies. ........ London, t 8vo. On the same side of the question as the foregoing, but written with less moderation. By Dean Tucker : republished in his four tracts, 1744. 29 An application of some general political rules to the present state of Great Britain, Ireland, and America. In a letter to the R. H. Earl Temple. . . . . London. 8vo. A SHORT AND FRIENDLY CAUTION tO the gOod people of England London. 8vo. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 157 "Tliig short and friendly gentleman tilts furiously at the colonies; and assures the good people of England that they must all be unavoidably ruined by a repeal of the stamp act." M. R. 31 Good humour; or away with the colonies. Wherein is occa- sionally enquired into, Mr. Pitt's claim to popularity ; and the principles of virtuous liberty, as taught in the school of Mr. Wilkes, and other peripatetics. . . London. 8vo. " Another fruitless attempt to stem the tide, which bath run so irresistibly y~^ in favour of the repeal." M, R. r32 A SHORT HISTORY of the conduct of the present ministry, with regard to the American stamp act. . . London. \ 8vo. js*«.|' A most bitter, virulent, outrageous attack on the ministry." M. R. 33 The latb occurrences in North America, and policy of Great Britain, considered. ..... London. 8vo. pp. 41. , " This writer is in favor of conciliatory measures with the colonies, and rather severe on those who would let slip the dogs o^' war on their American — brethren." M. R. 34* The justice and necessity of taxing the American colonies, demonstrated. Together with a vindication of the authority of Parliament. ...... London. 8vo. " This is, in truth, a most fiery politician, and his pamphlet a mere firebrand. In reply to the objections of the colonists to a standing army, he says that they have need of the gentlemen of the blade, to polish and refine their manners, to rub off' the rust of puritanism, Sec." M. R. 35* Some strictures on the late occurrences in North America. 8vo. London. These strictures are very weak and trivial. The author insists on the Parliament's right of taxation, whether the Americans are exempted by their charters or not; and as for these, he intimates they ought to be revokedi M. R. 3B The late reoilations respecting the British colonies on the continent of America, considered. In a letter from a gentle- man in Philadelphia to his friend in London . London. 8vo. " Written in behalf of the colonies, and said to be the work of Mr. Dickin- v son, of Philadelphia." M. R. t • . • . 1706. 158 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1766. «i7 A FARTHER APPEAL to the unprejudiced judgment of mankind «*"*' in behalf of the Indians, &c. . . . London. 8vo. M. R. XXXIV., p. 326. * ' . 38 Voyages et d£couvertes faites par les Russes le long des c6tes de la Mer Glaciale et sur I'ocean oriental, tant vers le Japon que vers I'Amerique. On y a joint I'histoire du Fleuve Amur et des Pays adjacents, depuis la conqu^te des Russes avec la nouvelle carte qui presente ces decouvertes et le cours de I'Amur, dressee sur des memoires authentiques publiee par I'academie des sciences de St. Petersburg, et corrigee en dernier lieu. Ouvrages traduits de I'Allemand de Mr. G. P. Muller, par C. G. F, Dumas. . . Amsterdam. 12mo. 2 vols. &c. MDCCLXVII. 1 Anew collection of voyages, discoveries, and travels ; con- taining whatever is worthy of notice in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, &c. The whole consisting of such English and foreign authors as are in most esteem ; including the descrip- tions and remarks of some late celebrated travellers, not to be found in any other collection. Illustrated with a variety of accurate maps, plans, and elegant engravings. London. 8vo. 7 vols. 2 An ACCOiNT OF THE DISCOVERIES made in the south Pacifick Ocean, previous to 1764. Part I. containing, i. A geographi- cal description of places, ii. An examination of the conduct of the discoverers in the tracks they pursued, iii. Investigations of what may be further expected. . . . London. 8vo. pp. 31 ; and 103, 4 maps and plates. By Alexander Dalrjmple. In bis Historical Collection, printed in 1770, be states tbat only a few copies were printed, and that it was not published until sometime after, wiJt. > v^ v t. This work was prepared by Catesby, and published after his death. Copies of it appear to be uncommon. 5 The present state of Great Britain and North America, with regard to agriculture, population, trade, and manufactures, impartially considered : containing a particular account of the dearth and scarcity of the necessaries of life in ^.ngland ; the want of staple commodities in the colonies ; the decline of their trade ; increase of people : and necessity of manufactures, as well as of a trade in them hereafter. In which the causes and consequences of these growing evils, and methods of prevent- ing them, are suggested ; the proper regulations for the colonies, and the taxes imposed upon them, are considered, &c. 8vo. pp. 363. London. " The author of this treatise appeais to be well acquainted with the true in- terest, nature, and state of wost of our different colonies, in some of which he is supposed to have resided man j years, though at present in England.'' M. R. Written by Dr. Mitchil. Allen. CTwo" PAPERS on the subject of taxing the British colonies in America. ....... London. 8vo. pp.22. ' '^ ~ ^" From the preface it appears that these two papers were first printed in 1739, and that they were drawn up by a club of American merchants, at the ^ head of whom were Sir William Keith, Mr. Joshua Gee, and other emi- V..^^ nent persons. 7 Authentic account of the proceedings of the Congress held at New- York, in 1765, on the subject of the American stamp act. ........ London. 8vo. pp. 37. Without either printer or publisher's name. ) 159 1767. 160 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1767. 8 The examination of Dr. Benjamin Franklin before an **'*' Honourable Assembly, relative to the repeal of the American stamp act, in 1766. Loudon. 8vo. pp. 50. No printer or publisher's name. 9 A LETTER TO G. G. *' Stiff ip opinions, always in the wrong." 8vo. pp. 06. London. " This letter to Lord George Grftj.vilie. if not the most elegant or the most correct of our late political dis'^uistuons, is one of the most solid and most intelligent, and is evidently the produce o' lo vulgar pen, no ill-ir >tructed hand. It is intended as an answer to some publications in defence of Mr. Grenville's ministerial measures." M. R. 10 Experiments and observations on American potashes, with an easy method of determining their respective qualities. By W. Lewis, M. B. F. R.S. Made at the request of the society forencouragementof arts, &c. in consequence of an application from the House of Representatives of Massachusetts Bay. 8vo. pp. 34. London. Printed by order of the society of arts, manufacturer, and commerce. 11 A CAUTION lO Great Britain and her colonies, in a short representation of the calamitous state of the enslaved negroes, in the British dominions. By Ant. Benezet. London. 8vo. pp. 46. - >= ' ■ -i' Y 12 EssAi sur cette question, Quand et comment TAmerique a-t- elle ete peuplee d'hommes et d'animaux ? Par E. B. d'E. 12mo. 5 vols. Amsterdufn. By the Bailly d'Engel. An edition in one volume, in quarto, was published at the same time. The question, which, according to the title, ought to constitute the principal matter of this work, occupies but a small part of it. Engel's French works are so full of germanistm, that it is fatiguing to read them. Biog. Univ. 13 Memoires geooraphiques, physiques, ey historiques sur I'Asie, I'Afrique, et I'Amerique. Tires des lettres EdiBantes, et des voyages des Missionnaires Jesuites. Par I'Auteur de Melange interessans et curieux. . . . Paris. 12mo. 4 vols. * By M. Rousselet de Surgy. The fourth volume relates entirely to America. 14 Histoire de la Nouvellk-York, depuis la decouverte de cette province jusqu'^ notre siecle, &c. Par William Smith. / / «i Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 161 Traduitede I'Anglois par M. E. . Londrcs (Paris.) 1767. 12ino. pp. 41.'3. >-'*' The translator was M. Eidous. The original work was first printed in 1757. l.v* Lkttre au docteur Mati, sur les geans Patagons. 12ino. Bruxelles (Paris.) By tlie Abb6 Coyer. 16 CoLECcioN GENERAL de las Providencias hasta aqui tomadas por el Gobierno sobre el estrafiamiento y ocupacion de tempo- ralidades de los Regulares de lacornpaiiia, que existian en los (lominios de S. M. de Espafia, Indias, e Islas Fillpinas, ^con- sequeucia del Real decreto de 27 de Febrero, y Pragmatica- sanoion de 2 de Aviil de este ano. . . . Madrid. Quarto. This collection of decrees relating to the expulsion of the Jesuits consists of five parts, the last of which was printed in 1784. They are rarely met with together. 17 Informe del VisiTADOR General de Nueva EspaiIa al Marques de Croix, Virrey, &c. del niismo reyno. Sobre los motives de la expedicion hecha en las provincias internas, causas que ha fonnado y providencias que deja dadas para su pacificacion. ...... (Mexico.) 4to. pp. 150. Without printer's name, year, or place, but dated at the end, Mexico, Dec. ^5, 1767; at which place, and at about that time, there can be no doubt of its having been printed. It is signed Joseph de Galvez, apparently a different pers ;n from the minister of the :3ame name who was sent to Mexico a few years later, to settle a disTtute between the Viceroy and the Audiencia. The expedition to which the present work relates was un- dertaken to take preparatory measures for expelling the Jesuits. MDCCLXVHI. 1 The journal of a two months* tour; with a view of promoting religion among the frontier inhabitants of Pensylvania, and of introducing Christianity among the Indians, to the westward of the Alegh-geny mountains. To which are added, remarks on the language and customs of some particular tribes among the Indians, with a brief account of the various attempts that have been made to civilize and convert them, from the first settlement of New England to this day. By Charles Beatty, A.M. ........ London. ?. J. pp. 110. ■ ■ r,, > . f >.K, M u m 1768. ^^ / Bibliotheca Americana Xovu. This journal, thoup;h cliiefly of a rn>ligious cast, is enlivened with many agreeable notes and circurostancei' relating to the manners and customs of the Delaware Indians, who, from certain similar customs and some tra- ditions among them, the author conjee' ares to be the descendants of the ten tribes of Israel, ^.vhicb has also been suggested in regard to the natives of other parts of America. 2 A SHORT HisTOUY of Barbados, i". omits first discovery and k ttle ment, to theend of th( year 1767. . . Loialon. Small 8vo. 3 Remarks npon a book intitled A short hirfmy of Barbados . in which the partial and nnfair rtpresentatiOMS of the luthor, u|'on the subjects of bishistory in general, and upon that of \\w demand of privileges in particular, are detected a id exposed. 3vo. London. First printed in narbados. 4 The great pr« iiABiiiTY of a North West Passage ; deduce*! from observations Oi. the Idler of Admiral de Fonte, who sailed from the ( alViOof Lima, on the discovery of a commu- nication between tl.?. South Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, and to intercept some navigators from Boston, in New England, whom he met with, then in search of a North West passage. Provinc; the authenticity of the admiral's letter. With three explanatory maps. By Thomas Jefferys. With an appendix, containing' the account of a discovery of part of the coast and inland country of Labrador, made in 1753. The whole in- tended for the advancement of trade and commerce. Qaarto, pp. (186.) London. JeSttys was not the author, his name being on the title merely in reference to the maps, which were prepared by him. He was also the publisher. The author is said by Meusel to have been Theodore Swindrage. Watts , calls the author Dragge, who was probably the clerk of the California. (See 1748.) 5 A GENERAL TOPOGRAPHY of North America and the West Indies : being a collection of all the maps, charts, plans and particular surveys, that have been published, of that part of the world, in Europe or America. Engraved by Thos. Jefferys, geographer to the King, &c London. Folio. 6 The narrative of the Hon. John Byron, (Commodore in a late expedition round the world,) containing an account of the 4 % with many id customs id some tra • dunts of the I thenntivt'si md « t tie Lo'-don. ibados: in he author, tbatof rn« d exposed. London. E : deduceil Fonte, who f a conimu- Ocean, and w England, est passage. With three n appendix, le coast and he whole in- ce. London. «ly in reference the publisher. drage. Watts the California. d the West ts, plans and that part of hos. Jefferys, London. nmodore in a iccount of the Bibliotheca Americana Nova. great distresses suffered by himself and his companions on the ' coast of Patagonia, from the year 1740, till their arrival in England, 1746. With a description of St. Jago de Chili, and the manners and customs of the inhabitaijts ; also a rela- tion of the loss of the Wager man of war, one of Admiral Anson's squadron. Written by himself, and now first pub- lished. ....... London. Svo. pp. viii. and 257. ' 7 The Boston chronicle for th«^ year m.dcc.lxviii. With many supplements and extraordinary papers. Volume I. Quarto. Boston. " This journal was commenced Dec. 14, 1767, and continued in quarto to Dec. 26, 1768. It was afterwards published in folio, but was discon- tinued in June 1770." Thomas's Hist, of Printing, ii. p. 247. 8 Continued cottEUPTiON, standing armies, and popular dis- ""' contents considered ; and the establishment of the English colonies in America, with various subsequent proceedings, and the present contests, examined, with intent to promote their cordial and perpetual union with their mother country, for their mutual honour, comfort, strength and safety. Quarto, pp. 82. London. With a fine engraving by Bartolozzi. An important tract, written by Bollan. Another pamphlet by him was published in this year, entitled An Epistle from Titnoteon to Electors of Parliament, in quarto. 9 The American gazette; being a collection of all the authentic addresses, memorials, letters, &c. which relate to the present disputes between Great Britain and her colonies containing also many original papers, never before published. No. 1. Svo. London. No. VI. which concluded this work , was published in 1770. 10 The constitutional right of the Legislature of Great Britain to tax the British colonies in America, impartially stated. Svo. t ' London. "However impartial this writer may pretend to be, he is an imperious as- sertor of the right he professes to state so fairly." M. R. / 11 An enquiry into the nature and causes of the present disputes between the British colonies in America, and their mother \ country ; and their reciprocal claims and just riglits imparti- \ ally examined and fairly stated. . . . London. \ Svo. /7 6^ 163 1768. l^" /" V. M 2 164 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. V / 17()8, 12 The fcrst measures necessary to be taken in the American "-'^ department. London. f 13 Letters from a farmer in Pennsylvania, to the inhabitants of the British colonies. Boston. 8vo. pp. 148. Reprinted in London. "A calm yet full enquiry into the right of the British Parliament to tax the American colonies ; the unconstitutionnl nature of which attempt is maintained in a welNconnected chain of close ^^ and manly reasoning." M.R. Written by Mr. Dickinson, of Pennsylvania. y 14 The administration of the colonies. The fourth edition. Wherein their rights and constitution are discussed and stated, by Thomas Pownall, late governor, &c. . London. Svo. ^ Many additions are made to this edition. ' - * . \/ 15 The true sentiments of America: contained in a collection of letters sent from the House of Representatives of the pro- vince of Massachusetts Bay, to several persons of high rank in this kingdom : together with certain papers relating to a supposed libel on the governor of that province, and a disser- tation on the canon and feudal law. . . London. Svo. pp. 158. « It is but strict justice to say that the remonstrances contained in these papers are penned with manly spirit, and with decent freedom." M.R. In Col. Aspinwoll's catalogue, this pamphlet is stated to have been written ■'f- by Thomas Mollis. 16 A letter to the Bishop of Landaff ; occasioned by some pas- sages in his lordship's sermon, on the 20th of February, 1/67; in which the American colonies are loaded with great and un- deserved reproach. By William Livingston. London. Svo. .' First printed in New York. 17 HiSTOiRE NATURELLE ET POLITIQUE dc la Pc. sylvanic, et de I'etablissement des Quakers dans ceite contree. Traduite de TAllemand. P.M.D.S. Censeur royal. Precede d'une carte geographique. . . .. _ . .j .. Paris. 12mo. pp. 20 and 372. The author of this work was M. llousselot de Surgy. It is principally ex- tracted and translated from Kalm (t753) and Mittetberger (1156.) , Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 165 wv»/ V \/ 18 Lettrr de M. Robert de Vauoondy au sujet d'une carte 1768. systemati(|ue des pays septentrion aux de I'Asie et de I'Ame- rique. ........ Paris, Quarto. , 19 Journal d'un voyage k la Louisiane, fait en 1720. Par M***, Capitainede Vaisseau du Roi. A la JIaye (Paris.) 12mo. pp. 316. This amusing but unimportant little volume is not mentioned in Barbier's Victionnaire des Anonymei. The author was M. de Valette Laudun, the commander of the Toulouse, the ship in which father Laval (see 1728) made the same voyage as mathematician. The work is in the form of letters, addressed to a ladj. '20 Description oeoorapiiique des debouquemens qui sont au nord de I'isle de Saint Domingue, avec des cartes et des plans des isles qui forment ces passages et les dangers qui s'y trouveiit pour le service des vaisseaux du roy. Par N. Bellin. Quarto, pp. 152, maps and plans. Paris. 01 NouvEAUx voyages aux Indes Occidentales; contenant une relation des difFerens peuples qui habitente les environs du grand fleuve St. Louis, appelle vulgaireinent le Mississipi ; lour religion, leur gouvernment, leurs moeurs, leurs guerres, et Icur commerce. Par M. Bossu. Capitaine dans les troupes de la marine. ...... Paris. 12mo. 2 parts in 1 vol. These travels of Bossu in Louisiana were translated by Foster, and printed iu 1771. Bossu made another voyage to America, an account of which was printed in 1777. 22 Rechkrches piiilosophiques sur les Americains, ou me- \ moires interessantes pour servir a I'histoire de I'espece hu- maine. Par Mr. de P * * *. *^ Studio disposta Jideli." Lucret. ....... Berlin. Small 8vo. 3 vol. ,_, ,,;^ ,, . , ; . , / By Mr. de Pauw. The second volume was published in 1769; and the third, being a defence of tlie two first, against the Abbe Pernetty, in 1770. Anew edition, with considerable additions, by the author, was printed at t'{«t)?s, in 1772. . .h . 23 HisTOiRE GENERALE de TAmerique, depuis sa decouverte, qui (,, ) comprend I'histoire natuiclle, ecclesiastique, militaire, morale V 166 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. m i m 1768. et civile ties contrees tie cette g;rautle partie du montle. Par '*'*' le P. Antoine Touron, de lordrcdes friires pr^cheurs. Paris, 12ino. 14 vol. Father Tourou's history is almost entirely ecclesiastical, and relates only to Spanish and Portuguese America. w' 24 HisTORiA DEL ESTABLEciMiENTO y comsrcio de las t!olonias Inglesas en la America Septentrional : en que se da noticiu del estado actual de su poblacion y algunas relaciones indi- viduates y curiosas, acerca de la constitucion de su gobierno, principalmente de el de la Nueva Inglaterra, de la Pennsyl- vania, de la Carolina, y de la Georgia. Traducido del Frances. ....... Madrid. Small 8vo. Translated from Butel Dumoot's Histoire dei Colonies, etc. No. !il8, 1755. 25 ViAGE AL EsTRECHO DE Magallanes por cl Capitan Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa. En los anos de 1579, y 1.'80, y noticia de la expedicion t(ue despues hizo para poblar le. Quarto, pp. Ixxxiv. 40'^, xxxiii. plates 3. Madrid. The journal of the voyage of Sarmiento was printed from the original ms., preserved in the royal library at Madrid. The editor was Don Uernuriio Yriarte, the original ms. of the introduction, &c. in his hand-writing, being in my possession. 26 CoLEccioN GENERAL DE DOcuMENTOs tocantcs a la persccu- cion que los regulares de la €»• suscitaron y siguieron tenaz- mente, &c. des de 1644, hasta 1660 contra Fr. Bernardino de Cardenas del orden de S. Francisco, obispo del Para- guay, expeliendole tres veces de su obispado k uferza de armas, &c. por evitar que este prclado entrare ni visitare sus misiones del Parana, Uruguay e Itati. Van aiiadidos en esta edicion muchos documentos ineditos, &c. . Madrid. Quarto, 4 vols. A curious collection, containing the following pieces : Vol. I. Prologo que sirve de introduccion, pp. 58. Memorial y Defensorio al Ray N. S. por el credito, &c. del Obispo del Paraguay, respondiendo a las memoriales del P. Julian de Pedraza : Procurador de los religiosos de la C"., &c. pp. 387. Vol. II. Apendice de monumentos peitenecientes a las controversias de los regulares de la compaiiia en el Paraguay contra el venerable obispo Fr. B. de Cardenas, pp. 84. Discursos juridicos en defensa de la consagracion de Don Fr. B. de Car- .!.i TiUd'iothiicn Aineiicatifi X "-a. Hi? '27 duriiis, obmpo dol Paragtinv, &c. I'or el Lie". Don Alonno Curillo, pp. 176S. '2QA. Vol. iir. Momorial njustiulo (In i). Josef Antequern, pp.230. (Jurtiis del S^ Dr. D. Josuf do Antequeru y Cautro Cavallero, &c. y Capitan general que fue del Puiiiguuy eNcritas al S'. M. F. Joseph de I'alos, obispo taliense y coadiutor de la dicha provincia do Paraguay, pp. 374. (yopia del Iaform»« que hizo el Genl. D. Mathias de Angles y Gortari, (lorregidor del Potosi, &o. pp. t)4. Vol. IV. Coleccion gKnoral de documentoa tocantea a la tercera 6poca de las cunmociones de los regulares de la compani on 61 Paraguay. Con- tiene el I{eyno Jesuitico del Paraguay ])or siglo y medio negado y oculto, hoy demostrado y descubierto. Su author D. Uernardo Ibuiiez de Echa- varria, (pp. 241.) Va anndido el Diario de la guerra de log Guaranies escrito por el P. Tadeo Henis, (pp. 113.) Causa jesuitica de Portugal, o documentos autenticos, biilas, leyes rcales, despachos de la secretaria de Estado y otras piezas originales, que precedieron a la reforma y moti- varou despues la expulsion de los Jesuitas de los dominios de Portugal. En (|ue se halla la republica del Paraguay, y Maranon, que contiene la relacion de la guerra que susten- taron los Jesuitas, contra las tropas Espanolas y Portuguesas, en el Uruguay, y Parana. Traducidas del Latin, y Portu- gues, e ilustradas en esta edicion espaiiola. . Madrid. Quarto, pp. xxviii. 172. A great many works were published in Spain and Portugal against the Jesuits about this time. The present relates principally tp their pro- ceedings in I'araguay. *Nkue Nachkichten von den Missionen der Jesuiten in Para- guay und von andern damit verbundnen Vorgangen in der Spanischen nionarchie. Aus dem Spanischen. Hamburgh. Meusel, 3, 2, aT. 29 *Beytuag zur Geschicuxe von Paraguay, und den Mis:>i- onen der Jesuiten daselbst. , . . Frankfurt. 28 Mvo. Meusel. lU supra. % r ! 1()8 17(i9. liibliulhtva Americana Nova. MDCCLXIX. 1 A coLLFXTiON OF oiiioiNAL PAi'Eus rcUitivc to tlic histofy of the colony of Massachusetts Bay. . Boston, N. A. 8vo. pp. 576. This collection uf papers wuspublialied by Lieut.Gov. Hutchinson, "to sup- port nnd elucidate the priiicipiil facts relntod in the first piirt of the IUh- tory of Massachusetts Hay, and may serve as an uppeidix to it." "The outiior of that history was possessed <>t iniiny other ancient and very curious original papers, which are irrccxverabl lust, by an unfortunate event, sutficiently known." This alludes to tiie destruction of his |>;i|it>r» by the mob, at the time of the riots in liostou, on account of the dtuuip act, in IT 65. 2 The American travelleu, or observations on the present state, culture, and commerce of the British colonies in America, and the further improvements of which they are capable; with an account of the exports, imports, and returns of each colony respectively; and of the numbers of British ships and seamen, merchants, traders, and manufacturers, employed by all collectively: together with the amount of the revenue arising to Great Britain therefrom, in a series of letters, written originally to the Right Hon. the earl of * * *. By an old and experienced Trader. London. Quarto, pp. 122, and map. By Alexander Cluny. " The author was the first to give accurate intelli- gence of Hudson's Bay, and to institute an inquiry about -.i more success- ful commerce with the Americans. The book was said to have been published under the auspices of Lord Chatham: and both the English and Americans, at that crisis, were so eager to possess it, that it was bought and read by one party with the same avidity that it was bouglit and de- stroyed by the other. Dibdin. Even in 1775, according to Dainea Barrington, it was a book not commonly to be met with. It was pub- lished in French in 1783. 3 An historical journal of the campaigns in North America, for the years 1757, 1758, 1759, and 1760: containing the most remarkable occurrences of that period, particularly the two sieges of Quebec, &c.; the orders of the admirals and general officers ; descriptions of the countries where the author has served, with tlieir forts and garrisons; their climate, soil, and produce; and a regidar diary of the weather. ,/ hibVwtheca Ameiicuna i\ova. 169 \ As uUu »cvcrul nianitustoi), a mandate of the late bishops of Canada, the French orders and disposition for the defence of the colony, &c. By Captain John Knox, &c. London. Quarto, 2 vols. "A very valuable collection oF material! towardi a history of our late war and conquests in Nortli America, as well as for a description and natural liistory of those parts of the country in which this attentive and indus- trious officer personally served. The work, in its present form, as a journiil, in which every occurrence, however minute, is rej^istered, may seem tedious to many readers ; and some parts are undoubtedly trivial, but theso are amply compensated for by others of real importance, and of the most interesting nutuie, particularly the ever .memorable sieges of Quebec, &o. Mr. Knox ajipears to be a man of sense, with more litera- ture than usually fulls to the share of officers in the aimy ; and we have no reason to doubt his having recorded the several events of these famous campaigns with the utmost exactness and fidelity. In brief, his work will prove an agreeable amusement to readers of every class, and to military readers in particular ; it will afibrd not only very high enter- tainment, but much useful information in the way of their profession." M. R. 4 A DicscKiPTioN OF East Florida, with a journal kept by John Bartrain, of Philadelpliia, botanist to his Majesty for the Floiidas, upon a journey from St. Augustine, up the river St. John's, as far a« the lakes ; with explanatory notes, Il- lustrated with an accurate map of East Florida, a plan of St. Au'^usiine, and another of the bay Espiritu Santo. London. Quarto, pp. 96. The third edition of Mr. Stork's account of East Florida, &c. (see No. 2, of ~ — •OL7t)6) with the addition of maps and botanical notes. 5 * Remarks on a passage from the river Balise, in the Bay of Honduras, to Merida, the capital of the province of Yucatan, in the Spanish West Indies. By Lieut. Cook, ordered by Sir William Burnaby, rear-admiral of the red, in Jamaica ; with despatches to the govenor of the province, relative to the logwood-cutters in the bay. . . London. 8vo. " Some of Mr. Cook's observations, in his passage through the country, (in 1765,) though not written with elegance, will be entertaining to readers in general." M. R. G An essay on the natural history of Guiana, in South America. Containing a description of many curious productions in the 1769. 170 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. ii,. wn ,;f 1769. animal and vegetable systems of that country. Together '*'*' with an account of the religion, manners, and customs of several tribes of its Indian inhabitants. Intersper'^>ed with a variety of literary and medical observations. In several letters from a gentleman of the medical faculty, during his residence in that country. . , . London. 8vo. pp. 402. ^,.;«--""" A very useful and entertaining work, written by Dr. Edward Bancroft. / 7 The history of Paraguay : containing, among many other / new, curious, and interesting particulars of that country, a Ifull and authentic account of the establishments formed there by the Jesuits, &c. Written originally in French, by the '\^ celebrated Father Charlevoix. . . London. 8vo. 2 vols. An abridgment of Father Charlevoix' large work, printed in 1756. 8 A LETTER to the R. H. Horatio Walpole, esq.: written Jan. 9, 1750-1, by the R. R. Thomas Seeker, ll.d., bishop of Oxford, concerning bishops in America. . London. 8vo. " This letter is written in an easy, agreeable, and artful manner, with great a/)/;earance of moderation and candour." M. R. 9 Private letiebs from an American, in England, to his friends in America. , , , . London. Small 8vo. " These letters are supposed to be written towards the end of the eighteenth (meaning apparently the rixeteenth) century, by a young American, who is stimulated by curiosity to visit the country of his ancestors. The sent of government is transferred to America, and England is an almost de- serted, depopulated nation," &c. M. R. The reviewer does not appear to relish the joke at all, and shows something of that sensitiveness which the reviewers of the pres^^nt day accuse the Americans of having so much of. 10 Thoughts on the origin and nature of governments: occa- sioned by the late disputes between Great Britain and her American colonies. Written in the year 1766. London. Svo. pp. 64. 1^ ■ The writer of this pamphlet " resolves all right and law into power. As it is by no means to be wished that Britons or British Americans will ever subscribe to our author's ideas, he may stand a better chance by publish- "i •• ing his future thoughts on government at IVIorocco, under the emperor's • imprimatur." M. R. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 171 11 The case of Great Britain and America, addressed to the King, and both Houses of Parliament. . . . London. 8vo. pp. 43. " A well connected and clear state of our disputes with the colonies con- cerning taxation, reduced into a short compass ; and one of the best tracts on the subject.'' M. R. 12 The controversy between Great Britain and her colonies reviewed ; the several pleas of the colonies, in support of their right to all the liberties and privileges of British subjects, and to exemption from the legislative authority of parliament, stated and considered ; and the nature of their connection with, and dependance on, Great Britain, shewn, upon the evidence of historical facts and authentic records. London. 8vo. pp. 207, Iv. Written by William Knox, under secretary of state for American affairs. "A very close and shrewd examination of the charter, constitution, government, past conduct, and present pretensions of the British colonies; in which the author labors to demonstrate, froii^i many acts of parliament never objected to, the entire sovereignty of parliament over all the colo- nies. It is therefore a performance deserving the mature consideration of both parties involved in the present unhappy contest ; for, if the Americans have nothing satisfactory to offer to invalidate the positive evidences here brought in opposition to their claims of exemption from parliamentary authority, many will undoubtedly hesitate in opinion as to the real merits of their opposition." M. R. 13 Observations on the Review of the controversy between Great Britain and her colonies. . . London. 14 Remarks on the review of the controversy between Great Britain and her colonies. In which the errors of its author are exposed and the claims of the colonies vindicated, upon the evidence of historical facts and authentic records. To which is subjoined, a proposal for terminating the present unhappy disputes with the colonies ; recovering their com- merce ; reconciliating their affection ; securing their rights; and establishing their dependence on a just and permanent basis. Humbly submitted to the consideration of the British legislature. London. 8vo. By Dr. Edward Uaucroft. " The review of the Ameriican Controversiv, 1769. / 172 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1769. w ■■■ i ■ i H J .^' / \ \ V ^ \ (No 12,) is here sharply and successfully attacked, by cu able hand; who, attending to the obvious import of words in the charters of the principal colonies, and the general tenor of those transactions wherein they have been concerned, clearly proves them to be distinct dependen- cies, not included within the realm of England, bat having constitutions _,., framed after the same model." M. R. 15 A LETTER to the earl of Hillsborough, on the present situation of affairs in America. In which the arguments in favor of the colonies are placed in a new point of view, and their rights and privileges are incontestibly demonstrated on con- stitutional principles, supported by unanswerable arguments, drawn from their ancient original charters, and the circum- stances attending their first settlement. Together with a serious and impartial consideration of the consequences which must necessarily result from the exercise of coercive measures, to compel them to a submission to the late acts of parliament. Also an appendix, in answer to a pamphlet, intitled T/ie Constitutional Right of Great Britain to tax the colonics. 8vo. London. _.>— itAnother very spirited advocate for the liberties of America." JVi. II. 16 The higiits of the colonies, and the extent of the legislative authority of Great Britain, briefly stated and considered. 8vo. London. " The great points of representation and taxation are here decided ag.iinst the colonies, by a very sensible writer. His ideas of colonisation, how- ^:..^ ever, will, we believe, be disputed by our American brethren." M. R. 17 SHALL 1 GO TO WAR with my American brethren? A discourse from Judges xx. 28. Addressed to all concerned in deter- mining that important question. . . London. 8vo. By the Rev. Dr. .lohn Erskine, u.d. See 1776. 18 A VINDICATION of the British colonies. By James Otis, esq., of Boston. . ^.. , , liOndun. 8vo. First printed in Boston. " Soon after the news arrived in America of pass- ing the stump act, Mr. Hopkins, governor of Rhode island, wrote a small tract o:i that subject, (see No. 17, 17.) He was answered by Mr. I Id ward, in 'a Letter to a gentleman at Halifax,' This tract now offered to the public is Mr. Otis's reply to that Halifax letter. We see in it the first leader in the American disputes declaiini"- tl:e universal opinion of the colonies against the authority of the Briti-jh parliumjnt." Adv. Bihliotheca Americana Nova. 173 19 An iNQcriRY into the rights of the British colonics; intended 1769. as an answer to '* the Regulations lately made concerninr) the "^'^ colonies, and the taxes impose' I upon them considered.'' In a letter to the author. By Richard Bland, of Virginia. 8vo. London. First printed at Williamshurg, Virginia. " Mr. Bland is by no means a bad advocate for his countrymen on the other side of the Atlantic." M. R. 20 The true constitutional means for putting an end to the disputes between Great Britain and the American colo- nies. ..... London. 8vo. pp. 38. " The author's expedient for putting an end to the disputes with the colonies is, a tax upon all the lands possessed by British subjects in America, ad valorem of their rents, to be for ever rated by the imposition of the land-tax in Great Britain ; so that the same act which impo^ses the one should impose the other, always in the same degree." M. R. 21 The present state of liberty in Great Bri-ain and her colo- nies. By an Englishman. . . . London. 8vo, "A political catechism adapted to the present season, being the current ^detail of grievances and apprehensions, hashed into a dialogue." M. R. 22 A short view of the history of the colony of Massachusetts ^ Bay, with respect to its original charter and constitution. \ 8vo. pp. 71. London. \ " The object of this history is to show that the colonists have no charter ^ exemption from the authority of Parliament." M. R. By Israel \^. Munduit. (See 1174.) 23 Letters to tht ministry, from Gov. Bernard, Get' Gage, and Com. Hood. And also memorials to the lords of the treasury, from the commissioners of the customs. With sundry letters and papers annexed to the said m^Mnorials. 8vo. pp. 146. London. / 24 Let-^brs to the R. H. the Earl of Hillsrorough, from Governor Bernard, Gen. Gage, and the Hon. H. M.'s \ Council for tlie ^province of Massachusetts Bay. With an { appendix, containing divers proceedings refened to in the j said letters. . . • . .'.ondon. I 8vo. pp. 165. >v V 174 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. i> r ^^ 1769. These two collections of letters were first printed in Boston. They com- v^-w mence in January, n6&, and reach to July, 1769. So that the two con- tain a complete view of the political contests and dissensions in tho colony of Massachusetts Bay during that period. The copies were ob- tained and sent to Boston by William Bollan, at the time agent for the council of Massachusetts. " In our opinion, tlie gentlemen of the council have greatly the advantage over the governor and the general, , ' with respect to the solidity and force of the arguments used by them, and have completely vindicated themselves from the charges brought against them by the officers of the crown, in their letters to Lord Hills- borough." M. R. 25 \n APPEAL TO THE world; Or a vindication of the town of Boston from many false and malicious aspersions contained vi certain letters and memorials, written by Governor Bernard, Generr.l Gage, Commodore Hood, the commissioners of the American board of customs, and others, and by them respec- tively transmitted to the British ministry. Published by order of the town. ...... Boston. 8vo. pp. 58. Reprinted in London in the following year. Copies of this book were ordered at a town meeting to be sent to Col. Isaac Barre, Governor Pownal, Doctor Franklin, William Bollan, Dennys de Berdt, and Alder- ,^ man Trecothick. , ''26 Observations on several acts of Parliament passed in the 4th, 6th and 7th years of his present Majesty's reign ; and also on the conduct of the officers of the customs since those acts were passed, and the board of commissioners appointed to reside in America. Published by the merchants of Boston. .... (Boston N. A.) 8vo pp.24. •■ -■■■ ■'-. .■'•j'-.i .',.■ -i . Reprinted in London in the following year. 27 A iCfeTTER to the Right Honourable the Earl of H — b — h, H. M.'s S — y of S — te for the C — 1 — s, on the present situation of affairs in the island of Gr — n — da. . . Wilkie. 8vo. pp. 54. 5 • • - ■ T^ • 28 Journal iiistorique d'un voyage fait aux Isles Malouines en 1763 et 1764, pour les reconnoitre, et y former un etablissement; et de deux voyages au Detroit de Ma- gellan, avec une relation sur les Patagons. Par Dom ■I 'ii Bibliotheca Americai.a Nova. 175 Pernetty, abbe, &c. et bibiiothecaire de S. M. le Roy tie Prusse. , . . - , , Berlin. 8vo. 2 vols. Published in English in 17T1. 29 Dissertation sur I'Ameriqueetles Americains contre les recher- ches pliilosophiques de Mr. de P. Par Doin. Ant. Jos. Pernetty. Small 8vo. Berlin. This answer to De Pa':w'8 Becherches philnaophiques produced in 1770 tig Daf'ense, &c. to which Dom Pernetty replied, in 2 vols, in 177S. 30 Relation historique de I'expedition contre les Indiens de rOhio en 1764, &c. Traduit de I'Anglois par C. G. F. Dumas. 8vo. Amsterdam. A translation of Hutchins's account of Col. Bouquet's expedition, printed in 1766. 31* Voyages et avantures du Chevalier de *** contenant les voyages de I'auteur dans les Isles Antilles Fram^jises du Vent de I'Amerique Septentionale, et compris les Isles Caraibes de St. Vincent, Sainte Lucie et la Dominique, et dans celle de S. Thomas, appartenant aux Danois. 12mo. 4 vols. Londres (Paris?) Meusel 3, 1 , 331 . 32* Description geographique, politique et historique du roy- aume de Paraguay, fonde par les .lesuites, imprimes a terrcti et traduite en Fran officers of the Dolphin, in ITIiT. To the seconil edition, printed in this same year, was added the following : 36 Resumen iiisToiiico del primer viage lecho al rededor del mundo, emprendido por Hernando de Magallanes y Llevado felizmente h. termino por el famoso capitan Espanol Juan Sebastian del Cano, Natural de Guetaria en Guipuzcoa. Su autor D. Casimiro de Ortega. ,,,,,. . • Madrid. Quarto, pp. 55. ■ y: BiUiotheca Americana Nova. 177 'M Van DO sobre limpieza de las calles de Mexico, &c. fecha en 1769. Mexico k 26 de Octre. de 1769. . . . Mexico. Quarto, pp. 18. 38 CoNCiLios PROviNCiALEs, pHmero y segundo celebradas en Mexico, presidiendo el Illmo y Rmo S. D. Fr. Aionso de Montubar. En los aiios de 1555 y 1565. Dalos k luz El Illmo. S. D. Francisco Antonio Lorenzana, Arzobispo de esta Santa metropolitana Iglesia. . . Mexico. Folio, pp. 396. The first Council was originally printed in 1556 at Mexico, by Juan Pablos Lombardo. Besides tbe two councils, the volume contains an account of the prelates of the Mexican church, occupying about one half of the work. The third Mexican council was printed the following year. 39* Gesciiiciite VON Pakaguay. Alls Spanischen handschriften iibersetzt, nebst dem criminal-procesz wider die Jesuiten in Spanien. Von Juande Escandon,und Bernhard Nusdorfer, der Gesellschaft Jesu Mitglieder. . . Frankfurt. 8vo. Meusel, 3, 2, 3T. 40* PiiYSiCALiscKE UNTER8UCI1UNG ob auch Patagouischc Ricscn moglich, un die Erzahlungenda von wahr sind. Von J. C. E. S. 8vo. Leipzig. Meusel, iii., 3, 45. Tbe author's name was Jo. Christ. Eric. Springer. MDCCLXX. An Historical collection of the several voyages and disco- veries in the South P?cifio Ocean. Vol. 1. Being chiefly a literal translation from the Spanish writers. By A.lexander Dalrymple, esq. . » » * London. Quarto, 2 vols. The second volume, containing the Dutch voyages, was published ife 1771. A chronological table, and a vocabulary, should be found ^ the second volume, but are frequently wanting. The maps and |>lM»« »houl lob&eer, isc, at piige 3. Dalrymple published a thin ^-olume of voyi«g«« to siio SoutlMta hemis- phere, in 1775, A GicN£ftAL uiSTOftY of the British taapire m Amenca. la- st K 178 Bibtiotheca Americana Nova. ['4* »■'*! 1770. eluding all the countries in North America and the West '*"^ Indies, ceded by the peace of Paris. By Mr. Wynne. 8vo. 2 vols. London. Several parts of these volumes are collected from the accounts given by other writers ; and there is an appearance of negligence on the part of ' the author, in some places, where a reference is made to facts, probably in the original work, but which are here omitted. " In those remarks, which are delivered as the author's own, he generally appears as a man of abilities, of knowledge of the world, of humanity, and of candour ; we were therefore sorry for the contemptuous manner in which he sometimes ridicules Ihe first settlers in New England, tbou;;^h he admits the injus- tice with which they had been treated." M. R. y'^ 3 Travels into North America : containing its natural his- tory, and a circumstanbiaf account of its plantations and agriculture in general, with the civil, erclesiastical, and com- mercial state of the country, the manners of the inhabitants, and several curious and important remarics on various sub- jects. By Peter Kalm. Translated into English, by John Reinhold Forster, F.A.S. Enriched with a map, several cuts for the illustration of natural history, and some addi tional notes. .... Warringion. 8vo. 3 vols. First published in Swedish, in 1753. A valuable work, so far as regards the natural history, geography, and state of the country at the time it was visited by the author. His name has been immortalized by Linnaeus, in the beautiful genus Kalmia, several species of which are so common throughout the United States. A second edition of this trans- lation, in two volumes, was published in the following year. 4 The present state of the European .settlements on the Missi- sippi ; with a geographical description of that river. Illus- trated by plans and draughts. By Captain Philip Pittman. Quarto, pp. viii. 100, 8 maps and plans. London. " The author resided several years in the countries he describes, and wus employed in surveying and exploring their interior parts, and was ac- quainted with many of the more intelligent of their inhabitants, conse- quently he has been enabled to exhibit an account of them, which is accurate and worthy of attention." M.R. 5 A short description of the province of South Carolina, with an account of the air, weather, and diseases at Charlestown. Written in the year 1763. . , . . London. 8vo. ^■ : ''- ■'■■' ■■■ ■♦. ' '/ Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 179 " III this short and entertainini; description of South Carolina, we havo an 1770. account of the situation, aoil, and some of the natural productions ; the air and weather ; the inhabitants ond their food ; the towns and garrisons ; the diseases; and the Indian tribes which border on South Carolina: the last chapter contains a description of the cultivation and manufacture of indigo." M.R. T) The Moiieagan Indians, against the governor and company of Connecticut and others. Tlie case of the respondents, the landholders. Folio, pp. 35 and 15. Apparently printed only for the use of the paities concerned ; copies, conse- quently, are of great rarity. 7 A CONCISE HISTORICAL VIEW of the difficulties, hardships, and perils, which attended the planting and progressive improve- ment of New England. With a particular account of its long and destructive wars, expensive expeditions, &c. By Amos Adams, A.M., Pastor of the first church at Rox- burg. . ...... London. 8vo. pp. 68. Printed at Boston in the preceding year. 8 Some account of the British dominions beyond the Atlan- ! tic: containing chiefly what is most interesting and least known, with respect to those parts ; particularly, the impor- tant question about the North- West passage is satisfactorily discussed: with a large map; in which the said supposed pas- sage, and all the Arctic regions, are more fully delineated than ever before. By William Doyle, LL.B. London. 8vo. " This author proposes a new scheme of geography, calling South America Atlantis ; North America, Sebaitia ; and classes the American colonies under the names of Neangiia, Jacobea, and Mesia or Midensia." M. R. 42. 9 A Review of the military operations in North America, y from the commencement of the French hostilities on the frontiers of Virginia, in 17.'i3, to the surrender of Oswego, on the 14th of August, 1756. Interspersed with various obser- vations, characters, ai>d anecdotes, necessary to give light into the conduct of American transactions in general ; and more especially into the political management of affairs in y / 180 Bibliotheca Americana Novu. % V 1770. New York In a lettei to a nobleman. . New York. 8vo. pp. 170. \. /K<... C /(r^ 10 TiXE BEGINNING, PROO{l£SS, AND CONCLUSION of the lutl ^ViJr; with other fnteresting matters conssidered : and a map of the lands, islands, gulphs, seas, and fishing-banks ; comprising the cod-fishery in America, annexed, for the better explana- tion of the several proceedings relative to it. . London, Quarto. " Although the style of this piece is heavy nnd disagreeable, and the work, in course, somewhat tedious and dull, yet the materials collected in it, particularly tliose relating to our rights and interests in regard to Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, the fisheries, &lc. maybe useful to the public." M.R. 1 1 Considerations on the expeaiency of admitting representa- tives from the American colonies into the British House of Commons. . ..... London. ^8yo. pp. 41. 12 A SHORT NARRATIVE of ^the horrid massacre in Boston, perpe- ^ trated in the evening of the 5tH of March, 1770, by the soldiers of the 29th regiment, which, with the 14th regiment, wer°. then quartered there. With some observations on the state of things pri'tr to that catastrophe, &c. Printed by order of till, t'wn Ci' Boston. . . . London. 8vo. pp. 38 and 'V^. y First printed in Boston. " We hare nothing to observe on the subject of is unhappy afiair, except to express our surprise that, considering the liouB occasion on which the troops were sent to Boston, tumults be- reen them and the inhabitants did not sooner happen, and tliut greater ischief has not been done than the killing and wounding only eleven of e town's people." M. 11. \- 13 Innocent blood crying to God from the streets of Boston. A sermon occasioned by the hon5d murder of Messrs. Gray, Maverick, Caldwell, Attucks, &c. by a party of troops under the command of Capt. P.eston, on the 5th of March, 1770; and preached the Lord's day following. By John Lathrop, A.M., pastor of the second church in Boston. . London. Quarto. 14 The trial of William Wemms, and seven others, soldiers in his Majesty's 29th regiment, for the murder of Crispin Bibliofheca Americana Xova, 181 Attacks, and four others, March 5, 1770, at the superior 177C. court of judicature, assize, &c. at Boston, Nov. 27 following, &c. before the Hon. Benj. Lynde, John Gushing, Peter Oliver, and I'dw. Trowbridge, esqs., justices of the said court. Published by permission of the court. . London, jvo. ^" As the unfortunate accident which gave birth to thriiin proceeding* hath been i >ken up on party groundi, and the circumstam es have been vari- ously represented, those who ure desirous of knowing t1 real state of the \gase, will here meet with satisfaction." AI.ll. 15 A FAIR ACcouN 1 of the late unhappy disti ''ton, in New England; extracted from the depositi .e been made concerning it by persons of all pai.co. With an appendix, containinp^ some affidavits, and other evidences relating to the affair, not mentioned in the Narrative of it that has been published at Boston. . . London. 8vo. " A defence of the massacre at Boston. The author is a zealous advocate for the soldiers, and endeavours to prove that their firing upon their assailants was, if not wholly unavoidable, nt least highly excusable ; that they were provoked to it by the most unsuffer&ble insults, and that the people were entirely the aggressors. He supports his representations by the affidavits of '29 persons; most of whom, however, it will be observed, are qfficen in the army.'' M.U. 16 PaocEEDiNOs of a gt eral court-martial, held at Pensacola, in West Florida, March 16— April 20, 1768. 8vo. The tnui of Major farmer. 17 The political detection ; or the treachery and tyranny of Administration, both at home and abrcad. Displayed in a series of letters signed Junius Americanus. . London. 8vo. " Although there is something illiberal in the manner, and malignant in the spirit, of this American Junius, yet there are in his letters many animad- versions on the conduct of administration, particularly with respect to the colonies, which are worthy of public attention and enquiry." M.R. 18 A CRITICAL COMMENTARY On Atchbishop Seeker's letter to the R. H. Horatio Walpole, concerning bishops in America. 8vo. pp. 111. London. (SeeNo. 8of 1769.) 19 Extract of a letter from the House of Representatives of -«^* IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) 1.0 I.I 1.25 ■so ^^™ MHI US Uii 122 1.4 ■ 1.6 Hiotographic Sciences Corporation 23 WIST MAIN STMIT WnSTIR.N.Y. 14SI0 (71«) 872-4303 hi 182 '" Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1770. the Massachusetts Bay, to their agent, Dennys de Berdt, esq. ^"^ With some remarks. London. 8vo. f'Thia extract contains objections to the whole system of our late regulations and laws respecting America, in order to prove that they are of dangerous tendency in regard to commerce, policy, and the true interest of the whole empire : grievous to the subject, burthensome to the trade, injurious to the revenue of the crown, and ruinous to the nation." M.R. 20 Grenada. A letter to the R. H. the Earl of Hillsborough, H. M.'s secretary of state for the colonies, on the present situation of affairs in the isla Lid of Grenada. . London. 8vo. 21 . Observations on the report made by the board of trade against the Grenada laws. . . . . ib. 8vo. 22 . Audi alteram partem; or a counter-letter to the R. H. the £. of H., &c. on the late and present state of affairs in the island of Grenada. In which is clearly demonstrated, &c. 8vo. pp. 123 and 68. London. 23 . A narrative of the proceedings upon the complaint against Governor Melvill. ib. 8vo. ' 24 . Letters to the Earl of Hillsborough, &c. on the late subversion of the political system of the glorious Revolution, &c. by appointing Roman Catholics to offices in H. M.'s islands of Grenada and the Grenadines, &c. By Pliny, V junior. 8vo. ib. 25 HisToiRE PHiLosoPHiQUE et politique des etablissements des Europeens dans les deux Indes. . Amsterdam. 8vo. 4 vols. First edition of the Abb6 Raynal's celebrated work. (See 1780.) 26 Defense des recherches philosophiques sur les Americains. Par M. de P * • ♦. . . Berlin. 8vo. De Pauw's reply to Pemetty's DUsertation (1769.) This volume forms the third of the succeeding editions of De Pauw's Beehercht' sur lei Americaini, the most complete of which appears to be that of Clevtt, of 1772. Bihliotheca Americana Nova, 18.3 he board of 27 HiSTORiA DE NuEVA EsPANA. Cscrita por su esclarecido Conquistador Hernan Cortes, aumentada con otros Documen- tos, y notas, por el illustrissimo Senor, Don Francisco Anto- nio Lorenzana, Arzobispo de Mexico. . . Mexico. Folio, pp. 400. Map, and plates, 36. An important and highlj esteemed work, containing the three celebrated letters of Cortex, originally printed soon after they were received in Spain, at Seville and Valencia; but these editions are of the greatest rarity. Several other letters of Cortex are extant in ms. and will probably be printed in the Collection of voyages and discoveriet of the Spaniards, by Don Martin Femandex de Navarrete, of which three volumes have been published : (see 1825.) The present edition is illustrated by copious notes and documents, together with fac-similes of the Mexican mode of repre- senting the tributes paid by the different towns of the Mexican domi- nions. 28 Concilium Mexicanum provixciale hi. Celebratum Mexici anno md.lxxxv. Preside D. D. Petro Moya, et Contreras Archiepiscopo ejusdem urbis. Confirmatum Romee die 27 Octob. anno 1589. Postea jussuRegio editum Mexici anno 1622. Sumptibus D. D. Joannis Perez de la Serna Archiepiscopi. Demum typis mandatum cura et expensis, h. D. Franciscii Ant. A. Lorenzana, archipreesulis. Folio. Mexico. I have examined several copies of this work, but have found in one only an appendix of 53 pages, which contains copies of some original documents, giving an account of the first Apostolical Junta held in Mexico, in the year 1537, and of another in ld.S9, by the Bishops Zumarraga, Zarate, and Quiroga. 29 Cartas pastoral ls, y edictos del lUmo Senor D. Francisco Antonio Lorenzana, y Buitron, Arzobispo de Mexico. Folio, pp. 229. Mexico. Among other things, this volume contains a most minute account of the por- trait of the Virgin of Guadalupe, which appeared miraculously on the "nima or blanket of Juan Diego, a converted Mexican, in the year 1531 ; and which was solemnly declared, by a oonmiission of painters and others, in 1751 , not to have been painted by the hand of man. The good archbishop oomea to the conclusion that it must have been painted by millions of angels. 30 DiARio HiSTORico dc los viages de mar y tierra, hechos al Norte de la California de orden del Virrey de Nueva Espana Marques de Croix y por direccion de D. Josef de Galvez. 2 1770. I' t^' |;.:^ 184 ' Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1770. Executados por la tropa destinada ^ diclio objeto al mando .. «M de D. Caspar de Portola y por los Paquebotes S. Carlos y S. Antonio. De orden del Ex Sr. Virrey en la Imprenta del Covierno. {Mexico.) Folio, pp. 56. This important tract is dated in Mexico, Oct. 24, 1770, and signed D. Migtiel Costanso, It is of extreme rarity, the copies having been distri- ,./ buted in presents, and never intended for sale. It appears to be the work .!/'■ of which Dr. Robertson had a ms. copj, which was translated and pub- lished by Mr. Dalrymple, in 1790. 31 Beschryvino VAN CuiANA, of de WildekustinZuid-America, Betreffende de Aardrykskunde en Historie des Lands, dc Zeeden en Gewoontes der Inwooners, de Dieren, Vogels, Visschen, Boomenen Gewassen, als mede de eerste Ont- dekking dier Kust, de Bezittingen der Spanjaarden, Franschen en Portugeezen en voornaamelyk de Volkplantingen der Nederlanderen, als Essequebo, Demerary, Berbice, Suriname, en derzelver Rivieren, met de noodige Kaarten en Afbeeldingen der Forten. Waarby komt eene Verhandeling over den Aart en de Gewoontes der Neger Slaaven. Alles uit echte stukken opgesteld door Mr. Jan Jacob Hartsinck, &c. Quarto, 2 vols. pp. 962. 14 maps and plates. Amsterdam. By far the best work ever published on the countries described, according to Mr. Warden. This edition appears to have escaped the notice of the accurate Meusel, who only mentions one of 1782, in octavo. The first part of a German translation was published at F in 1784, but appa- rently was never continued. MDCCLXXI. ; 1 The natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands ; containing the figures of birds, beasts, fishes, ser- pents, insects, and plants ; particularly those not hitherto described, or incorrectly figured, by former authors, with their description, in English and French. To which is prefixed, a new and correct map of the countries ; with observations on their natural state, inhabitants, and productions. By the late Mark Catesby, F. R. S. Revised by Mr. Edwards. To Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 185 Amsterdam. the whole is now added, a Linneean index of the animals and 1771. plants. ..... London. Folio, 2 vols. 220 coloured plates. " Catesby, after having lived in Virginia, from 1712 to 1719, principally engaged in the study of its natural history, returned to England^ tcii n he was induced, by Dr. Sherard and others, to undertake another voyage to America, for the express purpose of collecting and describing its natural productions. The fruit of his voyage was this natural history of Carolina. It first appeared in numbers, between 1731 and 1749, with plates, etched by himself from his own drawings, and coloured under his inspection. A second edition was published in 1754, but both that and the present are considered as inferior to the first, in respect to the beauty of the plates. The work contains brief descriptions in French and English, of the different objects mentioned in the title, and found within the regions comprehended in its plan. To the present edition is added an index of the Linnsean names, but it is not so complete as it might have been." 2 A jouiiNAL OF A VOYAGE round the world, in his Majesty's ship Endeavour, in the years 1768-71, undertaken in pursuit of natural knowledge, at the desire of the Royal Society. Con- taining all the various occurrences of the voyage, with des- criptions of several new discovered countries in the Southern hemisphere, &c. . . . London. Quarto, pp. 133. This appears to be the first printed account of Capt. Cook's first voyage. (See 1773.) 3 The history of a voyage to the Malouine (or Falkland) Islands, in 1763 and 1764, under the command of M. de Bougainville, in order to form a settlement there; and of two voyages to the straights of Magellan, with an account of the Patagonians. Translated from Dom Pernetty's Historical Journal, written in French. Illustrated with copper-plates. Quarto. London. First printed at Berlin, in French, in 1769. The translator has omitted the detail of ordinary occurrences which are common to every voyage, re- taining whatever seemed in any view peculiar to this expedition. Several charts and plans are also added, which are not in the original. The copies with the date 1773 are probably the same, with a new title- page. 4 Travels THROUGH that part of North Amarica formerly call- ed Louisiana. By Mr. Bossu, captain of the French marines. Translated from the French, by John Reinhold Forster, F.S.A. \ / 186 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. J771, >*/*/ / Illustrated with notes, relative chiefly to natural history. To which is added, by the translator, a systematic catalogue of all the known plants of English North America, or, a Flora AmericcB Septentrionalis. Together with an abstract of the most useful and necessary articles contained in Peter Loefling's travels through Spain and Cumana, in South America. ..... London, 8vo. 2 vols. * ■( The first volume, and sixteen paget of the second, comprise'the translation of Bossu'a Nouveaux Voyages, (see 1768.) The catalogue of plants which follows occupies fifty pages, and was published with a separate title. The remainder of the second volume, with the exception of a short ac- count of bis life, in English, is occupied by Loefling's Latin descriptions of the plants observed by him in Spain and South America. 5 Flora America Septentrionalis; or, a catalogue of the plants of North America. Containing an enumeration of the known herbs, shrubs, and trees, many of which are but lately discovered. By John Reinhold Forster, F.A.S. London. 8vo. pp. 50. This Flora is merely the catalogue of plants of the preceding work, with a new title. 6 A CATALOGUE OF THE ANIMALS of North America. Containing an enumeration of the known quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, fish, insects, &c. many of which were never described before ; to which are added, short directions for collecting, preserving, and transporting all kinds of natural curiosities. By John Reinhold Forster, F.A.S i^ . London. 8V0. '.:....- ,V ^ 7 Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, held at Philadelphia, for promoting useful knowledge. Vol. 1. . . . . Philadelphia. A second edition of this volume was printed in 1789. 8 Falkland's Island. A justification of the conduct of the ministry relative to Falkland's Island. In a letter to both Houses of Parliament. . . London. 8vo. 9 '■ Papers relative to the negotiations with Spain; and the taking of Falkland's Island from the English. Quarto. London. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 187 10 Falkland's Island. Thoughts on the late transactions re- 1771. specting Falkland's Island. . . London. ^'^ 8vo. pp. 75. By Dr. Samuel Johnson. 11 . An examination of the declaration and agreement with the court of Spain, relating to the restitution of Falk- land's Island. . . . , London. 8vo. 12 . A refutation of a pamphlet called Thoughts on the late transactions respecting Falkland's Island. In a letter addressed to the author, and dedicated to Dr. Samuel Johnson. . i • . London. 8vo. " ! 13 . Two speeches of an honourable gentleman on the late nogoiiation and convention with Spain. 8vo. " These barren islands were made a subject of great importance about this time ; the English, French, and Spaniards laying claim to them at the same time. 14 Precis de l'etat actuel des colonies Angloises dans I'Ame- rique Septentrionale. Par M. Dominique de Blackford. 12mo. pp. 99. Milan. Part of this work is a compilation from Douglas and Kalm, and the remain- der consists of a translation of the Examination of Dr. Franklin, 1767. It is generally found with a translation of Toreen^s voyage to Surat, S^e. \5 Ex AMEN DES RECHERCHEs FHiLosoPHiQUEs sur I'Amerique et les Americains, et de la defense de cet ouvrage. Berlin. Small 8vo. 2 vols. * This rejoinder of Dom Pemetty, in which he exposes the blunders and un- fair conduct of De Pauv s much more ably written than his first work. (See 1769.) 16 De l'Ameriqub et des Americains, ou observations curi- euses du philosophe La Douceur qui a parcouru cet hemis- phere pendant la derniere guerre, en faisant le noble metier de tuer les hommes sans les manger. . Berlin. Small Bvo. pp. 116. A lively and humourous defence of the American Indians against the attacks of De Pauw, attributed by Meusel to M. Poivre, but Barbier says that V / Y 188 Bibliotlieca Americana Nova. 1/ 1771. it >* either by M. Bonneville or Dom Pernetty. Now Poirre was never in America ; he was employed in the East Indies at the time this discussion was going forward. It appears also that M. Bonneville was only eleven years of age at this time. As it is not probable that Dom Pernetty wrote two works on the subject in the same year, all these conjectures as to the authorship of this work are apparently erroneous. 17 VovAGE AUTOUR Du MONDE, par la frigate du roi la Boudeuse et la flute I'Etoile ; en 1766, 1767, 1768, and 1769. Paris. Quarto. "^ The account of M. de Bougainville's voyage : reprinted in three volumes, octavo, in 1772; and translated into English in the same year. 18 Lettres edifiantes ecrites par quelques missionnaires de la Compagnie de Jesus. De I'Amerique Septentrionale. Small 8vo. pp. 152. Bruxelles. A selection from the " Lettres edifiaiites et curteuset," commenced in 1715, of which upwards of thirty volumes were published. 19 NoTiciA BREVE dc la expedicion Militar de Sonora y Cinaloa, su exito feliz, y ventajoso estado en que por consecuencia de ella se han puesto ambas provincias. . {Mexico.) Folio, pp. 12. Dated Mexico, June 17, 177] . Robertson Cnote 65, vol. ii.) speaks of this tract, and notes its great rarity. He says it was published in order to satisfy the curiosity of the merchants who had furnished the Viceroy with money for defraying the expense of the expedition. 20 Itinerario para Parrocos de Indios, en que se tratan las materias mas particulares tocantes k ellos para su buena ad- ministracion : compuesto por el Dr. Don Alonso de la Pena Montenegro, &c. Nueva edicion purgada de muclusimos hierros. ..... Madrid. Folio. This instruction for the parish priests among the Indians of South America was first printed in 1668. 21 DiziONARio STORico-GEOGRAFico dell' America Meridionale di Giandomenico Coleti della compagnia di Gesu. Venezia. Quarto, 2 vols, in 1. \ The author was many years employed in South America as a missionary : the principal merit of his work consists in being almost entirely the result of personal observation, or of information procured on the spot. Bibliotheca Americana Nova, 189 1772. South America MDCCLXXII. 1 The entertaining history of King Philip's war, which began in the month of June, 1675. As also of expeditions more lately made against the common enemy, and Indian rebels, in the eastern parts of New England : with some account of the Divine Providence towards Col. Benjamin Church. By Thomas Church, esq., his son. The second edition. 8vo. pp. 199. Newport, R. I. First printed in 1716. Reprinted in 18^27. This edition has portraits of Col. Church and of King Philip, engraved by P. Revere, and are proba- bly among the first specimens of engraving done in New England. 2 The history of the late war in North America and the islands of the West Indies; including the campaigns of 1763 and 1764, against his Majesty's Indian enemies. By Thomas Mante, assistant engineer during the siege of the Havana, and major of a brigade in the campaign of 1764. Quarto, 542 pp. and 18 maps and plans. Londim. The introduction contains an account of Washington's escape from assassi- nation, by an Indian, in December, 1753. " Mr. Mante explains the cause of the commencement of hostilities with the French in North America in a satisfactory manner, and leads the reader through a cir- cumstantial and entertaining detail of the military operations, both there and in the West Indies, to the end of the war ; together with two sub- sequent compoigns against the Indians." M.R. 1773. 3 A COLLECTION of Several commissions and other n^^blic instru> *^ments, proceeding from his Majesty's royal aujiority, and ' other papers, relating to the state of the province in Quebec, I in North America, since the conquest of it by the British arms, in 1760. Collected by Francis Maseres, esq. his Majesty's attorney-general in the said province. London. Quarto, pp. 311 4 The Atlantic pilot. Calculated for the safe conduct of ships in their navigation from the Gulph of Mexico along Cuba and the Martieres, through the new Bahama Channel, to the northern parts of his Majesty's dominions on the continent of America, and from thence to Europe. London. 8vo. 3 charts. B. l'(^<^ / y |^^H'-''<'i - ^^B'^ i 190 1772. 1 ^^^V ' I^^^^^^^^B T 1 r> ^^H''h^ ^^Hi.'l ^^^^Hvi/ ^^^^V'^ ■' ^H 6 Bihliotheca Americana Nova. By William Gerard de Drahm, his Majesty's surveyor-general of the southern district of North America. I have a French tract in quarto, of sixteen pages and a map, without date, which appears to be translutvd from this, the title of which is : Recherchei faitet par ordre de S. M. B. dtpuit 1765 juiqu'en 1771, pour rectifier let cartes ^ per/ectionner la nuvi- gation du canal d$ Bahama. Traduite de l'Angloi$ de W. Gerard de Brahm, ijc, I possess also three folio volumes in mh., by the same author, relating to the coast of North America, with plans, surveys, (fee. A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD. Performed by order of his most Christian Majesty, in the years 1766, 1767, 1768, and 1769. By Lewis de Bougainville, colonel of foot, and com- modore of the expedition, in the frigate La Boudeuse, and the store ship L'Etoile. Translated from the French, by John Reinhold Forster, F.A.S. . . London. Quarto, pp. 476, 5 maps, &c. A VOYAGE TO South America, &c. (see No. 13 of 1758.) by Don Oeorge Juan and Don Antonio de Ulloa, S^c. The third edition : to which are added, by Mr. John Adams, of Waltham Abbey, who resided several years in those parts, occasional notes and observations ; an account of some parts of the Brazils hitherto unknown to the English nation ; and a map of South America corrected. . . . London. 8vo. 2 vols. Maps and plates. Political essays concerning the present state of the British Empire; particularly respecting, i. Natural advantages and disadvantages, ii. Constitution, iii. Agriculture, iv. Manu- factures, v. The colonies; and vi. Commerce. London. Quarto. • " The plan of this work is extensive, the design useful, and the execution is in some parts masterly and very satisfactory, although it is in others extremely deficient." M.R. The part relating to the Colonies appears (from the Review) to be extensive and important. REPORT OF THE LORDs' COMMISSIONERS for trade and planta- tions on the petition of the Honourable Thomas Walpole, Benjamin Franklin, John Sargent, and Samuel Wharton, esqs., and their associates, for a grant of lands on the river Ohio, in North America, for the purpose of erecting a new government. With observations and remarks. London. 8vo. pp. 110. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. m ral of the quarto, of translutvd [« 5. 31. B. ler la tiuvi- Gerard de the same rveys, Ac. 3r of his 768, and and com- iuse, and ench, by London. of 1758.) J-c. The Adams, of lose parts, lome parts on ; and a London. he British tages and IV. Manu- London. e execution a in others «i« appears tid planta- Walpole, Wharton, the river ing a new London. 9 The case of Mr. John Gordon, with respect to the title to 1772. certain lands in East Florida, purchased of H. C. M.'s sub- jects by him and Mr. Jesse Fish, for themselves and others H. B. M.'s subjects; in conformity to the twentieth article of the last definitive treaty of peace. With an appendix. Quarto, (pp. 76) and plan. London. Privately printed for the use of the persons interested. 10 VoYAOB AUTOUR ou MONDB> par la fregate du Roi la Bou- deuse et la Mte I'Etoile, en 1766, 1767, 1768, et 1769. Seconde Edition augment^e. • . . Paris. 8vo. 2 vols. 11 Supplement au voyage de M. de Bougainville: ou jour- nal d'un voyage autour dn mondc fait par M M. Banks et Solander, Anglois, en 1768, 1769, 1770, et 1771. Traduitde I'Anglois par M. de Freville Paris. 8vo. 12 Voyage en Californie pour Tobservation du passage de Venus sur le disquedu soleil, le 3 Juin 1769; contenant les observations de ce ph^nomene^ et la description historique de la route de I'Auteur a traversle Mexique. Par feu M. C/appe d'Auteroche. Redige et publie par M. de Cassini fils. Paris. Quarto, pp. 170 and 4 plates. An English translation was printed in 1778. 13 Projet pour tenter la decouverte du Pole gauche du monde nomme Pole Arctique par un Septuagenaire. A la Haye. Svo. pp. 30. A curious tract, in which its author gives very plausible reasons for suppo- sing the heat at the Poles to be greater at a certain season than between ' the tropics : and that, iu consequence, its natural productions must be of a very extraordinary nature. 14 NoTiciAS Americanas: entretenimientos phisico-historicos^^ sobre la America Meridional, y la Septentrional Oriental. '" Comparacion general de los territonos, climas y producciones en las tres especies, vegetales, animales y minerales : con la relacion particular de las petrificaciones de cuerpos ma\»inos de los Indios naturales de aquellos payses, sua costumbres y usos; de las Antiguedades: discurso sobre la lengua y spbre / •n^. -^K^-. ■><. 192 Bibliolhecii Americana Nova. 1772. el tnodo en que pasarun los primeros pobladures. Su uutor Don Antonio dc Ulloa, &c Madrid. Quarto. A highlj Mteemed work, reprinted in 1793. Tranilated into German in 1^81, and into Frnnch in I7U7. 15 Reolamento, £ iNSTHUccioN pAra los Presidios i^ "t sc Imn de formar en la linea de frontera de la Nucva Espana. Rosuelto por el Rey N. S. en cedula de 10 de Septieinbrc de 1772. Quarto, pp. 122. Madrid. lU Naciiricht von der puoviNZ ViRGiNiEN ; nebst einer geo- graphischen Deschreibung der provinz Pensylvanien. 8vo. Frankfurt. Meuseliii. I. p. 390. P. ^/^l^ MDCCLXXIII. V / 1 The HISTORY of the British dominions iv North America: '" from the first discovery of that vast continent by Sebastian Cabot, in 14tt7, to its present glorious establishment, as con- firmed by the late treuty of peace, in 1763. In fourteen books. 4to. 2 vols, in 1, pp. 584, and map. London. A compilation of no great authority: probably a bookseller's speculation, in consequence of the interest which the affairs of America excited about this time. 2 An account op the voyages undertaken by the order of H. M. for making discoveries in the Southern hemisphere, and successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Cook. In the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour : drawn up from the journals which were kept by the several commanders, and from the papers of Joseph Banks, esq. by John Hawksworth, L.L.D. In three volumes. Illustrated with cuts, and a great variety of charts and maps, relative to countries now first dis- Qpvered, or hitherto but imperfectly known. . London. Quarto, 3 vols. The first volume contains the voyages of Byron, Wallis, and Carteret. Captain Cook's first voyage occupies the second and third volumes. I'hey were translated and published in German and in French, in the following year. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 193 3 A LETTCR from Mr. Dalrymple to Dr. Hawkesworth, occasioned by some groundless and illiberal imputations in his account of the late voya<^es to the South. . . London. Quarto, pp. 35. Tlie indefutignblfl Alexander Dnlryrople, wbo oppeors to have been the first projector of the expeditions under Wallis, Carteret, and Cook, to the South Seas, but in which he was not permitted to join, is rather severe in this tract upon some parts of Dr. Hawkesworth's account of those voyages. 4 A JOURNAL of a voyage to the South Seas in H. M.'s ship the Endeavour, faithfully transcribed from the papers of the late Sydney Parkinson, draughtsman to Joseph Banks, esq. on his late expedition with Dr. Solander round the world. Each bellished with views and designs, delineated by the author» and engraved by capital artists. . . London. Imperial 4to. pp. 214, and 27 plates. Published by the author's brother, who makes great complaints of the con- duct of Sir Joseph Banks in witholding the original mss. and drawings. 5* An attempt to shew that America must have been known to the ancients, &c. By Samuel Mather. . Boston. 8vo. Harvard Coll. Cat. 6 The votes and proceedings of the freeholders and other in- habitants of the town of Boston, in town meeting assembled, according to law. To which is prefixed, as introductory, an attested copy of a vote of the town at a preceding meeting. The whole containing a particular enumeration of those grievances that have given rise to the present alenrming dis- contents in America. . . . London. 8vo. First printed at Boston. Tiie London editor has added a preface, giving an account of the discontent arising from the tax on tea, &c. '* In the re- port of the committee to the town meeting at Boston we have a concise system of politics, adapted to their situation as colonists, which is drawn up with great good seme and mature judgment." M.R. 7 Authentic PAPERS relative to the expedition against the Charibbs, and the sale of lands in the island of St. Vincent. Lon^n. Quarto, pp.83. 8 Considerations on the state of the sugar islands, and on the policy of enabling foreigners to !end money on real securities in those colonies. In a letter addressed to the R. H. Lord . o 1773. m. 194 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. m 1773. North; by a West India planter. . .. London. 8vo. 9 Thi! advaktages of a settlement upon the Ohio, in North America. ..... London. 8vo. 10 Observations on the present state of the waste lands of Great Britain, published on occasion of the establishment i of a new coloriy on the Ohio. By the author of a Tour through England. . . . . London. 8vo. pp. 83. 11 Essays concerning iron and steel: the first containing observations on American sand iron ; the second observations founded on experiments on common iron ore, &c. By Henry Home. ..... London. I2mo. pp. 223. The first essay has a separate title as follows : Oburvatiom on American sand iron. In a letter to the late Mr, John Ellicott, F, R. S. read at the Royal Society, March 3, 1763, pp. 31. 12 VoYAOB fait par oudre du Roi en 1768 et 1769 h diffe- ^-^reh^es parties du monde, pour eprouver en mer les Horloges Marines inventees par M. Ferdinand Berthoud. Par M. d'Eveux de Fleurieu. Quarto, 2 vols. 13 Christophe Colomb, ou I'Amerique decouverte : '24 chants, par un Aniericain. By M. Bourgeois, of Rochelle. Barbier. 14 El lazarillo de ciegos caminantes desde Buenos Ayres, hasta Lima con sus Itinerarios segun la mas puntual observa- cion, con algunas noticias utiles k los Nuevos Comerciantes que tratan en Mulas: y otras historicas. Sacado de las memorias que hizo D. Alonzo Carrio de la Vandera en este dilatado viage, y comision que tuvo por la corte para el arreglo de correos y Estafetas, situacion y ajuste de postas desde • Montevideo. Por D. Calixto Bustamante Carlos Inca alias Concolorcorvo, natural del Cuzco, que acompaiio al referido comisionado en dicho viage y escribio sus extractos. Small 8vo. Gijon. V Paris. poeme en Paris. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 195 London. , in North London. i lands of siblishment of a Tour London. containing bservations By Henry London. ;$ on American S. read at the 769 a diffe- ss Horloges . Par M. Paris, poeme en Paris. enos Ayres, ual observa- bmerciantes cado do las idera en este ira el arreglo )Ostas desde OS Inca alias io al referido OS. Gijon. This work bears all the marks of having been printed in Lima. The author 1773. was a descendant from the ancient Incas. He accompanied Don Alonso ^.■m./ Carrio in a journey from Buenos Ayres to Lima, for the purpose of es- tablishing the posts between those places, in the humble capacity of a servant. This work is a joco-serious account of the expedition. 15 Junta general de la real compaiiia Guipuzcoana de Caracas del aiio de 1772. Compendio de sus acuerdos y deliberaciones, como del estado de esta real compania en sus cargas y fondos universales, en 31 de Dec. del proximo ano anterior de 1771. .... Madrid. Quarto, pp. 160. MDCCLXXIV. jp. 1 The journal of a voyage undertaken by order of his present Majesty, for making discoveries towards the North Pole, by the Hon. Commodore Phirps and Captain Lutwidge, inH. M.'s sloops Racehorse and CLicase. To which is prefixed, an account of the several voyages undertaken for the discovery of a North-east passage to China and Japan. London. 8vo. pp. 118. " This appears to be the real journal of some person on board one of the ships above-mentioned, and contains many curious particulars." M.R. The following work is the official account of the same voyage, of which this is a popular relation, omitting the scientific details, &c. 2 A VOYAGE TOWARDS THE NoRTH PoLE, Undertaken by his Ma- >^ '"JTEfi^ty^'commancl in 1773. By Constantine John Phipps. \ 4to. pp. 253, and 14 maps and plates. London. \ •ve one with respectab'a jlony of Tobago, in the British West Indies. 1774. Illustratec^. v.kh a map of the island, and a plan of its settle- '*'*' ment, agreeably to the sales by H. M .*s commissioners. ^8vo. pp. 80. London. 11 A DESciiiPTioN OP Patagonia, and the adjoining parts of South America; containing an account of the soil, produce, animals, vales, mountains, rivers; lakes, &c. of those countries; the religion, government, policy, customs, dress, arms, and language of the Indian inhabitants; and some particulars relating to Falkland's Islands. By Thomas Falkner, who resided near forty years in those parts. Illustrated with a new map of the southern parts of America, engraved by Mr. Kitchin, hydrographer to his Majesty. . Hereford. Quarto, pp. 144, 2 maps. An abridgment of this work was published in German in ] 775, and iu French in 1788. « A judicious author, whose book is so much the more interesting, on account of the little knowledge we possess of the people and countries he visited.'' Biog. Univ, 12 An oration delivered Feb. 4, 1774, before the American Phi- •y/ losophical Society, held at Philadelphia. Containing, an en- quiry into the natural history of medicine among the Indians in North America, and a comparative view of their diseases and remedies with those of civilized nations. Together with an appendix, containing proofs and illustrations. By Benja- min Rush, M.D., &c. .. •> Philadelphia. Svo. pp. 118. 13 An historical account of all the voyages round the world, performed by English navigators, including those lately un- dertaken by order of his present Majesty. The whole faith- fully extracted from the journals of the voyages, &c. In four volumes. To which is added, an appendix, containing the journal of a voyage to the North Pole, by Commodore Phipps and Captain Lutwidge. . . . London. Svo. 4 vols. The two first volumes were compiled by David Henry, a great contributor to the Gentleman's Magazine, and who added a fifth volume in 1775, and a sixth in 17S6, containing Capt. Cook's second and third voyages; in- troduced by an admirable summary of all the voyages undertaken for dis- covery only, ia both the Southern and Northern hemispheres, and in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. Nichols* Lit. Anec, iii. p. 425. m 198 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1774. 14 A TRUE STATE of the proceedings in the Parliament of Great **'*' Y Britain, and in the province of Massachusetts Bay, relative to the giving and granting the money of that province, and of all America, in the House of Commons, in which they are not represented. .... London, Folio. "A chronological summary of the disputes between the Parliament and the colonies, but more especially with that of Massachusetts Bay ; and of the events that took place in the course of those disputes : together with such remarks as naturiilly arose from them on the part of the Americans.'' M.R. 15 The petition of Mr. Bollan, agent for the council of the province of Massachusetts Bay, to the King in council, dated Jan. 26, 1774. Published with illustrations, in order briefly to shew to the impartial and considerate the importance of perfect harmony between Great Britain and the colonies, their merits, the benefits thence accrued to this kingdom in point of empire, manufactures, commerce, wealth and naval strength; and the origin and progress of their present unhappy differ- ence ; with intent to promote their cordial and perpetual union, for their mutual safety and welfare, with which their dissen- tion rs incompatible. . . . London. Quarto. 16 The petitions of Mr. Bollan, agent, &c. lately presented to the two Houses of Parliament; with a brief Introduction relating to the law of nature, the authority of human rulers, and the subject's common right of defence: with subsequent observations respecting the nature of the principalities estab- lished in Europe by the northern conquerors, and of the English constitution; to which is subjoined, the council's defence against the charge of certain misdemeanours. Quarto, pp. 49. London. /17 A SPEECH intended to have been spoken on the bill for alter- I ing the charters of the colony of Massachusetts Bay. Fourth I edition. . . . . . London. \ 8vo. pp. 36. \ " This unspoken speech, which is attributed to the bishop of St. Asaph, V..^^ does equal honor to the understanding and to the heart that dictated it.'' ISA SPEECH never intended to be spoken, in answer to a speech intended to have been spoken, on the bill for altering the Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 199 \ { charter of the colony of Massachusetts Bay. Dedicated to 1774. the Bishop of St. Asaph. . . . London. **'*' 8vo. pp. 35. "The writer of this speech dec/aims with some spirit and plausibility; but when he condetc«ndt, or rather pretends to reason, we cannot but pity either the weakness or the abuse of bis faculties." He maintains that there are more people in England unrepresentad and yet taxed, than there are in- habitants in British America. He also states that as the Parliament represents the whole body and realm of England and donunions of the same, the Americans are also represented therein. 19 Observations on the act of Parliament commonly called the Boston Port bill ; with thoughts on civil society, and stand- ing armies. By Josiah Quincy, junior, councillor at law in Boston. . . . . . London. 8vo. pp. 80. First printed in Boston. " One peculiarly unlucky circumstance attending V our American disputes may be added to the rest, viz. that our fellow- I subjects there are as well read in the nature and grounds of civil and re* ligious liberty as ourselves; as appears by many of their late publications, in which they oppose British pretensions on British principles ; and this shrewd commentary on the Boston Port bill will incline us to entertain a '.^^respectable opinion of their law pleaders.'* M. R. (20 TiiE Amkrican crisis; a letter addressed, by permission, to J the Earl Gower, lord president of the council, &c. on the present alarming disturbances in the colonies. Wherein vari- ous important points relative to plantation affairs are brought into discussion ; as well as several persons adverted to, of the most distinguished characters. And an idea is offered toward a complete plan for restoring the dependence of America upon Great Britain to a state of perfection. By William Allen, esq. ..... London' 8vo. pp. 72. ;^ 'V 1 ■.. -v .>--., « There is an unhappy affectation of fine writing in this pamphlet; audit '\ contains many illiberal passages : but any particular attention to them, \ would be doing honour to a performance which will reflect none upon its ^.>r author." M.R. 21 American independence the interest and glory of Great Britain. In a series of letters to the Legislature. London. N^ 8vo. ' This writer asserts that the distance of the colonies renders it impossible to govern them by authority of Parliament, and that therefore a law should / N 000 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1774. / be passed declaring them free and independent states. B7 Jobn Curt- ^ Wright." M. R. 58, p. 238. (See No. 177.5.) 22 A SUMMARY VIEW of tlic rights of British America, set forth in some resolutions intended for the inspection of the present delegates of the people of Virginia. By a native, and member of the house of burgesses. . . London. 8vo. pp. 44. " This summary was intended to oonrej to the late convention of the dele- gates of Virginia the sentiments of one of their members, who was pre- vented from attending by an accidental illness." By Mr. Jefferson. 23 An appeal to the justice and interests of the people of Great Britain, in the present dispute vfith America. By an old member of Parliament. . . . London. 8vo. pp. 46. / " The author of this appeal is an able advocate for the colonists, not as com- L posing distinct states, but as having, in common with British subjects, an indefeasible right to an exclusive disposal of their own property. After denying the right he proceeds to expose the impolicy of raising a revenue in America against the will of the people ; and this leads him to a severe reprehension of the late measures, and an alarming prediction of their consequences." M. R. I 24 A VERY SHORT and candid appeal to free-born Britons. By an ^ American. . . . . London. ^ 8vo. This appeal consists only of arguments often repeated before in favour of the colonies, without anything of interest to those who are at all ac- . quainted with the state of the American controversy. 25 Great Britain's right to tax the colonies placed in the clearest light, by a Swiss. . . . London. Svo. " This Swits is an advocate for the people of America, chiefly on grounds which have before been trodden by others." M.R. 26 A LETTER from a Virginian to the members of the congress to be held at Philadelphia on the 1st of September, 1774. 8vo. pp. 29. No place, but apparently printed in Philadalphia. The author appears to have made an unsuccessful effort to dissuade the members of the congress from adopting the non -importation and non-exportation agreements. 27 Thoughts of a traveller upon our American disputes. Svo. This pamphlet contains some good together with some inconsiatent obser- vations. / f Bibliotheca Americana Xova. 201 \ \ \ 28 An argument in defence of the exclusive right claimed by the colonies to tax themselves. With a review of the laws of England, relative to representation and taxation. To which is added, an account of the rise of the colonies, and the man- ner in which the rights of the subjects within the realm were communicated to those that went to America, with the exer- cise of those rights from their first settlement to the present time. ..... London. 8vo. pp. 163. V " Another solid and judicious advocate for the colonies has employed his pen to no farther purpose than to render the contrast between equity and power more glaring." M.R. 29 The administration of the British colonies. Part the second. Wherein a line of government between the supreme jurisdic- tion of Great Britain and the rights of the colonies is drawn, and a plan of pacification is suggested. To which is added, a postscript, being remarks on the Pennsylvania instructions, and the new essay on the constitutional power of the parlia- ment over the colonies. With an appendix, containing papers referred to in both the first and second parts. By Thomas Pownall, late governor, &c. , , London. 8vo. pp. 172. 30 The American querist; or some questions proposed relative to the present disputes between Great Britain and her Ame- rican colonies. By a North American. The tenth edi- tion. ..... New York. 8vo. pp. 32. One edition of this pamphlet has no place or printer's name to it, but has the appearance of having been printed in London. Another edition has « Boston, reprinted by Mills and Hicks," on the title. It is stated on the title of the tenth edition, that " this pamphlet, on the 8th day of Sep- tember last, was, in full conclave of the Sons of Liberty in New York, ^ committed to the flames by the hands of their common executioner ; as it ^'^ contains some queries they cannot, and others they will not answer!" 31 Considerations on certain political transactions of the pro- vince of South Carolina ; containing a view of the colony legislature (under the description of that of Carolina in par- ticular.) With observations, shewing their resemblance to the British model. .... London. 8vo. 1774. \ 202 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. ) 1 774. /'^ " ^ ''''* shrewd and dispassionate examination of the internal disputes of the ^ ' colony of South Carolina contains a detail of curious and interesting ' transanctions." M.R. / 32 Answer to considerations on certain political transactions of ^ the province of South Carolina. . . London. '\ 8vo. pp. 140. v "An answer to the foregoing, from a most coarse and virulent antagonist, I who defeats whatever advantages argument might afford him, by the gross V^ illiberality of his language. He describes the author of tlie Connderatwna ' as a wretch, whom his vices only have raised to a title.' " M.R. Select letters on the trade and government of America; and the principles of law and polity applied to the American colonies. Written by Gov. Bernard, at Boston, in the years 1763, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8. Now first published. To which are added, the petition of the Assembly of Massachusetts Bay against the governor ; his answer thereto, and the order of the king in council thereon. . . . London. Bvo. pp. 130. These letters appear to have been published by Governor Bernard himself. i I have in my possession the governor's original letter books, containing a \;. great number of unpublished letters, throwing great light on the affairs of New'England at that period ; with a large collection of original letters, addressed to him from the government and from individuals. "*- 34 The letters of Gov. Hutchinson and Lt. Gov. Oliver, ' &c. printed at Boston, and remarks thereon. With the as- sembly's address, and the proceedings of the lords' committee of council. Together with the substance of Mr. Wedderburn's speech relating to those letters. And the report of the lords' committee to his Majesty in council. . London. Bvo. pp. 142. These letters were procured by Dr. Franklin, and sent to Boston to his friend Dr. Samuel Cooper, with strict injunctions not to allow them to be V published. They were, however, printed in Boston, and made a great noise at the time. The present edition was published, with remarks, in exculpation of Gov. Hutchinson, by his friend Israel Mauduit. 35 America vindicated from the high charge of ingratitude and , rebellion : with a plan of legislation, proposed to the consi- deration of both houses, for establishing a permanent and solid foundation for a just and constitutional union between Great Britain and her colonies. By a friend to both coun- tries. . . . , , Devizes. 8vo. pp. 48. / J Bibliotheca Americana Notxi. " Written by a warm advocate for the Americana, who proposes that a free constitution should be confirmed to North America, similar to that of Ireland ; that the claim of taxation over it should be renounced ; and that their freedom should be guaranteed against all foreign invaders.'* AI.Il. 3(3 Considerations on the measures carrying on with respect to the British colonies in North America. The second edition with an appendix relative to the present state of affairs on that continent. .... London. 8vo. pp. 221. " The first edition of these considerations which we maj venture to ascribe to Mr. M. R — b — n, (Robinson,) was hastily printed, and there were in it, besides many errors of tJhe press, considerable omissions, which ure supplied in the i /esent edition, to which has been added, a large appendix, relating to events which have happened since. The author is one of the most candid and best informed of any of the late writers on the interests of Great Britain and her colonies." M. R. FouH TRACTS, together with two sermons, on political and commercial subjects. By Josiah Tucker, D.D. dean of Glocester. ..... London. 8vo. The third tract, first printed in 1766, and the fourth, now first printed, relate 37 m to the American colonies. 203 1774. A LETTER to Dr. Tucker, on his proposal of a separation be- I tween Great Britain and her American colonies. London. \ 8vo. V *'A very inconsiderable production by a very indifferent writer.'' M R. 39A BRIEF VIEW of the rise and progress, services and sufferings, of New England, especially the province of Massachusetts Bay. Humbly submitted to the consideration of both Houses of Parliament. . . , , London. Svo. pp. .i2. " Contains a very decent, and to all appearance, a very fair and impartial statement of facts, that ought to have due attention paid to them." M. R. 40 A SHORT VIEW of the history of the colony of Massachusetts Bay, with respect to their charters and constitution. By Israel Manduit. The third edition. To which is now added, the original charter granted to that province in the 4th of Charles I. and never before printed in England. London. Svo. pp. 93. The first edition of this tract appeared without a name in 1769. 204 Bibtiotheca Americana Nova. 1774. 41 The right of the British legislature to tax the American "^^ colonies vindicated; and the means of asserting that right proposed. ..... London. 8vo, pp. 50. "This writer professes to prove that the North Americans 'have never lost the happy state of free subjects ; and that the acts of the mother country, regarding them, and of which they now complain, are very consistent with the fundamental principles of our constitution, erring only on the side of indulgence towards them ;' points which, says the reviewer, cer- tainly require some ability to demonstrate, to the entire conviction of our sbretfaren on the other side of the Atlantic." M. R. A PLAN to reconcile Great Britain and her colonies, and to preserve the dependency of America. . London. 8vo. pp. 56. ...^^ Dedicated to the Duke of Northumberland, and signed "Cosmopolite.'' 43 Two CHAFTBKS of the last book of Chronicles; six letters to the good people of England ; and several other pieces, relative to the dispute between Englishmen in Europe and in America. By an old English merchant. . . London. 8vo. The author is a friend to New England. 44 The report of the Lords' committee appointed by the House of Lords to inquire into the several proceedings in the colony of Massachusetts Bay, in opposition to the sovereignty of H. M. in his Parliament of Great Britain, over that province; and also what hath passed in this house relative thereto, from the 1st day of Jan. 1764. . . , London. Bvo. pp. 62. 45 The interests of the merchants and manufacturers of Great Britain, in the present contest with the colonies, stated and considered. ..... London. Bvo. pp. 50. «A ministerial writer, whose principVl endeavour is to prevent any interfer- ence of the merchants and manufacturers of Great Britain, in behalf of the people of America, by representing that the continuance of their trade to the colonies clearly and entirely depends upon the laws of England, having authority there." M. R. 46 A letter to a member of Parliament on the present unhappy dispute between Great Britain and her colonies. London. Bvo. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. '203 An adrooate for tho measures of Ooremment, whose opinion is that it is 1774. V. safer to enforce a doubtful, or eren p«rntctout measure, than tamely to yield y^ a point. 47 A FRIENDLY ADDRESS to all reasonable Americans, on the subject of our political confusions. In which the necessary j consequences of violently opposing the king's troops, and of a ; general non-importation, are fairly stated. . London' 8vo. pp. 56, First printed in New York, and ascribed to Dr. Myles Cooper, president of King's College, who was soon after obliged to leave the place on account ■ j)f his tory principles. 48 THE OTHER SIDE of the qucstion, or a defence of the liberties of North America. In answer to a late friendly address to all reasonable Americans, &c. By a citizen. New York. 8vo. pp. 30. Another edition has on the title *' America, printed for the purchasers." 49 Free thougjits on the proceedings of the continental congress, held at Philadelphia, Sept. 5th, 1774, &c. By A. W. Farmer. 8vo. pp. 24. {No place.) Probably printed in New York, written by a tory. Reprinted in London in 1775. 50 The CONGRESS canvassed: or, an examination into the con- duct of the delegates, at their grand convention, held in Philadelphia, Sept. 1, 1774. Addressed to the merchants of New York. By A. W. Farmer, author of Free Thoughts, &c. 8vo. pp. 28. (Noplace.) Probably printed in New York. The following pamphlet is referred to in a P.8., dated Dec. 16, 1774. 51 A FULL VINDICATION of the measurcs of the congress from the calumnies of their enemies; in answer to a letter, under the signature of A. W. Farmer. Whereby his sophistry is exposed, his cavils confuted, his artifices detected, and his wit ridiculed ; in a general address to the inhabitants of America, and a par- ticular address to the farmers of New York. New York- 8vo. pp. 35. -'^^ This appears to be an answer to A. W.'s Free Thmights, &c. 52 Extracts from the votes and proceedings of the American con- ^^.^ l m 200 Bibliotheca Americana Nnvn. 1774. / tinental congress, held at Philadelphia on the 5th Sept. ; 1774. .... Philadelphia. ( 8vo. pp. 48. Reprinted in London with additions, pp. 8ff. Another edition piintoil in Hoston. 53 Journal of the proceedings of the congress held at Philadel- phia, September 5, 1774. . . Philadelphia. s^ 8vo. pp. 132. ^^- Reprinted in London, I77fl. /54 Letters from a farmer in Pennsylvania to the inhabitants ( of the British colonies. . . Philadelphia. \ 8vo. pp. 136. J>- Mr. Dickinson's /r»t pamphlet. First printed in 1T68. '' 55 A NEW ESSAY (by the Pennsylvanian Farmer) on the consti- tutional power of Great Britain over the colonies in America ; with the resolves of the committee for the province of Penn- sylvania, and their instructions to their representatives in Assembly. • « » » London, Svo. pp. 120. ._ By Mr. Dickinson. 56 A LETTER from a veteran to the officers of the army encamped at Boston. . . . America. Svo. pp. 19. 57 Short advice to the counties of New- York. By a country gentleman. .... New York. Rvo. pp. 15. 58 The association, &c. of the delegates of the colonies, at the grand congress, held at Philadelphia, Sept. 1, 1774. Versi- fied, and adapted to music, &c. By Bob. Jingle, esq. poet laureat to the Congress. 8vo. pp. 22. (No place.) This and the following' pamphlet were puhlished at N»"\' York by tho Tories, to ridicule the proreedings of the congreao. 59 The Americans roused, in a cure for t'l^? gnl< ^ ■< ur amub ment for a winter's evening; being the substance of a con- versation on the times, &c. , » New York. 8vo. pp. 32. Nc- date, but probubly printed ahout tiiis time. Bibliotkeca Americana Novn. 207 I V V V 60 A LETTER from Thomu* T.ord Lyttletonto William Pitt enrl of 1771 Chatham, on the Quebec bill. . . "Sew York. -^'^ 8vo. ap. 20. 61 An adduess to protrstant diss«»i'*ers of all clcnominations, on the approaching; elcciin of nicmljeii of PaiTnuTntul, with re- spect to the state of public liberty in general, and of American affairs in particular. . . London. 8vo. pp. 16. ()2 Colonising; or a plain investigation of that subject: with a legislative, political, and commercial view of our colorjies. Q^irto, pp. 16. London. ' 63 Thoughts on the act for making more effectual provision for the government of the province of Quebec. . 8vo. London. 6^TiiE JUSTICE AND POLICY of the late act of parliament for / making more effectual provision for the government of the / province of Quebec, asserted and proved ; and the < induct of the administration respecting that province, stated and vindi- cated. ..... London. \8vo. 65 A LETT5;n to the earl of Chatham on the Quebec bill. 8vo. - London. 66 Free and calm consideration of the misunderstandings and debates between the parliament of Great Britain and their American colonies, in eight letters. . Salem. ( M iss.) Svo. By — Prescott (of Danvers) Harv. College Cat. 67 Hydroorapiiie de la Mer du Sud, ou histoire de nouveiles decouvertes faites dans la mer du Sud, redigee d'upres les diverses relationes Angloiscs et Francaises, avec une carte dressee par Vaugondy. Par M. de Freville. Paris. Svo. 2 vols. 68 Voyages dans la Mer du Sud, par les Espagnols et les HuUandois, ouvrage traduit de I'Anglois de M. Dalrymplc, pur M. de Freville. .... Paris. Svo. A translation of No. (1.) of 1770. y /' ;* I'li ■=■■, ■■li.. 208 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1774. 69 ExAMEN historique sur Tapparition de la maladie V6nerienne **'*' en Europe, et sur la nature de cette epidemic. 15 mo. pp. 83. A. Lisbonne. (Paris.) It is proved in this little work that Siphilis was not brought from America, but introduced there hy Europeans. 70 Recopilacion de leyes de LOS REYNOS de las Indias, mandadas imprimir y publicar por el Rey D. Carlos. II. Folio, 4 vols. Madrid. The third edition of the laws of the Indies. The first was printed in 1681 . A fourth was published in 1791. All the editions are so rare that it is with th-^6^ MDCCLXXV. 1 The history of the American Indians, particularly those nations adjoining to the Missisippi, East and West Florida, Georgia, South and North Carolina, and Virginia : containing an account of their origin, language, manners, religion, and civil customs, laws, form of government, punishments, con- duct in war and domestic life, their habits, diet, agriculture, manufactures, diseases and method of cure, and other parti- culars, sufficient to render it a complete Indian system. With observations on former historians, the conduct of our colony governors, superintendents, missionaries, &c. Also an ap- pendix, containing a description of the Floridas and the Missisippi lands, with their productions. The benefit of colonising Georgiana, and civilising the Indians. And the way to make all the colonies more valuable to the mother country. With a new map of the country referred to in the history. By James Adair, esq. a trader with the Indians, and resident in their country for forty years. London. Quarto, pp. 464. Mr. Adair points out various customs of the Tndions, having a striking re- semblance to those of the Jews ; and the great object of his work appears to be to prove that the aborigines of America are descended from that race. Some distrust appears to have fallen upon his statements, although he himself says that his account is neither disfigured by fable or prejudice. Alkn. 2 The probability of reaching; the North Pole discussed. Quarto, pp. 90. By the Hon. Daines Barrington. London. Reprinted in 18)8, in octavo. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 209 nenenne 3 A COLLECTION OF VOYAGES, chiefly in the Southern Atlantic Ocean. Published from original mss. By Alexander Dal- rymple. ..... London. Quarto, pp. 182. This collection contains : I. Dr. Edmund Halley'stwo voyages in J 698 and 1700. II. Voyage fait aux terres Australes par M . des Loziers Bouvet en 1738-9. III. Journal de navigation pour un voyage de la Mer du Sud fait par le S. Ducloz Guyot, en 1753-6. IV. Journal of winds, weather, dsc. at Falkland's Island, in 1766-7, by , Captain Macbride. 4 Travels through the middle settlements in North America. In the years 1759 and 1760, with observations upon the state of the colonies. By the Rev. Andrew Burnaby, A.M. Vicar of Greenwich. . London. Quarto, pp. 106. \ A second edition was published in octavo in the same year ; and a third, enlarged, in quarto, in 1798. 5 American husbandry : containing an account of the soil, climate, production, and agriculture, of the British colonies in North America and the West Indies. By an American. 8vo. 2 vols. London. " This work contains some very obvious errors, which we think the writer must have avoided, had he really visited the several colonies to which his account extends. Whether he be an American born or not, is of little consequence ; but certainly the present performance is not merely the result of his own observations : it consists chiefly of accounts obtained from different persons very differently qualified for information ; and therefore a considerable inequality is discoverable in the merits of their respective communications. A correspondent thinks that every passage of it discovers the industrious hand of that eminent book-builder, Mr. A— r Y— g, (Arthur Young.)" M.R. 6 An account of the last expedition to Port Egmont, in Falkland's Islands, in 1772. Together with the transactions of the company of the Pinguin shallop, during their stay there. By Bernard Penrose, surgeon's mate. . London. Svo. 7 A narrative of an extraordinary escape out of the hands ' of the Indians in the (julph'of St. Lawrence; interspersed with a description of the coast, and remarks on the customs and manners of the savages there. Also a providential escape p 1775. i i'' ,t^ ,-1, ' ■ ur :! M ""1,1 210 Bibliotheca Americana Nova, 1775. after a shipwreck, in coining from the island of St. John, in said gulph; with an account of the fisheries round that island. Likewise a plan for reconciling the differences be- tween Great Britain and her colonies. By Gamaliel Smethurst, late member of the assembly, &c. in the province of Nova Scotia, comptroller of his Majesty's customs, &c. Quarto, pp. 48. London. " There is nothing very extraordinary or providential in either of the author's escapes. His plan for reconniling the differences, &c. is favorable to the claims of America, but not likely to be adopted." M.R. 8 A NARR. TivE of the miseries of New- England, by reason of an arbitrary government erected there. Printed in the tyrannic reign of Sir Edmund Andross. . . Boston. 8vo. pp. 8. First printed in 1687, in London. 9 Remarks on the principal acts of the thirteenth Parliament of Great Britain. By the author of Letters concerning the present State of Poland. Vol. I. containing remarks on the acts relating to the colonies, with a plan of reconciliation. 8vo. London. This volume constitutes port of a work which was never continued, and was published separately, because the concerns of America require such immediate attention, that, says the author, ' if ever my poor opinion can be worth attending to, it is now.' Dr. Parr said that this was the ablest book he ever read in defence of the American war, and that he knew and respected the writer; who was John Linde, esq. a barrister, author of ^,^-, Letters on Poland. 10 The remembrancer; or impartial repository of public events. 8vo. Vol. I. Almon, . The publication of this important collection of papers and documents re- lating to the American war commenced in this year, and was continued down to the year 1784 : forming in all, seventeen volumes ; to which should be added, the Prior documents, published in 1777. Almon, the publisher, states, in an advertisement, that the plan of the work is, " to \ select from all the public prints the best account of every material public / event ; to print it in octavo ; and at the end of the volume, to give a cppi- j ous index to the whole." There are several editions of the first volume, all, except the first, in royal octavo, while all the other volumes are of > the common octavo size. The first edition of the first volume is also de- I ficient of several papers contained in the succeeding editions. " Mr. Al- \ mon was assisted by Gov. Pownnll in this work, which has now become \ extremely source." Nichols' Lit, Anec. ■, - • / ■ Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 211 11 The parliamkntary register; or history of the proceedings 1775. and debates of the House of Commons : containing an ac- '^^ count of the most interesting speeches and motions ; accurate copies of the most remarkable letters and papers ; of the most material evidence, petitions, &c. laid before and offered to the house, during the first session of the fourteenth Parliament of Great Britain. . . . Almon, . 8vo. 14 vols. These volumes contain the proceedings in the House of Commons (and the House of Lords also, ) during the five sessions of the fourteenth Parlia- ment, from 1774 to 1779, and of course relate almost entirely to American affairs. It was published simultaneously with the Remembrancer, and should accompany that work in an American library. The editor was assisted by "many senatorial gentlemen," and its authenticity, conse- rr quently, may be depended on. \J \2 A JOURNAL OF OCCURRENCES which happened within the circle of*||libservation in the detachment commanded by Colonel Benedictine Arnold, consisting of two battalions, which were detached from the army at Cambridge, in the year 1775. By Major Ret. J. Meigs. Small 4to. pp. 11. This interesting little tract contains an account of the attack on Quebec, in which General Montgomery was killed. It has no place, date, or printer's name, but has the appearance of having been printed in America. A part of this journal is printed in the Remembrancer, vol. in. ; said to be taken from the American copy, "supposed to be written by Major Meigs." 13 American independence, the interest and glory of Great Britain. A new edition. To which is added, a copious ap- pendix, containing two additional letters to the legislature ; a letter to Edmund Burke, esq. controverting his principles of American government; and a postcript containing new arguments on the subject; a draught of a bill proposed to be brought into Parliament for restoring peace and harmony be- tween Great Britain and British America, and for perpetuating the same. Together with the essential materials for a pro- posed grand British league and confederacy, to be entered into by Great Britain and all states of British America : the whole of which shews beyond denial or doubt, that by granting the colonists an unrestrained civil freedom and legislative inde- pendence, we may most effectually secure their future com- P 9. I: V- ■ 'St m 212 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1775. mercial dependence upon, and consequently shall best pro- ^'^ mote the interest, and support the glory of Great Britain. 8vo. pp. 108. Wilkie, . By John Cartwright. See M. R. Iviii., 338. For the first edition see No. 21 of 1774. In this new edition the author gives the names and boundaries of nineteen American states, together with a map of the same. 14 A LETTER TO Edmund Burke, csq. controverting the princi- ples of American government laid down in his lately published speech on American taxation, delivered in the House of Com- mons, on the 19th of April, 1774. . Wilkie, . Svo. pp. 30. Postscript, pp. 51. By Major Cartwright, under the signature of Constitutio : dedicated to Sir George Saville. Although with a separate title-page and paging, this tract appears to have been published with the foregoing, in one book. 15 A PLAIN STATE of the argument between Great Britain and her colonies. .... Becket, . Svo. pp. 19. A brief recapitulation of the arguments usually employed by the advocates for parliamentary supremacy over America. 16 A CONCISE ACCOUNT of all the British colonies in North Ame- rica, comprehending their rise, progress, and modern state, particularly of Massachusetts Bay, &c. Bew, . Svo. A tolerable account of the New-England provinces, but that of the other colonies is very brief indeed. 17 A DECLARATION by the representatives of the united colonies of North America, now met in general congress at Philadel- phia ; setting forth the causes and necessity of their taking up arms. Also an address from the twelve united colonies to the inhabitants of Great Britain. W. Pine, Bristol. 12mo. pp. 16. 2d. Reprinted from the Philadelphia edition. 18 The declaration, &c. The letter of the twelve united colo- nies by their delegates in congress to the inhabitants of Great Britain, their humble petition to H. M. and their address to the people of Ireland. Collected together for the use of seri- ous thinking men, by lovers of peace. . London. Svo. pp. 36. Similar to the foregoing, but with some additions. y Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 213 he advocates of the other 19 The kiohts of the English colonies established in America, 1775. stated and defended ; their merits and importance to Great Britain displayed; with illustrations of the benefits of their union, and the mischiefs and dangers of their continued dis- sension. . . - . . Almon, . 8vo. " This performance, which we consider as the work of Mr. B — nd, is written with decent moderation and impartiality. It consists chiefly of facts de- rived from ancient history, from the accounts of the transactions which occasioned the revolt of the United Provinces, and from the history of our American colonies." M. R. 20 Tract V. The respective pleas and arguments of the mother country and of the colonies distinctly set forth ; and the im- possibility of a compromise of differences or a mutual con- cession of rights, plainly demonstrated. By Josiah Tucker, D.D. dean of Gloucester. . . Cadell, . 8vo. pp. 51. «The contents of this tract are so foreign from the proper suhject of con- sideration, and so evidently the effusion of ill temper, that did they not proceed from so respectable a character as the dean of Gloucester, we should have imagined them solely intended as the vehicle of insinuations against the colonies, unjust in their nature and malevolent in their de- sign.'* M.R. 21 Ak humble address and earnest appeal to those respectable personages in Great Britain and Ireland, who, by their great and permanent interest in landed property, their liberal edu- cation, elevated rank, and enlarged views, are the ablest to judge, and the fittest to decide, whether a connection with, or a separation from the continental colonies of America, be most for the national advantage, and the lasting benefit of these kingdoms. By Josiah Tucker, D.D. dean of Glou- cester. . . ♦ « Cadell, . 8vo. pp. 94. Dean Tucker seems to think that the Americans are unworthy of the pro- tection of the mother country, and that consequently she had better abandon them entirely to themselves, " and to reject them from being fellow-members and joint partakers with us in the privileges and advan- tages of the British empire." The dean, in this tract, calls the Monthly Reviewers the agents and confederates of Dr. Franklin. 22 A SHORT HINT, addressed to the candid and dispassionate, on both sides the Atlantic. . . Almon, . 8vo. v< 214 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1775. 23 Select dissertations on colonies and plantations. By those celebrated authors, Sir Josiah Child, Charles Davenant, LL.D. and Mr. William Wood, wherein the nature of plantations, and their consequences to Great Britain, are seriously con- sidered ; and a plan proposed which may settle the unhappy differences between Great Britain and America. 8vo. Hay, . 24 Some reasons for approving of the dean of Gloucester's plan of separating from the colonies. With a proposal for a further improvement. . . . Conant, • . 8vo. pp. 32. " These reasons are intended to ridicule the plan in question, and they cannot i\\i\ of success." M. R. 25 The law of liberty. A sermon on American affairs, preached at the opening of the provincial congress of Georgia. Ad- dressed to the R. H. Earl of Dartmouth. With an appendix, giving a concise account of the struggles of Swisserland to recover their liberty. By John J. Zubly, D.D. 8vo. pp. 74. Almon, . ^ . Reprinted from a Philadelphia edition. " Warm for the congress, but sen- sible. Dr. Zubly is a man of abilities, and a good writer ; witness also bis rational and pathetic address to Lord Dartmouth, prefixed to this discourse." M.R. 26 A candid examination of the mutual claims of Great Britain and the colonies : with a plan of accommodation on constitu- tional principles. . . . New York. Bvo. pp. 62. ^ " This pamphlet has been advertised as the production of Mr. Galloway, and we have otherwise sufficient authority not only to ascribe it to that gentleman, but to consider it as the effect of illiberal motives and un- worthy passions." M.R. 27 The address of the people of Great Britain to the inhabitants of America. . . Cadell, . Bvo. pp. 60. „ , ,.; , i . , X.-, f,, . ,„i» \ " This address is said and believed to have been written by Sir J. D. (Sir John Dairy mple,) and printed at the public expense, to be distributed in America, where the greatest part of a large impression has been sent ap- ^ parently to co-operate with a late conciliatory resolution of the House ot Commons. It is replete with expression? of tender affection for the 3 . Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 215 inhabitants of the colonies, and paints the measures and intentions of 1775. government towards them in the softest and most pleasing colours." M.R. 28 Motions made in the House of Commons, on Monday, the 27th of March, 1775. Together with a draught of a letter of requisition to the colonies. . Almon, . Quarto. " These motions, and the proposed letter of requisition, were the parts of an offered plan, by Mr. Hartley, for restoring the peace and affection, and commerce, formerly subsisting between the inhabitants of Great Britain and of British America." M.R. 29 The reply of a gentleman in a select society, upon the im- portant contest between Great Britain and America. 8yo.. Almon, . 30 A DECLARATION of the people's natural right to a share in the legislature. By Granville Sharpe. White, — — — . 8vo. " We are sorry to find that but a small impression of this sober, dispassion- ate, and rational performance, has been made, for the purpose only of being given among the author's friends." M.R. 31 An ANSWER to the printed speech of Edmund Burke, esq. spoken in the House of Commons, April 19th, 1774. In which his knowledge in polity, legislature, humankind, his- tory, commerce, and finance, is candidly examined; his argu- ments are fairly refuted; the conduct of administration is fully defended; and his oratoric talents are clearly exposed to view. . . , » Evans, . 8vo. pp. 222. By Dr. Shebbeare. " This pamphlet contains so many slanderous invectives, coarse witticisms, vulgar obscene allusions, and scandalous epithets, that, exalted as the author himself has formerly been, his answer falls beneath all notice." M.R. 32 A LETTER to Edmund Burke, esq., agent for the colony of New York, &c. in answer to his printed speech of March 22, 1775, &c. By Josiah Tucker, D.D. dean of Gloucester. 8vo. pp. 58. ' Gloucester. '• Dr. Tucker here controverts many of Mr. Burke's arguments, and almost all his conclusions ; and labours to support the expediency of his favorite plan of a separation between Great Britain and the colonies in America • and the better to dispose the public to it, he represents the colonists 216 1775 Bihliothcca Americana Nova. themselves as the most unprincipled, worthless, and detestable part of mankind." M.R. 33 The false alarm 8vo. or, the Americans mistaken. Ridley, " We cannot discover any degree of pertinence in the title of this perform- ance, vrhich is but a feeble attempt to vindicate the late measures of government respecting colonies " M.R. 34 Arguments in support of the supremacy of the British legis- lature and their right to tax the Americans. Addressed to the citizens of London. By a Liveryman. Wilkie, ; 8vo. " Most of these arguments are extracted from a pamphlet published seven years ago, under the title o( A Review of the Coniroverty, 6^c." 35 Americans against liberty ; or, an essay on the nature and principl-^s of true freedom, shewing that the designs and con- duct of the Americans tend only to tyranny ard slavery. 8vo. pp. H4. Mati^ews, . " The author is an able advocate for British claims." M.R. 36 The conduct of administration, with regard to the colo- nies. .... "Williams, - 8vo. "The whole conduct of the ministry, with respect to the troubles in America, is absolutely condemned by this warm writer, who expresses himself with more zeal than judgment." M.R. 37 A proposition for the present peace and future government of the British colonies in North America. Davis, . 8vo. pp. 54. <' Our author's proposition appears to be the result of good sense, prudence, moderation, and a competent knowledge of the subject: and we hope his advice will be duly and immediately attended to by both parties ; lest WISDOM and repentance should come too late." M.R. 38 A VIEW of the several schemes with respect to America, and their comparative merit in promoting the dignity and interest of Great Britain. . . . Owen, . 8vo. pp. 55. " After examining many of the plans suggested fur terminating our American contest, the writer declares in favour of that which consists in restoring the colonies to the situation they were in before the stamp act, and waving by an act of the legislature the exercise of taxation, as in- expedient." M.R. By Capel Lofft. I have his own copy, with his manuscript additions. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 217 V. I I 39 The proceedinos of the House of Burgesses of Virgir*- 1776. Quarto. Williai. burg. "^^ 40 An impartial and authentic narrative of the battle fought on the 17th of June, 1775, between H. B. M.'s troops and the provincial army, on Bunker's Hill, near Charlestown, in New England. With a true and faithful account of the officers killed and wounded. To which are added, some re- marks and anecdotes which have not yet transpired. The whole collected and written on the spot. By John Clarke, first lieutenant of marines. . Millan, . 8vo.' pp. 36. 41 The Yankies' war-whoop ; or Lord North's Te Deum for the victorious defeat at Boston, June 17, 177 J. Written by an American. , , . Bladon, . Quarto. " Banters tbe gazette account of the battle, and extols tbe Americans, in wretched rhymes, concluding with the following couplet, which is worth all the rest of the poem:" "And therefore I think we'd best kiss and be friends, For vice must be beat that with virtue contends." M.R. ^ 42 An account of the proceedings of the British and other pro- / ^eslant inhabitants of the province of Quebec, in North America, in order to obtain a house of assembly in that pro- vince. . . , . White, . 8vo. pp. 294. This volume is the work of Francis Maseres, esq. lately attorney-general of Quebec, and now oursitor baron of the court of exchequer." A volumo ^.o{ additional papers was printed in 1776. 4o A SECOND APPEAL to the justicc and interests of the people on f the measures respecting America, by the author of the first. 8vo. pp. 90. Almon, . " An account of what has occurred in our unhappy American contest, since >- the first appeal, (see No. 23, 1774 J was published." The following pamphlet is by the same author : 44 A SPEECH intended to have been delivered in the House of Commons, in support of the petition from the general con- 1 gress at Philadelphia. . . Almon, . { Bvo. pp. 67. ( "A very able and spirited exposition of the grievances alleged in the peti- tion from the congress, together with a review of the causes and progress m ■i .tu-\ Y4 i M \ 218 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 177.5. ''^ ^^^ American contest, and a vindication of the several measures pur- «^^^ sued by the colonies." M.R. 4.5 An essay on the nature of colonies and the conduct of the mother country towards them. . Johnson, .. 8vo. pp. 57. "This performance consists of extracts from the writings of the marquis of Mirabeau, tending to discourage the present pursuit of coercive measures towards the colonies." M.R. / 46 The substance of the evidence on the petition presented by n / the West India planters and merchants to the House of Commons, as it was introduced at the bar, and summed up by Mr. Glover, March 16, 1775. . Cadell, . 8vo. V " Contains many important facts and observations respecting the situation, mutual relations, and commerce of the British American coloni.M." M.R. 47 A LETTER to the R. H. Lord Camden, on the bill for restrain- ing the trade and fishery of the four provinces of New England. .... Cadell, , 8vo. pp. 44. " This writer, by suppressing and misrepresenting facts, endeavours to de- fend the expediency, justice, and humanity of the bill, which is the subject of his letter, in opposition to the noble lord to whom the letter is addressed." M.R. 48 A LETTER TO Dr. SHEBBEAUii: containing a confutation of his arguments concerning the Boston and Quebec Acts of Parliament; and his aspersions upon the memory of King William, and the protestant dissenters. By Hugh Baillie, LL.D. &c. Donaldson, . 8vo. 49 An appendix to a letter to Dr. Shebbeare: to which are added, some,observations on a pamphlet entitled Taxation no Tyranny y in which the sophistry of that author's reasoning is detected. By a doctor of laws. Donaldson, . 8vo. This pamphlet is also by Dr. Hugh Baillie. ^' 50 A CONCILIATORY addrcss to the people of Great Britain, and of the colonies, on the present important crisis. 8vo. Wilkie, . <* This address appears to have been produced by a benevolent desire of promoting the re-establishment of harmony between Great Britain and i Bibliollieca Americana Nuva. 219 the colonies on equitable terms; for which purpose, the author enumerutes several concessions to be made on both sides, for their mutual security and benefit, most of which appear to bo reasonable and just." M.R. 51 Remarks on the new essay of the Pennsylvanian Farmer, and on the resolves and instructions prefixed tu that essay; by the author of The right of the British Legislature vindi- cated. .... Becket, . 8vo. pp. 62. "Thisauthor appears to possoHS considerable abilities for literary contro- versy, and hus employed them dexterously (though sometimes very illi- berally) in opposition to the Farmer's essuy." M.R. ,52 What think ye of the congress now? Or an inquiry how far the Americans are bound to abide by and execute the de- cisions of the late continental congress. With a plan, by Samuel Galloway, esq. for a proposed union between Great Britain and the colonies. To which is added, an alarm to the legislature of the province of New York, occasioned by the present political disturbances. Addressed to the representa- tives in general assembly convened. Richardson, . 8vo. pp. 90. First printed in New York. '' Intended to dissuade the people of New York from concurring with their sister colonies in adhering to the association, &c. of the congress." M.R. Common sense; in nine conferences between a British mer- chant and a candid merchant of America, in their private capacities as friends ; tracing the several causes of the present contest between the mother country and her American sub- jects, the fallacy of their prepossessions; and the ingratitude and danger of them ; the reciprocal benefits of national friend- ship ; and the moral obligations of individuals which enforce it: with various anecdotes and reasons drawn from facts, tending to conciliate all differences, and to establish a perma- nent union, for the common happiness and glory of the British empire. . . . Dodsley, . Quarto, pp. 127. " The candid merchant of America, who is here employed to support nine tedious conferences, and to be converted from bis opinions, and sent home to convert his countrymen, appears to have been a greater boohy than even 1775. 53 m if I::M 220 77r). Bibliothccn Americana Nova. the letter-writer who was broa^ht forward aome time aince by i r«Terend denn." M.R. — Dean Tucker ia here probably referred to. 54 Taxation no tyranny; an answer to the restolutions and ad- dress of the American congress. . Cadell, . 8vo. pp. 91. Tbia noted tract of the celebrated Dr. Jobnaon gave riae to a great many others, the principal of which are the following : 55 An AN8WEII to a pamphlet entitled Taxation no Tyranny. Addressed to the author, and to persons in power. 8vo. pp. 63. Almon, . This, according to the Monthly Review, ia one of the beat of the answers ,/ to the foregoing. 56 Tyranny unmasked: an answer to a late pamphlet entitled Taxation no Tyranny, Flexney, . 8vo. pp. 90. This pamphlet contains some good reasoning, but ia in general inferior to the former. 57 Taxation tyranny: addressed to SamuelJohnson, LL.D. Svo. pp. 80. Bew, . The style and argument of this performance deserves commendation, but in some cases the author appears not to be well acquainted with facts in re« gard to the dispute. 58 The pamphlet entitled Taxation no Tyranny candidly con- sidered, and its arguments and pernicious doctrines exposed and refuted. . . . Davis, — '. 8vo. 59 Resistance no rebellion ; in answer to Dr. Johnson's Tax- ation no Tyranny. . . . Bell, . Svo. pp. 35. This reply, " by way of parody,'* appears to be in general well conducted, and capable of affording much entertainment, with some information. 60 A DEFENCE of the resolutions and address of the American congress; in reply to Taxation no Tyranny. By the author of Regulus. » . , Williams, . Svo. pp. 96. " This pamphlet contains many very harsh, and some very just strictures on the doctrines and tenets advanced by Dr. Johnson, whose pamphlet has been honoured with unmerited notice." M.R. r Bmiotheca Americana Nt (ivn. 221 61 A CALM ADDRESS to our American colonies. By John Wesley. 177.^, / 12mo. 2d. Ilawes, . '**' Mr. Wt'sley has here revived aome oftlie nrgumonta urged by Dr. Jolinson \ in Ills T\xution no Tyranny: and his Calm AddrM guve rise to us iiiuny answei'M as that celebrated pamphlet did. 62 A LETTEii to the Rev. Mr. .John Wesley, occasioned by his Calm address to the American colonies. By Caleb Evans, M.A. A new edition, to which are preBxed, some observa- tions on the Rev. Mr. Wesley's late reply. Dilly, . 12mo. 3d. I'he first edition of this pamphlet was published under the signature of Americanui, The following supplement to it, by a diflTerent writer, was published before this edition, with the author's real name, appeared. 63 A SECOND ANSWER to Mr. John Wesley; being a supplement to the letter signed Americanus. In which the idea of supreme power, and the nature of royal charters, are briefly consi- dered. ByW. D. . . Wallis, 12mo. 2d. i 64 A CONSTITUTIONAL ANSWER to the Rcv. Mr. John Wesley's Calm address to the American colonies. DiHy, . l?mo. 2d. Mr. Wesley is here charged with acting the part of a political incendiary. 65 An old fox tarred and feathered ; occasioned by what is called Mr. John Wesley's Culm address to our American colonies. By an Hanoverian. » , French, . 12mo. 2d. The intention of the Hanoverian is to show Mr. Wesley's honetty as a flagiarist, pointing out no less than thirty-one paragraphs borrowed from Johnson's Taxation, Sfc, and to raise a little skin by giving the Fox a gentle flogging as a turncoat. 66 A WOLF IN sheep's CLOATHiNo; or an old Jesuit unmasked. Containing an account of the wonderful apparition of Father Petre's ghost, in the form of the Rev. John Wesley. With some conjectures concerning the secret cause that moved him to appear at this very critical juncture. By Patrick Bull, esq. .... Trickett, . 12mo. 2d. V 222 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1175. The title-page states, Dublin, printed; London, reprinted. The author in> v*v«/ slnuates that Mr. Wesley had solicited an American bishopric. 67 A COOL REPLY to a calm address lately published by Mr. John Wesley. The second edition. By T. S. >-^ 12 mo. Plummer, . 68 A LETTER to the Rev. Mr. John Wesley, on his Calm address to the American colonies : wherein is shewn that his argu- ments are inconclusive, his principles arbitrary, and that his assertions are without foundation. By a lover of truth and the British constitution. . . Manchester, 12mo. pp. 16. Id. , ' , V. Perhaps no two pamphlets did more good to the American cause than Dr. Johnson's Taxation no tyranny and Mr. Wesley's Calm address, hoth in- tended to have quite a contrary effect from that which was produced by them. This arose from the numerous and a^le answers which were immediately circulated by lovers of truth and enemies to oppression, in which tb 3 specious arguments of the ministerial hirelings were at once confute^' and shown in their true light. . ^,/■ 69 The p?: sent crisis, with respect to America considered. 8vo. Becket, . The writer of this pamphlet zealously opposes the claims of the colonies, and goes so far as to assert that even the people of £ngland may be justly taxed without the consent of any Parliament. 70 Plan offered by the Earl of Chatham to the House of Lords, entitled a Provisional Act for settling the troubles in America, and for asserting the supreme legislative authority of Great Britain, &c. Which was rejected, and not suffered to lie on the table. » « Almon, . Quarto, pp. 14. " We cannot but regret that this plan was totally rejected, as we are con- vinced that by a few slight alterations it might have been rendered accept- able to the people of America; and that the general superintending authority of Parliament, asserted and maintained by it, would have suffi- ciently answered all the good ends of government, and have preserved through a long series of years that happy union which has been so bene- ficial as well to the parent state as to her American offspring." M. R. ' 71 The speech of the Right Honourable the Earl of Chatham, ai the House of Lords, on Friday, the 20th of January, 1775. Quarto, pp. 18. Kearsly, . 72 The American querist; or some questions proposed relative Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 223 to the present disputes between Great Britain and her Ameri- can colonies. By a North American. Richardson, . 8vo. First printed in New York, (See No. 30, 1774,) where the sons of liherty committed it to the flames by the hands of their common executioner. Supposed to be written by Dr. Cooper, as well as the two following . 73 The congress canvassed; or an examination into the conduct of the delegates at their grand convention held in Philadel- phia Sept. 1, 1774. Addressed to the Merchants of New York. By A. W. Farmer, author of Free Thoughts. 8vo. Richardson, . First printed in New York. (See No. 50, 1774.) 74 A VIEW OF THE coNTKovERSY between Great Britain and her colonies: including a mode of determining their present dis- putes finally and effectually, and of preventing all future contentions. By A. W. Farmer. Richardson, . 8vo. First printed in New York, (see No. 51, 1774,) and intended as an answer to " A full Vindication, &c. 75 The farmer refuted, or a more impartial and comprehensive view of the dispute between Great Britain and the colonies, intended as a further vindication of the congress: in answer to a letter from A. W. Farmer, entitled A view of the contro- versy, &c. . . • . New York. 8vo. pp. 78. 76 The present political state of the province of Massachu- setts Bay in general, and the town of Boston in particular. Exhibiting the rise and progress of the disordered state of that country, in a series of letters, published weekly, at Boston, and now first collected. By a native of New England. 8vo. pp. 86. ' New York. This pamphlet has two title-pages ; the other is as follows : 77 The origin of the American contest; or the present political state, Sfc. in a series of weekly essays, published at Boston under the signature of Massachusettensis, a native of New England. .... New York. 8vo. It contains about one half of the essays afterwards printed under the title of Massachusettensis (1776) but at the end it is stated that the continuation is in the press. 1775. 224 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1775. 78 Some CANDID SUGGESTIONS towards accommodation of differen- ces with America. Offered to consideration of the public. 8vo. Cadell, . " The author of these suggestions appears to be actuated by good motives, and to have entertained sentiments partaking of moderation and candour. His style is somewhat peculiar, from a singular aversion to the use of the particle the. 79 An address to the R. H. Lord M— sf — d; in which the measures of government respecting America are considered in a new light; with a view to his Lordship's interposition there- in. .... Almon, — — — . Svo. This author endeavours, by expatiating on the grievous nature and ruinous consequences of the measures adopted with regard to America, to persuade Lord Mansfield to interpose his influence in favour of the colonies. 80 The suprkmacy of the British legislature over the colonies, candidly dicussed . . . Johnson, . 8vo. pp. 38. The object of the writer of this pamphlet is to prove that the Americans are subject to the authority of Parliament, by the first principles of coloniza- tion ; by the power inherent in Parliament over all the British territories, and confirmed by the submission of the colonists to it ; by the long usage and custom of Parliament, &c. 81 A SHORT ADDRESS to the govcmment, the merchants, manu- facturers, and the colonists in America and the sugar islands, on the present state of affairs. By a member of Parliament. 8vo. Robinson, . This member of Parliament asks ' are the colonies a part of the British dominions, or are they not ? If they are, then are they subject to the su- preme authority of Great Britain : and was there ever a supreme autho- rity in the world without the power of taxation ?' 82 A COMPLAINT to the of , against n pamphiet, in- tituled, a speech intended to have been spoken on the bill for altering the charters of the colony of Massachusetts Bay. Svo. pp. 40. White, . This author is very angry with the benevolent bishop of St. Asaph, jgainst whose speech he declaims with much warmth and some invective, without however offering any substantial objections to it. 83 The speech of H. G. the Duke of Manchester, against the bill to prohibit all intercourse with the colonies. - 4to. pp. 15. Kearsly, . Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 225 84 The speech of Edmund Burke, esq. on moving his resolutions for conciliation with the colonies, March 22, 1775. 4to. pp. H5. Dodsley, . Mr. Burke says, in this speech, that " whatever England has been growing to by a progreaaive increase of improvement, brought in by varieties of \ people, by succession of civilizing conquest and civilizing settlements, in \ ^ series of seventeen hundred years, you shall see as much added to her by America in a single life ! 85 The plea of the colonies, on the charges brought against them by Lord M d, and otherSj in a letter to his lordship. 8vo. pp. 47. Almon, . "Contains some spirited animadversions on two speeches delivered by a celebrated law peer (Lord Mansfield,) in the beginning of the last session of Parliament." M. R. 86 Authentic PAPERS from America: submitted to the dispassion- ate consideration of the public. . Becket, . Bvo. pp. 33. This collection contains the several American petitions previous to the re- peal of the stamp-act, contrasted with the petition of the late congress to the king, and their address to the people of Great Britain. 87 A SERMON on the present situation of -American affairs, preached in Christ church, June 23, 1775. At the request of the offi- cers of the third battalion of the city of Philadelphia. By William Smith, D.D. . . Philadelphia. 8vo. pp. 32. Reprinted in London. 88 An Englishman's answer to the address from the delegates to the people of Great Britain, in a letter to the several colo- nies, which were represented in the late continental congress. Bvo. pp. 26. /• New York. 89 The patriots of North America; a sketch, with explanatory notes. . . . . . New York. 8vo. pp. 48. " A tory here reviles the whigs in verse.'' - .■ 90 A CANDID EXAMINATION of the mutual claims of Great Britain and the colonies ; with a plan of accommodation, on constitu- tional principles. . . . New York. 8vo. pp. 62. Said to be written by Mr. Galloway: "and we have otherwise sufficient au- thority not only to ascribe it to that gentleman, but to consider it as the effect of illiberal motives and unworthy passions. A principal object of 1775. ';S- i ")H : «; 226 ' Bibliotheca Americana Nova. ]775, this pamphlet is to reprobate the proceedings of the congress; and for ^^^ this purpose the author labors to maintain the unlimited supremacy of Parliament over all the dominions of the crown, by arguments which hav e been often alleged, and sufficiently answered." M. R. 91 Thoughts on the present contest between Administration and the British colonies in America; addressed to the merchants of the city of London, and all the sea-ports, trading and manufacturing towns, in Great Britain and Ireland. 8vo. Browne, . "This writer is a warm advocate for the people of America, but few of his tborights are new and peculiar to himself." M. R. 92 A LETTER to the people of Great Britain, in answer to that published by the American congress. Newbery, . 8vo. pp. 59. <* This letter'Writer was it seems determined, /as aut nefas, to controvert every allegation of the congress, in their letter to the people of Great Britain; and in doing this, we think we often see him oJOTending against the truth." 93* Considerations on the nature and extent of the legislative authority of the British parliament. 8vo. London ? This pamphlet, attributed by Dean Tucker, in his Tract V.to Dr. Franklin, was written by Dr. Witherspoon. See M.R. Hi. p. 175. 94 Considerations on this question, *' What should be an honest Englishman's endeavour in the present controversy between Great Britain and the colonies?" 8vo. Wilkie, . See M.R. Hi., p. 175. 95 A SECOND APPEAL to the justice and interests of the people, on the measures respecting America. By the author of the first. Svo. pp. 90. Almon, . The "Appeal to the justice,'' &c. was first printed in 1774; and a fourth edition was printed in 1776. 96 Letters on the colonies. By Edward Long, esq. Svo. , ^.^ London. Nichols' Lit. Anec. iii., p. 182. 97 The evidence delivered on the petition presented by the West India planters and merchants to the Hon. House of Commons, as it was introduced at the bar and summed up by Mr. Glover. Svo. pp. 95. (London.) . ^. Without date, place, &c. The petition was presented Feb. 2, 1775. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 227 98 Rkmarks ON THE PATiiioT. Including 80016 hints respecting 1775. the Americans; with an address to the e'ectors of Great ^^^ Britain. . . . Richardson, — — — .. 8vo. pp. 46. The Patriot, addressed to the electors of Great Britain ; a sixpenny pamphlet, published the preceding year, written by Dr. Johnson. 99 A FEW REMARKS upon some of the votes and resolutions of the continental congress, held at Philadelphia in September, and the provincial congress, held at Cambridge in November, 1774. 8vo. London? In the British Museum. 100 Three letters to a member of Parliament, on the subject of the present dispute with our American colonies. 8vo. Lowndes, . " These letters are written in support of an opinion • that the plea set up in justification uf our violent proceedings against our American brethren cannot be defended on constitutional ground,' and in refutation of the arguments used by the author of a pamphlet called The interest of the merchants and manufacturers, SfC.'' No. 45 of 1774. 101 A LETTER to the R. II. Lord M d, on the affairs of Ame- rica; from a Member of Parliament. . Almon, . 8vo. 102 A PLAN for conciliating the jarring political interests of Great Britain and her North American colonies, &c. 8vo. Ridley,- " The author declares ' that he has not communicated his plan to any minis- terial or antiministorial man, nor to any person connected with the peo- ple of North America or the West Indies ;' and, had he never ommu- nicated it to the public, no loss would have been sustained, as it contains nothing that is likely ever to be adopted.'' M. R. 103 Traite de la loi des fiefs qui a toujours ete suivie en "Canada ddptiis son etablissement, tiree de celle conteniie en la Coutume de la Prevote et Vicomti de Paris, k laquelle les fiefs et seigneuries de cette province sont assujettis, en vertu de leurs titres primitifs de concession, &c. Traite utile k tous les seigneurs de cette province, tant nouveaux qu'anciens sujets, aux Juges et au Receveur general des droits de sa Ma- jeste. Par Franqois Joseph Cugnet, ecuier, seigneur de St. Etienne, &c. . . . . . Quebec. SmalUto. pp. 71. , .jj|:^ ^ V H^ 228 Bibliotheca Americana Novt. 1775. 104 TiiAiri DE LA POMCR qui a toujonrs ete suivie en Canada, aujourdhui province de Quebec, depuis son etablissement jusqu'a la con";u^te, &c. Par Fian9oi3 Joseph Cugnet, &c. Small 4to. pp. 188. Quelec. 105 EXTRAITS DES EDITS, DECLARATIONS, OllDON NANCES ET IIE- GLEMENS, de sa majeste tres chretienne, &c. Faisans partie de la legislature en force en la colonie du Canada, aujourd- hui province de Quebec. Tires des regttres du conseil su- perieure et de ceux d'intendance. Par F. J. Cugnet, &c. Small 4to. pp. 106. Quebec. . [ I have a copy of each of these three tracts bound up in a volume, which formerly belonged to Francis Maseres; and, characteristically of him, has Craig's Methodusjigurarum bound up with them. I can find no notice of Cugnet, or of these tracts, in any work within my reach. The printer's name was William Brown, and they are probably some of the earliest specimens of the press in Canada. 106 HisToiRE DES AvENTURiERS Flibustiers, qui se sont signales dans les Indes ; contenant ce qu'ils y ont fait de remarquable, avec la vie, les moeurs & les coutumes des boucaniers, & des ha- bitans de St. Domingue, & de la Tortue; une description exacte de ces lieux, & un etat des offices, tant ecclesiastiques que seculiers, & ce que les grands princes de I'Europe y posse- dent. Par Alexandre Olivier Oexmelin. Nouvelle edition, corrigee & augmentee de I'histoire des pirates Anglois, depuis leur etablissement dans I'lsle de Providence jusqu' a present. 12mo. 4 vols, maps and plates. Trevoux. This history of the buccaneers was first printed at Amsterdam, in Dutch, in ]678, and said to be written by John Esquemeling. It was translated into Spanish, from Spanish into English, and from English into French. In the latter translation the author's name appears to have been changed M. Eyries, in the Biographie Universelle, says that the French translation first printed in 1686, was published from the mss. of the author by Frontigni^res ; who, he says, printed the work as if translated from the English, which no doubt was the case ; but M. Eyries appears to have been ignorant of the existence of any previous edition, in any Ian. guage. * \^ 107 Analyse de l'histoire philosophique et politique des etablissements & du commerce des Europeens dans les deux Indes. ..... Leyde 8vo. pp. 245. " ^ ' Querard a^pibutes a work with a similar title, printed at Paris, in the same /. Bibliotheca Amr.ricana Nova. 229 year, to Fr. Bernard, a Dutchman, of the same. This is, probably, another edition 1775, 108 HisToiRE DRs PL ANTES de la Guiane Fran^oise, rangees suivant la methode sexuelle, avec plusieurs memoires sur diiferens objets interessans, relatifs k la culture & au com- merce de la Guiane Fran^oise, & une notice des plantes de risle de France. Ouvrage ornee de pres de 400 planches en taille douce, &c. Par M. Fusee Aublet. Londres (Paris.) 4to. 4 \ol. 392 plates. About 800 plants are described in this work, more than half of them being entirely new. Aublet gave the uncouth Indian names of the plants to his iiew genera, which have been adopted by most uf the French botanists ; but Schreber and others have very properly replaced them by others, better adapted to the Linnsean nomenclature. 109 Gazophylacium Regium Pbrubicum. Opus sane pulcrum, a plerisque petitum & ab omnibus, in universum, desideratum non sine magno labore & experientia digestum, provid^que, & accurate illustratum. In quo omnes mater iee spectantes ad administrationem calculationem, & conservationem jurium regalium regni Peruani latissime discutiuntur & plena manu pertractantur. Editum a D. Gaspare de Escalona Aguero, &c. . • • • • Madrid. Folio. First printed in 1647, and reprinted in 1675. Only the first part of the first book is in Latin, the remainder of the work being in Spanish. 110 Dk Regio Patron ATU Indiarum. Queestiones aliquee de- sumpt8e et disputatee, in alia quinquaginta capita partita auctore D. Petro Frasso, jurisconsulto turritano, &c. Folio. 2 vol. Madrid. First printed in 1677. Considered formerly as an important work in a Spanish- American law library. Leyde MDCCLXXVI. ' 1 Additional papers concerning the province of Quebec; being |/\ ' an appendix to the book entitled An account of the proceed- ings of the British and other protestant inhabitants of the province of Quebec, 8fC. (see No. 42, 1775.) London. 8vo. pp. 510. / y '1.' ' I W': 230 Bihliotheca Americana Nova. 1 770' ^y Baron Maseres, nt the time attorney-general for Quebec ; who was also the author of the following work : The Canadian freeholder: a dialogue, shewing the senti- ments of the bulk of the freeholders of Canada, concerning the late Quebec Act, with some remarks on the Boston-charter Act ; and an attempt to shew the great expediency of imme- diately repealing both those Acts of Parliament, as a ground for a reconciliation with the united colonies in America. 8vo. pp. 483. London. A second and third volume were printed in 1770. 3 An account of the work of God in Newfoundland, North America. In a series of letters. To which are prefixed, a few choice experiences; some of which were taken from the lips of persons who died triumphantly in the faith. By the Rev. L. Coughlan. . . . . London. 12mo. pp. 192. 4 An account of the weather and diseases of South Carolina. By Lionel Chalmers, M.D. of Charlestown, South Carolina. 8vo. 2 vols. London. ^ ^^ This work is highly spoken of in the Monthly Review. /'5 A TOPOGiiAPHiCAL DESCRIPTION of such parts of North America as are contained in the (annexed) map of the middle British colonies, &c. in North America. By T. Po.^nall, M.P. late governor, &c. of H. M.'s provinces of Massachusetts \ Bay and South Carolina, and lieutenant governor of New I Jersey. .... Almon, . } Folio, pp. 68. Map. ,. [ This is a republication of Evans's map and analysis (1755), with consider- ! able improvements and additions. Gov. Pownall says that " a pirated V copy of Evans's map, soon after it came to England, was, in a most \ . audacious manner, published by Jefierys, and falsely suld as Evans's \ map improved, by which that very laborious and ingenious, but poor man, \ was deprived of the benefit of his work. Owing to the ignorance of tlie \ engraver it can scarcely be called a copy, and, as respects the face of the country, Viight as well be a map of the face of tlie moon. The same "^V^ plate, with all its imperfectirns, was afterwards used by Sayer, in his atlases." 6 The history of North and South America, containing an account of the first discoveries of the New World, &c. To which is added, an impartial inquiry into the present American / \ Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 231 London. 1776. disputes. . . • , . 12mo. 2 vols. Published in sixteen numbers. 7 The American militaiv* pocket atlas: being an approved 'colteciroli orcorrect maps, both general and particular, of the British colonies, especially those which now are or possibly may be the theatre of war. Taken principally from the actual surveys and judicious observations of engineers De Brahm and Romans; Cook, Jackson, and Collet; Major Holland, and other officers employed in his Majesty's fleets and armies. ..... London. 8vo. Contains six wbole-sheet maps, folded into the octavo form. 8 A SECOND VOYAGE round tVie world, in the years 1772, 73, 74, 75. By James Cook, esq. commander of his Majesty's bark the Resolution. Undertaken by order of the King, and en- couraged by a parliamentary grant of 4000/. Drawn up from authentic papers. . . Almou, . Quarto. A surreptitious account of Cook's second voyage, abounding in errors, and accounts of occurrences which never took place ; many of which are pointed out in the Monthly Review, on the authority of Captain Cook himself. - •* 9 Journal of the Resolution's voyage in 1772, 3, 4, and 5, on discovery to the Southern Hemisphere. Also a journal of the Adventure's voyage in 1772, 3, and 4. With an account of the sep , .ation of the two ships, &c. A chart and other cuts. . . . . Newbery, . 8vo. Another surreptitious journal. 10 ^Summary observations and facts, collected from late and authentic accounts of Russian and other navigators, to show the practicability and good prospect of success in enterprises to discover a Northern passage for vessels by sea, between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, or nearly to approach the North Pole; for which the offers of reward are renewed by a late act of parliament. .... London. Quarto. ' ' ' According to Meusel, the author was a Swiss of the name of De Val Trovers. i, 1 232 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1776. 11 *A CONCISE NATURAL iiisToiiY of East and West Florida. By '^^ Bernard Romana. . . . New York. 8vo. 12 A PHILOSOPHICAL AND POLITICAL HISTORY of the Settle- ments and trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies. Translated from the French of the Abbe Raynal, by J. Justamend, A.M. t • . London. 8vo. 5 vols. *' We do not scruple to pronounce the work in its English dress correct, elegant, and nervous." M.R. A new edition was printed in 1783, with the additions and corrections of the Geneva edition of 1780. y 13 The North American and West Indian Gazetteer, containing an authentic description of the colonies and islands in that part of the globe, shewing their situation, climate, soil, pro- duce and trade, with their former and present condition, &c. Illustrated with maps. . . , London. l2mo. A compilation from other similar works. !/ 14 Remarks on the different opinions relative to the American colonies. ... Kearsly, . "A nothing," M.R. 15 Massachusettensis; or, a series of letters containing a faith- ful state of many important and striking facts, which laid the foundation of the present troubles in the province of Massachusetts Bay, &c. By a person of honour upon the spot. .... Mathews, . 8vo. pp. 118. " In the latter part of the year 1774, and in the beginning of 1775, a poli- tical controversy was be^un and carried on in the Boston newspapers, between two gentlemen of considerable abilities, under the signatures of Novanglui and Massachusettensis. The letters appertaining to the latter of these signatures (and written on the side of government,) were after- wards collected and published in a pamphlet, and are now reprinted from the Boston impression." M.R. The author of Massachusettensis was Jonathan Sewall, at that time attorney-general for the king, of the pro- vince of Massachusetts. This, and the essays of Novanglus, (written by John Adams, afterwards president of the United States,) were repr'nted, with a preface and a number of letters, by President Adams, in Boston, in 1819. 16 Observations on the nature of civil liberty, the principles of government, and the justice and policy of the war with Bihliotheca Americana Nova. 233 America. To which is added, an appendix, containing a state 1776. of the national debt, an estimate of tho money drawn from **'*' the public by the taxes, and an account of the national in- come and expenditure since the last war. By Richard Price, D.D., F.R.S. . . . Cadell, . 8vo. pp. 128. "The author of these observations must be ranked among the most respect- able writers on the afTuira of America. lie does not attempt to engage our attention by the specious and flaming declamation of a party zealot, or the factious invective and rant of modern patriotism. In him we see the warm pleader united with the sound reasoner, the intelligent politi- cian, and (above all) the inuependcnt man, the UNiNfLUENCED fhiend of his country " M.R. 17 A LETTEii to the Rev. Dr. Price on his Observations on the nature of civil liberty f SjfC. , Evans, . 8vo. 18 Remarks on Dr. Price's Observations, 8^c. 8vo. Kearsley, -. 19 The honouk of parlian.ent and the justice of the nation vin- dicated. In a reply to Dr. Price's Observations, Sj-c. 8vo. London. This defender of the honour of parliament exclaims without mercy against the Americans, as rebels, parricides, traitor/, S^c. and is not a little sarcas- tic on Dr. Price's profession as a preacher among the dissenters. 20 Obedience the best charter, or law the only sanction of liberty. In a letter to the Rev. Dr. Price. Richardson, . 8vo. pp. 103. The writer of this pamphlet represents Dr. Price as a mere factious dema- gogue, or, what is worse, as the tool and dupe of others more factious and more designing than himself. He represents the Americans as the most worthless of mankind, as wretches in whose breasts the blackest treason rankles, while devotion shades their faces, and rebellion fumes in their hearts ! 21 Cursory observations upon Dr. Price's essay on civil liberty, particularly relating to specie and paper currency ; by which several of his positions are proved erroneous, and most of his deductions utterly fallacious. Published with a view to re- move the prejudices which might affect the minds of unin- formed readers, from a too ready assent to his doctrine. 8vo. pp. 24. Carnan, . H / l'^'' ( 234 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1776. 22 Ci/RBORY REMARKS on Dr. Price's Observations on the nature of civil liberty. . . . Nicoll, . 8vo. 23 Remarks on a pamphlet lately published by Dr. Price, inti- tuled Observations on civil liberty, Sfc. Cadell, ■. 8vo. pp. 61. These remarks hare been ascribed to Dr. Ferguson. They nro written ' with less invective, and more decency, candour, and moderation, thnn have lately appeared in the productions on that side of the American dispute. 24 Experience preferable to theory. An answer to Dr. Price's Observations, 8fc. . . Payne, . 8vo. pp. 102. One of the best and most decent answers to Dr. Price. 25 Civil liberty asserted, and the rights of the subject de- fended, against the anarchial principles of Dr. Price. By a friend to the rights of the constitution. Wilkie, . 8vo. Replete with dogmatical assertions and slanderous invectives. 20 A letter to the Rev. Dr. Price. By the author of the De- fence of the American congress, in reply to Taxation no Tyranny. .' . . William, . 8vo. pp. 31. "The spirited writer of this letter, (probably Mr. N— — e,) applauds Dr. Price's late publication, but dissents from that part of it where, treating of the colonists, the doctor says, ' they are not our subjects, but our fellow-subjects.' It appears to him, he says, that they are ' neither the one nor the other,' and his reasoning on this point is worthy of atten- tion." M.R. 27 A LETTER to the Reverend Dr. Price, wherein his Observa- tions, &c. are candidly examined. . Dew, — — — . 8vo. pp. 54. Apparently by the same author as the following : 28 The total refutation and political overthrow of Doctor Price; or Great Britain successfully vindicated against aU American rebels, and their advocates. In a second letter to that gentleman. By James Stewart. . Bew, . 8vo. pp. 88. Mr. Stewart's stvle is not very polite ; but he is more shrewd in his argu- ments than many of the doctor's numerous antagonists. do attempts to ndtcu/e, but is only rude. Some of bis remarks, however, merit attention. 3 B'ibliotheca Americana Nova. 23r, 29 Tim DUTY of the king and subject, on the principles of civil 177fi. liberty; colonists not entitled to self-government, or to the >*>'*♦ same privilei^es with Britons : being an answer to Dr. Price's system of Fanatical liberty. By the author of the Political Looking-glass, . . , Dixwell, , 8vo. 30 TiiuEE LETTERS to Dr. Price, containing remarks on his Ob- servations, &c. By a uiember of Lincoln's Inn, F.R.S., F.S.A. .... Payne, . 8vo. pp. 163. These letters are probably the work of Mr. L(in)d, the reputed author of Jtitnarki on the principal acti of the last Parliament, They discover great ability in the writer, though it does not seem to be always rightly or successfully employed, 31 OnsERVATioxs on the nature of civil liberty, and the principles of government. By Rich. Hey, M.A., Fellow of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, ai)d barrister at law of the Middle Temple. , . . Cadell, . 8vo. pp. 70. Mr. (ley's observations ore generally delivered in the candid liberal style of a gentleman, and many of them deserve particular attention. 32 Licentiousness unmask£d; or liberty explained. Svo. Bew, . " Of all the numerous answers which have appeared to Dr. Price's late publication, tliiii seems to be the most unconnected, superficial, and un- worthy." M.K. 33 Some ousirvations on liberty. Occasioned by a late tract. By John Mi esley. . . Foundry, &c. . 12mo. Another answer to Dr. Price. 34 Observations on Dr. Price's theory and principles of civil liberty and government; preceded by a letter to a friend, on the pretensions of the American colonies in respect of right and equity. . . . . . York. Svo. pp. 147. Ascribed to Henry Goodrich, esq. who truuis his opponent in a candid, liberal, and dispassionate manner. 35 An essay on the origin, progress, and establishment of national society; in which the principles of government, &c. con- tained in Dr. Price's Observations, &c. are fairly examined 236 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1776. ■ A f and refuted. By J. Shebbeare, M.D. Bew, .. 8vo. pp. 212. " This performance of Dr. Shebbeare contains many tenets repugnant to the principles of all free governments ; reasoning, often founded on mis- representations and untruths ; language, frequently intemperate, foul, aud opprobrious ; and humour, often coarse, low, and indelicate." M.R. 36 A LiiTTER from an officer retired, to his son in Parliament. 8vo. pp. 38. Cadell, . " This officer exhorts his son to use his utmost endeavours in support of vigorous measures against the Americans. He may have been an excel- lent officer, but he is a very moderate politician." M.R. 37 Considerations on the American war. Addressed to the people of England. . . Becket, ■. 8vo. pp. 60. " The industrious, enterprising, and useful men, who first planted and settled in our American colonies are described by this author, ' as men whose flagitious crimes bad rendered them objects of public punishment, or whose turbulent and refractory dispositions made them enemies to every established government.' " 38 A PLAN OF RECONCILIATION betwccn Great Britain and her colonies, founded in justice and constitutional security ; by which the rights of Englishmen, in matters of taxation, are preserved to the inhabitants of America, and the islands be- yond the Atlantic. By the author of The historical essay on the English constitution. .. Johnson, . 8vo. 39 The rights of Great Britain asserted against the claims of America; being an answer to the declaration of the general congress. .... Cadell, . 8vo. pp. 92. ' " This celebrated performance is said to have been written, printed, aud liberally distributed, both in Great Britain and America, at the instance and expense of government ; but whether this be true or not, the work itself, we are afraid, will answer no other purpose than to exasperate the people of Great Britain against their brethren of America, and, by in- \ flaming misrepresentations and invectives, aggravate the evils of our pre- sent civil discord." M.R. I have a copy of the eigiitii edition (printed in the same year ;) To which is now added, a refutation of Dr. Price's state of the national debt} which belonged to Sir James Macintosh, who has written ou the fiy-leaf, " now owned to be by Sir John Dalrymple." 40 Shall I go to war with my American brethren? A discourse Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 237 iscoursc addressed to all concerned in determining that important 1776. question. First published at London, 1769. To which are now added, a preface and appendix. By John Erskine, D.D. one of the ministers of Edinburgh. . Edinburgh. 12mo. 41 The equity and wisdom of administration, in measures that have unhappily occasioned the American revolt, tried by the sacred oracle. .... Edinburgh. 12mo. y^' " Administration found guilty and condemned. This is, possibly, another production of the sensible and dispassionate author of the foregoing dis- course. But this is merely our conjecture," M. R. 42 Reflections on the rise, progress, and probable consequences of the present contentions with the colonies. By a freeholder. Edinburgh, In this pamphlet, also attributed to Dr. Erskine, the author has drawn to- gether, in a summary way, from a variety of publications, &c. a fair state of the sentiments of the colonists, in order to shew their manner of plead- ing their own cause, and the regard due to some of their pleas. 43 Some observations on a pamphlet lately published, entitled The rights of Great Britain asserted, Sfc. By the author of the Answer to Dr. Shebbeare and Dr. Johnson. 8vo. pp. 44. Donaldson, . Dr. Hugh Baillie, late judge of the Admiralty court in Ireland, the author of this pamphlet, in reply to that of Sir John Dalrymple, " is not an . elegant or a correct writer, but he appears to be a well-meaning one, equally zealous for the honour and welfare of Great Britain, on the one hand, and for the rights of the colonies, on the other. In politics, he is a true whig of the old revolutionary stamp." 44 A further examination of our American measures, and of the reasons and principles on which they are founded. By the author of Considerations on the measures carrying on with respect to the British colonies in North America. Bath, 8vo. pp. 256. "Generally received and acknowledged as the work of Mr. M — w R— b — ns— n. His former production (36 of 1774) justly obtained the applause of the public ; the present is not less meritorious." M.R. U't*' 45 The critical moment, on which the salvation or destruction of the British empire depends. Containing the rise, progress, present state, and natural consequences of our American dis- 238 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1776. putes. By Janus. '^'^ 8vo. pp. 121. Setchell, " This author shews a more comprehensive knowledge of his subject than is common to the pamphleteers of the times. He appears to be particu- larly well informed of the present state and circumstances of America, and of the true grounds on which our fellow subjects in that quarter of the globe have taken arms against us. His zeal for the colonies, and the acrimony with which he speaks of the administration at home, lead to the suspicion that he is a native of America." M.R. 46 Seasonable advice to the members of the British Parliament concerning concil iatory measures with America, and an act of perpetual insolvency, &c. . Bew, . 8vo. ■ - ' ' .: " This writer warmly and fluently declaims in favour of the colonists and of confined debtors." M.R. 47 Common sense; addressed to the inhabitants of America, on the following interesting subjects, i. Of the origin and de- sign of government in general, with concise remarks on the English constitution, ii. Of monarchy and hereditary suc- cession. III. Thoughts on the present state of American affairs, iv. Of the present ability of America, with some miscellaneous reflections. A new edition, with several ad- ditions in the body of the work. To which is added, an appendix, together with an address to the people called Quakers. . . . • Philadelphia. 8vo. Reprinted in London. The celebrated production of the celebrated Tom Paine : written for the purpose of disposing the colonists to renounce the king's sovereignty, and assume the form and the rights of a distinct inde. pendent state. " The American editions of this pamphlet contain, in ;. different parts, such reflections on the king and government of Great Bri- tain, as could not have been printed here without considerable hazard ; and therefore, in Mr. Almon's impression, frequent chasms occur ; some , of these are short, and the words omitted so obvious, that the defects may be easily supplied ; but with others it will be found impossible, without other assistance, to conjecture the meaning of the deficient pasr sages." M.R. 48 Additions to Common Sense, addressed to the inhabitants of America. .... Almon, . 8vo. pp. 47. A compilation from the American newspapers, of essays in support of the Bibtiotheca Americana Nova. 239 ■^v*/ arguments and conclusions of the celebrated pamphlet called Common 1776. Sense. Stated on the title to have been first printed in Philadelphia. 49 The true merits of a late treatise printed in America, entitled Common Sense, clearly pointed out. By a late member of the continental congress. . . NicoU, — — — . 8vo. Supposed to bare been written in South Carolina, but the author was no friend to American independence. 50 Plain truth: addressed to the inhabitants of America, con- taining remarks on a late pamphlet entitled Common Sense: wherein are shewn, that the scheme of independence is ruin- ous, delusive and impracticable; that were the author's asse- verations respecting the power of America as real as nuga- tory, reconciliation on liberal principles with Great Britain would be exalted policy; and that, circumstanced as we are, permanent liberty and true happiness can only be obtained by reconciliation with that kingdom. Written by Candidus. ^vo. Philadelphia. > Burrington Bay. No. 10. 26 Port Amherst, &o. 27 Port Campbell. No. 12. 28 Po Mills. No. 13. 29 Li. iip^yl Bay. 14. < 30 Port Jackson. 16. 31 King's Bay. 16. S] Mecklenburgh Bay. 17. :)3 Charlotte Bay. 34 Leith liarbour. 35 S.E. coast Nova Scotia. 36 Six views. 37 Halifax harbour. No. 20. 38 View of Halifax. 9.* 18. 19. 19*. 260 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1777. « 1 21. 22. 39 Harbour of Halifax. 40 Egmont harbour. 41 Six views coloured. 42 Keppell's harbour, &o. 43 Spry harbour, &c. 44 White Islands harbour, &c. 45 Eight views, coloured. 46 Sandwich bay. 25. 47 Torbay, &c. 96, 48 Whitehaven. 27. 49 Canso harbour, &c. 28. 50 St. Peter's bay, &c. (Directions.) 51 St. Peter's bay, &c. 29. 52 Milford haven. 30. 53 Conway harbour, (&c. 30.* 54 Part of Cape Breton. 31. 65 Gut of Canso. 32. 66 Northumberland straits. 32.* 67 Ditto. 58 Port Hood. 50 View of do. 60 Two views, coloured. 61 Pictou harbour, <&c. 62 View of Plaister cliffs. 63 Port Shediach. 64 Isle of Sables. 65 Five views, coloured. 66 Isle of Sables. 67 View of do. 68 Remarks on do. 69 Four views, coloured. 70 Printed table of places. 32.** 33. 34. 35. 36. 36.* ,,'' VOL. II. I. — Charts of the coast and harbours in the gulf and river of St. Lawrence, from surveys taken by Major Holland, surveyor-gen. of the northern dis- trict of North America, and his assistants, pursuant to orders from the R. H. the lords commissioners for trade and plantations, in the years 1765, 1766, 1767, and 1768. Composed and published by command of Government, for the use of the Royal navy of Great Britain, by J. F. W. des Barres. . > 1 Engraved Title to Vol. ii. 2 Title to St. Lawrence. 3 Index of charts. 4 Gulf of St. Lawrence. 5 River St. Lawrence. 6 View of Quebec. 7 River St. Lawrence. 8 Bay of Seven Islands. 9 N. W. coast of the Gulph of St. Lawrence. 10 Gaspee Bay, <&c. 11 Bay of Chaleurs. 12 Miramichi Bay. 13 Richebucto harbour, &c. 14 Magdalen islands. 15 River St. Lawrence. 16 Cape Breton. 17 Cardigan Bay. , . .• 18 Island of St. John. 19 Cape Breton, «fec. 20 Ditto. 21 Six views, coloured. 22 Cape Breton, r, Price had given his opinion, and nany of his arguments come recom- mended by their novelty as wtsll a^ by the ingenuity ^/ith which they are enforced. But while we allow bis 'nerit as a politician, we mastcondemn _ ,^- his asperity." M.F. 24 Additional observations on the aaturo and value of eivil liberty, and the war with America, &c. By Richard Price, D.D., F.Il.S. . . . CadeL '. 8 pp. 176. ^■~^5 iHf, coNiaAST; or, strictures on select parts of Dr. Price's Ad'c'.f'oi'ui Observations, &c. forming a concise state of the present currency; an impartial view of the trade and govern- ment of the kingdom ; the cause and consequences of the war with America; and a sketch of the debts and revenues of France. By A. Charles Dodd. . Fielding, . 8vo. pp. 56. "A very illiberal and indecent performance.' M.R. 26 A LETTER TO THE EARL OF CHATHAM, conccming his spcech and motion in the House of Lords, on the memorable 30th of May ; with some observations on the speeches of Lord Gower, the duke of Grafton, &c. To which are subjoined, Reflections on his Majesty's most gracious speech from the throne, and an index to peace with Anicrica. . Evans, . 8vo. pp. t54. " A spirited but not very elaborate declamation against Great Britain, iu respect of her quarrel with her colonies; and a prophetic denunciation of the most melancholy consequences to the mother country. The author looks upon the Americans as irrecoverably lo^t to every idea of future de- pendence upon the British government." M.R. '> : ^ ' \ 27 A LETTER TO THE ENGLISH NATION, ou the picscnt war with America; with a review of our military operations in that country; and a series of facts never before published, from which the absolute impossibility of reducing the colonies will Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 257 sufficiently appear, and the folly of continuing the contest be demonstrated. By an officer returned from that service. 8vo. pp. 59. Corral, . " According to this mutinmit officer, nothing remains for us to do but, in the first place, to desist from an attempt in which it is impossible for us to succeed, and in the next place, to bring the authors of all this mischief to condign punishment." M.R. 28 Reflections on our present critical situation. In a letter from a landed proprietor. . Williams, . 8vo. This writer reprobates the war, and predicts nothing but ruin from the event ; and thinks that no time should be lost in coming to an accommo- dation with the Americans. ■ 29 Reflections on the present combination of the American colonies against the supreme authority of the British legis- lature, and their claim to independency. By a real friend to legal liberty and the constitution. . Wallis, . 8vo. pp. 100. « Such bigoted advocates for the measures of administration will do us no service, nor the rebels'anj barm." M.R. 30 Letters to the high and mighty United States of America. By Integer, candidate for the office of accomptant-general to their Excellencies the Contkiental Congress. . New York. 8vo. pp. 80. " Reprinted in London. ' A fellow of infinite jest :' but we wish him a sub- ject better adapted to the proper exertions of humour." M.R. 31 A LETTER from Edmund Burke, esq. one of the representatives in parliament for the city of Bristol, to John Farr and John Harris, esqs. sheriffs of that city, on the affairs of America. 8vo. pp. 75. Dodsley, . 32 An answer to the letter of Edmund Burke, esq. one of the representatives of the city of Bristol, to the sheriffs of that city. .... Cadell, . 8vo. pp. 60. ... 33 An answer from the electors of Bristol to the letter of Edmund Burke, esq. on the affairs of America. 8vo. pp. 90. Cadell, - — '■ — . 34 An address to Edmund Burke, esq. on his late letter relative 1777. 258 ' Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1* -' m 1777. ./ "s to the afTairs of America. By Edmund Topham, cornet of his Majesty's second troop of horse guards. Bew, . ^^Q^uarto, pp. 27. 35 TlIOl'GHTS ON THE LETTER OF EdMUND BuRKE, EsQ. tO the sheriffs of Bristol, on the affairs of America. By the earl of Abingdon. ... . Oxford. 8vo. pp. 64. \ Tbe sixth edition (same year) contains an introduction of ninety-one pages. 36 Second thoughts; or, observations upon Lord Abingdon's thoughts on the letter of Edmund Burke, esq. to the sheriffs of Bristol. By the author of the Answer to Mr. Burke's letter (No. 32.) , . . Cadell, .. Svo. pp. 74. " This writer attacks some eminent characters, particularly Dr. Franklin, with an illiberal severity, for which he deserves the reprehension of every considerate and candid reader." M.R. 37 Dialogues in the shades, between General Wolfe, General Montgomery, David Hume, George Grenville, and Charles Townsend. . . . Kearsley, — . 12mo. 38 An unconnected whig's address to the public; upon the present civil war, the state of public affairs, and the real cause of all the national calamities. Kearsley, ■ 8vo. pp. 80. « Civil war is a disease ; but tyranny is the death of a free state." The author's motto from Sydney. 39 Remarks on the conduct of the Opposition, with regard to America ; shewing their inconsistency, by a short review of their own measures. ♦" . Cadell, ■ . Svo. pp. 42. <'Oneof those overheated -defenders of government who supposes every man in opposition to have horns and a tail, with all the other ensigns of diabolism." M.R. 40 Essays, commercial and political, on the real and relative in- terests of imperial and dependent states, particularly those of Great Britain and her dependencies; displaying the probable cause of, and a mode of compromising, the present disputes between this country and her American colonies, &c. Svo. pp. 147. '. ' Newcastle. 4 Bibliotheca Americana Nooa. 259 state." The "This iutelligent writer, with pretensions to great impartiality, is rery 1777. severe on the Americans. He is in favour of the independence of New Kngland, and would make the most of the Southern colonies ; but, rather than lose the whole, proposes that they should be divided with some of th« maritime states of Europe.", M. R. 41 Considerations addressed to all persons of property in Great Britain, concerning the present disposition of the Americans towards this country. , , Owen, ■. 8vo. This writer states that, as the Americans are united among themselves, " it is imprudent in Britain to persist in the attempt to reduce, because it ii impracticable to effect the reduction of, that extensive country by force.'* 42 Peace the best policy : or, reflections on the appearance of a foreign war, the present state of affairs at home, and the commission for granting pardons in America. By Matt. Robinson, M. . . . Almon, — — — . 8vo. pp. 112. Second edition, pp. 59. , "This patriotic writer does not trouble himself much about systematic arrangement, or classic purity of style ; he abounds with peculiarities and redundances of expression; but bis compositions are the productions of a vigorous comprehensive mind, deeply impressed by the subject, and iilled with just, bold, liberal, and reflected ideas.'' M. R. 43 Letters occasioned by three dialogues concerning liberty; wherein the author's doctrine respecting the state of nature is shewn to be repugnant to nature ; to which are added, re- marks on Dr. Price's Additional observations on the 7iature and value of civil liberty . By Joseph Wimpey. 8vo. pp. 103. Johnson, . 44 Remarks on the evidence delivered on the petition presented by the West India planters and merchants to the House of Commons, on the 16th of March, 1775, &c. by Mr. Glover, so far as the same respects Barbadoes and the Leeward Islands. By a West India planter. . . Bew, . Svo. pp. 50. 45 A letter to the Rev. Dr. Cooper, on the origin of civil govern- ment; in answer to his sermon, preached before the University of Oxford, on the general fast. . Almon, — — . Svo. pp. 53. 46 An authentic narrative of facts, relating to the exchange s2 It I ..'4 ., 260 1777. If Dibliotheca Americana Nova. of prisoners taken at the Cedars; supported by the testimonies and depositions of H. M.'s officers, with several original letters and papers. Together with remarks upon the report and resolves of the American congress, on that subject. 8vo. pp. 50. Cadoll, . " These remarks are intended to show the fullacyof the report of tlie congress, and to evince the perfidy of that body, in the resolves." M. 11, 47 Refonse \ LA DECLAUATioN du coHgr^s Amcricain. Traduite del'Anglois. . . . Cadell, . Svo.pp. 24. A translation of the answer to the Declaration of the American congrets. No. 53 of 1776. Probably published hy authority, 48 Anecdotes Am£ricaines, ou histoirc abregee des principaux ^v^nements arrives dans le nouveau monde, depuis sa decou- verte jusqu'^ present. . . , Paris. 8vo. By Ant. Homot. Barbier. 49 Rechekches iiistoriques etoeoghapiiiques sur Ic Nouveau Monde. Par Jean Benoit Scherer. . Paris, 8vo. pp. 350. Map and 8 plates. Copies of this work, with the plates, are uncommon. 50 NouvEAUx voyages dans TAmerique septentrionale, conte- nant une collection de lettres ecrites sur les lieux par Tauten r, k son ami, M. Douin, chevalier, capitaine dans les troupes du roi, cidevant son camarade dans le Nouveau Monde. Par M. Bossu, chevalier, &c. . Amsterdam (Paris.) 8vo. pp. 392, 4 plates. Bossu's account of hia two first voyages to Louisiana was printed in 1768 ■ after v»Lich, he made a third voyage, the account of which is given in this volume : which, not having been reprinted, nor translated into any other language, is a much scarcer work than the former. There are copies with the date of 1778, and with " nouvelle edition" on the title-page, but the edition is the same. 51 Memoires pour servir k I'histoire de Cayenne et de la Guiane Fran^aise, dans lesquels ou fait connoUre la nature du climat de cette contree, les maladies, &c. Avec des observations sur I'histoire naturelle du pays, et sur la culture des terres. Par M. Bajon, chirurgien de I'lsle de Cayenne, &c. 8vo. 2 vols. Paris, 52 Le guide du commerce de TAmenque, principalement par le Bibliothcc" Americana Nova. 261 port tie Marseille. Con tenant le detail de la decouverte dc I'Amerique, ct do rctablisscmcnt dcs Europ^ens dang ectte partie du mondc. Cclui des Isles Antilles et de leurs pro- ductions. Le recueil deslettres patcntcs, &c. Ouvrage utile aux negocians qui font ce commerce et aux personnes curi- cuscs de connoltre I'histoire de nos colonies. Par M. Ch de Marseille. . . . Marseilles. Quarto, 2 vols. 19 maps and plates. This work (by M. Chambon) appears to havn beon first published in 1764 ; and again in 1783 ; but are all the samo edition, with some variation io the title. 53 Courier politique et litteraire; annonces et avis divers : or French evening post. Extemo Robore crescit. London. Quarto. This French journal, which was commenced in the month of May of the pre* sent year, had been precndad by the Courier de I'Europe, under which title it was continued from June 1778. According to Barbier, it was edited by tlie Irish abb^, Perkins Mac Mahon, Serres de la Tour, and Theveneau de Morande. The eighteenth volume, apparently the last, was published in 1785 ; and some of the latter volumes contain contribu- tions from the pen of the celebrated Mirabeau. Having been published during the whole course of the American war of independence, one of its principal objects appears to have been that of giving an impartial account of the events which attended it. The copy in my possession, in eighteen volumes, appears to have been preserved with the greatest care by a per- son of the name of Renovales, apparently a Spaniard, who had very neat vignette titles mado for each volume, executed in India ink, and added the portraits and caricatures, (mostly Dutch,) which appeared at the time. 54 Afficiies Americaines. . Port au Prince. Quarto. De rimprimerie royale. I hare in my possession a copy of this French journal, from 1777 to 1783, both inclusive, in seven volumes. As they comprise the greater part of the American war, they contain many interesting '•rti<;les relating to it which probably are not to be found elsewhere. 55 KuRZ gefasste nachricht von dem etalDs craent der Salz- burgischen Emigranten zu Ebenezer in der provinz Georgien in Nord America, wie solche auf Verlangen von dem Hrn. Regierungsrath Von Reck zu Ranzau mit getheilet worden. 8vo. Hamburg. Meusol iii. 1, 391. 1777. Jiibliotheca Americana Nova 1777. 5(J Oesciiiciitb der mission der evangclischen Brlidcr auf den Caraibischen Inseln S.Thomas, S.Croix undS.Jun; hc- raurge^^cbcn von Johann Jacob Uossart. . Barber/. 8vo. 2vol8. Meusel iii. 2, 70. 57 CiiiLinuou, 8IVE res ciiilenses vel dcscriptio status turn naturalis, turn civilis, cum moralis regni populiquc Chilcnsis, inserta suis locis perfecta ad Chilensem linguam manuductioni, Dcrnardi Havcstadt, &c. Monasterii Westphalia:. 8vo. 2 vols. pp. 952. A very valuable and scarce work. It has a mnp and two plates of music. " The author passed twenty years as a Jesuit missionary in the kingdom of Chili. The main object of tlio work is to promote the knowledge of the Chilian language, which he avers to be as much above all other Ion- guRges, as the Chilian Andes ore above tlie mountains of the rest of the earth. The work is divided into seven parts. — The first is a very ample grammar of the Chilian tongue, amounting to near 200 pages.— The se- cond is a translation into the Chilian tongue of father Pomey's Indivnlus Universalis, — The third is a Chilian catechism, in verse and prose.— TIio fourth is an ample vocabulary of the Chilian language. — The fifth is a Latin vocabulary, corresponding with the preceding. — Tlio sixth contains the music for accompanying the organ, in chanting the poetical cato- chism. — The seventh is the author's diary of a missionary excursion in the years 1751 and 1753.'' N. A. Rev. MDCCLXXVIII. 1 The history of America, from its discovery by Columbus to the conclusion of the late war. With an appendix, contain- ing an account of the rise and progress of the present unhappy contest between Great Britain and her colonies. By William Russell, esq. of Gray's inn. . . London. Quarto, 2 vols. 51 plates. 2 An impartial history of the present vrar in America; con- taining ah account of its rise and progress, the political springs thereof, with its various successes and disappointments, on both sides. By the Rev. James Murray, of Newcastle. 8 vo. 3 vols, portraits. London (Newcastle.) By the author of Sermons to Asses, drc. This work was apparently pub- lished in numbers at Newcastle. It has no year on the titles, but the dedication is dated in 1778. The third volume, which brings the history down to the end of the year 1780, ends abruptly, in the middle of a ohap- BiUiotheca Americana Nova. ter, nt p. 533. Tho first and leoond volumoB are not common, but th« third is particularly ruro. No mention i« made of tbis work in any li»t of the author'! publications. 3 TiiAVFXs Tiiiioyoii the iNrEiiioii parts or Nouth America, in tlie^ears 17G6, 1767, and 1768. By J. Carver, esq. captain of a company of provincial troops during the late war with Franco. Illustrated with copper-plates. London, 8vo. pp. 544, 2 maps and 4 plates. First edition, dedicated to Joseph Banks, esq. Carrer csme to England, soon after he returned from his travels, with the intention of publishing bis account of them; but when he had already sold the ms. to a book- seller, ho was ordered by the government to deliver up uU his maps and journals ; and it was not until near ten years after that he obtained per« mission to publish his work. Although this work was very favorably received, and went through several editions, its author derived but little benefit from it; and in 178Q "a putrid fever supervening a long continued dysentery, brought on by want, put on end to the life of a man, who, after rendering, at the ezpence of fortune and health, and the risk of life, many important services to his country, perished through want, in the first city of the world.'* Lettsom'$ Li/$ of Caner, prefixed to the third edition of Lis Travels, 1781. 4 The American atlas ; or, a geographical description of the whole continent of America, wherein are delineated at large its several regions, countries, states, and islands, and chiefly the British colonies, (composed from numerous surveys several of which were made by order of government. By Major Holland, Lewis Evans, Wm. Scull, Henry Mouzon, Lt. Ross, J. Cook, Michael Lane, Joseph Gilbert, Gardner, Hillock, &c.) Engraved on 49 copper-plates. By the late Mr. Thomas JefTerys, geographer to the King. London. Atlas Folio. 5 Observations made during a voyage round the world, on phy- sical geography, natural history, and ethic philosophy, &c. By John Reinhold Forster, LL.D., F.R.S. &c. Quarto. Robinson, — ^ . 6 A LETTER to the right honourable earl of Sandwich, &c. From George Forster, F.R.S. , Robinson, ,. Quarto, pp. 32. Comploining of the bad treatment tho writer and his father had received, after their return from the voyage round the world. 263 1778. ./• v / 264 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. '>m 1778. 7 Remarks on Mr. Forster's account of Captain Cook's last voyage round the world, in the years 1772, 3, 4, and 5. By William Wales, F.R.S. astronoaier on board the Resolu- tion, &c. . . . Nourse, . 8vo. i\n explanation and defence of certain transactions, stated by Mr. Forster to have occurred during the voyage of the Resolution round the world. 8 Reply to Mr. Wales's remarks. By George Forster, F.R.S. naturalist on the late voyage round the world, by the king's appointment. . . . White, . Quarto, pp. 53. 9 New discoveries concerning the world and its inhabitants; in two parts, &c. : containing a circumstantial account of all the islands in the douth Sea that have been lately discovered, &c. W^ith maps and prints. . Johnson, . Svo. pp. 408. A cheap and judicious account of the discoveries made in the South Seas. 10 A DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT of the islands lately discovered in the South Seas. Giving a full detail of the present state of the inhabitants, their government, religion, &c. from the first discovery to the present time, &c. By the Rev. Dr. John Trusler. .... Baldwin, .. Svo. :,.'>.■ "Scanty and unsatisfactory, and not well written." 11 A VOYAGE to California to observe the transit of Venus, with an historical description of the author's route through Mexico. By M. Chappe d'Auteroche. Also a voyage to Newfound- land and Sallee, &c. By M. de Cassini. Dilly, '— ~ — . Svo. pp. 215. * ^ :: First printed in French at Paris in 1772. 12 A TOPOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION of Virginia, Pennsylvania, \/ Maryland, and North Carolina ; comprehending the rivers Ohio, Kenhawa, Sioto, Cherokee, Wabash, Mississippi, &c. Published by Thomas Hutchins, captain in the 60th regi- ment. With an appendix, containing Mr. Patrick Kennedy's journal up the Illinois river. . Author. London. Svo. pp. 67, 3 plates. Published in French, at Paris, in 1781. Bibliotkeca Americana Nova. 265 13 An account of the sufferings and persecution of John 1778. Champncys, a native of South Carolina, inflicted by order of **'*' congress, for his refusal to take up arms in defence of the arbitrary proceedings carried on by the rulers of the said place. Together with his protest, &c. . No place. 8vo. pp. 20. A person similarly situated to the Philadelphia Quakers. See No. 16, 1777. 14 Collection of papers, that have been published at different times, relating to his Majesty's commissioners, &c. 8vo. pp. 64. New York. 15 The pbesent state of the West Indies: containing an accurate description of what parts are possessed by the several powers of Europe. The materials collected on the spot during the last war by some of the officers of his Majesty's forces, and diligently compared with all authentic narrators. Illustrated with a complete map of the West Indies, done from the latest observations. . Baldwin, . Quarto, pp. 95. 16 Letters on the American war. Addressed to the mayor and corporation, and to the worthy burgesses of the town of Kingston upon Hull. By David Hartley, esq. M.P. for Hull. .... Almon, ■ Quarto, pp. 92. With the author's autograph to each letter. « In these letters Mr. Hartley lays before his constituents the proceedings of the several sessions of this parliament with respect to the American war, in order to prove that whatever deceptions may, from time to time, have been used, or whatever pretexts may have been held out, coercion, and not reconciliation, was from the very first the secret and adopted plan, and this plan hath ever since been systematically and inflexibly pursued." M.R. 17 The West India Merchant. Being a collection of papers, originally published under that signature, in the London Evening Post. With corrections and notes by the author. Svo. Almon, . Most of these papers were originally published in the year 1766. The main design of the author is to reprobate in every view the American war. 18 A LETTER to the people of America, lately printed at New 266 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1778. York ; now republished by an American. With a postscript, by the editor. Addressed to Sir W — H — . 8vo. Becket, . " The author earnestly admonishes and exhorts the revolted Americans to make it up with us ; endeavouring to convince them, hy every popular argument, that nothing but immediate reconciliation can save them from destruction." M. R. 19 Anticipation ; containing the substance of his M — y's most gracious speech to both H — s of P — 1 — t, on the opening of the approaching session : together with a full and authentic account of the debate which will take place in the H — e of C — s on the motion for the address, and the amendment. With notes. , Becket, — . 8vo. pp. 74. Chalmers, speaking of Richard Tickell, says " that which raised him to immediate celebrity was his admirable political pamphlet, called Antici- pation ; in which, with the most successful humour, he imitated the man- ner of the principal speakers in parliament, and defeated the force of the arguments of the opposition, by pre-occupying them." Biog. Diet. \ 20 The general introduction and supplement to the two tracts on Civil Liberty, the War with America, and the Finances of the Kingdom. By Richard Price, D.D., F.R.S. 8vo. pp. 62. . . . Cadell, . See No. 16 of 1776, and 24 of 1777. It appears that Dr. Price's tracts went through /our teen editions in three months. In this introduction the Doctor says, "we now see a great people likely to be formed, in spite of all our efforts, into free communities, under governments which have no reli- gious tests and establishments ! — A new tera in future annals, and a new opening in human affairs, beginning among the descendants of Englishmen in a new world ! A rising empire, extending over an immense continent, without Bishops, — without Nobles, — and without Kings." 21 The case stated on philosophical ground, between Great Britain and her colonies, «&c. . Kcarsley, . Svo. " The rhapsody of a vehement advocate for the independency of the colo nies, abounding in hard words and unintelligible expressions." M.il. 22 Plan of reunion between Great Britain and her colonies. Svo. Murray, . "The flanoi an outrageous ministerial politician, blessed with a lively imagination, strong passions, and a plentiful lack of wisdom." M.R. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 267 23 Considerations on the present state of affairs between England and America. . . Nourse, -. 8vo. "Against the American war; sensible, not violent in favour of the colonies, but totally against allowing their independency." M.R. By Alexander Dalrymple. 24 A LETTER to the earl of Abingdon, discussing a position rela- tive to a fundamental right of the constitution, contained in his lordship's Thoughts on the letter of Edmund Burke, esq. By John Cartwright. . . Almon, . 8vo. By the celebrated patriot, Major Cartwright, in defence of the right of the colonists to freedom in trade. 25 The memorial of Common Sense, on the present crisis. 8vo. pp. 29. . . . Almon, 1778. " Warmly urges, from a melancholy review of the present situation of our public affairs, a full acquiescence in the American claim of independ- ence." M.R. 26 Unanimity in all the parts of the British 'Commonwealth, necessary to their preservation, interest, and happiness, and absolutely depending on the wisdom and spirit with which the present period of time is improved. Addressed to the king, parliament, and people. . W. Davis, . 8vo. 27 The conciliatory bills considered. Cadell, . 8vo. pp. 39. A partial review and defence of tiie conduce of administration. 28 An impartial sketch of the various indulgences granted by Great Britain to the colonies, upon which they have founded their presumption of soaring ton .irds independence. 8vo. Davenhill, . This author is of opinion that long wip'.3rs, reading, writing, uod praying, are great incentives to sedition ; for, says he, you'll not meet -rvith a New Englandor hut has the Bible by heart, and all the laws of his pro- vince. From which the Monthly Reviewer infers that " they are well acquainted with their duty to God and the I ^ws of their country, but do not understand one word of unconditional < ^edience to ^he parliament of Great Britain." 29 Remarks upon General Howe's account of his proceedings on 208 Bihliotheca Americana Nova, I I'-i 1778. Long Island, in the Extraordinary Gazette of October 10th, .^^ 1776. .... Fielding, . 8vo. pp. 54. Bj Israel Mauduit, esq. 30 The substance of General Burgiyne's speeches, &c. on Mr. Vyner's motion, on the 26th of May ; and upor; Mr. Hartley's motion, on the 28th of May, 1778. With an appendix, containing General Washington's letter to General Burgoyne, &c. . . . Almon, . 8vo. pp. 48. 31 A LETTER to Lord George Germaine, giving an account of the origin of the dispute between Great Britain and the colo- nies ; with some remarks on the manner in which the war has been conducted. To which are added, certain terms humbly proposed as a ground- work of a reconciliation. By a gentleman for many years a resident in America. 8vo. .... Whieldon, A defence of the measures of the British government, in which the writer recommends that the independency of the Americans should never he ac- ceded to. 32 Proposals for a plan of reconciliation and re-union witli the thirteen provinces of America, and for an union with the other colonies. By one of the public. . Kearsley, . Svo. " If the author of this pamphlet is not one of the American commissioners, he seems very, very proper to be added to their number. Modesty, per- spicuity, an extensive knowledge of the subject, and a love of liberty, characterise these proposals, and render them worthy the serious and candid consideration of every one who wishes well to the British empire." M.R. 33 Address to the rulers of the state: in which their conduct and measures, the principles and abilities of their opponents, and the real interest of England, with regard to America, and her natural enemies, are freely canvassed. By a friend to Great Britain. . • . . Bew, . Quarto. " This writer recommends most earnestly an effectual reconciliation with the Americans, by the most ample and unreserved concessions on our part, even the granting them (what they are already in possession of) their favourite independency," M.R. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 269 2-\ Thoughts on the present state of affairs with America, and 1778. the means of conciliation. . . Dodsley, . 8vo. pp. 100. ' reduce the colonies to unconditional iubmission. The means he points out are to 'lay waste, burn, and destroy, through all the coasts of the thirteen 270 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1778. mm >,' I si states, but on New England in particular tins good Christian soul would pour the utmost severity of vengeance ; and Delenda ett Bostonia I is re- peatedly sounded in the ears of the noble statesman to whom this burn- ing, sinking, and destroying proposal is addressed." M.R. 37 CoNsiDKRATiONS on the mode and terms of a treaty of peace with America. The second edition. . Dilly, ■ 8vo. pp. 30. 6d. 38 The voice of the ministry ; being an expostulatory address to an unpopular minister, on occasion of an impolitic war. An original poem, never before published. 8vo. Is. Fielding, " Good sentiments and bad verse, in defence of the cause of revolted America." M.R. 39 An examination into the conduct of the present administra- tion, from the year 1774 to the year 1778. And a plan of accommodation with America. By a nitniber of parlia- ment. .... Almon, . 8vo. pp. 69. This writer proposes that the whole foico of Great Britain should be em- ployed against France. France being subdued, the Americans, he con- cludes, will naturally propose such terms of union as could be accepted, without derogating from the national dignity or interest. 40 The dominion of Providence over the passions of men. A sermon preached at Princetown, May 17, 1775, being the general fast appointed by the congress through the united colonies. By John Witherspoon, D.D., &c. 8vo. pp. 44. Fielding, . 41 An address to the natives of Scotland residing in America ; being an appendix to a sermon preached at Princetown, on a general fast appointed by the congress. By John Witherspoon, D.D., president of tliC college at New Jersey. 8vo. pp. 24 Fielding, . Dr. Withei^poon is well known as one of the signers of the declaration of independence, and by numer- :3 other works. 42 Remarks on an essay intituled The history of the coloyiization of the free states of antiquity, SfC. By John Symonds, LL.D., professor of Modern History in the university of Cambridge. . . . Payne, . Quarto. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 271 «*sity of of suffering two thirds of the British territory to be dismembered by rebellion from the dominion of the state. To prove the reverse of these propositions ; to place the present national danger to the account of those to whose conduct alone it can be with justice imputed, and to expose to public view an attempt so inconsistent with the safety of the empire is the design of publishing these letters. If the fact- stated, and the arguments deduced from them, shall apply to those purposes, the end proposed by the writer will be fully answertTd." Supposed to be written by Joseph Galloway. 18 Consideratioks on the American inquiry. 8vo. pp. 66. Wilkie, The inquiry alluded to, is the late parliamentary examination into the pro 277 1779.. X. 27 8 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1 779. ceedings of the army in America, under the command of General Howe, The main intent of these Considerationt is to prore the falsehood of the assertion, which has heen much insisted upon, that " it is impossible to / subdue the colonies." y 19 A LETTER from Lieut. Gen. Burgoyne to his constituents, on his late resignation; with the correspondence between the ' secretaries of war and him, relative to his return to America. 8vo. pp. 37. Almon, . After Gen. Burgoyne's surrender to the Americans he was allowed to return to England on parole. Thinking himself ill-treated by the govem- '• ' ' ment, and having been appointed a member of parliament for Preston, he joined the Opposition. Whereupon an official order was sent to him, signifying that it was the king's pleasure that he should return to America, and join his captive army. He remonstrated, and was again commanded, and, in consequence, resigned all his civil and military em- ployments. He gives an account of his conduct to the public in this letter, in which he inveighs with bitter acrimony against the ministers of his Royal master. The two following answers were published soon /- after its appearance : ^ 20 A LETTER to General Burgoyne, on his letter to his consti. tuents. . . . Becket, . 8vo. pp. 35. " Instead of the liberal manner of a gentleman, this writer attacks Mr. ^ Burgoyne with the ferocity of one of his own savages, reeking and hot ' "' from the murder of poor Miss Macray." M.R. 21 A REPLY to Lieutenant General Burgoyne's letter to his con- stituents. .... Wilkie, . 8vo. pp. 46. "This writer merits commendation, for the decer I candid strain in which he writes. He does not, like the general'b .^vagonist above men- tioned, assail with a blunted tomahawk. He cuts up like a skilful sur- geon, and dissects his subject with the dexterity of an able anatomist." M.R. 22 A BRIEF EXAMINATION of the plan and conduct of the Northern expedition in America, in 1777; and of the surrender of the army under the command of Gen. Burgoyne. 8vo. pp. 52. Hookham, . In a \ / 23 Considerations upon the French and American war. letter to a member of parliament. . Almon, . 8vo. " If this correspondent with a member of the British Parliament, is himself a member of the American Congress, he writes as might be expected from hi;i character and connexions. He believes from his heart that the pro- Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 279 IS consti. seoution of the war will be attended with the ruin and downfall of this gountry." M.R. 24 Consider ATioxg on the present state of public affairs, and the means cf raising the necessary supplies. By William ' Pulteney, esq. . . . Dodsley, . 8vo. 25 A PROPOSAL for peace between Great Britain and North America; upon a new plan. In a letter to Lord North. By D. M. Knight. * 8vo. Mr. Knight proposes that the Americana should be acknowledged a free and independent people, and that George Prince of Wales should be received by them as their sovereign lord and chief. 26 A SHORT HISTORY of the Opposition, during the last session of Parliament. . . • Gadell, . 8vo. pp. 58. Rather a picture than a history, and that picture a carrioature ; in which the anti-ministerial party makes but an awkward and scurvy appearance. 27 Observations on a pamphlet intitled A short history of Oppo- sition, Sfc. To which is prefixed, an address to Messrs. Wedderburn, Gibbon, and Macpherson. By a member of Parliament. . . W. Davis, . 8vo. "The gentlemen whose names are mentioned in the title-page of this pamphlet have been severally given, by report, as the writers of the Short history ; but our observer fixes the performance on Mr. Macpherson, the celebrated editor of Ossian's Poems, and he, probably, is not a bad guesser, but still it is only guess'work.'' M.R. 28 A SHORT DEFENCE of the Opposition ; in answer to a pamphlet intitled A short history of the Opposition. Almon, . 8vo. pp. 80. A serious, candid, and solid refutation of the Short Mistory. 29 Administration dissected. In which the grand national culprits are laid open for the public inspection. 8vo. Barker, . " A review of the present circumstances and situation of Great Britain, so far as both have been obviously affected by the conduct of government, since the commencement of the unfortunate war with the American colo> uies." M.R. 1779. 280 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. Bit', 1779. 30 Letters of Papinian; in which the conduct, present state, and prospects of the American Congress are examined. 8vo. New York. Reprinted in London. According to the account of this writer, the conduct of the Congress has been altogedier Machiavelian, tyrannical, and wicked; their prtunt itate is desperate, and their pro$pecU present them only with scenes of wretchedness and irretrievable ruin. 31 Observations on American independency. Edinburgh. 8vo. "A North British publication in favour of American independency; which the writer supposes, on commercial principles, to be the most advan- tageous ground on which we can settle our differences with the revolted colonies." M.R. 32 Remarks on the rescript of the court of Madrid, and the manifesto of the court of Versailles. In a letter to the people of Great Britain. To which is added, an appendix, contain- ing the rescript, the manifesto, and a memorial of Dr. Franklin to the court of Versailles. Cadell, . • 8vo. pp. 91. « The very ingenious and spirited author of these remarks observes, in his preface, that the rescript and manifesto, above mentioned, are intended tu work upon the understandings and affections of four distinct classes of men : the rulers of other states, the subjects of their own dominions, his Majesty's rebellious subjects in America, and his hyal subjects in every part of his dominions. In pointing out to his countrymen the insolence of style, the fallacy of argument, and the grossness of misrepresentation, which strongly mark both these papers, the remarker employs the united force of reason and ridicule, aided by the powers and embellishments of oratory." M.R. 33 A FULL ANSWER to the King of Spain's last manifesto, respect- ing the Bay of Honduras and the Mosquito Shore; in which all the accusations brought against the subjects of Great Britain settled in the bay of Honduras, and against the ancient British settlements in the free and independent do- minions of the Mosquito Shore, are candidly stated and refuted; and the importance of the Mosquito Shore to Great Britain delineated and ascertained. . Cadell, . 8vo. A very sensible and spirited reAitation of the king of Spain's manifesto, as far as regards the subjects mentioned in the title-page. The author, however, zealously presses our perseverance in carrying on the ruinous Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 281 ilisbments of and (in the opinion of manj well-informed people) lu^lat war in 1779. America. <«m^ 34 Observations on the answer of the King of Great Britain to the Manifesto, ifc. of the court of Versailles. By an Inde- pendent Whig. . . Fielding - Quarto. " The Independent Whig is a vehement advocate for the cause of the re- volted colonies ; whose independency he treats as a matter of e$tabluh- ment as just as it is certain," M.R. 35 Genuine abstracts from two speeches of the late Earl of Chatham ; and his reply to the Earl of Suffolk. With some introductory observations and notes. Dodsley, . 8vo. 36 The report of a constitution or form of government for the commonwealth of Massachusetts. Agreed upon by the committee, to be laid before the convention of delegates, assembled at Cambridge, on the first day of September, a.d. 1779; and continued by adjournment to the 2Sth day of October following. . . Boston, . Quarto, pp. 50. 37 The green box of Monsieur de Sartine, found at Mademoi- selle Du The's lodgings. From the French of the Hague edition; revised and corrected by those of Leipsic and Amsterdam. . . . Becket, . 8vo. A satirical work from the ludicrous pen of Mr. Tiokell, author of Anticipa- tion. The following is the supposed original of this paipphlet. 38 La cassette verte de Monsieur de Sartine, trouv^e chez Mademoiselle du The. Sixi^me edition, revue & corrig^e sur celles de Leipsic et d'Amsterdam. . A la Haye, 8vo. pp. 76. 39 Lettres d'un membre du Congr^s Ameriquain, k divers mem- bres du Parlement d'Angleterre. . A Philadelphia. 8vo. pp. 108. " Se trouve a Paris chez I'auteur, maison de M. Bertin." By M. Vincent, of Rouen. Barbier. 40 Memoire sur la navigation dans la Mer du Nord depuis le 63* degre de latitude vers le P61e, & depuis le 10 au 100* degre V Nil 282 1779. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. de longitude. Avec une nouvelle carte sur cctte ^tendue. Par M. le B. E. . . , A Berne. Quarto, pp. 29, and map. Bj the Dailly d'Engel. 41 HisTORiA coRO-oRAPHicA, natural y evangelica de la Nueva Andalucia, provincias de Cumana, Guayana, y vertientes del Rio Orinoco. Por el M. R. P. Fr. Antonio Gaulin, etc. Folio; map, and 3 plates. {Madrid.) The author was several years a missionary in the countries which he > describes. There are copies of this work enlarge paper. 42 De PRiMORD'iis civitatum oratio. In qua agitur de bello civili inter M . Britanniam & Colonias nunc flagranti, &c. i.e. An oration concerning the origin of states, in which the author treats of the civil war between Great Britain and her colonies. By James Dunbar, professor of philosophy in the King's College, Aberdeen. . . Cadell, — — — . Quarto. -^ Monthly Review, July mo. /l^ r.l/y^ MDCCLXXX. 1 Political annals of the present united colonies, from their "settlement^ld the^peace of 1763. Compiled chiefly from records, and authorised often by the insertion of state papers. By George Chalmers, esq. Book I. . London. Quarto. w if jiiig yfotV is so valuable on account of the distinctness of its detail, the authenticity of its documents, and the elegant manner in which it is written, that it is with concern we remark, throughout the narrative, the most studied application of every fact, which will admit of it, to the vin- dication of a principle, as warmly contradicted by one party, as it is strenuously asserted by another, — the right of the British parliament to tax America. Taking for granted principles which many will be disposed to contest, — that a series of precedents is of itself a sufficient foundation of legality, and that it is conclusive to argue from the manner in which the colonies were treated in their tn/ancy, to that in which they ought to be treated in their maturity, he takes every occasion which the history afford! him of maintaining this right ; and thus, in indulging the warmth of political disputation, he loses the dignity of history." M.R. 2 An impartial history of the war in America, between Great iSritain and her colonies, from its commencement to the end Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 283 / of the year 1779; exhibitin^c a circumstantial, connected, and 1780. complete account of the causes, rise, and progress of the war, '^'^ interspersed with anecdotes and characters of the different commanders ; and accounts of such personages in congress as have distinguished themselves during the contest. With an appendix, containing a collection of interesting and au- thentic papers, tending to elucidate the history. Illustrated by a variety of copper-plates. . Faulder, . 8vo. "A work, far from being an impartial history, collected from the most common sources of information, and put together without any traces of the hand of an eminent master." M.R. 3 The history of the civil war in America, Vol. I. Compre- hending the campaigns of 1775, 1776, and 1777. By an officer of the army. . . Sewell, . 8vo. The author said to be Capt. Hall, of General Howe's regiment. It is rather a vindication of the measures of the mother-country, and conse- quently an utter condemnation of the Americans, than a fair and equal representation. No more than this volume was published. 4 The Political Magazine, and parliamentary, naval, military, and literary journal, for the year mdcclxxx. Bew, ■ Bvo. This work appears to have been published in the tory interest, in opposi' tion to Almon's Remembrancer. It was continued down to the year 1790. " Contains many documents, anecdotes, &c. connected with the revolutionary war, not to be found elsewhere." Col. Aspinwall'i catalogue. 5 The compleat vilot for the Windward passage, c<' directions for sailing through the several passages to the eastward of Jamaica. By Captain Hester, Mr. Bishop &c. To which . are added, the reports and descriptive instructions of the commanders sent by the French government to explore the Windward passages in 1753 and 1755; now first translated into English. . . . , R. Sayer, . Bvo. pp. 82. 6 An historical account of the Virgin Islands in the West Indies, from their being settled by the English near a century past, to their obtaining a legislature of their own, in the year 284 Bibliotheca Americana Nova, 1780. 1/' 1/ / 1773; and the lawless state in which his Majesty's subjects in those islands have remained since that time to the present. By George Suckling, esq. ^ White, . 8vo. The descriptive part of this performance is yerj brief, the historical detail is more ample ; but the main design of the publication bears reference immediately to the affairs of the author, who was chief justice of the islands in question. 7 A MEMORIAL most humbly addressed to the Sovereigns of Europe, on the present state of affairs between the Old and New World. . . . Almon, . 8vo. This pamphlet, (bj Gov. Pownal,) which presupposes the independence of America, the editor sajs, was written by a gentleman lately deceased, who, from some misfortune in his personal relations, left England, and took up his residence in the Azores. It is, according to the Monthly Review, written with so much clearness of information and strength of argument, that it is probably the work of some eminent master, who chooses to conceal himself behind a peculiar style, and a fictitious tale. 8 AsxATE OF THE EXPEDITION from Canada, as laid before the House of Commons by Lieutenant General Burgoynef and verified by evidence; with a collection of authentic docu- ments, and an addition of many circumstances which were prevented from appearing before the House by the proroga- tion of Parliament. Written and collected by himself, and dedicated to the officers of the army he commanded. Quarto, pp. 140 and 63, 6 maps. " General Burgoyne writes well : his very interesting story is told in a masterly manner, and the materials of which it is composed will be held in great estimation by the historians who shall record the events of the unhappy war to which they owe their birth.'' M.R. 9 Remarks on General Burgoyne's State of the expedition from Canada. .... Wilkie, ■ . 8vo. A criticism of th( foregoing in defence of the ministry. 10 A LETTER to Lieutenant General Burgoyne, occasioned by a second edition of his State of the expedition from Canada. 8vo. Kearsley, — — — . The great object of this letter is to defend Lord G. Germoine, and govern- ment in general, from the charges brought against them, in the Prtfatory Bibliotheca Americana Nttva. 285 $peich to the $tat« of tht tspedition. The general is attacked with great 1780. severity, and Sir William Ilowe cornea in for a ahare of the author's keen animadvi'raiuna. 11 A ftCppLEMENT to the State of the expedition from Canada; containing General Burgoyne's orders, respecting the prin- cipal movements and operations of the army, to the raising of the siege of Ticonderoga. , . Decket, . Quarto. 12 A CAKDiD EXAMINATION of the mutual claims of Great Britain and the colonies; with a plan of accommodation, on consti- tutional principles. By the author of Letters to a nobleman on the conduct of the American war. Wilkie, . 8vo. First printed in New York in 1775. " The author, it is supposed, is Mr. Galloway, late a member of Congress, and a convert to the British government.'' M.R. 13 An essay on the interests of Great Britain, in regard to America ; or, an outline of the terms on which peace may be restored to the two countries. . Sewell, . Svo. " After expatiating, with good sense, on the impolicy of our continuing the war in North America, the author proceeds to enumerate the terms on which a happy union between the two countries might be effected ; and which, he says, he is well assured would be received by America," M.R. 14 The detail and conduct of the American war, under Generals Gage, Howe,"fiurgoyne, and Vice-Admiral Lord Howe. With a very full and correct state of the whole of the evidence, as given before a Committee of the House of Commons; and the celebrated fugitive pieces, which are said to have given rise to that important inquiry. The whole ex- hibiting a circumstaudal, connected, and complete history of the real causes, rise, progress, and present state of the American rebellion. The third edition. Svo. Richardson, — — . " This is a new and much enla^d and improved edition of A view of the evidence, &c. (see No. 13, 1779.) The author is rather violent in ex- pressing his resentment against the revolted Americans, the minority party at home, and some of the commanders mentioned in the title-page, particularly the Howes ; but he appears to be a well informed writer and a judicious compiler." M.R. I / 286 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1780. I- V 15 TfiR VARHATiVE of Lieutenant General Sir William Howe, in a Comnirttce of the House of Commons, on the 29th of April, 1779, relative to his conduct during his late command of the king's troops in North America. To which are added, some observations upon a p?.mphlet intitled Letters to u nobleman. Quarto. Almon, . "Sir William's vindication now appears ; and candour must iicknowlodge < I that it ia not a feeble attempt to rescue the generul's reputation from the obloquy thrown upon it, not only by the author of the Utitn (to Joseph Galloway, esq.;, but many other writers, who had joined in the er^ against the noble commander." 16 A REPLY to the observations of Lieutenant General Sir William Howe, on a parnphlet intitled Letters to a nobleman, in which his misrepresentations are detected, and those letters are supported by a variety of new matter and argument. To which is added, an appendix, containing: i. A letter to Sir William Howe, upon his strictures on Mr. Galloway's private character, ii. A letter from Mr. Kirk to Sir William Howe, and his answer, iii. A letter from a committee to the pre- sident of the Congress, on the state of the rebel army at Valley Forge, found among the papers of Henry Laurens, esq. By the author of Letters to a nobleman. Svo. pp. 149. Wilkie, , Mr. Galloway's defence of his own character aud conduct, against Sir William Howe. 17 Three letters to Lord Viscount Howe. To which are added, remarks on the attack at Bunker's Hill. Wilkie, . Svo. " These letters contain many strong articles of impeachment of the conduct of Lord and Sir William Howe, during their command in America. The particulars are too well known, and the silence of the noble brothers is, by many, considered as a strong presumption that the charge implied in them if not to be antwered." M.R. 18 Plain truth; or, a letter to the author of Dispassionate thoughts on the American war. In which the principles and arguments of that author are refuted, and the necessity of carrying on that war clearly demonstrated. By the author of Letters to a nobleman, Sfc. and Cool thoughts, Sfc. Svo. Wilkie, . 8 Bihliotheca Amtricana Nova, 887 " Another of the numerous pamphleta of Mr. Galloway, wherein he atronglj recoinmenda n spirited proiiHCUtion of the war, in which he hua not the lenst doubt of the complete succttu of the British arms; and he pointa out the policy by which America may be firmly and perfectly united with Great Urituin." M.R. 19 Occasional letters on taxation; on the means of raising the supplies within the year, to answer the expenses of a ne- cessary war ; and on such means as would probably tend to secure Great Britain, and its natural dependencieHf the bless- ings of peace, on a durable system. By an Independent man. . . . . Dodsley, ■ 8vo. « These letters contain some judicious observations on the exigences of the times, and the subject of finance. Much is also urged on the expediency and necessity of a speedy and cordial re-union with America, for which the writer argues with seal, but on moderate aad liberal principles." M.R. 20 Cool thoughts on the consequences to Great Britair of American independence, on the expense of Great Britain in the settlement and defence of the American colonies ; and on the value and importance of the American colonies and the West Indies to the British empire. Wilkie, . 8vo. " The intention of this tract is to shew the ruinous consequences to Great Britain of acknowledging the independence of the American colonies, written in a decent and dispassionate, though very earnest and serious strain." M.R. Supposed to be by Joseph Uulloway. 21 Dispassionate thoughts on the American War; addressed to the moderate of all parties. . Wilkie, . 8vo. " The advice given by this moderate and judicious writer is, that we should immediately relinquish the American war, as a scheme not only imprac- ticable but impo.'itic, and turn our whole national strength against the House of Bourbo.i. He does not seem to be a party man, but if he leans any way, it is toward administration." M.R. 22 Historical and political reflections on the rise and progress of the American rebellion. In which the causes of that re- bellion are pointed out, and the policy and necessity of offer- ing to the Americans a system of government founded in the principles of the British constitution, are clearly demonstrated. 1780. 288 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1780. By the author of Letters to a nobleman on the conduct of the American war. . . Wilkie, . 8vo. " The writer is supposed to be Joseph Galloway, esq. author also of ^ letter to Lord Howe, Cool Thoughts, &o. His zeal for n solid re-union of the two countries is as laudable as it is warm, and seems to be really founded in his f;incere wishes for the permanent welfare and happiness of all parties." M.R. 23 Observations on the opinion of Mr. George Rous, lately de- "• livered in the House of Commons, that the crown can give independence to America without the assent of Parlia- ment. 8vo. Kearsley, . " A feeble comment on an able performance. Both the commentator and bis original consider the independence of the American States as a question upon which Great Britain ought to decide, from motives, not of justice, but of policy, — not o( right, but o{ power." M.R. 24 A PLAN of articles of perpetual union, commerce, and friend- ship, between Great Britain and her American colonies; founded on the solid basis of justice, and proposed as a me- dium between the claims of total independence on the one hand, and those of legal subjection on the other. 8vo. Johnson, . ^ " A very well intentioned writer, who proposes ' to split the difference' in the dispute between Great Britain and the colonies." M.R. 25 Nathan TO Lord North. . Wilkie, . 8vo. pp. 59. 26 A CONSTITUTION, or frame of government, agreed upon by the delegates of the people of the State of Massachusetts Bay, in convention, begun and held at Cambridge, on th?, first of September, 1779 ; and continued, by adjournments, to the second of March, 1780. Revised and corrected. Boston. 8vo. pp. 43. See No. 36 of in9. 27 The candid retrospect; or, the American war examined by Whig principles. . . . Charlestown. Small 8vo. pp. 28. Reprinted in New York. 28 Proceedings of a board of obneral affairs, held by order Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 289 of H. E. Gen. Washington, Commander-in-chief of the army 1780. of the United States of America, respecting Major John **^^ Andre, Adjutant-general of the British army, September 29, 1780. , , f • Philadelphia, 8vo. pp. 21. A very interesting pamphlet, published by order of the American Congress, containing the official account of the proceedings against the unfortunate Major Andr6. 29 A SHORT HISTORY of the last session of Parliament, vrith remarks. .... Almon, . 8vo. pp. 99. 30 To the Right Honourable the Lords of Trade and Plantations. The reply of H. M.'s subjects, the principal inhabitants of the Mosquito Shore, to the printed pamphlet, entitled, The Defence of Robert Hodgson, Esq. late superintendent of the Mosquito Shore, &c. . . . London. 8vo. pp. 144. Privately printed for the use of the parties concerned. 31 A PHILOSOPHICAL DISCOURSE, addrcsscd to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, in the presence of a respec- table audience, &c. By James Bowdoin, Esq. President of said Academy. .... Boston. 8vo. pp. 35. 32 A POETICAL EPISTLE to H. E. Gcorgc Washington, Esq. Commander-in-chief of the armies of the United States of America, from an inhabitant of the State of Maryland. To which is annexed, a short sketch of General Washington's life and character. . ^ Dilly, . Quarto, pp. 24, portrait. First priuted at Annapolis, in Maryland, in 1779. Reprinted in London, " for the charitable purpose of raising a few guineas to relieve in a small measure the distresses of some hundreds of American prisoners, now suffering confinement in the gaols of England." Pre/act. ", contenant les cotes. 33 Nettune Americo-Septentrional; isles et bancs, les baies, ports et mouiliages, et les sondes des mers de e£tte partie du monde, depuis le Groenland in- clusivement jusques et compris le Golfe du Mexique avec les isles de sous le-vent et du vent, accompagnes de plans par- u / 290 BihUotheca Americana Nova. 1780. ticuliers dcs ports les plus frequent^s, ou rccueil de cartes ^■^ hydrographiques, h. I'usage des vaisseaux du Roi, redigo d'apr^s les cartes fran^oises et etrangeres les plus estimees. Rectifie d'apr^s des plans manuscrits authentiques, et assu- jetti aux observations astronomiques. Dresse au dep6t gene- ral des cartes, plans, et journaux de la marine, et public par ordre du Roi. .... Paris, Atlas folio. A collection of very beautiful charts of the coast of North America, with plans of the ports, harbours, i&c. published on separate sheets, between 1778 and 1780, for the use of the French navy. \ / 34 Hi|tXQiU&E_PHiLOsopHiQUE.ET POLITIQUE dcs ^tablisscmens et V du commercS^^^s Europeens dans les deux Indes. Par Guillaume Thomas Raynal. . . Geneve. Quarto, 4 vols, and atlas. _, , Another edition. . . . , » ib. 8vo. 10 vols, and atlas in 4to. As this work could not be published in Paris, the Abb6 Ra3mal caused three copies to be printed there, one of which he sent to Geneva, from which the present edition was printed. It is stated by Grimm that more tlian one third of this work was written by Diderot. According to Barbier, a number of other persons were concerned in it, particularly Holbacb, Pechmeja, Paulze, Dutasta, Deleyre, the Abb6 Martin, and Counts Aranda and de Souza. The Biographic Universelle (art. Raynal) says that the production of so many hands must necessarily be a bad book ; and that, besides the assistance derived from other persons, whole pages were copied from other works without any acknowledgment. A decree was issued by the parliament of Paris, May 21, 1781, against the author and his book, which obliged him to leave France. " That this history is written in an animated style, and that it contains many just reflections, both political and philosophical, is known to all Europe ; for it has been translated into every European language. Its beauties, iiow- ever, are deformed by many sentiments that are irreligioun. and by some s^ -1 that are impure.*' Chalmers. %/\- ^^ HisToiRE DU Paraguay sous les Jesuites et de la Roy ante ^^' qu'ils y ont exercee pendant un siecle et demi ; ouvrage, qui . renferme des details tr^s interessans et qui peut servir de , suite k VHistoire Philosophique et Politique des etablissemens des Europeens dans les deux Indes. Orn6 d'une grande caite du Paraguay, du Chili, &c. Amsterdam. Svo. 3 vols. '^bliotheca Americana Nova. 291 imerica, with eets, between This work Rppoj.. i » hare been taken principally from the " Coleccion de Documenioi, ^c (No. 26 of 1768.) comptlsing a translation of nearly the whole of the fourth rolume of that work. 36 Le destin db l'Amerique, ou dialogues pittoresques dans lesquels ou developpe la cause des 4venemens actuels, la politique et les inter^ts des puissances de TEurope relative- ment k cette guerre, et les suites qu'elle devroit avoir pour le bonheur de Thumanite, traduit fidelement de TAnglois. Small 8vo. pp. 106. Written by M. Cerisier. J9arl)ttj-.— Said in the preface to be translated from the fourth English edition. 37 NouvELLES CONSIDERATIONS sur Saint Domingue, en reponse k celles de M. H. D. Par M. D. B. . Paris- 8vo. 2 parts. An answer to M. Hilliard D'Auberteuil by M. Du Buisson. Barbier.—Seo Considerations, 8fc, 1776. 38 RiFLESsioNi Imparziali sopra TUmanita degli Spagnuoli neir Indie contr' i pretesi fitosoii e politici per servire di lume alle storie de' Signori Raynal et Robertson, del Sig Abbate D. Giovanni Nuix. . . Venezia. 8vo. • ♦ ' • • ,.•'■■''-[ ■■■-.-■ :•>■' There are two Spanish translations of this work, defending the humanity of the Spaniards towards the natives of America, one published at Madrid, in 1782, the other at Centra, in 1783. " The author would have ren- dered a more important and honorable service to the Spaniards, if, instead of endeavouring to disculpate them from calumnies, not entirely without foundation, he had manifested to foreigners the useful measures which the Spanish Ministry were taking to remedy the abuses of their colonial government." Sempere, Bibliottca. .^. 39 Lettere Americane di Gianrinaldo Conte Carli. 8vo. 2 vols. Cosmopoli (Florence.) Reprinted in 1781 at Cremona, in 3 volumes, with some additions by Giuseppe Bianchi. A German translation was published in 1785, and one in French in 1788. "These letters originated in a correspondence of Carli with his cousin, the Marquis Gravisi, in 1777 and 1/79. In the first part, the author describes the manners and customs of the Americans before their country was discovered by the Europeans. Ho refutes, on every point, the paradoxes of Fauw. The second part is hypothetical ; its object being to discover at what epoch the people of the Atlantide (that large continent which has disappeared in some general commotion of the globe,) might have had communication with America ou one side, V2 1780. • 292 BihUoiheca Americana Nova. 1780. and with Europe on the other, which would alone explain the resem* blance of certain ancient civil and religious oustoma and traditions com- mon to the two continents." Gingu£n(Se, in the Biog. Univ. 40 Storia Antica del M essico cavata da' migliori storici Spag- nuoli, e da* manoscritti, e dalle pitture antiche degl' Indiani : divisa in dieci libri, e corredata di carte geografiche, e di varie figure : e dissertazioni sulla terra, sugli animali, e sugli abitatori del Mcssico. Opera deli' Abate D. Francisco Saverio Clavigero. . . ♦ ., Cesena. Quarto, 4 vols, plates. Clavigero was born in Vera Cruz, and at the age of seventeen entered into the order of the Jesuits. When this order was banished from America, in 1767, he retired to Bologna, where lie undertook this import- ant work, wliich was received bj the learned of Europe with great applause. It was translated into English bj Cullen in 1787, and from English into German iu 1789. A Spanish translation was printed in London in 1826. 41 Sagoio di storia Americana 6 sia storia naturale, civile, e sacra de regni e delle provincie Spagnuole di terra firma nell' y. ' America Meridionale descritta dall' Abate Filippo Salvadore , Gilii e consecrata alia santit^ di N. S. Papa Pio sesto felice- mente regnante. . . » . « Roma. 8vo. 4 vols. Tomo I. — Delia storia geografica e naturale della prov" dell' Orinoco, 1780. II. — De costumi degli Orinochesi, 1781. Ill, — Delia religione e delle lingue degli Orinochesi e di altri Ameri- cani, 1782. IV. — Stato presente di terra ferma, 1784. The author was one of the Jesuits banished from America, with the rest of his order, in 1767. Charles III. honoured him with a pension, for having, in this work, "vindicated the Spanisli nation and government from tie caliunnies of foreigners." 42 Compendio de la Ystoria General del origen, viajes y monarquia de los Indios de la America Septentrional fundada sobre las mejores noticias que se hallan de el Nuebo Mundo, donde manifiesta la Ystoria Indiana k la Espafia los sucesos de sus peregrinaciones y casos mas memorables asta el estado presente. For Josef Giraldo, grabador de laminas, etc. ..... Madrid. - Small 4to. i rf Bibliotheca Americana Nova 293 This work consists merely of six plates, representing the ancient history of ] ygQ^ the Mexicans, with an engraved account at the bottom of each, of iheir emigrations, &c. A work of no sort of authority. 43 "'Beschruibuno des Portuoiesischek Amerika vom Pedro Cudena ; ein Spanisches manuiicript in der Wolfenbiittelschen bibliothek, herausgcgeben vom Herrn Hofrath Lessing; Au- merkungen und Zus'atzen begleitet von Christian Leiste. 8vo. .... Braunschweig. Pedro Cudena, a Spaniard, who resided several years in the Brazils, wrote, in 1634, an account of that country, which had not been published, and a copy having been found in the Wolfenbuttel library, it was printed, with a German translation and notes, by Leiste. It is said to be a curious and interesting work, and, although written so long ago, to contain new infor- mation respecting that part of America to which it relates. Biog. Univ. 44 Selectarum stirpium American arum historia, in qua ad Linneeanum systema determinatae, descripteeque sistuntur plantGe illee, quas in insulis Martinica, Jamaica, S. Domingo, aliisque et in vicinee continentis parte, observavit rariores, Nic. Jos. Jacquin ; adjectis iconibus ab authoris archetypo pictis. . . . . . Vienna. Large folio, pp. 137. This splendid work consists of 264 coloured drawings of plnnts, with printed descriptions. It is supposed that not more than twenty-five copies were executed ; but it does not appear to be generally known that the whole of them were copied in a neat little work, published at Nuremberg in 178^, &c. (See No. 30, of that year.) MDCCLXXXI. ^ // "^^7 / / 1 A GENERAL HISTORY of Connecticut, from its first settlement under George Fenwick, esq., to its latest period of amity with Great Britain ; including a description of the country, and many curious and interesting anecdotes. To which is added, an Appendix, wherein new and the true sources of the present rebellion are pointed out ; together with the particular part taken by the people of Connecticut in its promotion. By a Gentleman of the province. . . Bew, . 8vo. Notwithstanding the author's declaration that he had " followed the line of truth freely, and unbiassed by partiality or prejudice," the Monthly Review pronounces bis work destitute of every vlaim to impartiality, and li 294 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. ] 78 1 . containing " so many marks of party spleen and idle credulity, as to be <«v^ altogether unworthy of the public attention." The author says, that " treachery is the staple commodity of the four New England provinces." This book contains the wonderful account of the falls of the Upper Cohos, " where water is consolidated without frost, by pressure, by swiftness, between the pinching, sturdy rocks, to such a degree of induration, that no iron crow can be forced into it," &c. The author was Dr. Samuel A. Peters, a refugee. He resided in England from 1774 to 1805, when ho returned to America, and died iu New York in 1826, at the age of 90. Y 2 Travels through the interior parts of North America, in thfe "years 1766) i7eTrana^*T7^8. By J. Carver, Esq. Illustrated with copper-plates coloured ; the third edition. To which is added, some account of the Author, and a copious Index. . - . . . . London. 8vo. Dr. Lettsom purchased the impression of the third edition of this work, and added the life, and a copious index, which he also rery honourably printed separately, " for the convenience of the purchasers of the first and second editions ; on whom I was unwilling to raise an extraordinary tax for the third edition. J. C, Lettsom," ^ 3 The siege of Penobscot by the Rebels, containing a journal of the proceedings of H. M.'s forces, &c. when besieged by the rebels, in July, 1779. By J. C, Volunteer. Svo. Kearsley, ■ The author is supposed to be Mr. John Calef, agent for the inhabitants of Penobscot, whose name is subscribed to the charts which illustrate the work. It contains a description of the country, as well as a journal of the unfortunate siege by the New England troops, under Brigadier- general Lovell. 4 The American war; a poem, in six books. In which the names of the officers who have distinguished themselves during the war are introduced. . . London. Svo. pp. 182. Said to be by Geo- Cookings. " Spirits of Sternhold, Hopkins, Prynno, Quarles, and Withers ! withered indeed are your laurels ! Here is a bard who hath eclipsed ye all," &c. Monthly Review, vol. 63, p. 469. 5 Miscellanies, by the Honourable Daines Barrington. Quarto. . . . . . London. This volume contains the author's Tracts on the possibility of reaching the North Pole, first printed in 1775. An Essay, " Whether the Turkey ' was known before the discovery of America ;" which the honourable '- gentleman decides in the nllirmutive. But the most interesting article in :' - viri'.*- . ;4 . . Bibliotheca Ameyicana Nova. 295 tlie volume is the Journal of a voyage in 1775, to explore the eeast of 1781. America, northward of California, by the seeotid pilot of the fleet, Don Francisco Antonio Maurelle, in the king'$ schooner called the Sonora, com' manded by Don Juan Francisco de- la Bodega : Vfith a map. G A GENERAL ACCOUNT of the Calamities occasioned by the late tremendous hurricanes and earthquakes in the West India islands, foreign as well as domestic. With the petitions to, and resolutions of the House of Commons, in behalf of the sufferers, &c. ; carefully collated from authentic papers. By Mr. Fowler. . . . Stockdale, . 8vo. • 7 A HISTORY of Jamaica and Barbadoes, with an authentic account of the lives lost, and the damage sustained in each island, by the late hurricanes. To which is prefixed, a sermon, preached on the melancholy occasion, at St. Clement's, Lombard street. Quarto. Davenhill, . 8 Authentic Rebel papers seized at St. Eustatius, 1781. Quarto. .... Kearsley, . The Monthly Reviewer doubts the authenticity of th^se papers. 9 An historical and political view of the present and ancient state of the colony of Surinam, in South America ; with the settlements of Demerary and Issequibo. By a person who lived there ten years. . . Nicoll, . 8vo. Translated from Dr. Philip Fermin's work, printed in 1778. No. 49. 10 Principles of law and government; with an enquiry into the justice and policy of the present war, and the most effectual means of obtaining an honourable, permanent, and advan- tageous peace. . . . Murray, . Quarto. After an account of some of the opinions which have been held concerning the origin of society, the author proceeds to examine the question of the justice and policy of the war with America, in which he takes tlie part of the Americans. 1 1 Observations on the dysentery of the West Indies ; with a new and successful manner of treating it. By Benjamin Mosely, surgeon, at Kingston, in Jamaica. . Jamaica. 8vo. Reprinted, in London, for Becket. The author's mode of cure is by the most active sudorifics. 296 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. if- 1781. 12 Observations on the diseases which appeared in the army on St. Lucia, in 1778 and 1779. To which are prefixed, remarks calculated to assist in ascertaining the causes, and in explaining the treatment of those diseases. With an appendix, con- taining a short address to military gentlemen, on the means of preserving health in the West Indies. . Dilly, . I2mo. The author signs himself « John Rollo, surgeon to the rojal artillerj now in the Weat Indies." 13 A BRIEF HISTORY of the late expedition against fort San Juan, so far as it relates to the diseases of the troops : together with some observations on climate, infection, and contagion ; and several of the endemial complaints of the West Indies. By Thomas Dancer, m.d., physician to the troops on that service. .... Jamaica. Quarto. 14 A TRANSLATION of the Memorial to the Sovereigns of Europe, upon the present state of affairs between the Old and the New World, into common sense and intelligible £nglish. 8vo. .... Stockdale, . The original Memorial (see No. 7, 1780), by Gov. Pownall, was written in quaint and rather obscure language, but the importance of the matter induced the present author to " clothe it in a more easy, natural, and becoming dress." Gor. Pownall says that his ideas have been entirely misrepresented in this work. 15 The patriotic mirror; or, the salvation of Great Britain in embryo. . 'p * Faulder, — — — . 8vo. ..' • '.- „■ '■ A violent inTective against the Opposition, — the diabolical congress, — the republicans,— the American commanders, — lee-shore admirals, &o. all in the usual low, intemperate style of the common run of pamphleteers and newspaper politicians. 16 A REPLY TO THE OBSERVATIONS of Licut. Gcu. Sir William Howe, &c. By the author of Letters to a Nobleman, The second edition, with additions. . Wilkie, - 8vo. pp. 157. See No. 16 of 1780. 17 Letters from Cicero to Cataline the Second. With correc- Bibliotheca Americana Nova 297 tions and explanatory notes. . Bew, — 1781. 8vo. Mr. Gallowaj, under the name of Cicero, attaoka the Hon. C. J. Fox (Cataline the Second), and the leaders of the Opposition, with the view of exposing them to the scorn and indignation of Uie public. 18 A LETTER to Cicero, Lucius Cataline, the American deputy; with two letters in defence of the present and more general association of Protestants in England, &c. 8vo. • Stockdale, . A zealous friend to religious and civil liberty, but a yery indifferent writer, who attacks Mr. Galloway with much asperity, stigmatizing him as a " traitor, who has quitted one injured country to injure another." 19 A LETTER from Cicero to the R. H. Lord Viscount H e, occasioned by his late speech in the House of Commons. 8vo. Bew, . Mr. Galloway here accuses Lord Howe, and his brother Sir William, of having most flagrantly, shamefully, and wickedly betrayed the trust reposed in them, in the command of the British naval and land forces in America. 20 Free thoughts on the continuance of the American war, and the necessity of its termination. Addressed to the inhabitants of Great Britain. By a Gentleman of Lincoln's Inn. .... Payne, . 8vo. pp. 22. 21 The trial of Lieut. Col. Thomas, of the first regiment of Foot Guards, on a charge exhibited by Lieut. Col. Cosmo Gordon, for aspersing his character, by accusing him of neglect of duty before the enemy, as commanding officer of the first battalion of Guards, on the 23d of June, 1780, near Springfield, in the Jerseys ; containing the whole proceedings of a general court martial, held at New York on the 16th of September last, &c. . . . Ridley, .... 8vo. pp. 118. 22 Three letters to Lieutenant-General Sir William Howe, with an Appendix. . . Wilkie, . 8vo. pp. 48, and map. 23 Three letters to Lord Viscount Howe, with remarks on the attack at Bunker's Hill. The second edition. To which is 298 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. H^ 1781. added, a comparative view of the conduct of Lord Comwallis >*■*' and General Howe. . • Wilkie, . 8vo. pp. 48, and map. This tract, ua well us the preceding, was written by Israel Mauduit, esq. 24 The speech of General Conway, member of Parliament for Saint Edmondsbury, on moving in the House of Commons, on the 5th of May, 1780, " That leave be given to bring in a Bill for quieting the troubles now reigning in the British colonies in America, and for enabling his Majesty to appoint Commissioners with full powers to treat and conclude upon terms of conciliation with the said colonies." Cadell, . 8vo. pp. 51. 25 The acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, carefully compared with the originals, and an Appendix, containing the laws now in force, passed between the 30th Sept. 1775 and the Revolution. Together with the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the State of Pennsylvania, and the articles of Confederation of the United States of America. Published by order of the General Assembly. » . . Philadelphia. Folio. 26 The Revolution of America. By the Abbe Raynal, author of the Philosophical and political history of the establishments and commerce of the Europeans in both the Indies. 12mo. Davies, . The translator of this work procured a copy of the original unpublished ms. from the Abb6 Raynal, and, without his knowledge or consent, published it in French, at the same time with this translation. It was printed in . the same year at Genera, in the new edition of the Ilistoire Philoiophique. nJ 27 Revolution de I'Amerique. Par M. I'Abbe Raynal, auteur de I'histoire phiiosophique et politique des etablissemens et du commerce des Europeens dans les deux Indes. A Dublin. 8vo. pp. 131, vignettes. " The author pleads the cause of the revolted colonies with a degree of zeal, censures the conduct of the British government with a keenness of asperity, and displays a knowledge of the principles and intrigues of the different factions which at that period divided the English nation, that surely was not natural to the impartial pen of a philosophic foreigner. Hence ho has been supposed to have been incited to the Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 299 undertaking, and to have been furnUhed with part of hit material* by ■ome i)er8ons wlio opposed the measures of the English government, and secretly fomented t^e American onuse." Chalmtn. 28 ExrosuiiE or Examination of the operations of the Ministry since the beginning of the war against the Americans. Written by M. Joly de St. Valier. . . . London. 8vo. The above title is taken from the following work, to which is prefixed the following advertisement, in English : « It has been lately seen that the booksellers, dreading the keenness of the ministry's resentmehi,, refused to vend the English translation of the Expoaun, 8fc., which has laid the author under the necessity of vending it at his own lodgings, ficc.'' From a printed letter from the same person to Mr. Pitt, dated Bridewell^ Dec. 1784, it appears that his pamphlet had got him into difficulties ; that he had been imprisoned, and had been released on condition of bis leaving England ; that the " Chevalier Yorke" had had something to do with it, for which he felt himself aggrieved, and in consequence returned to England, and sent him a challenge, for which be was again condemned to a twelvemonth's imprisonment in Bridewell. 29 Exposi ov Exam EN des operations des ministres d'Angleterre depuis le commencement de la guerre contre les Americains jusqu'aujourd'hui, comparees avec les operations qui auraient convenu aux inter^ts de la Grande Bretagne, par M. Joly de St. Valier, Lieut.-col. d'Infanterie. II. Partie. On trouvera dans cette seconde partie les vrais motifs qui ont porte les ministres d'Angleterre k ordonner les actes d'hostilit^ contre les provinces unies ; motifs d'autant plus interessants a con- not tre qu'il parait que persoune jusqu'ici ne les a pas mSme soup9onne. . . . Amsterdam. 8V0. pp. 52, Hi jvi ' , - .^./ ..*. .,., 'tl). «; •- 4r, t^,-i. The first part was printed in London in January, and an English translation of it in March (see the preceding article). No printer or publisher in London would have anything to do with this second part, which obliged the author to have it printed in Holland. 30 Paul Jones, ou propheties sur I'Amerique, I'Angleterre, la France, I'Espagne, la Hollande, &c. par Paul Jones, corsaire, prophete, et sorcier, comme il n'en fint jamais. Y joint le ' r^ve d'un Suisse sur la revolution de TAmerique, dedie k S. E. Mgr I'Ambassadeur Franklin, et k leurs noble et hautes : puissances messeigneurs du Congr^s. De I'ere de I'lnde- 1781. // / 300 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1781. pendance de I'Amerique Tan V. . . (Basle?) -^ 8vo. pp. 120. A rery omuaing J»u d'e$prit, the tuthor of which shewa himaelf to he vi falu prophet. 31 VoYAOE de Newport & Philadelphie, Albany, etc. Quarto, pp. 188. Newport, R.I. " De rimprimerie Royale de I'Eioadre." The Marquia de Chaatelleux oauaed twiniy-jmr copiea of thia journal to bo printed at a preaa on .board one of the abipa of the French a(|uudron at Newport. It conaiata only of that part which forma the firat volume of the edition of Paria of 1780, compriaing hia travela in the winter of 1780-1, and waa printed, be saya, to avoid the trouble of making ms. copiea to aend to his frienda in Europe, y 32 Description TOFUoiiAPiiiQuede la Virginie,delaPenn8ylvanic, du Maryland, et de la Caroline Septentrionule ; contenart Ics rivieres d'Ohio, Kenhawa, Sioto, Cherokee, Wabash, Sec. Wi de toutes les parties representees, dans les cartes ci-joiiitr;> ; pub- liee par Thomas Hutchins, &c. Traduit de TAngJois. Paris. 8vo. pp. 72, plates 3. ^ ' A translation of No. 13 of 1778. y 33 EssAis HisTORiQUEs ET POLiTiQUEs sur Ics Anglo- America! 113, par M. Hilliard d'Auberteuil. . A Bruxelles. 8vo. 2 vols, in 4 parts, 17 maps and plates. An edition in quarto was print*' I at the same time. The second volume, printed in 178!{, is called laais hi$torique$ et poliiiques lur la Rtvolutioii de fAmerique Septentrionale, Sfc. The plates are very well engraved, iind among them is a full length portrait of Washington, after Trumbull. 34 DiARio de las operaciones contra la plaza de Panzacola con- cluida por las annas de S. M. C. baxo las ordenes del Mariscal '* de campo D. Bernardo de Galvez. . S. I. a. etc. Small 4to. pp. 48. This tract, without date or place, waa apparently printed at Madrid, about this time. 35 Elooi Storici di Cristoforo Colombo e di Au Iroa D'Oria. Quarto, pp. 337. Parma " Thi Eulogy of Columbus, published anonymooal '" •■ "^u- .ton with u '' Eulogy of Andrew D'Oria, but since attributed to the Marquis Ippolilo Durazzo, is written with great fulness and eleg^ce, and is particularly 1 :!, valuable for its elucidation of many points of cotemporary history bear- ing on the life of Columbus." N. Am. Rev, zzi. p. 425. 36 il>r: iQui£ H )U!>tokian£ seu plaiitarum in America Meridi- Bibtiotheca Americana Nova. 301 dionali a Oulielmo Uomtouny m.d. F.n.s. collectarum Iconcs 1781, manu propriee eerc incisw . cum descriptionibus e schcdiit "^-^ cjusdcin in bibliolh«ca fn»epl)t Dmks, asscrvatis. London. Quarto, pp. 12, 26 plates. MDCCLXXXII. ;». /;yf 1 Notes on the State of Vir(.inia; written in ttie year 1781, somewhat corrected and enlarged in the winter of 1782, for the use of a foreigner of distinction, in answer to c^tain queries proposed by him respecting 1 . Its boundaries page I 2. Rivers, &c (Table of contents). 8vo. pp. 391. MDCCLXXXII. Paris. This edition of Mr. Jefferson'* celebrated Notei was evidently printed in Paris; but as Mr. Jefferson did not reach France until tb« yeur 1T84, the date on the title probably is not that of the year in which it was printed, but of the year in which the manuscript was compli.ttod. A copy presented to M. Malesheibe had the following note, in '^'t. Jefferson's handwriting. *< Mr. Jefferson having had a few copies >f these notes printed to present to some of bis friends, and to some estiiaablo charac« ters beyond that line, takes the liberty of presenting m co[>v to M. de Llalesherbe, as a testimony of his respect to his character. L'nwilling to expose them to the public eye, be begs the favour of Ai de M. to put i]:z7^ into the bands of no person on whose care and fidelity he cannot rely, to g^ard them against publication." It was reprinted in London in 1787. The best edition is probably that of Philad'Hlphia, ib 18(11, with the Appendix, which was first printed separately in ISOO. 2 An introduction to the history of the revolt of the colonies; giving from the state papers a comprehensive view c t' their conduct, from the successive settlements of each, to their de- claration of independence, and of the policy of Britain during every reign. By George Chalmers, Esq. In two volumes. 8vo. Vol. I. pp. 496. London. Printed by Baker and Galabin. Here is a volume by a celebrated author, apparently entirely unknown, purchased at an auction in Fleet street, in March, 1834. It has the book-plate of Gilbert Buchanan, ll.p., witii this manuscript note : "not publithed, corrected fen- the press byme, G. D.'' The work has no preliminaries ; is divided into reigns, beginning with James I. and ending with George I. It has the appearance of being an abridgment of the sam« author's Political Annals ; and if it were not for the difference in th« dates, the latter might be couiidered an enlarged edition of the prMent work. 1 / p:'':i 302 Bibliotkeca Americana Nova. V 1782. 3 Letteus from an American farmer; describing certain provincial situations, manners, and customs, not generally known; and conveying some idea of the late and present interior circum- stances of the British colonies in North America. Written for the information of a friend in England. By J. Hector St. John, a farmer in Pennsylvania. Davis, . 8vo. pp. 318. A writer in the Edinburgh Review (said to be Mr. Hazlitt) allows this to bu one of the few well written works produced by American authors. A more liberal English writer had done justice to it nearly half a century before. \n article in the Monthly Review, for June 1782, and con- tinued in the numbers for August and October, probably first directed the attention of Mr. Hazlitt to this work. The Monthly Reviewer concludes his long article, by saying that this work will be read with pleasure "by those who are admirers of natural, easy composition, where truth and simplicity unite with good sense to furnish the philosophic enquirer with rational amusement and useful information.'' M. Hector St. John de Crevecccur was a native of Normandy, who went to the British colonies at the age of sixteen, and became a naturalized American. Having established himself on a farm near the frontiers of the colonies, he became one of the first victims of the war of independ- ence, the Indian allies of Great Britain setting fire to and destroying bis estate. He wrote his letters during the difierent epochs of the war in English. Returning afterwards to France, he translated them into ^. — French, in which language they were printed, in 1784 and 1787. The constitutions of the several independent States of America ; the declaration of Independence ; the articles of Confederation between the States; the treaties between H. M. C. M. and the United States of America. Published by order of Congress. . ,,.-!!,,,., Philadelphia, vo. V, { ;8 »>•<»■?<■> Reprinted in London, for Stockdale, &c. " This interesting publication contains a greater portion of unsophisticated wisdom and good sense, than is perhaps to be met with in any other legislative^ code that was ever yet framed. It is, in short, the book which may be considered as ,.^ the Magna Charta of the United American States." M.R. Reprinted \in 1783, for J. Walker. 5 A CONCISE ACCOUNT of voyagcs for the discovery of a North West passage. Undertaken for finding a new way to the East Indies. With reflections on the practicability of gaining Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 303 such B. passage, &c. By a Sea Officer. 12tno. ,1 > By Lieut. Pickersgill. Bew, 1782. 6 An authentic narrative of a voyage performed by Captain Cook and Captain Clerke, in H. M.'s ships Resolution and Discovery, during the year 1776-80, in search of a N. W. passage between the continents of Asia and America. In- cluding a faithful account of their discoveries, and the unfor- tunate death of Captain Cook. Illustrated with a chart, and a variety of cuts. By W. Ellis, assistant-surgeon to both vessels. . . , Robinson, — — — . 8vo. 2 vols. 7 The new and impartial universal history of North and South America, and of the present Transatlantic war. Containing, &c. &c. &c. By Charles Henry Arnold, esq. late of Phila- delphia, now of Burlington street. . Hogg, . 12mo. A catcbpenny work with a very long title, not worth transcribing. 8 Narrative of a shipwreck on the Island of Cape Breton, in a voyage from Quebec, 1780. By S. W. Prentiss, ensign of the 84th regiment of Foot. . Richardson, 12mo. An interesting narrative, related with moderation and good sense ; several times reprinted. 9 Observations and reflections on an Act passed in the year 1774 for the settlement of the province of Quebec. In- tended to have been then printed for the use of the electors of Great Britain, but now first published. By a Country Gentleman. . , Stockdale, — 8vo. pp. 39. 10 The history of the second ten years of the reign of George the Third, King of Great Britain, &c. From the conclusion of the third session of the thirteenth Parliament, in 1770, to the end of the last session of the fourteenth Parliament of Great Britain, in 1 780. . , * Evans, . 8vo. The most important part of this work is that which relates to the com- mencement and prosecution of the war with America. The author aims ^' I ii: !'ii: 1782. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. at impartiality, and no where discovers the zeal of a partizaiu He is neither a determined Whig, nor u pertinacious Tory, but seems to have made it a rule to steer a middle course. This volume is intended as a continuation to the history of the fint ten years of the reign of George III., written apparently by a different author. 11 A VIEW OF THE HISTORY OF Great Britain during the admi- nistration of Lord North, to the second session of the fifteenth Parliament. In two parts. With statements of the public expenditure in that period. « Wilkie, . 8vo. The first part was published in the preceding year, under the title of tbe History of Lord North's Administration. 12 Narrative of Lieut.-gen. Sir Henry Clinton, k.b., relative to his conduct during part of his command of the King's troops in North America, particularly that which i;espects the unfortunate issue of the campaign in 1781. With an Appen- dix, containing copies and extracts of those parts of his cor- respondence with Lord George Germaine, Earl Cornwallis, Rear-Admiral Graves, &c. which are referred to therein. 8vo. Debrett, . Ill success is the parent of accusation, exculpation, and recrimination ; and in this detail Sir Henry Clinton acquits himself of all share in Lord Comwallis's misfortune ; leaving that general to answer for misconcep- tions of the orders sent him, and for the choice of the post he was reduced to surrender. For the reply to this narrative, see No. 28, 1783. 13 Cui Bono? or an inquiry, what benefits can arise either to the English or the Americans, the French, Spaniards, or Dutch, from the greatest victories or successes in the pre- sent war? Being a series of letters, addressed to Mens. Necker, late controller-general of the finances of France. By Josiah Tucker, d.d, Dean of Glocester. Cadell, . 8vo. The Dean says that no sooner shall the Americans have established their ' independency, than they will be enslaved by tiieir present rulers, the members of Congress, who will govern them with a rod of iron. The moment they are at peace with England, they will quarrel among them- selves, and, with the fury of famished wolves, they will endeavour to tear each other in pieces. Nay, rarther; in the course of a few years, those whom by their violence or their crimes they had compelled to migrate into the interior parts of the continent, will, after the manner of the Asiatic and European Tartars, invade them with a numerous and irresistible body of cavalry ! Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 305 le title of tLe 14 CoKSiDERATioNS on the Attomey-General's proposition for a 1782. Bill for the establishment of peace with America. By an old Member of Parliament. . Debrett, . 8vo. This writer is anxious for peace, but considers that it would be a degrada- tion to the country for the offer to come from Parliament. 15 The declaration and address of H. M.'s suffering loyalists to the people of Anjerica. . Becket, . Quarto. » Manj readers on our side the Atlantic will perhaps consider this mani- fesio as the last effort of expiring loyalty in North America. It pretends to be the resolve of many in all the provinces never to submit to the usurped dominion of the Congress, who are stigmatised as a set of tyrants, whose governm,ent is not less intolerable than illegal. The editor says that this tract had a very extensive circulation through the colonies, notwithstanding the endeavours of Congress to suppress it." M.R. 16 Consolatory THOUGHTS on American independence; shewing the great advantages that will arise from it to the manufac- tures, the agriculture, and commercial interest of Britain and Ireland. Published for the benefit of the Orphan hospital at Edinburgh. By a Merchant. . . Edinburgh. Svo. This writer, in his representation of the advantages that will be derived from a general freedom of trade to all the American ports, has proved himself a much better pi'ophet than Dean Tucker. See No. 13. 17 Two MEMORIALS, not Originally intended for publication, now published; with an explanatory preface. By Governor Pownall. . ... Dodsley, . Svo. In these memorials the governor offered his services to undertake the nego- tiation of an indefinite truce, as a preliminary to a treaty of peace. But some of H. M.'s ministers not agreeing to the measure of opening any such negotiation with the persons referred to as being authorised by the Americans to treat for peace, the memorials were delivered back, and never presented to the king. 18 Considerations on the American war, under the following heads: — American independency — Pursuit of the war — War of ports — Plan of operations — French policy. By Joseph Wiiliams, Esq. . . Hookham, . Quarto. y 306 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1782. The author served four years in America as a military officer. He recom- mends a relaxation of the operations against the Americans, and that the whole force of Great Britain should he employed to crush the rising power of France, as the only way of preventing the American scheme of independence becoming fatal to Great Britain. 19 Fabricius: or, letters to the people of Great Britain, on the absurdity and mischief of defensive operations only in the American war, and on the failure in the Southern opera- tions. .' . . ♦ Wilkie, . 8vo. .. ' Mr. Galloway again ! 20 A FLAK of reconciliation vfith America, consistent with the dignity and interest of both countries. Humbly addressed to the King. . . . Coghlan, . 8vo. This plan yields to America everything but the word independency. 21 The fangs of a patriot, expressed in a letter to a nobleman, on the unfortunate capture of Lord Cornwallis. 8vo. Walker, . « If the nobleman to whom this letter is addressed hath received from it no more entertainment or instruction than it hath afforded to us, bis lordship will not be violently disposed to encourage a continuance of the correspondence." M.K. 22 Remarks on Lord Howe's Extraordinary Gazette. By Nauticus. As published in a Morning Paper of Nov. 11, 1782. . . . Sibthorp, . 8vo. pp. 20. ■ ; - 23 The interest of Great Britain with regard to her Ameri- can colonies considered. To which is added, an appendix, containing the outlines of a plan for a general pacification. By James Anderson, M.A. author of Observations on the means of exciting a spirit of national industry, §-c. 8vo. Cadell, . The object of tlio author of this pamphlet is to shew « that the American colonies, instead of [)romotiiig the trade and manufactures of Great Britain, huve tended in a most powerful manner to depress them. That, instead of adding strength and stability to the empire, they have neces- sarily weakened it to a great degree, and exposed it to the most imminent danger. That therefore the settling of these colonies at first wad unwise, and the subsequent cucourugemeut tliat was given them highly impolitic." Bibliotheca 4fnericana Nova 307 24 Impartial reflections on the conduct of the late adminis- 1782. tration and opposition, and of the American Congress. In '^^ which the causes and consequences of the destructive war between Great Britain and the revolted colonies are particu- larly considered, and an immediate suspension of hostilities is earnestly recommended. . . Nicoll, . 8vo» " This writer improves the many opportunities offered him of blaming the errors of all parties ; of course, all parties will be even with him, and . despise his censure. He makes occasionally a number of pertiuent observations; but, being desultory, tliey possess no aggregate force." 25 Proofs that Great Britain was successful against each of her numerous enemies before the late victory of Sir George Brydges Rodney. . , Law, . Quarto. A comparative view of the successes and the defeats respectively obtained by Great Britain and her enemies, from the commencement of the American war; by which it appears that the balance was greatly in favor I of the former. The writer also states that, although Great Britain should lose all *' the rebellious colonies," she will not be materially affected by it. 26 A LETTER addressed to the Abbe Raynal, on the affairs of North America : in which the mistakes in the Abbe's account of the revolution of America are corrected and cleared up. By Thomas Paine, M.A. of the university of Pennsylvania, &c. 7 . 'T,; ♦' ;. r . . Philadelphia. 8vo. ,• ;- { ,., -. _:. ^.-•,-.: ,-.,;■• ,:■-• -. v,( ; V ' Reprinted in London for Dilly. 27 A LETTER to the Earl of Shelburne, on his speech, July 10, 1782, respecting the acknowledgment of American indepen- dence. By Thomas Paine, M.A., &c. Philadelphia. Svo. i \u'.' !:-mt», Reprinted in London for Stockdale. linn-i'' 28 Letters and dissertations, by the author of Analysis A.P. on the disputes between Great Britain and America. 12mo. pp. 130. Author, . These letters and dissertations were written by Thomas Crowley, and were mostly published in the newspapers under the signature of Amor Patrie, x2 308 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1782. 29 Remarks on the manners, government, laws, and debt of America. By — — Webster. . Philadelphia. 8vo. Bib. Am. p. 206. 30 Ax ENQUIRY whether the absolute independence of America is not to be preferred to her partial dependence, as most agree- able to the real interests of Great Britain. Addressed to the people of Great Britain by one of themselves. Bew, ■■ . 8vo. " The author, after many sensible observations, candid arguments, and just conclusions from the principles and premises which he lays down, deter- mines this great question in the affirmative." M.R. 31 Reflections upon the present state of England, and the independence of America. By Thomas Day, Esq. 8vo. Stockdale, . " From the inflexible spirit of the Americans, and their determined resolu- tion to be free, Mr. Day gives it as his opinion that America ought to be declared independent. He conceives that great advantages will result firom this measure, and his reasonings are solid and well supported. lie affirms that England ought to yield with magnanimity what she caimot withhold by arms." M.R. 32 A COLLECTION OF STATE PAPERS, relative to the first acknow- ledgment of the sovereignty of the United States of America, and the reception of their Minister Plenipotentiary by their High Mightinesses the States-general of the United Nether- lands. To which is prefixed, the political character of John Adams, Ambassador Plenipotentiary from the States of North America to their High Mightinesses, &c. By an American. Likewise, an essay on canon and feudal law; by John Adams, Esq. . . . • Fielding, &c. 8vo. 33 Thoughts on the present war. With an impartial review of Lord North's administration, in conducting the American, French, Spanish, and Dutch war, and in the management of contracts, taxes, the public money, &c. Dilly, . 34 A COMPLETE AND ACCURATE ACCOUNT of the vcry important debate in the House of Commons, on Tuesday, July 9, 1782, in which the cause of Mr. Fox's resignation, and the great Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 309 question of American independence, came under consideration, 1 782. &c. . . ... London. 8vo. pp. 61. Stated in the preface to be an account of the most important debate that ever happened in the House of Commons. 35 NouvEAU VOYAGE dans I'Amerique Septentrionale en Tann^e 1781, et campagne de I'armee de M. le Comte de Rocham- beau: par M. I'Abbfe Robin. A Philadelphie {Paris?) 8vo. Reprinted at Paris in 1784 ; in German, at Norimberg, in 1783. (^Meusel, iii. 1, 318.) A translation was printed at Philadelphia in the following year (1783.) 36 ExTUAiT DU JOURNAL d'uu officier de la marine de I'escadre de M. le Comte d'Estaing. . . (Parisl) 8vo. pp. 126. Warden, Bib. Am. Sept. 37 Memoire sur le passage par le Nord, qui contient aussi des reflexions sur les glaces. Par le Due de Croy. Paris. 4to. pp. 23. 38 PRicis de I'histoire philosophique et politique des etablisse- mens et du commerce des Europeens dans les Deux Indes. Par G. Th. Raynal. . . Amsterdam. 8vo. This abridgment of the Abb6 RaynaVs work appears to have been made by P. Van Woensel. 39 Relation de deux voyages dans les mers Australes et des Indes, faits en 1771, 1772, 1773, et 1774, par M. Kerguelen- Tremarec. . . . . . Paris. 8vo. It is said that this volume was suppressed by order of the French govern- ment, and a considerable part of the edition seized. In his second voyage, Kerguelen was accompanied by Pag^s, who gives an account of the same voyage in the following work : 40 VovAOBS autour du Monde, et vers les deux Poles, par terre et par mer, pendant les annees 1767, 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1773, 1774, & 1776. Par M. de Pages, capitaine des vaisseaux du Roi, &c. . » • Paris. 8vo. 2 vols, and atlas. The dedication is dated from St. Domingo. See 1701. 41 Memoire adresse aux souvcrains de I'Europe, sur Tetat pre- y V v / V 310 1782. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. sent des affaires de Tancien ct du nouveau monde. Par Mr. Pownall, ci-devant Gouverneur, Capitaine-generale, &c. des provinces Americaines de Massachusetts Bay, &c. Traduit de I'Anglois par M • * * * *. Londres {Hollande?) 8vo. pp. 82. ..-.•' This translation was made by the desire of Gov. Pownall, in consequence of a French version having been printed of the Trantlation, &c. (No. 14, 1781,) which he declares to be an unwarrantable interpretation of his views. 42 CoLOMB DANS LEs FGRS, a Ferdinand et Isabelle, apr^s la dc- couverte de TAmerique; epitrc qui ^ remporte le prix de racademie de Marseille ; precedee d'un precis historique sur Colomb. Far M. le Chevalier de Langeac. 8vo. pp. 150. Londres {Paris.) The poem which gives the title to this book occupies fourteen pages. A memoir of Columbus fills up the rest of the volume. It is very hand- somely printed, and ornamented by a frontispieco and two vignettes, beautifully executed. 43 Real Oudenanza para el establecimiento e nistruccion de Intendentes de exercito y provincia en el virreinato de Buenos Ayres. De orden de S. M. Ano 1782. Folio, pp. 460. {Madrid) 1778 44 Reflexionks tmparciales sobre la humanidad de los Espaiioles en las Indias, contra los pretendidos filosofos y politicos. Para ilustrar las historias de M. M. Raynal y Robertson. Escritas en Italiano por el Abate Don Juan Nuix y traducidas con algunas notas por D. Pedro Varela y UUoa, ..... Madrid. Small 4to. pp. 315. See No. 38, 1780, and No. 49, 1783. 45 Saggio sulla storia naturale del Chili del Signor Abate Giovanni Ignazio Molina. . . Bologna. 8yo. , r ' ' - ; .. '.'. : . Translated into French in 1789 ; into Spanish in 1788 ; and into Elnglish in 1808. The Storia civile was not published until 1787. \ Bibliotheca Americana Ifova, 311 MDCCLXXXIII. ^./^^/ 1 PoBTRAiTS of the generals, ministers, magistrates, members of Congress, and others who have rendered themselves illus- trious in the revolution of the United States of North America. Drawn from the life by M. Dusimitier, painter, and member of the Philosophical Society of Philadelphia, and engraved by the most eminent artists in London. London. 4to. Contains tho following portraits : General Washington. Silas Deane, Esq. Henry Luurens, Esq. General Read. John Jay, Esq. Governor Morris. S. Huntingdon, Esq. Baron Steuben. Charles Thompson, Esq. W. H. Drayton, Esq. J. Dickinson, Esq. General Gates. 2 A JOURNAL of Capt. Cook's last voyage to the Pacific Ocean, and in quest of a North-West passage between Asia and America; performed in the years 1776, 1777, 1778, and 1779. Illustrated with a chart, shewing the tracts of the ships employed in this expedition. Faithfully narrated from the original ms. of Mr. John Ledyard. Hartford, Con. 8vo. pp. 208. This scarce little volume is highly interesting, from being the only pub- lished work of the celebrated traveller Ledyard, with the exception of his communications to the African Association. It contains a detailed account of the circumstances attending the death of Captain Cook. 3 An impartial history of the war in America between Great Britain and the United States, &c. with copper- plates. 8vo. 2 vols. Boston, N.A. Warden, Bib. Amer. 59. 4 New travels through North America ; in a series of letters, exhibiting the history of the victorious campaign of the allied armies, under General Washington and Count Rochambeau, in the year 1781, &c. Translated from the original of the Abbe Robin, one of the chaplains to the French army in America. . . . Philadelphia. 8vo. pp. 112. See No. 35, 1T82. 312 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. JM . ■«■'?' in .; i Ml f -! m 11 If b rl 1783. 5 Remarks on the Letters from an American Farmer ; or a de- **'*' tcction of the errors of Mr. J. Hector St. John; pointing out the pernicious tendency of these letters to Great Britain. 8vo. Fielding, . The writer of this pamphlet is of opinion that Mr. St. John's design, in publishing his letters, was to diffuse a spirit of migrating to America. He accuses him also of a pulpuble falsehood, in describing himself as a native American descended from Scotch parents, it being a fact, accord- ing to this writer, well known, that he is a native of Normandy, and that his chief residence while in America was at New York. The author was the Rev. Samuel Ayscouj^h. Nichols, iz. p. 65. 6 The Ameuican wandereu through various parts of Europe. In a series of letters to a Lady, interspersed with a variety of interesting anecdotes. By a Virginian. Robson, . 8vo. 7 A LETTER from General Washington to General Green. 8vo. Stockdale, . « An exposition of the motives of this American Cincinnutus for returning again to the plough. His reasons do honour to his good understanding and amiable disposition ; and his parting advice to the United States, ia such as they ought to write in letters of gold on the front of their state- house, if they liad enough of that precious metal to spare from more pressing demands." M.R. 8 The recovery of America demor strated to be practicable by Great Britain, upon prrnciples and deductions that are clear, precise, and convincing. Containing, among other matters, a copy of the outlines of a plan for reinstating the British empire. Addressed to the Earl of Shelburne, when his lord- ship was one of H. M.'s principal secretaries of State, &c. By the Author, a man of no party. Wilkie, . 8vo. ■ . This author's plan is to attack the power of Pnissia by sea, purposely to produce a general European war, for the sake of enforcing alliances, and finding employment at home for those powers who now assist the American States : and then, says the author, " America will gladly treat with Great Britain upon terms thort of independence.'' 9 Observations on the commerce of the American States. With an appendix, containing an account of all the rice, indigo, cochineal, tobacco, sugar, molasses, and rum, imported into, and exported from Great Britain the last ten years ; of the Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 313 value of all merchandize imported into, and exported from t78:i England ; of the imports and exports of Philadelphia, New York, &c. Also, an account of the shipping employed in America previous to the war. . Debrett, — — — . 8vo. First edition of Lord Sheffield's work. 10 The American and British chronicle of war and politics; being an accurate and comprehensive register of the most memorable occurrences in the last ten years of H. M.'s reign : in which will be found above eighteen hundred inter- esting events, during the late war between Great Britain and America, France, Spain, and Holland ; from May 10, 1773, to July 16, 1783. The whole carefully collected from au- thentic records, und correctly arranged in chronological order, &c. . . Author, . Svo. pp. 130. Dedication signed E. I. S. 1 1 An authentic covy of the provisional and preliminary articles of peace between Great Britain and the United States of America, the King of France, and the King of Spain, signed November 30, 1782, and Jan. 20, 1783. Stockdale, . 8vo. 12 Preliminary articles of peace between Great Britain and the United States of America, the King of France, and the King of Spain, &c. In French and English. By Authority. 8vo. Harrison and Co., ■ 13 A FREE AND IMPARTIAL EXAMINATION of the preliminary articles of pacification. With a retrospective review of the rise, and various stages of the war. By a Member of Parlia- ment. . . . Fielding, — — , Svo. 14 A LETTER to the Earl of Shelburne on the peace. Svo. Debrett, . These two last articles are anti-ministeria], and consequently anti-pacific. 15 Observations on the preliminary and provisional articles. Svo. Debrett, &c., . 16 Candid and impartial considerations on the preliminary articles, &c. By a country gentleman. Robson, — — — . Svo. 314 BibUotheca Americana Nova, mi In a letter from the country. Debiett, r: u 1783. 17 TiiouoiiTs on the fbace. 8vo. The three last articles are In favour of the peace, and defend the miniatrj for making it. 18 An address to the people of Great Britain, containing thoughts entertained during the Christmas recess, on the independence of America. , •.?... u -. Milne,———, 8vo. *' A atrenuous adrooate for that British dfr. oration of Americon indepen- dence that has lately tnkon place, as well on the ground of polioj as of necesBity." M.R. 19 Considerations on the provisional treaty with America, and the preliminary articles of peace with France and Spain. 8vo. Cadell, . The author of this pamphlet appears to have been a person of some note well acquainted with the secrets of the British cabinet. He enters into an examination of the several articles of the treaty, and vindicates tliem from the mistakes and misrepresentations of those who had not well weighedthem, or wero interested in decrying them. He observes, that "wo bad not a moment to lose, and if we had lost the opportunity of reconcili- ation with America, it would in all probability never have returned till England was totally undone." He hti.^8 at some secrets of very g.eat consequence, which, if disclosed, would make the necessity of peace appear still more obvious, and pays a high compliment to the ministry, for their prudence and generosity in not revealing them, and vindicating them- selves from the irritating reflections which have been so liberally thrown on their conduct and characters, for acting a part which deserves the warmest applause of their country. I possess a copy with the following note on the back of the title : " Rev. Dr. Kees told me that Rev. Dr> Kippis told him that the materials for this pamphlet were sent to him by the Earl of Shelburne, from which Dr. K. composed it, and that he was paid for it more handsomely than such things are usually paid for. A. H." 20 Provisional articles signed at Paris the 30th of November, 1782, by the Commissioner of his Britannic Majesty, and the Commissioners of the United States of America. Published by authority. .... London. Quarto, pp. 8. • :/ 21 Thoughts on the difficulties and distresses in which the peace of 1783 has involved the people of England; on the present disposition of the English, Scots, and Irish, to emigrate to America ; and on the hazard they run (without certain pre- cautions) of rendering their condition more deplorable. Ad- , BibUotkeca Americana Nova. »5 drc«se. -, ^■.,..... .. . Flexney, ' 8vo. ■-■■'■ 28 A REPLY to Sir Henry Clinton's narrative. Wherein his numerous errors are pointed out, and the conduct of Lord Cornwallis fully vindicated from all aspersions : including the whole of the public and secret correspondence between Lord ^i m 316 1783. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. George Germaine, Sir Henry Clinton, and his Lordship also intercepted letters from General Washington. 8vo. pp. 109. . . . Faulder, as This anonymous reply is debased with illiberal epithets and sarcastic ex- pressions, very different from the plain, modest style in which Sir H. C. relates his story. 29 An answer to that part of the narrative of Lieut. Gen. Sir Henry Clinton, k.b., which relates to the conduct of Lieut. Gen. Earl Cornwallis, during the campaign in North America, in the year 1781. By Earl Cornwallis. Debrett, . ■■ 8vo. pp. 260. This answer consists of the chain of correspondence between the two com- manders during the campaign referred to, for the purpose of proving that « the conduct and opinions of the author were not the cause of the catas- trophe which terminated the unfortunate campaign of 1781." 30 Observations on some parts of the answer of Earl Cornwallis to Sir Henry Clinton's narrative. By Lieut. Gen. Sir Henry Clinton, k.b. To which is added, an Appendix, containing e tracts of letters and other papers, to which reference is tcossary. . . Debrett, . \ 31 A VIEW of the constitution of the British colonies in North America and the West Indies, at the time the civil war broke out on the continent of America. In which notice is taken of such alterations as have happened since that time, down to the present period. With a variety of colony precedents, which are chiefly adapted to the British West India Islands ; and may be useful to those who have any intercourse with the colonies. By Anthony Stokes, of the Inner Temple, London, barrister at law, H. M.'s chief justice of Georgia. 8vo. .... White, . " This work consists chiefly of forms of legal process, and deeds, used on the most current occasions in the plantations. These precedents are in- troduced with a very intelligent account of the late constitution of the North American provinces under British government ; and the present frame of their government as independent united states ; interspersed with such observations as show the author to be well qualified ror the task he has executed." M.R. 32 Political reflections on the late colonial governments; ' in which their original constitutional defects are pointed out, i Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 317 and shewn to have naturally produced the rebellion which 1783. has unfortunately terminated in the dismemberment of the British empire. By an American. . Wilkie, — — — . 8vo. " A review of the several forms of government established by Great Britain in America, tending to show that the seeds of revolt were sown in the discordant principles of their composition ; for that the delegated powers not being tempered according to the constitution of the parent state, no permanent harmony could subsist between them." M.R. 33 Addresses and recommendations to the States, by the United States in Congress assembled. By order of Congress. Svo. . , , . Stockdale, . " Should we now think ourselves little interested in the subjects of these American state papers, we may however be much gratified in perusing them, as pieces of fine, energetic writing, and masterly eloquence. It would be a curious speculation for the philosophical enquirer, to account for the perfection to which the English language has been carried in our late colonies, amidst the clamours and horrors of war." M.R. 34 The constitutions of the several independent States of America : the declaration of independence ; and the articles of confederation between the said States. To which are now added, the declaration of rights ; the non-importation agree- ment ; and the petition of Congress to the King. With an Appendix, containing the treaties between H. M. C. M. and the United States ; the provisional treaty with America ; and (never before published) an authentic copy of the treaty con- cluded between the States General and the United States of America. With a preface and dedication. By the Rev. William Jackson. . . Stockdale, . Svo. " The American constitutions differ in many particulars, some partaking more, others less of the nature of a pure democracy ; but they are all valuable, because all favourable to liberty." Pre/ace. 35 A MEMORIAL addressed to the sovereigns of America. By T. Pownall, late Governor, Captain-general, Vice-admiral, &c. of the Provinces, now States of Massachusetts Bay and South Carolina ; and Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey. Svo. " Debrett, — < . Gov. Pownall's memorial was published the same year in French. < hi Ml / 318 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1783* 36 Observations on the means of preserving and restoring health in the West Indies. . . D'l'y, . . 12mo. By Mr. RoUo, author of a vrork on the diseases of St. Lucia. 37 Free and candid reflections, occasioned by the late addi- tional duties on sugars and rum, submitted to the considera- tion of the British ministry, the members of both houses of Parliament, and the proprietors of sugar estates in the West India colonies. By John Gardner Kemeys, esq. of Plantain Garden River plantation, in Jamaica, &c. dvo. Becket, &c. ■ ■ 38 Le voyageur Americain, ou observations sur I'etat actuel, la culture, le commerce des colonies Britauniques en Ame- rique, &c. Traduit de I'Anglois, augmente d'un precis sur TAmerique Septentrionale et la republique des Treize-Etats- Unis. Par M. Jh. M. ; . Amsterdam. 8vo. pp. 264. A translation of The American Traveller, 1769, by M. Joseph Mandrillon, author of Le Spectateur Americain, 1784. With the addition of a sketcii of the United States, and the treaty with Holland of 1782. ..,. ■. , 39 Journal d'un officier de I'armee navale en Amerique, en 1781 et 1782. . . , i, ,.>.,< ; Amsterdam. Svo. pp. 72. Relates principally to the operations of the Count de Grasse in America. 40 EsQuissE INT^RESSANTE du tableau fiddle des causes qui ont occasionne les revolutions actuelles de I'Amerique Septentri- onale ; ornee d'anecdotes historiques, etc. Revue et corrigee k Versailles. . . Philadelphie {Paris ?) Svo. Warden's Bib. Am. Sept. p. 27. 41 HiSTOiRE RAisoNNEE dcs Operations militaires et politiques de la derniere guerre, suivie d'observations sur la revolution qui est arrivee dans les moeurs et sur celle qui est sur le point d'arriver dans la constitution d'Angleterre, par Jo!y de St. Valier. . . , , . Litge, Svo. 42 Almanack Americain, ou etat physique, politique, ecclesias- tique, et militaire de I'Amerique ; ouvrage qui comprend les i V V Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 319 forces, la population, les loix, le commerce et radministration 1783. de chaque province de cette partie du monde ; le tableau de ceux qui y figurent par leurs charges et par leurs dignites, celui de la marine des peuples Europeans qui y ont des pos- sessions et les noms des officiers qui sont employes dans cette partie de I'administration publique. Par M. P. D. L. R. C. A. L, T. de M. . . . . Paris. 16mo. Barbier says that the Almanach Americain, Paris, 1786, and following years, was edited by M. Poncelin de la Roche Tillac. , He probably refers to a continuation of this work. i ■ < . , r j 43 NouvEAU VOYAGE k la Mer du Sud, commence par Marion, acheve par Duclesmeur, et redige d'apr^s les journaux de Crozet; on y a joint un extrait de celui de Surville dans les m^mes parages. .... Paris, 8vo. By Alexis Rochon. See 1800. 44 Sagoio sulla nautica antica de' Veneziani, con una illustra- zione d'alcune carte idrografiche antiche della biblioteca di S. Marco, che dimonstrano Tisole Antille prima della scoperta di Cristoforo Colombo, di Vincenzio Formaleoni. Venezia. 8vo. 45 Tratado definitivo de paz concluido entre el Rey nuestro senor y el Rey de la Gran Bretaiia, firmado en Versailles k 3 de Setiembre de 1783, con sus articulos preliminares. 4to. pp. 94. Madrid, 46 HiSTORiA de la conquista de Mexico. Por Don Antonio de Solis. . . . . Madrid. Quarto, 2 vols, plates. This is by far the best edition of Solis's esteemed work. The copies on LARGE PAPER, wluch oTo Very scarce, do honour to the press of Sancha. 47 Reales ordenanzas para la direccion, regimen, y gobierno del importante cuerpo de la Mineria de Nucva-Espaiia y de sil real tribunal general. De orden de S. M. Madrid, Folio, pp. 46 and 214. Printed only for the use of the parties concerned. 48 Memohtas iiistoricas de la ultima guerra con la Gran Brelana desdc el aiio 1774 hasta su conclusion. Tomo 1°. t^?''? W' I- 320 1783. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. Estados Unidoa tie America. Afio 1774 y 1775. Madrid. Quarto. Tbe dedication of this work to Count Florida- Blanca is signed D. Josef (k Cobarrubias. It does not appear that tbe continuation was ever publishud, 49 Reflexiones imparciales sobre la humanidad de los Espa- noles eh Indias contra los pretendidos filosofos y politicos, para servir de luz k las historias de los S™"' Raynal y Robertson : de D. Juan de Nuix y de Perpind, aiiadidas per el mismo autor y traducidas del idioma Italiano ai EspaHol por su hermano D. Josef de Nuix y de Perpind, Small 4to. pp. 523. Cervera. This second translation (see No. 44, 1782) of the Abb^ Nuix's defence of tbe conduct of the Spaniards in America, was made by the brother of the author, from a copy sent to him for the purpose, with considerable additions. ifci '\ m I: ^ //. p") r > f MDCCLXXXIV. 1 A VOYAGE TO THE Pacific Ocean. Undertaken by tlie com- mand of Ills Majesty for making discoveries in the Northern hemisphere. Performed under the direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore, in his Majesty's ships the Resolu- tion and Discovery, in the years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780. In three volumes. Vol. I. and II. written by Capt. James Cook; Vol. III. by Captain James King, LL.D. and F.R.S. ..... London. 4to. 3 vols, and atlas in folio. 2 The History of New Hampshire. Vol. I. Comprehending the events of one complete century, from the first discovery of the river Pascataqua. By Jeremy Belknap, A.M. member of the American Philosophical Society at Philadelphia for promoting useful knowledge. . Philadelphia. 8vo. Reprinted in 1792. The second volume was published in 1791, the third in 1792 : the whole were reprinted in 1813. 3 A TOUR in the United States of America: containing an account of the present situation of that country ; the population, agri- culture, commerce, customs and manners of the inhabitants ; anecdotes of several members of the Congress, and general Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 391 1 \ J officers in the American army; and many other very singular 1784. and interesting occurrences. With a description of the Indian nations, the general face of the country, mountains, forests, rivers, and the most beautiful, grand and picturesque views throughout that vast continent. Likewise improvements in husbandry, that may be adopted with great advantage in Europe. By J. F. D. Smyth, Esq, 8vo. 2 vols, Robinson, &c. . Mr. Smyth was an European who went to America to try his fortune as a planter. During the war he lea^'ued with tlie government, and the zeal of loyalty proved the destruction of his property. This work appears to have been written for the purpose of gaining favor with the government, by abusing the Americans, and magnifying his own sacrifices. A GENuiNF. DETAIL of the scvcral engagements, positions, move- ments of the Royal and the American armies, during the years 1775 and 1776. With an accurate account of the blockade of Boston, and a ^lan of the works on Bunker's Hill, at the time it was abandoned by his Majesty's forces, on the 17th of March, 1776. In a series of letters to a friend. By William Carter, late a lieutenant of the 40th regiment of Foot. . . Kearsley, . 4to. pp. 50. * Opinions on interesting subjects of public law and commercial policy, arising from American independence : §1. The question answered. Whether the citizens of the United States are con- sidered by the laws of England as aliens ; what privileges are they intitled to within the kingdom ; what rights can they claim in the remaining colonies of Britain? §2. The regula- tions for opening the American trade consid. ed ; faults found and amendments proposed; how the late proclamations affect the United States discussed : objections pointed out, and alterations suggested. §3. How far the British West Indies were injured by the late proclamations fully investi- gated ; the amount of their wants discovered ; modes of supply shewn ; and the policy of admitting the American vessels into their ports amply argued. §4. An inquiry how far a commercial treaty with the United States is necessary, or would be advantageous: what the law? of England have already provided on this subject ; and the fundamental laws Y Mm \M 322 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. m>h 1784. of the United States compared with them. By George Chalmers, author of Political Annals, &c. Debrett, , 8vo. " Those who wish to gain solid information on the topics abore enume- rated, will meet with ample satisfaction in the perusal of this elaborate performance." M.R. /6 Observations on the government and laws of the United States of America: translated from the French of the Abbe de Mably, with a preface by the translator. . Hague. Svo. This work consists of four letters addressed to John Adams, Esq., with a preface by the translator, who does not seem to consider himself bound to adopt all the opinions of his author. These, in fact, are not so liberal as was to be expected from a character so distinguished in the literary world. His work contains some observations which are the result of good sense, and a great knowledge of mankind, yet amidst these there are many things which betray the author's country and religious per- suasion. V 7 Remarks concerning the government and the laws of the United States of America, in four letters, addressed to Mr. Adams, Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States of America to those of Holland; and one of the negociators for the purpose of concluding a general peace. From the French of the ^bbe de Mably. With notes by the translator. Svo. Debrett, • This translation is by a different hand from the foregoing. 8 An historical narrative and topographical description of Louisiana and West Florida ; comprehending the river Mis- sissippi, with its principal branches and settlements, and the rivers Pearl, Pascagoula, Mobille, Perdido, Escambia, Chacta-hatcha, &c.; the soil, climate, and produce, &c. By Thomas Hutchins, geographer to the United States. Svo. pp. 94. Philadelphia. 9 The discovery, settlement, and present state of Kentucke : and an essay towards the topography and natural history of that important country. To which is added, an appendix, containing : — I. The adventures of Col. Daniel Boon, one of the first settlers, comprehending every important occurrence in the political history of tiiat province. — II. The minutes of Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 323 the Piankashaw council, held at Port St. Vincent, April 15, 1784. 1784. — III. An account of the Indian nations inhabiting within the limits of the thirteen United States, their manners and customs, and reflections on their origin. — IV. The stages and distances between Philadelphia and the falls of the Ohio, from Pittsburg to Pensacola, and several other places. The whole illustrated by a new and accurate map of Kentucke j and the country adjoining, drawn from actual surveys. By / John Filson. . . Wilmington. 8vo. pp. 118. Reprinted in 1792. A French translation was published at Paris in 1T85. 10 History of the disputes with America, from their origin in 1754. Written in the year 1774. By John Adams, Esq. 8vo. Stockdale, . '^The avowed design of this pamphlet is to ' pursue the tories through all their dark intrigues and wicked machinations, and to shew the rise and progress of their schemes for enslaving America.' The conduct of Barnard and Hutchinson is treated with great freedom and asperity ; nor is the indignant author less sparing of some eminent statesmen in England, under whose influence thej projected and pursued the iuauspi* cious system of American taxation.'' M.Il. 11 Remarks concerning the savages of North America. y Svo. Birmingham. In an advertisement to this tract it is stated that it was written by Dr. Franklin, and taken from a copy printed by himself, for his own amuse- ment, at his house at Passy. " It is strongly marked by that plainness and simplicity of manner, accompanied by that point and poignancy, which distinguish the doctor's writings, whenever he chooses to indulge his vein of pleasantry." M.R. 12 Two TRACTS : Information to those who would remove to America; and remarks concerning the savages of North America. By Dr. Benjamin Franklin. Stcokdale, . Svo. The first of these tracts was written by Dr. Franklin, on account of numer- ous applications made to him by persons desirous of emigrating to America, with sanguine expectations, in order that they miglit not be disappointed on their arrival. The second tract is a reprint of the pre- ceding number. 13 An address to the United States of North America. To which is added, a letter to the Hon. Robert Morris, Esq. Y 2 u r,| m li 1784. / Bibliotheca Amcricatia Nova. with notes and observations. By Silas Deane, Esq. late one of the commissioners plenipotentiary from the United States to the court of Versailles. . Debrett, . 8vo. • ' Mr. Deane'3 vindication from the chorge of mismanngement of the public money. 14 Remarks on the climate, produce, and natural advantages of Nova Scotia. In a letter to the Right Honourable the Earl of Macclesfield. . , Debrett, . 8vo. , . . ^ A very favourable account of Nova Scotia. 15 Observations on the commerce of the American States. By John Lord Sheffield. With an appendix, containing tables of the imports and exports of Great Britain to and from all parts, from 1700 to 1783. Also the exports of America, &c. With remarks on those tables, on the trade and navigation of Great Britain, and on the late proclamations, &c. The sixth edition, enlarged. With a complete index to the whole. 8vo. pp. 345, tables, &c. Debrett, . The first edition was published anonymously, in 1783. 16 A LETTER from an American now resident in London, to a Member of Parliament, on the subject of the restraining pro- clamation ; and containing strictures on Lord Sheffield's pamphlet on the commerce of the American States. 8vo. Stockdale, . A well written remonstrance against the proclamation confining all com- mercial intercourse between the United States and the West Indies to British shipping. 17 Considerations on the present situation of Great Britain and the United States of North America, with a view to their future commercial connexions ; particularly designed to ex- pose the dangerous tendency of the arguments used, and of the conclusions drawn in a late pamphlet published by Lord Sheffield, &c. . . . . Stockdale, . 8vo. This writer particularly recommends the cultivation of a close commercial ^ union with the American States, which he considers as still practicable. ^'~ The first edition, published anonymously, of the following work : 18 Considerations, &c. The second edition, to which is now Bihliotheca Americana Nova. 325 first added, the plan of an Act of Parliament for the establish- 1 784. ment and regulation of our trade with the American States. **'*' Also a preface, containing remarks upon the authorities on which Lord SheF Id has formed the principal part of his observations. By Richard Champion, Esq. late deputy pay- master-general of his Majesty's forces. Stockdale, . 8vo. pp. xxxiv. 274 and 36. 19 Thoughts on the late proceedings of Government, respecting the trade of the West India Islands with the United States of America. By Brian Edwards, Esq. Cadell, . 8vo. j A remonstrance against the ill policy and tendency of restricting the com- merce of the West India Islands with North America to British ships. The author shews himself an able antagonist to Lord Sheffield, and expresses himself with much candour and liberality. 2^5 A FREE AND CANDID rcvicw of a Tract, intitled Observations on the Commerce of the American States, shewing the per- nicious consequences, both to Great Britain and to the British sugar islands, of the systems recommended in that tract. \8vo. Lowndes . 21 Considerations on the present state of the intercourse between H. M.'s sugar colonies and the dominions of the United States of America. James Allen, Secretary. 8vo. pp. 54. " Published by the West India merchants and planters, for distribution to the members of Paliament, &c. and not sold." M.R. 70, p. 434. 22 A ADDRESS to Brian Edwards, Esq. ; containing remarks on his pamphlet, intitled Thoughts on the late proceedings, Sfc. Also, observations on some parts of a pamphlet lately pub- lished by the West India planters and merchants, intitled Considerations on the present state, Sfc. By John Stevenson. Svo. , NicoU, . Mr. Stevenson is a strenuous supporter of Lord Sheffield's argument for restricting the intercourse between our West Indian Islands and the American States to British ships, according to the Navigation Act. 23 Remarks on Lord Sheffield's Observations on the Commerce of the American States. By an American. Svo. Stockdale, . An antagonist to Lord Sheffield, who inveighs against the climate, soil, and m 326 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. \t^ 1784. productions of Great Britain, and draws a comparison between Great Britain and France, to the disadvantage of tho former. 24 An essay on the treatment and conversion of African slaves in the British sugar colonies. By the Rev. James Ramsay, m.a., Vicar of Teston, in Kent. . . Phillips, -, 8vo. 25 An enquiry into the effects of putting a stop to the African slave trade, and of granting liberty to the slaves of the British sugar colonies. By the author o( An Essay on the Treatment, Sfc. . . . Phillips, . Svo. The author of these two tracts is a warm advocate for the Blacks, but liis views seem to be more directed towards an amelioration of their condition, than to the extinction of slavery. See Cursory Remarks, 1185. 26 A SUMMARY VIEW of the courses and crops in the husbandry of England and Maryland ; with a comparison of their pro- ducts ; and a system of improved courses proposed for farms in America. . , Philadelphia. 4to. pp. 22. 27 A LETTER from Lieut. Gen. Sir Henry Clinton, k.b., to the commissioners of public accounts, relative to some observa- tions in their seventh report, which may be judged to imply censure on the late Commander-in-chief of H. M.'s army in North America. . . Debrett, . Svo. 28 A PHILOSOPHICAL and political history of the thirteen United States of America. By James Franklin, Esq. London. ^ l2mo. /29 Le spectateur America! n, ou remarques generales su: I'Amerique Septeotrionale et sur la republique des treir.e- Etats-Unis. Par M. Jh. M* , Negociant k Am- sterdam, &c. , . , Amsterdam, Svo. pp. 307. ' ' . • By M. Mandrillon. At the end of the work is an essay on the question, •' Whether the discovery of America has been beneficial to manlJnd or not ? If benefits have resulted from it, what are the means o" preserving and increasing them? If evils, how are they to be remedie 11" it is separately paged, and has the following title : 30 Recherches philosophiques sur la decouverte de rAmerique, iV Bihliothcca Americann Nova. 327 / f \ V / ou discours 8ur cettc question, proposcc par i'Academie des 1784. Sciences, Belles- Lettres et Arts de Lyon : " La decouverte de rAmeriqne a-t-elle etc utile ou nuisiblc au genre humain?" &c. Par M. Jh. M. . . . Amsterdam. 8vo. pp. 91. 31 Appel k la justice do I'etat, ou rccueil de lettres oiU sont '"fideTement exposes l6s actes horribles de la violence arbitrairc qui a regne dans la colonic diirant les dcrnieres troubles, et les sentimens du Canada sur le bill de Quebec, et sur la forme du gouvernement la plus propre i\ faire renaitro la paix et le bonheur public. Par Pierre du Calvet. Londres. I 8vo. ~ Printed at the same time in English, 32 Lkttiies d'un cultivateur Americain, ecritcs a W. S. "Ecuyor, depuis I'annee 1770, jusqu'^ 1781. Traduites de I'Anglois, par * * *. . . . .• . Paris. 8vo, 2 vols. Thia translation of Hector St. John's Farmer's Letters (No. 3, 1782,) was made by the author himself. The vrork is highly recommended in tvro letters, by way of introduction, from M. de Lacretelle. Reprinted, with additions, in 1787. Uoucher de la Richurderie says that the author hud been so long unaccustomed to his native language that his translation abounds with Anglicisms, « which," he says, " however, give greater energy to his expressions." '33 Loix et CONSTITUTIONS des colonies Franqoises de TAmerique sous le Vent, suivies (1) d'un tableau raisonnee des diderentes parties de I'administration actuelle de ces colonies;— (2) d'observations generates sur le climat, la populatioT^, la cul- ture, le caract^re et les mceurs des habitans de la partie Fran9oise de Saint-Domingue ; — (3) d'une description physique, politique et topographique des diiferens quartiers de cette m^me partie, le tout termine par I'histoire de cette Isle et de ses dependances depuis leur decouverte jusqu'k nos jours. Par M. Moreau de Saint-Mery, Avocat au Parle- ment, &c. . . , »: # Paris. ^ 4to. 8 vols. , ; ; , 34 CoKsiDERATiONS suf Tordrc de Cincinnatus, ou imitation d'un pamphlet Americain, par le Comte de Mirabeau. Suivies dc plusieurs pieces relatives k cette institution ; d'une lettre / 328 Bil/liotheca Americana Nova. t? 1784. signcc [du General Washington, accompagnec dc rcmnrqueg par I'autcur Franqois; d'une lettre dc feu Monsieur Turpot, Ministrc d'Etut en France, au Doctcur Price, sur les Li-irisla- tions Americaincs ; et de la traduction d'un pamphlet au Docteur Price, intitulee Observations on the importa7ice of the American Revolution, and the means of makiugit a benefit to the world ; accompagnee de reflexions et de notes du Tra< ducteur. . . . t Londres. 8vo. pp. 388. See No. 13, of 1785. 35 Recueil d'estampes, reprcsentants les differents cv^nemcnts de la guerre qui a procure I'independancc aux Etats Unis dc I'Amerique .... Paris. 4to. Sixteen plates, beautifully engraved by Ponce and Godefroy. They consist of imaginary representations of some of the principal events of tlie American war. 36 HisToiRE DE l'administration de Lord North, Ministre des Finances en Ahgleterre, depiiis 1770 jusqu'en 1782, et do la guerre de I'Amerique Septentrionale, jusqu'^ la paix : suivie du tableau historique des finances d'Angleterre, depuis Guillaume III. jusqu'en 1784. A Londres {Paris). 8vo. 2 vols. The author of this work (M. Hilliard D'Auberteuil) says, that after having translated the View of the histnrif of Great Britain during the Administra- tion of Lord North (No. 11, of 1T82), he thought that he might substitute in its place a less prolix and more complete history, preserving all that was useful, agreeable, and interesting In the English work ; and adding an account of events which would comprise a complete account of the American war. 37 Observations sur le gouverncment et les loix des Etats Unis d'Amerique. Par M. VAbbi de Mably, Amsterdam, V 8vo. ;'n».i:i •■■"*i<. A See No. 5. v\ii^\ M\ u'X 38 HiSTORiA de abiponibus equestri, bellicosaque Paraqi.ariee natione locuplctata copiosis barbararum gentium, urbium, fluminum, ferarum, amphibiorum, insectorum, serpentium prsecipuorum, piscium, avium, arborum,plantarum, aliarumque ejusdem provinciee, proprietatum observationibus, authore Bibliothcca Americana Nova. 329 Martino DobrizhofTer, Prcsbytcro, et per annos duo de viginti 1784. Paraquanuc missionario. , * Vienna. 8vo. 3 vols. Publislifld about the snme time in Gormnn by Professor Kreil. An En|];li*li trnnilittion, said to bo by Southey, was published in 18:i!2. The originul Latin edition is rare in Knglnnd. 39 NoiiDAMERicA, nacU den Friedent schlussen vom Jabre, 1783. Ncbst 1. cinem Vorbeiicit von America iiberhaupt; 2. einegen Chartcn, und 3. eincu hiiiliinglichen Register; von Job. Jacobi Moser. .... Leipzig. 8vo. 3 vols, Meusol 3. 1. 321. MDCCLXXXV. 1 Mrmoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, to the end of the year 1783. Vol. I. . Boston, N.A. Quarto. Monthly Review, Nov. 17ft8. 2 History of the war with America, France, Spain, and Holland ; commencing in 1775, and ending in 1783. By John Andrews, LL.D. 8vo. 4 vols. Portraits, maps, and charts. . London. Compiled chiefly from the newspapers, and the proceedings of the House of Commons. 3 The history of the revolution of South Carolina from a British province to an independent state. By David Ramsay, m.d., Member of the American Congress. . Trenton, N. J. 8vo. 2 vols. A French translation was printed in 178T. ••' • 4 Arbustrum Americanum : the American Grove, or an alpha- betical catalogue of forest trees and shrubs, natives of the American United States, arranged according to the Linneean system, containing the particular riistinguishing characters of each genus, with plain, simple, and familiar descriptions of the manner of growth, appearance, &c. of their several species and varieties : also, some hints of their uses in medicine, dyes, and domestic economy. Compiled from actual know- u 330 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. m^ 1785. ledge and observation, and the assistance of botanical authors, ***^ by Humphry Marshall. . . Philadelphia. 8vo. pp. 20, 174. Published in French in 1788. 5 The crisis of the colonies considered ; with some observations on the necessity of properly connecting their commercial interest with Great Britain and America. Addressed to the Duke of Richmond. With a letter to Lord Penrhyn, late Chairman of the Committee of Planters and West India Merchants. . . . Bew, . 8vo. The situation of the British sugar islands, in consequence of the late war, and the peace by which that war was terminated, is reviewed in this pamphlet. The author, Mr. John Williams, urges the necessity of pre- serving their commercial intercourse with America, and recommends that free ports should be established at Jamaica and Grenada. 6 Letters to a young planter ; or observations on the manage- ment of a sugar plantation. To which is added, the planter's kalendar. Written on the island of Grenada, by an old Planter. . . . Strachan, . 8vo. Highly recommended in the Monthly Review. 7 An address to the loyal part of the British empire, and the friends of the monarchy throughout the globe. By John Cruden, Esq. ; president of the Assembly of the United Loyalists, and late commissioner of sequestered estates in Carolina, &c. 8vo. pp. 29. The unfortunate Loyalists of the Southern States, who took refuge in Florida, under the promise of protection from the British government, found themselves at the peace in the hands of the Spaniards, by whom they were ordered to quit the country. In this dilemma they empowered Mr. Cruden to negociate a lottery for their benefit, which gave rise to this address. 8 Cursory remarks upon the Reverend Mr. Ramsay's Essay on the treatment and conversion of African slaves in the sugar colonies. By a Friend to the West India colonies and their inhabitants. . . . Wilkie, . A very able defence of the planters and slaveholders in the British West Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 331 ive rise to Indies against the representations of Mr. Ramsay. Written by a Mr. 1785. Tobin. »*k/«^ 9 A COLLECTION of acts or laws passed in the State of Massachu- setts Bay, relative to the American Loyalists and their property. . . . Stockdale, . 8vo. pp. 33. 10 A SHORT ADDRESS to the disinterested and unprejudiced citizens, merchants, and manufacturers of Great Britain, on the im- portance of the trade of this country with the United States of America : also reasons why, as customers, they should not be restricted, like other foreign nations, from sending raw materials to this country in payment of British goods. By a Manufacturer. . . Stockdale, . 8vo. pp. 24. 11 A POEM addressed to the United States of America. By David Humphries, Esq., colonel in the service of the United States, and aid-de-camp to H. £. the Commander-in-chief. Quarto. Kearsly, . First printed at Newbaven, Connecticut, and reprinted in Paris. " To inspire our countrymen now in arms, or wbo may bereafter be called into the field, with perseverance and fortitude, through every species of difficulty and danger to continue their exertions for the defence of their country and the preservation of its liberties, is the object of this address." Preface. 12 Observations on the importance of the American Revolution, [/ and the means of making it a benefit to the world. To which is' added, a letter from M. Turgot, late comptroller-general of the finances of France ; with an appendix, containing a translation of the will of M. Fortune Ricard, lately published in France. By Richard Price, d.d., ll.d., f.r.s., &c. 8vo. Cadell, . This tract, which was originally intended only for America, was translated into French by the celebrated Mirabeau. The doctor speaks of the American revolution as " a revolution which opens a new prospect in human affairs, and begins a new sera in the history of mankind, — a revo- lution by which Britons themselves will be the greatest gainers, if wise enough to improve properly the check that has been given to the despot- ism of their ministers, and to catch the flame of virtuous liberty which has saved their American brethren." He uses very strong language with respect to religious establishments, the spirit of which he condemns as contrary to the spirit of Christianity ; and he hopes that no such monster will ever be known in America, as human authority in matters of religion. ?i "i J 332 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. P, I V 1785. 13 Considerations on the order of Cincinnatus ; to which are added, as well several original papers relative to that institu- tion, as also a letter from the late M. Turgot, comptroller of the finances in France, to Dr.'Price, on the constitutions of America ; and an abstract of Dr. Price's Observations on the importance of the American Revolution ; with notes and reflec- tions upon that work. Translated from the French of the Count de Mirabeau. . . Johnson, -. 8vo. A translation of No. 34, of 1781. — *' In this work much eloquence is em- ployed to prove that the institution of the order of Cincinnatus is the creation of a military nohility, which'will in time form a dangerous aristo- cratic power, supported by numbers, military force, general respect, the right of inheritance, the power of holding assemblies at pleasure, and revenue." Monthly Review, — " The language of the Count relating to the new order is animated and indignant, though clear and precise ; the ' translator frequently soars above him, and sometimes seems to be lost in the clouds into which he is raised." Critical Review, 14 Voyage de M. Le Chevalier de Chastellux en Am6rique. 8vo?^-i^BT " Noplace. This appears to be the surreptitious edition of the Marquis de Cbastellux's Travels, printed at Cassel, which is referred to in the Paris edition of 1786. It consists of extracts taken at random from bis hs. journals, without any connexion, which were first published in a periodical journal at Gotha. V 15 HiBToiREDEs TROUBLES deTAmeriqueAnglaise. Par Francois *^6ule8. . . . , Londres. - 8vo. 2vols.? ^, ? ,,, , : vi.t.ui ^>^M u, This work was printed at Paris in 1787, in four volumes. I have a second volume, printed in London in this year, but can obtain no information respecting it. It appears to be somewhat different from the Paris edition. w 16 DiscouRS sur la grandeur et I'importance de la Revolution qui ^ vient de s'op^rer dans I'Am^rique Septentrionale, par ie Chevalier Deslandes. . . . . ,, ,- Franco/, (Paris.) - 12mo. ' ^ 17 Voyage d'un Suisse dans difFerentes colonies d'Amerique pendant la derni^re guerre, avec une table d'observations meteorologiques faites k Saint Domingue. " Observateur ^'- ■ sans pretention, vrai sans malignite." Neuchatel. "' 8vo. pp. 416. „■ , f^ Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 333 / i;! This is no doubt the work mentioned by Barbier and Qjerard, printed in 1785. 17M7. Aux verreritt Suisses, attributed by them to Girod-Chantrans. v^v^ It relates principally to St. Domingo. 18 EssAi sur radministration de St. Domingue, par Guiilaume Thomas Ray nal. ^ {Noplace.) 8vo. pp. 256. ' 19 REFLEXIONS d'un vieillaud du pays de Medoc, sur I'arrfet l-' du conseil du 30 Aoi!kt dernier, qui permet Tadmission des etrangers dans nos colonies. . {Bourdeaux ?) Quarto. . . „. '* Par Charles Lemesle, negociant de Bourdeaux." Ms. Note. This pamphlet and the following all relate to the affaiis of the colonies, and, being without the printer's or publisher's name, were probably privately printed. ., , 20 Lettres critiques et politiques sur les colonies et le com- merce des villes maritimes de la France, adressees k G. T. Raynal. . » . , Geneve. Quarto. By M. Dubucq and M. Dubuisson. U Le pour et le contre, sur un objet de grande discorde et d'importance majeure. . . Paris ? Quarto. .. By M. Dubucq. ' 22 R^PONSE X LA BROCHURE iutitulec Le Pour et le Contre. Quarto, pp. 63. A Londres {Paris'?) 23 RipLiQUE k Tauteur du Pour et Contre A Londres {Paris.) Quarto, pp. 84. 24 RiroNSE au contradicteur de la brochure, intitulee Le Pouret le Contre. . . A Londres {Paris.) Quarto. n ,. : ' By M. Dubucq. 25 PoEMA Epico, la rendicion de Panzacola y conquista de la Florida occidental por el Conde de Galvez. Componialo el comisario de guerra D. Francisco de Rojas y Rocha. Quarto, pp. 34 and 6. Mexico. 26 Idea del valor de la isla Espavola y utilidades que de ella puede sacar su Monarquia. Por D. Antonio Sanchez ! !■ Bihliotheca Americana Nova. 1 785. Valverd?, Lie. en SHgrada theologia, &c. natural de la propia ^^ isla, &c. , . . / Madrid. 4to. pp. 208. 27 La America vindicada de la calumnia de haver sido madre del mal venereo: por el autor de la Idea del valor de la Isla Espanola. . , . Madrid. 4to. pp. 80. This treatise is rarely found with the foregoing. 28 Rp/isEN einiger Missionarien der Gesellschaft Jesu in Amerika. Aus ihren eigenen Aufsatzeu heraus gegeben von Christoph Gottlieb von Murr. . . Nurnherg. 8vo. pp. 614, n. ^p and plates. Relates entirely to South America. 29 Geschichte der revolution von Nord-Amerika von M. C. Sprengel, professor der Geschichte auf der universitat zu Halle. .... Speyer. Small 8vo. pp. 196, map. 30 Dreyhundekt auserlesne Amerikanische Gewachse nach Linneischer ordnung. . , Nurnherg. 8vo. 6 parts, 300 coloured plates. This work, commenced in this year, was finished in 1789, under which date copies are frequently met with. It contains the whole of the plants of Jacquin's Selectarum Stirp. Americ. (No. 41', 1780), reduced from the original drawings, and a few others taken from natvre, or from other works. MDCCLXXXVl. 1 Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, held at Philadelphia, for promoting useful knowledge. Volume II. Quarto. Philadelphia. This volume contains the memoir, by M. Otto, vj>on the disccvery of America, in which he endeavours to prove tliat it had been discovered, before Columbus, by Martin Behuim. 2 An address from the general court to the people of the com- monwealth of Massachusetts. . . Boston. 8vo. pp. 41. ':^ , /r . r J- Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 335 3 An account of the present state of Nova Scotia. Edinburgh. 1786. 8v6."""""^^ ^ ■"-■■■■ -'.*' By Mr. S. Hollingsworth. A second edition wad printed in 1787. 4 History of voyages and discoveries made in the North. Translated from the German of John Reinhold Forster, J. U. D. Elucidated by beveral new and original maps. Quarto. Robinson, . 5 A NARRATIVE of the death of Captain James Cook : to which are added, some particulars concerning his life and character, and observations respecting the introduction of the venereal disease into the Sandwich Islands. By David Samuel, surgeon of the Discovery. . Robinson, . Quarto. 6 Letters written in London by an American spy, from the year 1764 to the year 1785. . Crowder, . 12mo. These letters are said to be the correspondence of a Quaker with bis friends in Philadelphia ; and, while they display the honest bluntness of a sect, are animated by a warm philanthropy, true religion, and sound sense. Critical Review, vol. 62. 7 A TREATY of amity and of commerce between the United States of America and his Majesty the King of Prussia. London. Svo. This treaty is a phenomenon in the history of nations, — a treaty replete with benevolence. " Military powers u».' -ing to a;..eviate the miseries of war, to lessen the horrors of bloodshed, and relieve the distresses of their enemies, is the best lesson of humanity which a philosophical king (Frederick IT.), acting in concert with a philosophical patriot (Franklin), could possibly give to the princes and statesmen of the earth." M.B. 8 Laws of the legislature of New York in force against the Loyal- ists, and affecting the trade of Great Britain and British merchants, and others having property in that state, dvo. Debrett, . 9 An apology for negro slavery; or the West India planters vin< dicated from the charge of inhumanity. By the author of Letters lo a young Planter. . Strachan, . ^vo. _ , . By Gordon Turnbull, r. M. R., T6, p. 78. : / 'mt 336 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. f. ti-^ V 1786. 10 A LETTER from Captain J. S. Smith to the Rev. Mr. Hill, on the state of the negro slaves. To which are added, an in- troduction and remarks on free negroes, &c. by the Editor. 8vo. Phillips, . Editod by tbe Rer. Mr. Ramsay. 1 1 Observations sur la Virginie. Par M.J** *. Traduites de I'Anglois. . . . Paris, 'o. pp. 390, map. it translation of Mr. Jefferson's Notes on Virginia, by M. Morellet. 12 TRAiTi d'amitie et de commerce entre sa Majeste le Roi de Prusse et les Etats-Unis de TAmerique. {A la Haye ?) Bvo. See No. 7 of tliis year. 13 Voyages de M. le Marquis de Chastellux dans I'Amerique Septentrionale dans les ann^es 1780, 1781, et 1782. Paris. 8v< 2 vols. 5 maps and plates. Published in English in the following year. " These travels will excite in different minds various and opposite sentiments. By the Englishman they will be read with indignation and disgust, as they contain numerous misrepresentations of the conduct of his countrymen, with encomiums equally exaggerated on their foes ; by the natural historian, with a coul contempt of the academician's remarks ; by the politician with enger ex- pectation ; and by the more indifferent enquirer, with pleasure and interest. The work gives a lively picture of a state of society with which we have hitherto been little acquainted : it paints the appearances of nature in her savage wildness, and delineates the strtv^gles of art in rendering the country habitable, with its gradual success in the contest. The Marquis travels tlirough America as a friend and an ally : he sees a great and rising kingdom in every step ; simplicity and innocence dancn before him with playful gambols; and, captivated with the unrefined manners to which he is everywhere a witness, he does not perceive tliut, with the luxuries of Europe, the Americans have everywhere imported its vices." Critical Review. 14 Examen critique des voyages dans I'Amerique Septentrionale de Chastellux. Par Brissot de Warville. Londres. Svo. pp. 143. " A spirited writer here attacks tbe Marquis for having, in the publication of his travels, exposed to ridicule, and grossly misrepresented the prin- ciples and manners of the Quakers ; he also endeavours to shew that tbe Marquis's reflections on the slavery of the negroes, and his thoughts on the conditions of mankind, with respect to the ranks in society, arc often V Bibliothtca Amtricana Nova. 337 unjuBt M. de Warville's language is forcible, his arguments are strik- ing, if not alvrays conclusive, and his work is replete with liberal senti- ments on religious and political subjects." Monthly Review. 15 Recherches sur la constitution des naturels de Saint Domingue, sur leurs arts, leur Industrie, et leurs moyens de subsistance. Par M. Arthaud. . Cap Francois. Quarto. 16 EssAi SUR LES Etath Unis *, par M. Demeunier, secretaire ordinaire de Monsieur, Fv^re du Roi, et censeur-royal. Quarto. Paris. This work forms also an article in the Encyelopedi$ Methodique, vol. 2 of Economie Politique. 17 DiccioNARio oeoorXfico historico de las Indias Occidentales 6 America; es k saber: de los Reynos del Peru, Nueva Espana, Tierra Firme, Chile, y Nuevo Reyno de Granada. Con la descripcion de sus prov'ncias, naciones, c;udades, villas, pueblos, rios, montes, costas, puertos, islas> arzo- bispados, obispados, audiencias, vireynatos, gobiernos cor- regimientos y foitalezas frutos y producciones : con expre- sion de sus descubrido;. , conquistadores y fundadores: conventos y religiones: ereccion de sus catedrales y obis- pos que ha habido en ellas : y noticia de los sucesos mas nota- bles de varios lugarcs ; incendios, terremotos, sitios e inva- siones que ban experimentado : y hombres ilustres que han producido. Escrito por el Coronel D. Antonio de Alcedo, Capitan de Reales Guardias Espanolas. . . Madrid. Small 4to. 5 vols. An English translation, bj Thompson, was published in 1812. 18 HiSTOHiA DE LA coNQUiSTA DE Mexico, poblaciou y progresos de la America Septentrional, conocida por el nombre de Nueva Espana. Segunda parte. Escribiale Don Ignacio de Salazar y Olatia. Segunda edicion. . Madrid. Folio. The first edition was printed in 1743. 1786. >«\"»/ 338 jBibliotheca Americana Nova. I ZP //^^ MDCCLXXXVII. 1 A HISTORY of the campaign of ITSO^^nd 1781 in the southern *prbvince8 of North America. By Lieut. Col. Tarleton, com- meaidant of the late British logion. Cadell, .. Quarto, pp. 518, map and four phins. '♦Colonel Tarleton's history commences with D Estaing's fruitless attack on Savannah, in the autumn of 1779, and then proceeds to give a minute detail of all the military operations in both the Carolinas and part of Virginia, until the surrender of Yorktown and Gloucester, Oct. 19, 1781, when Lord Cornwallis, with his whole army, fell into the hands of the Americans : that memorable event which crowned the military toils of the American Fahius vith final success, and gave iNOEPENorNCE to America ! The volume is handsomely printed, and enriched with some explanatory maps and plans, especially those relating to the battles of Camden and Guildford, and the sieges of Charlestown and Yorktown, besides a large general map of the country." M.R. General Sir Biinastre Tarleton (the author of this work,) died, Jan. 23, 1833, in his 70th year, without issue. He was colonel of the 8th Dra- goons, and governor of Berwick. He sat in Parliament several years. 2 A HISTORY of the campaigns of 1780 and 1781, in the southern provinces of North America, by Lieut. Col. Tarleton, com- mandant of the late British legion. '■*: Dublin. 8vo. pp. 534. , 3 Strictures on Lieutenant Colonel Tarleton's History of the campaigns of 1780 and 1781, in the southern provinces of North America. Wherein military characters and corps are vindicated from injurious aspersions, and several important transactions are placed in their proper point of view. By Roderick Mackenzie, late lieutenant in the 71st regiment. 8vo. Faulder, . Mr. Mackenzie defends Lord Cornwallis, gives his own account of the battle of the Cowpens, and a curious journal of the siege of fort Ninety-six. He is very severe on Lieut. Col. Tarleton's work, " in which," he says, " some facts have been withheld, and some mutilated, while others are raised to a pitch of importance, to which, if historical justice ht^d been the author's object, they are by no means entitled. Prejudice and party spirit are also some of its most important features." 4 Travels in North America in the years 1780, 1781, and •J ^ 1782. By the Marquis de Chastellux, one of the forty Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 339 on, corn- members of the French academy, and major-general in the 1787. French army, serving under the Count de Rochambeau. Translated from the French l)y an English gentleman who resided in America at that period. With notes by the trans- lator. . . , Robinson, . 8vo. 2 vols. " Ibis perfoi-mance of the Marquis de Chastellux is a heterogeneous and multifarious account of every thing that cauglit the lively traveller's eager eye and minute attention ; and, as nothing escaped his active inves- tigiition, his tvork abounds not only with observations which are of im- portance, but witli details of even the most tricing incidents that bad roads, inconvenient inns, and distracted times usually afford. The translator is, in political principles, a violent American, and, as such, he gives to the national reputation of poor old England many a stab, and to that of her troops no quarter." M.ll. 5 Remarks on the travels of the Marquis of Chastellux in North America. . . . Wilkie, . 8vo. •■■' '^^ ' ' ■' ' This writer accuses the Marquis of misrepresentations and exaggerations, and calls his translator an " incendiary, a lurking spy, and an avowed rebel to his country." 6 Observations on some parts of Natural History, to which is prefixed, an account of several remarkable vestiges of an ancient date, which have been discovered in different parts of North America. Part I. By Benj. Smith Barton, Member of the Royal Medical So.iety of Edinburgh. 8vo. Dilly. . " A prefixed advertisement to this work informs us that it is .he production of a very young man, written chiefly as a recreation from tue laborious studies of medicine. It is, however, a curious tract ; we have here only the first part ; the other three, which will complete the work, are to be published in a few months." Monthly Review. This part, the only one ever published, relates entirely to antiquities, giving an account of the Indian ruroyal, Correspondent de I'Academie Royale des Sciences de Paris, &c. . ,. , , Orleans. 8vo. " That the discovery in question was neither advantageous to America nor to Europe, is a proposition that many believe ; and this author illus- trates it, and renders it striking ; but that it might have been, and mny even yet be made useful to both, is equally credible. The principal object of this judicious writer is to point out the manner of diminishing the evils occasioned by the discovery of the New World, and of multiply- ing the advantages that may result from it. The work breathes a liberal spirit, and is worthy of attention." M. R. Some copies of this work have a title-page with the year 1788 upon it, and Paris instead of Orleans. 30 Memoires FiiiLOsopiiiQUES, historiques, physiques, concer- nant la decouverte de I'Amerique, ses anciens habitans, leurs moeurs, leurs usages, leur connexion avec les nouveaux habi- tans, leur religion ancienne et moderne, les produits des trois r^gnes de la nature, et en particulier les mines, leur exploi- tation, leur immense produit ignore jusque'ici; par Don Ulloa, lieut.-gen. des armees navales de TEspagne, commandant au Perou, &c. Avec des observations et additions sur toutes les mati^res dont il est parle dang Touvrage. Traduite par M. •*♦. . . , , , . Paris. 8vo. 2 vols. A translation of Ulloa's Noticias Amerioanas (1778), with eonsiderable additions by the translator, M. Lefebure de Villebrune, taken principally from a G erman translation by professor Dies, with notes by M. Schneider. M. Lefebure asserts that the work of Oe Pauw (No. 22, 1768,) is a tissue of errors and falsehoods. 31 TRAiTi DE LA CULTURE Dv NOPAL et dc I'education de la Y Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 345 cochenille dans les colonies Francaises de TAnn^rique ; 1787. precede d'un voyage k Guaxaca, par M. Thiery de Menon- ville, auquel ou ajoute une preface, des notes et des observa- tions relatives a la culture de la cochenille, avec des figures colorizes. Le tout recueille et public par le cercle des Philadelphes, etabli au Cap-Fran^ais, isle et c6te de St. Domingue. . Au Cap. Franfais {Paris.) 8vo. 2 vols. 32 Relacion historic a de la vida y apostolicas tareas del venerable Padre Fray Junipero Serra, y de las Misiones que fundo en la California Septentrional y nuevos establecimentos de Monterey. Escrita por el R. P. L. Fr. Francisco Palou, guardian actual del Colegio Apostolico de S. Fernando de Mexico y discipulo del venerable fundador, &c. Mexico. Quarto. A very curious work, containing much information respecting California, with a map of the country described. 33 La Perla de la America, provincia de Santa Marta, recon- ocida observada y expucsta en discursos historicos por el Sacerdote Don Anionio Julian, k mayor bien de la Catolica Monarquia, fomento del Comercio de Espaiia y de todo el Nuevo Reyno de Granada, e incremento de la Christiana religion entre las naciones barbaras, que subsisten todavia rebeldes en la provincia. . . Madrid. 4to. pp. 280. * 34 Dkscrifcion de diferentes piezas de historia natural, las mas del ramo maritimo, representadas en 75 laminas. Por Don Antonio Parra. » . • Havana. Small 4to. 75 plates. The plates were etched by the author, and some copies were coloured by him, but they are very rare. 35 La America Llorando por la temprana muerte de su amado, su padre, su bien y sus delicias el E. S. D. Bernardo de Galvez, Conde de Galvez, &c. Capitan Genl. de la Luisiana y dos Floridas, &c. Humilde rasgo del Lic°. D. Agustin Pomposo Fernandez de San Salvador, Abogado, &c. Small 4to. pp. 25 and 6. Mexico. 36 Antiouedad de las Bubas. Extracto de un discurso del m 346 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1787. .[ I U , ^ R. P. M. F. Martin Sarmiento, Benedictine de Madrid. 8vo. pp. 32. Madrid. The author maintains that the lues venerea was known in Europe before the discovery of America. , 37 Memorias de la Colonia Francesa de Santo Domingo, con algunas reflexiones relativas a la Isla de Cuba, por un viagero Espanol. Publicalas Don Ignacio Gala. Madrid. Svo. 38 Saggio suUa storia civile del Chili del Signor Abate Giovanni Ignazio Molina. . . . Bologna. Svo. Translated into English in 1809. 39 Elogio di Amerigo Vespucci del P. M. Lastri. Firenze. Quarto. Only 100 copies of this work were printed. 40 Beytrag zur teutschen holtzgetchten Forstwissenschaft, die anpflanzung Nurdamericanischer holzarten, mit anwen- dung auf teutsche Forste, betreffend von Friederich Adam Julius von Wangenheim. Mit original Zeichnungen. Folio, pp. 45, 124. pi. 31. Gottingcn. 41 Beytrage zur mineralogischen kerntniss des ostlichen Theils von Nordamerika und seiner Geburge von D. Johann David Schoepf. . * , Erlangen. Svo. pp. 194. 42 Materia Medica Americana potissimum regni vegetabilis, D. Jo. Davidis Schoepf. . . Erlangce. Svo. pp. 170. / V ^y MDCCLXXXVIII. 1 The history of the rise, progress and establishment of the "'TfffTepencIence of the United States of America : including an account of the late war, and of the thirteen colonies, from their origin to that period. By William Cordon, D.D. In four volumes. .... London. Svo. 4 vols. Dr. Gordon went to America in 1770, ond remained there until 1786 : und wrote a considerable part of his work on the spot. " The language of Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 347 this work deserves little encomium, but the merit of fidelity is the first 1788. qualification in a historian, and to that claim we believe the present dispassionate writer is fully entitled." M. R. The Critical Rioicw says that " there arises some suspicion that Dr. Gordon actually wrote under the influence of American prejudice." 2 A HISTORY of the insurrection in Massachusetts in 1786 : by George Richards Minot. . . Worcester, Mass. 8vo. This insurrection is more generally known as Shays's Rebellion, from the name of the person who took the lead in it, and relating to whom there is a ballad extant in Massachusetts, commencing My name is Shays, in former days ' In Pelham I did dwell, sirs, &cc. 3 The Federalist. A collection of essays on the American constitution. By Hamilton, Jay, and Madison. New York. 12mo. 2 vols. These essays have been frequently reprinted. They first appeared in the public papers, under the signatu e of Publius, in the interval between the publication and the adoption of the constitution of the United States, and were designed to elucidate and support its principles. Numbers 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6+, were written by Mr. Jay ; numbers 10, 14, 17, 18, 19, 21, 37 to 58, 62 and 63, by Mr. Madison ; and the rest by Gen. Hamilton. 4 Remarks on the proposed plan of a federal government, addressed to the citizens of the United States, and particularly to the people of Maryland. By Aristides. Annapolis, Md. 8vo. pp. 48. " The fiUthor of the present pamphlet is a warm and intelligent supporter of (he plan of government lately digested by the convention of delegates, and now under the consideration of the several states, of which he might say, with the poet. It has no fuults, or I no faults can spy, — Is it all beauty, or all blindness I V M. Rev. 5 A SUMMARY REVIEW of the laws of the United States of North America, the British provinces, and the West Indies. With observations, precedents, &c. By a Barrister of the state of Virginia. . . , Robinson, . 8vo. "The bulk of this work is taken up with defining the nature of the jurisdic- tion of the courst of Westminster Hall over the British provinces, and other similar matters, that now have no respect to the independent American states ; but may be useful to those who have connexions with the West Indies and other British independencies." M.R. 348 Bibliotheca Americana Nova, w- '. fl t i"»:^ "■| m 1788. 6 The perpetual laws of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, from the establishment of its constitution to the first session of the general court, a.d. 1788. Compiled, arranged, and printed, to the wishes of many respectable law characters, and the approbation of the honourable judges of the supreme ju- dicial court. Carefully compared with the original acts. 8vo. pp. Sb'j. Worcester, Mass. IsQ) ih lipomas was both editor and printer of tbis work. 7 Debates, resolutions, and other proceedings of the Convention of the commonv ialth of Massachui^etts, convened at Boston on the 9th of Jan. 1788, anc continued until the 7th of Fe- bruary following, for the purpose of assenting to and ratifying the constitution recommended by the Grand Federal Conven- tion. Together with the yeas and nays on the decision of the grand question. To which the federal constitution is prefixed. ... . Boston. 8vo. pp. 219. 8 Debates and other pkoceedinos of the Convention of Vir- ginia, convened at Rfchmond, on Monday, the 2d day of June, 1788, for the purpose of deliberating on the constitu- tion recommended by the grand Federal Convention. To which is prefixed, the federal constitution. 8vo. pp. 194. Petersburg, Va. 9 The claim of the American loyalists, reviewed and maintained upon incontrovertible principles of law and justice. 8vo. , Wilkie, , 1 A REVIEW of the government and grievances of the province of 'Quebec, since the conquest of it by the British arms. To which is added, an appendix, containing extracts from au- thentic papers. Stcckdale, . 8vo. 1 1 Observations on the language of the Muhhekaneew Indians, by Jonathan Edwards. . , New Haven, Con. 8vo. Reprinted in 1789, in Philadelphia and in London. Republished in the collections of the Mass. Hist. Society, with notes, bj John Pickering. 12 Remarks upon the situation of negroes in Jamaica, impartially made, from a local experience of nearly thirteen years ir 'hat V Bibliotheca Americana Nova, 349 island. By W. Beckford, jun. formerly of Somerly, in 1788. Sufiblk, and late of Hertford, in Jamaica. Egerton^ .....—., 8vo. A number of pamphlets for and against the slave trade were published in this year. The present, by Mr. Beckford, author of the History of Jamaica, (1700,) and cousin to the celebrated Fonthill Beckford, is the only one which appears to be worth recording. When Mr. B. wrote this tract, it appears that he was confined in the Fleet prison for debt I 13 Of the Pataoonians. Formed from the relation of Father Falkener, a Jesuit, who had resided among them thirty-eight years ; and from the uifierent voyagers who had met with this tall race. . . . Darlington. Quarto. Printed at the private press of George Allan, Esq. for his friend Thomas Pennant. 14 Additioyjs and correcttons to the fcnner editions of Dr. Robertson's History of America. . Cadell, . 8vo. Prirted in consequence of the reflections of Clavigero, in his History of Mexico, on the work of Dr. Robertson. 15 CoNsiDERATiOKS OH the relative situations of France and the United States of America; shewing the importance of the American Revolution to the welfare of France ; giving also an account of their productions, and the reciprocui advantages which may be drawn from the commercial connexions; and, finally, pointing out the actual situation of the United States. Translated from the French of Etienne Claviere and J. P. Briiisot de Warville. Robson and Co. . Bvo. pp. 326. This translation is faithfully executed, apparently by the authors them- selves, or under their immediate inspection; and some explanatory notes are added, The work abounds with political and commercial knowledge, particularly with respect to the interests of France. See No. 24 of 1787. 16 A COLLECTION of voyages to the Southern hemisphere. Vol. I. contains Sir Richard Hawkins's to Magellanica, &c. London. 8vo. 2 vols. This work is merely vhe second and third volumes of Ter^a AiutraKs Cog- mto, (No. 5, 1766,) with new titles, and tha l**t Im^ of both volnmes reprinted. 2 I tl'31 ■a ti fH" 350 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1788. 17 A COLLECTION OF MEMORIALS Concerning divers deceased ministers, a.id others of the people called Quakers, in Penn- sylvania, New Jersey, and parts adjacent, from nearly the first settlement thereof to the year 1787. . London. 8vo. ^-^ 18 A coLLECTntN of scarcc and interest! nj;^ tra< f ; written by |.>er- V sons of eminence, on the mor^ important political and c i>i. mercial subjects, durin§^ the years 17'i.s I7ij4, 1/65, i7 Holmice. 8vo. 37 Reise durch einige der mittlern und sudlichen vereinigten nordameri-kanischen Staatcn nach Ost Florida und den Bahama-! nseln, unternammen in den jahren 1783 und 1784, von Johann David Schoepf, &c. . Erlangen. 8vo. 2 vols. 38 Nic. JosEPHi Jacquiv sclectarum stirpium Americanarum historia in qua ad Linnaenum systema determinatee descrip- teeque sistuntur plantoe illee quas in insulis Martinica, Jamaica, Domingo, aliisque, et in vicina continentis parte observavit rariores. Cum approbatione auctoris ad exemplar majoris operis Vindobonee edita, recusum. Manhemii. 8vo. pp. 363. r; ' i" m ■4 B.?i?l '. ':ii.. ^f*^ //^t MDCCLXXXIX. 1 Bibliotheca Americana, or a chronological catalogue of the most curious and interesting books, &c. Upon the subject of North and South America, from the earliest period to the present, in print and manuscript ; for vrhich research has been made in the British Museum, and the most celebrated public and private libraries, reviews, catalogues, &c. With an introductory discourse on the present state of literature in those countries. » , . . Debrett, - Quarto, pp. 271. « This elaborate composition, we are informed, was undertaken in London, preparatory to a new history of America, bj a gentleman resident on that continent. As a catalogue, no more can be said than that it is a curiosity, and v quired much patient labour to form it." M.R. Part of this work is an abridgment of White Kennett's Bib. Am. (1713): the remainder is prinoipslly taken from the Monthly Review. Wl^ Bibliotheca Americana Nova, 355 Er«rj Buthor of a speci.w .^bliographj muit necetiarily be much indebted 1789. to all tboie who have gone over the aamo ground before bim, an<%» qualificutiona muat be poor indeed if he does not improve upon th« work of hia predecoBsjr. 2 The history of the American revolution. By David Ramsay, M.D. of South Carolina. . Philadelphia. 8vo. 2 vols. Reprinted in London in 1791. See under 181(1. History of th$ United States. Thia work waa translated into Dutch in 1792, into German in 179t. 3 Travels through the interior parts of America. In a series of ], ^Tetters. By an Officer. . Lane, . 8vo. 2 vols, map and 7 plates. Mr. Thomas Anburej, the author of these travels, waa an officer under General Burgoyne, and whoi>e conduct, in his unfortunate campaign, one object of this publication appears to have been to vindicate. The Monthly Reviewer sajs, " He sometimes diverts us with anecdotes concerning the apeeches or customs or manners of the people, as he passed among them, which, though droll, or even ridiculous enough, are of that kind to which aoroething similar may be met with in all countriea, as may be easily imagined by thoae who have travelled in England." How different from the great reviewers of 1832 ! The Critical Reviewer pronounces " this work, in ita most essential parts, to be an ill-digested plagiarism from Gen. Burgoyne's Narrative, and from the account of the prosecution of Colonel Henley." An edition in French was printed at Paris in the following year. 4 The American geoorafhy; or a view of the present situation jy of the United States of America. Containing the discovery and general description of America; summary account of the settlements of North America ; general view of the United States ; their boundaries, lakes, bays, rivers, mountains, pro- ductions, population, government, agriculture, commerce, &c. Concise account of the war, and of the important events which have succeeded ; biographical sketches of several illus- trious heroes ; particular descriptions of the thirteen United States, and of Kentucky, the Western Territory, and Vermont. Of their extent, civil divisions, chi i' owns, constitutions, courts of justice, colleges, academies and schools, religion, islands, Indians, literary and humane societies, &c. Illus- trated with two sheet maps of the Southern and of the Northern States, more correct than any that have hitherto A a 2 'til u 356 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1789. been published. To which is added, a cov.iBo abrid^ent '*'*' of the geography of, the British, Spanish, French, and Dutch dominions in America and the West Indies, of Europe, Asia, and Africa. By Jedediah Morse. . Elizabeth- town, 8vo. pp. 534. Tlie above is an abridgment of the long title to the first edition of Dr. Morie'a celebrated geography. 6 The civil and natural history or Jamaica. Containing, I. An accurate description of that island, its situation and soil; with a brief account of its former and present state, government, revt nues, produce and trade, ii. An history of the natural productions, including the various sorts of native fossils, perfect and imperfect vegetables, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects, with their properties and uses in mechanics, diet, and physic. By Dr. Patrick Browne, M.D. Illustrated with 49 copper-plates, in which the most curious productions are represented of their natural sizes, and deline- ated immediately from the objects, by George Dionysius Ehret. There are now added, complete Linneean Indexes, and a large and accurate map of the island. London. Folio. Originally published in 1T£6. The present is merely a reprint of the title- page, and new indexes added. 6 A SHORT ACCOUNT of the Bahama Islands, their climate, pro- ductions, &c. To which are added, some strictures upon their relative and political situation, the defects of their pre- sent government, &c. By a Barrister at Law, late H. M.'s solicitor-general of those islands, and king's counsel for the provinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Quarto, pp. 44. No printer, ■ - The author of this pamphlet (John Graves, Esq.) has prefixed to it the following advertisement. " This is no Catchpenny pamphlet, for not a copy of it ever has been, nor (we trust) ever will be lold. It waa written some weeks ago, for the information of the ministry, and was therefore sent, in manuscript, to the confidential servants of the crown principally entrusted with the direction of colonial aflfairs. But as the grievances of which it treats still remain unredreued and unnoticed, a few copies are now printed, in order to be submitted to the consideration of those to whom the people of an oppressed colony may with confidence ' •'• look up for protection and relief." Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 357 r' 7 A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD; but iTiore particularly to the 1789. North-We»t coast of America: performed in 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788, in the King George and Queen Charlotte, Captains Portlock and Dixon. Dedicated to Sir Joseph Banks. By Captain George Dixon. . Goulding, — ^ — . 4to. pp. 32, 360, 48. 22 plates. Tranilated into Frenob by M. Lebai, and publUhed at Paris in tbia year, in 2 vols. Svo. 8 A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD; but more particularly to the North- West coast of America: performed in 1785, 1786, 1787 and 1788, in the King George and Queen Charlotte, Captains Portlock and Dixon. Embellished with twenty copper-plates; and dedicated by permission, to H. M., by Captain Nathaniel Portlock. . Stockdale, — , Quarto, pp. 450. 9 An ABRIDGMENT of Portlock and Dixon's voyage round the world, performed in 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788. 8vo. pp. 272, map and plate. Stockdale, . 10 A GENERAL COLLECTION OF VOYAGES: Undertaken either for discovery, conquest, settlement, or the opening of trade, from the commencement of the Portuguese discoveries to the pre- sent time. Vol. I. . . . London, Quarto, pp. 518, 9 maps and plates. This volume, the only one published, contains the early voyages of the Spaniards and Portuguese, for the discovery of the East and West Indies. 11 Selections from Les Recherches philosophiques sur les Americains of M. Pauw. By Mr. W • * *. " Non ea nostra voco." .... Bath. Small 8vo. pp.211. Fifty copies only were printed : but it was reprinted and published in 1795. At the beginning of the book is the following note. (J^ Care will be taken, it is hoped, that this copy may not fall into the hands of a publisher; as but few have been printed for the author's friends. The author (Daniel Webb, Esq.) was a great admirer of M. Pauw. A " sequel to the selections from Pauw, in notes," (pp. 68,) was afterwards printed, but never pub- lished. 12 Extra official state papers, addressed to Lord Rawdon, and the other members of the two houses of Parliament, associated for the preservation of the constitution, and pro- / 358 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. M: i 1789. moting the prosperity of the British empire. By the late **^ Under Secretary of State. . Debrett, — . 8vo. pp. 174. Mr. Knox, the author of this publication, was deputy Secretary of State for the American department, from the time of the institution of the ofSce to that of its abolition. He gives in this work some anecdotes relative to the late American war, and to the great revolution which it produced ; a scheme for establishing episcopacy in Nova Scotia ; and various plans relative to matters of public concern." M.R. ^ 13 State of the present form of government of the province jf Quebec. With a large appendix, containing extracts from the minutes of an investigation into the past administration of justice in that province, instituted by order of Lord Dor- chester, in 1787, and from other original papers. - >.' 8vo. pp. 176. Debrett, . 14 A BRIEF ACCOUNT of Antigua, together with the customs and manners of its inhabitants, as well white as black. In letters to a friend, written in the years 1786-1788 ; by John LufTman. 12mo. map. . . :■ .., . .'.r_'^ London. 15 Letters from Sir George Brydges, nov/ Lord Rodney, to H. M.'s ministers, &c. relative to the capture of St. Eustatius, and its dependencies, and shewing the state of the war in the West Indies at that period. Together with a continuation of his Lordship's correspondence with the governors and admirals in the West Indies and America, during the year 1781, and until the time of his leaving the command, and sailing for England. ., ,. k... , .\ Debrett, — . 4to. pp. 180. In one of his letters Lord Rodney states that if it had not been for the English merchants settled in St. Eustatius, " who supplied the American rebels with every necessary and implements of war, the rebellion must have been long since at an end.'' 16 A SHORT ACCOUNT of the spread of the Gospel among the Indians ; with observations on the Muhhekaneew language. 8vo. London. ^„ According to Lowndes, this work was printed at Newhaven, in the pre* ceding year. Is this work the same as No. 11 of that yearl 17 A SHORT HISTORY of the Agrostis Cornucopia^ or the new American grass ; and a new botanical description of the plant. ' [. . To which are added, experiments to point out the proper mode Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 359 of cultivating this plant; and also some account of a journey 1789. to the Cherokee nation, in search of new plants. By John Fraser. . , . Wenman, . Folio, pp. 8. and plate. 18 Description du Sol, des productions de cette portion des Etats-Unis, situ6e entre la Pennsylvanie, les rivieres de I'Ohio et du Scioto, et le lac Erie, traduite d'une brochure imprimee k Salem, en Amerique, ep 1787. . . Paris. 8vo. pp. 30. . ;: K-, ;,. , .\ :.-, i Warden's Bib. Am. p. 48. 19 Memoire sur le commerce de la France et de ses colonies. Quarto pp. 122. Paris. " Par De Tolosan, intendant du commerce." Barbier. 20 Etat des Finances de St. Domingue, contenant le resume des recettes et depenses de toutes les caisses publiques depuis le Janvier 1788 jusqu'au 31 Decembre de la mSme annee; par M. Barbe de Marbois, intendant des Isles Fran9oises sous le vent. , Port au Prince. Quarto. 21 ExAMEK du gouvernmentd'Angleterre compart aux constitutions des Etats-Unis, oil Ton repute quelques assertions contenues dans I'ouvrage de M. Adams, par un cultivateur de New- Jersey ; ouvrage traduit de TAnglois avec des notes, etc. 8vo. pp. 291. Londres {Paris.) The author of t^is work was M. Livingston, governor of New Jersey ; the translator, M. ^bbre ; and the notes were written by Dupont de Nemours, Condorcct, and Gallois. The originnl work has escaped my researches, nor does it appear to have been known to the author of the Life of Go- vernor Livingston (1833.) 22 EssAi SUR l'hibtoire natur£lle du Chili, par M. I'Abb^ Molina traduit" dd I'ltalien et enrichie de notes par M. Gruvel, D. M. . . . • Paris. Svo. See No. 45, 1782. r 23 NuEvo Sistema de Gobierno economico para la America : con los males y danos que le causa el que hoy tiene, de los que participa copiosamente Espana; y remedios universales para que la primera tenga coosiderabies ventajas y U segunda V 360 Bibliotheca Americana Nova* If. I*' I m 1789. mayores intereses : por el Senor D. Joseph del Campillo y ^''*' Cosio. .... Madrid. 8vo. This book was written in 1748, but never before printed ; probably on ac- count of the unpleasant truths it contains relating to the treatment of the unfortunate Indians ; although many of the measures proposed for the better government of the Indies were put in practice many years before the work was published. The estimation the work was held in may be judged by the great number of ms. copies to be found in Spain. 24 Descubrimiento de la Aguja Nautica, dela situation de la America del arte de navegar y de un nuevo metodo para el adelantamiento en las artes y ciencias : disertacion en que se manifiesta que el primer autor de todo lo expuesto es el Beato Raymundo Lulio, Martir y Doctor illuminado : con un apen- dice de la enseiianza p^blica, de los progresos de la litera- tura, y otros puntos historicos pertenecientes k Mallorca. Su autor el R. P. Mro. Don Antonio Raymuado Pasqual, Cis- terciense, &c. . , » * Madrid. Quarto. This work contains some curious notices respecting the early Majorcan cosmographers, and others relating to the celebrated Benedictine Fr. Bernai'do Boil, who, with twelve companions, was sent with Colon, in his second voyage, to convert the Indians. 25 Storia della California, opera postuma del Nob. Sig. Abate D. Francesco Saverio Clavigero. . Venezia, Svo. 2 vols. This work appears to be very little known, not being mentioned in any bio- graphy of Clavigero, nor in any bibliographical work which I have seen. The only copy I ever saw or heard of, I found at Madrid, in 1827. 26 Saggio SULLA STORIA NATURALE della provincia del Gran Chaco e sulle pratiche, e su costumi dei Popoli che I'abitanc insieme con tre giornali di altrettanti viaggi, fatte alle interne contrade di que Barbari composto dal Signor Abate D. Giuseppe Jolis. Tomo I. . ^ Faenza. Svo. pp. 601. map. This work was to have consisted of four volumes, but it does not appear that any more was ever published. The second volume was to contain an account of Ihe manners and customs of the native inhabitants of the Great Chaco, and the third and fourth the autiior's three journeys among the different tribes that inhabit that little known country. The author was apparently one of the Spunisb Jesuits who were expelled from South Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 361 America, and retired to Italy. From having resided twelve years iu the 1 789. country he describes, his work could not fail to be interesting. \d>-,^f 27 RiCEuCiiE IsTORico-CRiTicHE cifca alle scoperte d' Amerigo Vespucci con I'aggiunta di una relazione del medesimo fin ora inedita. Compilate da Francesco Bartolozzi. Firenze. 8vo. pp. 183. I: i J MDCCXC. F ■> 1 The present state of Hudson's Bay. Containing a full description ""of tKat settlement, and the adjacent country ; and likewise of the fur trade, with hints for its improvement, &c. To which are added. Remarks and observations made in the inland parts, during a residence of near four years ; and a specimen of five Indian languages ; and a journal of a journey from Montreal to New York. By Edward Umfreville, eleven years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company, and four years in the Canada fur trade. Stalker, . 8vo. pp. 230. 2 State of the present form of government of the province "^"QueHecT^ \Vtth"~a targe Appendix, containing extracts from the minutes of an investigation into the past administra- tion of justice in that province, instituted by order of Lord Dorchester, in 1787, and from other original papers. 8vo. pp. 176. London. Printed only for private dvit- jbution. 3 AiNswER TO AN INTRODUCTION to the oiDscrvations made by the judges of the court of Common Pleas for the district of Quebec, upon the oral and written testimony adduced upon the investigation into the ^lAst administration of justice, ordered in consequence of an address of the Legislative Council. With remarks on the laws and governnient of the province of Quebec. . ♦ . London. 8vo. pp. 107. This irr.ct, like the foregoing, was privately printed, both being without printer or publisher's name. 4 A JOURNAL of the transactions and occurrenc-s in the settle- ment of Massachusetts aad the other New England colonies, i^; .. '/ V In fa I 362 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1790. from the year 1630 to 1644. By John Winthrop, Esq. first *-^ Governor of Massachusetts. . . Hartford, Con. 8vo. pp. 364. See 1825. 5 A REVIEW of the laws of the United States of North America, the British provinces, and West India islands; with select precedents and observations upon divers acts of Parliament and acts of Assembly, and a comparison of the courts of law and practice there with that of Westminster Hall. London, 8vo. pp. 260. 6 Memoirs of the late Dr. Benjamin Franklin ; with a review of his pamphlet intitled Information to those who would tvish to remove to America. , , Clarke, . 8vo. pp. 94. Tbis anonymous writer endeavours to depreciate the character of Dr. Franklin in these memoirs, which are loose, general, and of course de- ficient. He flatly contradicts the representations used by the Doctor to encourage emigration to America. 7 Report of the Secretary of State on the subject of establishing a uniformity in the weights, measures, and coins of the United States. Published by order of the House of Representatives, Small Svo. pp. 49. New York. 8 An account of the surveys of Florida, &c. With directions for sailing from Jamaica or the West Indies by the west end of Cuba, and through the Gulph of Florida. To accompany Mr. Gauld's charts. . . . London. 4to. pp. 27, map. 9 The case of Richard Downing Jennings, an English subject, vfho resided at Saint Eustatius as a merchant when that island was captured by Lord Rodney and General Vaughan, in the year 1781. ^ * Galabin, . 8vo. pp. 62. 10 A descriptive account of the island of Jamaica; with remarks upon the cultivation of the sugar-cane throughout the different seasons of the year, and chiefly considered in a picturesque point of view : also, observations and reflections upon what would probably be the consequences of an abolition , ' of the slave-trade, and of the emancipation of the slaves. By Biblwtheca Americana Nova. 363 William Beckf jrd, Esq. author of Remarks on the situation 1790. of Negroes in Jamaica. . . Egerton, . 8vo. 2 vols. Mr. Beckford resided for several years in Jamaica, and was largely con« cerned in its plantations and traffic ; his work, in consequence, contains much valuable information, although not a perfect production. The author says that h's motive for writing this work irose from " the desire of employing some hours, which otherwise wouUl have been consumed in SC' row and despondency, in a manner pleasing to himself, and inoffensive to society." 1 1 Manners and customs of the West India Islands. Containing various particulars respecting the soil, cultivation, produce, trade, officers, inhabitants, Src, With the method of esta- blishing and conducting a sugar plantation ; in which the ill practices of superintendants are pointed out. Also the treat- ment of slaves and the slave-trade. By J. B. Moreton. 8vo. pp. 192. Richardson, ■ The author, it appears, was a negro driv<)r. He has given a strange jumbl* of good advice, gross descriptions, licentious remarks, and bad poetry, mixed occasionally with texts of scripture. 12 A SHORT JOURNEY in the West Indies, in which are inter- spersed curious anecdotes and characters. Murray, . Small 8vo. 2 vols. A light composition, containing some very amusing sketches of West Indian manners, together with slight accounts of West Indian productior.s for the table. But the chief object of the work is to exaggerate the hardships of negro slavery. 13 TiTE Spanish pretensions fairly discussed, by A. Dalrymple. 8vo. pp. 19. Elmsly, . A. discussion of the claims of Spain to the whole of the Magellanic regions, and to the whole of the N. W. coast of America. 14 The Spanish memorial of the 4th of June considered, by A. Dalrymple. . . . Debrett, . 8vo. pp. 21. -^ Mr. D. charges the court of Spain with ambiguity or duplicity in its eonduct with regard to the seizure of British ships at Nootka Sound. 15 Official papers relative to the dispute between the courts of Great Britain and Spain, on the subject of the ships captured at Nootka Sound, &c. » . Debrett, . Bvo. pp. 100. " These official papers will always remain acceptable and useful to future statesmen, politicians, and historians." M. R. 364 Bibliotheca Americana Nova, m iv ■* ■• if-' ! %ii 1790. 16 Letters lately published in the Diary, on the subject of the present disputes with Spain, under the signature of Verus. 8vo. pp. 101. Kearsley, — . 17 AuTHEXTic COPY of the memorial of Lieut. John Mears, of the Royal Navy, dated April 30, 1790, and presented to the House of Commons, May 13th; containing every particular respecting the capture of the vessels in Nootka Sound. 8vo. pp. 65. Debrett, , 18 An authentic statement of all the facts relative to Nootka Sound ; its discovery, history, settlement, trade, and the probable advantages to be derived from it. In an address to the King. By Argonaut. « Debrett, . 8vo. pp. 26. " In this tract tho high claims of the Spaniards to a monopoly of almost half the globe of the earth, are exposed with great spirit, and treated with the utmost contempt." M.R. 19 A CONTINUATION of An Authentic Statement, &c. With ob- servations on a libel which has been traced to a foreign ambassador. In a second letter, by Argonaut. 8vo. pp. 34. Fores, . The libel referred to was an article in the newspapers, supposed to be written by the Spanish minister, containing reflections on one of the pro* prietors cf the Nootka Sound commerce. 20 An historical journal of the expeditions by sea and land, to the north of California ; in 1768, 1769 and 1770; when Spanish establishments were first made at San Diego and Monte Rey. From a Spanish ms. translated by William Revely, Esq. Published by A. Dalrymple. 4to. pp. 76, and two maps. Elmlsey, . " This was a Spanish ms. presented to the ingenious and indefatigable Mr. Dalrymple by Dr. Robertson. Mr. D. had it translated by Mr. Revely, and enriched it with other corresponding materials, and two maps of this hithertu imperfectly known coast. The account is very carious and in- teresting.'' M.R. See Di' lo Hiitocico, mo. 21 Voyages made in the years 1788 and 1789, from China to the North-west coast of America. To which are prefixed, an in- troductory narrative of a voyage performed in 1786, from Bengal, in the ship Nootka ; observations on the probable ex- istence of a North-west passage ; and some account of the Bibliotheca Americana Nova, 365 trade between the North-west coast and China, and the 1790. latter country and Great Britain. By John Meares, esq. Large 4to. plates £1 16». Logographic Press. This work was reprinted in octavo in the following year, but a number of plates are omitted in that edition. A French translation by Billecocq was published at Paris, in 1795. 22 Remarks on the voyages of John Meares, Esq. in a letter to that gentleman, by George Dixon, late commander of the Queen Charlotte, in a voyage round the world. Quarto, pp. 37. Stockdale, . See ITDl. 23 Curious and entertaining voyages undertaken either for discovery, conquest, or the benefit of trade; commencing with the earliest discoveries promoted by Prince Henry of Portugal, and 58 different Portuguese and Spanish voyages, exhibiting various scenes of cruelties, hardships, misfortunes and discoveries, particularly on Collumbus's conquest of Mexico, &c. with M Magellan's voyage round the world. Quarto. Stalker, . A new title to No. 9, 1789. 24 L'Amerique iNoipENDANTE, ou les difTerentes constitutions des treize provinces qui se sont erigees en republiques, sous le nom d'Etats Unis de TAmerique. Avec un precis de I'his- toire de chaque province, etdes remarques sur les constitutions, la population, les finances et Tetat dans lequel les provinces se trouvent actuellement. Par M. Demeunier, avocat et censeur-royal, auteur de la partie economie politique de I'En- cyclopedie Methodique. . . . Gand. 8vo. 4 vols in 2. 25 ApERgu HAZARD^ sur I'exportation dans les colonies. Dedie a feu M. Franklin. . . ^ Paris. Svo. pp. 64. 26 Le Nouveau Mississipi, ou les dangers d'habiter les bords du Scioto, par un Patriote voyageur. . . Paris. Svo. pp. 44. The dedication is signed Fr. Jac<;imfmmpi. Tb<> object of this pamphlet was to prevent peopW {Hirc!i«&ing kkud «K the Scioto company, established in >ris. 27 Causes qui se sotit opposees aux progjes du commerce, entre / V m 366 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. \^v 1790. la France, et les Etats-Unis de TAm^rique. Avecles moyens de Tacc^lerer et la coniparaison de la dette nationale de TAn- gleterre, de la France, et des Etats-Unis ; en six lettres adress^es k M. le Marquis de la Fayette. Traduit sur le manuscrit Anglais du Colonel Swan, ancien membra de la le- gislation de la r^publique de Massachusett. Pan's. 8vo. pp. 318. 28 Decouvertes des Fran^ais en 1768 et 1769, dans Ic Sud-est de la Nouvelle Quince. . . . Paris. 4to. pp. 309. 13 charts. " ' ' Bj Count Claret de Fleurieu. Translated into English in 1791. 29 HisToiRE DES NAUFRAOES, ou rccueil des relations les plus interessantes des naufrages, hivernemens, delaisseniens, incendies, famines, et autres evenemens funestes sur mer, qui ont 6te publiees depuis le quinzieme siecle jusqu' \ present. Par M. D .... Avocat. . . Paris, 8vo. 3vols. 6 plates. Bj M. de Perthes, Barb. — Thiti work was translated into English, and published in 1812, without any acknowledgment of the source from whence it was derived. 30 Coup d'ceil sur les quatre concours qui ont en lieu k TAca- demie de Lyon pour le prix offer t par M. I'Abbe Raynal sur la decouverte de I'Amerique. t , ^^ . Paris. 8vo. Meusel z. 332. 31 Relaciok sumaria de los progresos de los Misioneros Fran- ciscos observantes del colegio de Propaganda fide de Santa Rosa de Ocopa, en el valle de Xauxa en los anos de de 787, 88, y 89, en las montaiias de Caxamarquilla Huanuco, Tarma, . Xauxa, Quanta, y Archipielagode Chiloe. Siendo Quardian el R. P. P. A. Fr, Man'. Sobreviela. . {Lima.) Folio, pp. 16, Dated in Lima, Feb. 12, 1700. 32 ViAGOio negli Stati Uniti dell America Settentrionale fatto negli anni 1785, 1786, e 1787, da Luigi Castiglioni, &c. Con alcune Osservazioni su'i vegetabili piu utili di quel paese. 8vo. 2 vols, plates. . . Milano. 33 Frawcisci Hernandi Medici atque Historici Philippi II. Hisp. et Indiar. Regis, et totius Novi Orbis Archiatri, Opera, M -f Bibliotheca Ameiicana Nova. 367 cum edita turn inedita, ad autographi (idem et integritatem 1790. expressa impensa et jussu Regio. 4to. 3 vols. Matriti. Published under the direction of Orteg^. There are oopies on large paper. MDCCXCI. ■V ■f J 1 Travels throygk North and South Carolina, Georgia, Last and " "^est Florida, the Cherokee country, the extensive territories of the M uscogulges or Creek confederacy, and the country of the Chactaws ; containing an account of the toil and natural productions of those regions ; together with observations on the manners of the Indians. Embellished with copper-plates. By William Bartram. . * Philadelphia. 8vo. map and 16 plates. William Bartram died in July, 1823, at the age of 85. These travels were undertaken by the desiire, and probably at the expense of Dr. Fothergill, of London, and were performed between the years 1773 and 1778. Only eight of the sixteen plates, principally of plants, are given in the English edition, printed in 1702, and again in 1704. It was translated into French by P. V. Benoist, in 1700. 2 Voyages aud^Travels of an Indian interpreter and trader; ^ describing^the manners and customs of the North American Indians ; with an account of the ports situated on the river St. Laurence, Lake Ontario, &c. To which is added, a vo- cabulary of the Chippeway language. Names of furs and skins in the Chippeway language. A list of words in the Iroquois, Mohegan, Shawanee, and Esquimaux tongues, and a table, shewing the analogy between the Algonkin and Chippeway languages. By J. Long. , London. 4to. pp. 295. 3 Memoirs of the life of Charles Lee, esq. lieut.-col. of the 44th regiment, colonel in the Portuguese service, &c. and second in ' command in the service of the United States of America during the Revolution; to which are added, his political and military essays; also, letters to and from many distinguished characters, bcth in Europe and America. . Jordan, — . 8vo. pp. 439. V ^1 , f i ■ imri 368 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1 79 1 . This ▼oinme contains many curious particulars relating to the war betw;;eti ^«^.^ Great >ritain and her colonies. 4 Authentic memoirs of William Augustus Bowlos, esq. ambas- sador from the united nations of Creekb a few errors have occasionally crept in ; but, in general, his morality is unexceptionable, and his philosophy, when he does not attempt to explore untrodden tracts, correct and judicious.'' 21 NouvEAU voyage dans les Etats Unis de I'Amerique Septen- trionale, fait en 1788 par J. P. Brissot, (Warville,) citoyen ' Francois. .... Paris. 8vo. 3 vols. The author went to the United States just before the French revolution, for the purpose of selecting a suitable place for establishing a colony of respectable persons, who had determined to abandon the then despotic government of France, and seek an asylum under the mild and equal go- vernment of the United States. M. Brissot was commissioned to collect every necessary information, prior to the execution of so important a plan. These volumes contain the result of his assiduous labours, and mlaute enquiries, and sufficiently manifest that he was qualified to accomplish such an arduous undertaking. An English translation was published the following year (No. 13). The 3d volume is anew edition of Brissot and Clavi^res " Dela France, et det Etats Unis,"&c. printed at Paris, in 1787, and in English in 1788. Bb2 W '\ H\ 372 Bibliotheca Americinia Nova. 1701. 22 La vie de Guillaume Penn, fondateur de la Pensylvanic, ''*' premier legislateur connu des Etats Unis de I'Ameriquc. Ouvrage contenant I'histoire des premier fondemens de Phila delphie, des lois ct de la constitution des Etats Unis dc TAmerique, des principes et actions de la Societe des Amis, &c. Par J. Marsillac, docteur en medecine, &c. Paris. 8vo. 2 vols. \/ 23 Dissertation sur les fruits de la decouverte de rAmeriquc, qui a obtenu en 1785 une mention honorable de Tacademic de Lyon; revue et corrigee pour le concours en 1787; pai un Citoyen, ancien Syndic de la Chambre de Commerce dc Lyon. .... Paris. 8vo. 24 Constitutions des principaux Etats de I'Europe ct des Etats Unis de I'Amerique, par M. de la Croix, professeur de droit public au Lycce. . . . Paris. Bvo. 3 vols. Translated into English in 1702. x/ 25 Memoire sur un nouveau passage dc la Mer du Nord k la Mcr du Sud. Par M. Martin dc la Bastidc. . Paris, 8vo. pp. 70, map. Relates to the formation of a canal or passage across tho Isthmus of Darion. 26 Histoire ABRiciE dc la Mer du Sud, ornec dc plusicurs cartes. Dediee au Roi ct composec pour I'education de M. le Dauphin. Par M. dc la Bordc, ancien premier valet-dc- chambre du Roi, &c. . . . ^aris. 8vo. 3 vols. 20 plates and maps. Eluvun charts nru done up soparutuly, and seldom found with the work. 27 Recueil de vuks des licux principaux dc la colonic Fran^uisi: dc Saint Domingue, gravees par les soinr de M. Ponce, &c. accompagnees de cartes et plans de la mtime colonic graves par les soins de M. Phelipeau, Ingcuieur Geographe ; le tout principalement destine k I'ouvrage intitule Loix et constitu- tions des colonies Fran9oises de I'Amerique sous le vent, avec leur description, leur histoire, &c. Par M .Morcau dc Saint- Mery, &c. .... Paris. Large folio, 20 plates ; some with two or more subjects. Plates 16 and \1, which wore to he given gratis at the end of the year, are wanting. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 28 HiSTOuiA NATURAL, civil y geographica dc las nacioncs situ- adas en las riberas del Rio Orinoco. Su autor cl padro Joseph Gumilta, &c. Nueva impression : niucho mas correcta que las anteriorcs, y adornada con ocho laminas finas, quo manifiestan las costumbres y ritos de aquellos Americanos. Corregido por el P. Ignacio Obregon, &c. Barcelona. 4to. 2 vols. See No. 20, 1741. 29 Calen dauio Manual y guia de forasteros de Mexico para el ailo de 1791. Por Don Felipe de Zuniga y Ontiveros. Con privilegio en su oficina. . . Mexico. 12mo. with a map and plan of Mexico. .'{() Mbrcukio Peuuano de historia, literatura, y noticias publicas, que da k luz la Sociedad Academica de Amantcs de Lima, y en su nombre D. Jacinto Calero y Moreira. . Lima. Quarto. Tho Morcurio Poruano (Peruvian Mercury) was commenced in 1791, and continued until tho end of 1704, when it stopped, inconsequence of somo of tho monibers of the socioty by which it was published having returned to Europe. The whole collection forms twelve volumes in small quarto i but it is rare indeed that all the volumes are found together. The chiuf object of tho work was to illustrate the topography and local history of Peru, and to give an account of the urts, agriculturo, mines, commerce, and navigation of that kingdom ; but it also admitted pieces of poetry and criticism ; observations on the character, manners, education and public amusements of C'le people of Lima ; and dissertations on natural history, mineralogy, chemistry, and medicine. The Present State of Peru is taken from this work, but the compiler was so little acquainted with the Spanish language, that the most egregious mistakes wore committed in the trans- lation. See £d. Rev. ix. p. 433. 31 CoLECcioN de los mercurios referentes h las Misiones de Caxa- marquilla: peregrinacion de los padres Sobrtiviela y Girbal para restaurar las de Manoa : la historia de los trages, super- sticiones, y exercicios de sus moradores : escritos por el Dr. D. Jose Hipolito Unan{ie, &c. . . Lima. Quarto, pp. 100, and map. From the foregoing work. ;i2 Papel I'EaioDico de la ciudad de Santa Fe de Bogota, capital del Nuevo Reyno de Granada : obra miscelanea instruclivu, establecida por el superior gobierno paru utilidad publicu. Coleccion integra de todos los numcros: dedicada a la Ex. 373 1791. i EM , .•■.■. ■ 374 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1791, Sa. Vireyna Da. Manuela de Cardenas; Por su autor D. Manuel del Socorro Rodriguez; bibliotecario por S. M. de la mistna Ciudad. . . • Santa Ft. Quarto. 7 vols. The foregoing is the ms. title to this collection, of a Journal published weekly at Santa F6, comprising the whole series which was published. 33 Descripcion iiistorial de la provincia y Archipielago de Chiloe, en el Reyno de Chile, y obispado de la Concepcion. Por el P. Fr. Pedro Gonzalez de Agueros. Madrid. Quarto pp. 318, map and plate. 34 Carta pastoral que el Ilust" S"- D. Fray Joseph Antonio de San Alberto, arzobispo de la Plata, dirige k todos los que en el pasado concurso han sido nombrados y elegidos para curas. . . . Buenos Ayres. Quarto. 35 Recofilaciox de leyes de los Reynos de las Indias, man- dadas imprimir y publicar por la Magestad Catolica del Rey Don Carlos (I. N. S. Va dividida en tres tomos, con el Indice general, y al principio de cada tomo el Indice especial de los titulos que contiene. Quarta impresion. Hecha de 6rden del Real y Supremo Consejo de las Indias. Madrid. Folio, 3 vols. The first edition was printed in 1681, the second in , and the third in 1T74. 36 Observationes botanica quibus plantee Indiee occidentalis alieeque systematis vegetabilium ed xiv. illustrantur earumque characteres passim emendantur, cum tabulis seneis, Auctore OlavoSwartz, M.D. &c. , , Erlanga. 8vo. pp. 424, 1 1 plates. 37 Joannis ALoysii Maneiri veracrucensis, de viris aliquot Mexicanorum aliorumque qui sive virtute, sive litteris, Mexici imprimis floruerunt. . . Bononia. 8vo. 3 vols. 38 Geschiedenis der kolonie van Suriname. Amsterdam. 8vo. pp. 360. A history of the colony of Surinam, compiled by a society of Portuguese Jews resident there. Perhaps a translation of No. 19, 1788. Bibliothcca Americana Nuva. 375 MDCCXCII. 1 HisrottiCAL collections; consisting of state papers, and ~6tlier~ aullientie documents, intended as materials tor a History of tlie United States of America. By Ehcnczer Hazard, A.M., &c. . . Philadelphia, 4to. 2 vols. The second volume was printed in 1704. Tbia is a valuable collection of documents relating to American history, part of wbich bad already ap- peared in different works, but several are printed for tbe first time ; par- ticularly the records of tbe United Colonies of New England, from J 643 to 1078, which occupy nearly the whole of the second volume. 2 Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Boston. 8vo. VdTT This valuable collection of reprints of scarce tracts and important documents relating to the history of America consists of series often volumes, of which two series have been completed, and the third volume of the third series was printed in 1833. 3 A REVIEW of the constitutions of the principal states of Europe, and of the United States of America. Given originally as lectures, by M. de la Croix, professor of law at the Lyceum, and author of Le Repertoire de Jurisprudence, &c. Now first translated from the French, with notes, by the translator of the Abbe Raynal's letter to the National Assembly, &c. 8vo. 2 vols. Robinsons, . The original work was published at Paris in 1791. (No. 23.) 4 Commentaries on the constitution of the United States of America, with that constitution prefixed, in which are un- folded the principles of free government, and the superior advantages of republicanism demonstrated. By James Wilson, LL.D., professor of laws in the University of Pennsylvania, &c. &c. &c., and by Thomas M'Kean, LL.D., chief justice of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The whole extracted from debates published in Philadelphia by T.Lloyd. . . Debrett, . 8vo. pp. 147. « The contents o( this pamphlet are fully expressed in the title ; but the publication must be perused throughout, in order to form an idea of the good sense and manly eloquence of the speeches here made public." M.R. This appears to be the original edition, printed in^Philadelpbia, of the y V 376 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1792. 6 Debatei of the Pennsylvania Convention on the Constitution, with the titlu and pages 20 to 23 reprinted in London. An enquiry into the constitutional authority of the Supreme Federal Court over the several States, in their political capacity. Being an answer to Observations upon the govern- ment of the United States of America, by James Sullivan, Esq. A ttomey- general of the State of Massachusetts. By a Citizen of South Carolina. . , Charleston, S. C. 8vo. A BRIEF EXAMINATION of Lord Sheffield's 06«ervafton5 on the commerce of the United States. In seven numbers. With two supplemental notes on American manufactures. 8vo. pp. 135. Phillips, . Written by Tench Coxe. First printed at Philadelphia, in the American Museum. The English edition was edited by Capel Lofilt, Esq. An account of the sugar maple tree of the United States, and of the methods of obtaining sugar from it; together with observations upon the advantages, both public and private, of this sugar. In a letter to Thomas Jefferson, Esq. Secretary of State, &c. Read in the American Philosophical Society, on the 19th of August, 1791, and extracted from the 3d Vol. of their Transactions, now in the press. By Benjamin Rush, M.D., &c. . . Phillips, . 8vo. pp. 24. Some transactions between the Indians and Friends in Pennsylvania, in 1791 and 1792. 8vo. Phillips, A chief of the Seneca Indians resorted to Philadelphia, to desire that some children of their tribe might receive the benefits of civilized education among the Quakers, which furnislied matter for this pamphlet. 9 Letters FROM America, historical and descriptive; comprising '•^Odtfurrcrices rrom 1769 to 1777 inclusive. By William Eddis, late surveyor of the customs, &c. at Annapolis, in Maryland. . 8vo. pp. 455. Dilly, . " These letters include an interesting period, and relate to events, which, however painful in their detail, and dishonourable to the British name, have, in their conso(]uences, been not altoguthor unpropitious to Groat Ikitiiin ; und are doomed, 1>y some ]>ropfactic minds, to contain, in tLoii womb, the gprms of univorsul freedom. The bloody contest with the Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 377 / Americans, tbougb it increased our public debt and diminisbed tbe Tolume 1 792. of tbe empire, has not destroyed our resources, nor injured our com- merce ; and it is contemplated by the world as a proof of our energy, Btrengtb, and riches. Yet tbe object was unjust and impolitic, and our recollection looks back, with extreme concern, on the scenes of carnage and horror which it exhibited. Mr. Eddis's letters are forty in number; the first of them contains an account of the country, the government, trade, manners and customs of the iuhabitants, followed by others, giving an account of the progress of the war, till his departure from New York. The concluding letters narrate the difficulties and dangers which the author experienced, in consequence of his refusing to take the uuth ten- dered him by the Americans." M. R. 10 A TOPuouAPiiiCAL DESCRIPTION of the westem territory of Nortti America ; containing a succinct account of the climate, natural history, population, agriculture, manners and customs; with an ample description of the several divisions into which that country is partitioned, and an accurate statement of the various tribes of Indians that inhabit the frontier country. To which is annexed, a delineation of the laws and govern- ment of the state of Kentucky, tending to shew the probable rise and grandeur of the American empire. In a series of letters to a friend in England. By G. Imlay, captain in the American army, and a commissioner for laying out land in the back settlements. . . Dcbrett, . 8vo. pp. 247. Reprinted in 1796 and 1797. 1 1 A DESCRIPTION OF KENTUCKY, in North America ; to which are prefixed, miscellaneous observations respecting the United States. . . . . Noplace. 8vo. pp. 124, map. The title says, " printed in Novombcr, 1792 ;'' but there is a lottoi a' the end, from Mr. Imlay, dated Fob. 2, 1793. Said to bo written by Mr. Toulmin. 12 A JOURNAL of transactions and events, during a residence of nearly^sixteen years on the coast of Labrador ; containing many interesting particulars, both of the country and its inhabitants, not hitherto known. Illustrated with proper charts. By George Cartwright, Esq. Newark {Eng ) Quarto, 3 vols. This journal is written with care and fidelity ; tho style of tho author is plain aud manly ; ho delivers his sontimonts with freedom, and wit!> N/ 378 Bibliotheca Americana Noun. J;l 1 792. confidence asserts only those circumstances which, from his own ohserva> <«s^» tion, he knew to be facts. The author commenced his voyage from Etiglitnd in 1770. Ho was brother of the celebrated Major Cartwright. 13 New travels in the United States of America. Performed in 1788, by J. P. Brissot de Warville. Translated from the French. . , . Jordan, - 8vo. pp. 483. This translation comprises the two first volumes of No. 21 of 1701. To complete the work, the t'on$ideration$ on thtrelative tituation of Franceand the United State$, printed in 1778, should be added to it. 14 A DISCOURSE, intended to commemorate the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus. To which are added. Four Dissertations: 1. On the circumnavigation of Africa by the ancients. 2. An examination of the pretensions of Martin Behaim, &c. 3. On the question whether the honey bee is a native of America. 4. On the colour of the native Americans, and the recent population of this continent. By Jeremy Belknap, D.D. Belknap and Hall, Boston. 8vo. pp. 132. 15 An oration on the discovery of America. Delivered in London, October the 12th, 1792, being three hundred years from the day on which Columbus landed in the New World : with an appendix, containing a description of the city of Washington, in the district of Columbia ; illustrated with an engraving. By Elhanan Winchester. Parsons, . 8vo. pp. 77. ^., This author was an itinerant preacher of the doctrine of Restoration, from / America. He died at Hartford, Con. in 1707. ^' 16 Farther observations on the discovery of America, by Prince Madog ab Owen Gwynedd, about the year 1 170. Containing the account given by General Bowles, the Creek Indian, lately in London, and by several others, of a Welsh tribe of Indians, now living in the western parts of North America. By John Williams, LL.D. White, —— — . Svo. pp. 51. Dr. Williams, in this second part of his Enquiry, (see No. 7, 1791,) brings forward additional evidence of the existence of a tribe of Indians in the western part of North America, who speak Welsh. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 379 17 An account of the ten tribes of Israel being in America; originally published by Manasaeh Ben Israel. With some observations thereon, and extracts from sacred and prophane, ancient and modern history, confirming the same ; and their return from thence about the time of the return of the Jews. By Robert Ingram, A.M., Vicar of Wormingford andBoxted, Essex. . * • Robinsons, ■. 8vo. pp. 56. Mr. Ingrnm believes that great numbers of the Israelites, after their disper- sion, retired into a remote and uninhabited country, which he supposes to have been to the south of Hudson's Bajr, and near California, between 63" and 60° N. lat. where their descendants, a numerous and distinct race, remain to this day, unconnected with the rest of mankind. All the difficulties in this long journey by sea and land are removed by the aid of miracles, of wliich the rev. author is not sparing. He has however used great diligence in examining and applying the Jewish prophecies, and other authorities, in support of his opinion, and of the evidence of Kabbi Manasseh. M. R. 18 A COMPLETE TREATISE ott the mineral waters of Virginia; containing a description of their situation, their natural his- tory, their analysis, contents, and their use in medicine. By John Rouelle, M.D. . . Philadelphia. 8vo. 19 An historical account of the climates and diseases of the United States of America, and of the remedies and methods of treatment which have been found most useful and effica- cious, particularly in those diseases which depend upon cli- mate and situation. Collected principally from personal observation, and the communications of physicians of talent and experience, residing in the several states. By William Currie, fellow of the college of physicians of Philadelphia. 8vo. Philadelphia. 20 EuLOGiuM on Benjamin Franklin, LL.D. &c. Delivered March 1, 1791, before the American Philosophical Society, and agreeably to their appointment. By William Smith, D.D. &c. 8vo. Philadelphia. Reprinted in London, and stated in the title as having been " delivered before both bouses of Congress." 21 Colony commerce; or reflections on the commercial system, as it respects the West India islands, our continental colonies, 3 1792. •'iSO Dibliothecn Americana S'oru. 1792. and the United States of America. With some remarks on the present high price of sugar, and the means of reducing it. By A. C. Drown. . . Fauldcr, . 8vo. 22 Voyages to the Madeira and Leeward Caribbce Islands ; and sketches of che natural history of those islands. By Mari^* R . . Edinburg,. 12mo. pp. 105. 23 A VOYAGE TO THE SouTU Sea, Undertaken by command of FT. M. for the purpose of conveying the bread-fruit tree to the West Indies, in H. M's. ship the Bounty, commanded by Lieut. Wm, Bligh. Including an account of the mutiny on board said ship, and the subsequent voyage of part of the crew, in the ship's boat, from Tofoa, one of the Friendly Islands, to Timor, in the Bust Indies. With charts, &c. Quarto. Nicol, . 24 A LETTEu from Percival Stockdale to Granville Sharpe, E»(|. Suggested to the author by the present insurrection of the negroes in the island of St. Domingo. Clarke, , 8vo. pp. 28. In dofence of tho negroes. 25 A PARTICULAR ACCOUNT of the commencement and progress of the insurrection of the negroes in St. Domingo, which began in August 1791 : being a translation of the speech made to the National Assembly the 3d of November, 1791, by the deputies from tne General Assembly of the French part of St. Domingo. . . Sewell, . 8vo. pp. 47. 26 Idees Sommaires sur la Restauracion de Saint-Dominguc, presentees & la nation, au roi, ct tk la colonic. . Paris. 8vo. pp. 88. By M. Louis Marthu do Gouy. 27 Le Fio^UALiSTE, ou collection de quel(|ues ecrits en favcur de la constitution proposee aux Etats Unis de I'Amerique, par la convention convoquee en 1787; publics dans les Etats Unis de TAmcrique par MM. Hamilton, Madisson, ct Jay, citoyens de I'Etat de New York. , Paris, 8vo. 2 vols. Bibliotheca Atnerirunn Nwa. 381 Trunslntnd bj Trudninn <1o In 8nblti'rn. In l7ftA tliit work wm iMuod na a $$eonil tdition, with twenty ynf^o» of tlin introduction onncollod. Tho original esinys, wliioli firit npponred iu tbo oewtpnpori, were first pub> litbod in a colloctud form in 110H. 28 ni'.HciiircioN iiisTouicA Y cuoNoi.ooiCA tic las (loj ricdrafl, que con ncasion del nucvo cmpcdrado que sc cst^ formandu en la plaza principal dc Mexico, >c hallaron en cUa el afio do 1700. Explicasc cl sistcma de los cnlcndarios dc los Indion, ol mctodo que tcnian dc dividir el ticmpo y corcccion que hncian dc cl pnra igualar cl ufio civil, dc que usuban con cl nnu solar tropico. Noticia muy neccsaria para la perfccta intcligoncia dc la eop:unda picdra : h que flc afiaden otras curiosns c instructivas so!)rc la Mitologia de los Mcxicanos, sobre su astronomia, y sobrc los ritos y ccrcmonias que acostumbraban en ticmpo dc su gentilidad. Por Don Antonio do Leon y Gama. . . . Mexico, Quarto. Don Josd Antonio Alsato y Rnmiroz, in tho " Gazcta de Littratura" of Mexico, of t)io l^tb and Slst July, 1193, criticisoa this work ratbor 80 e.'oly, denying tbo ronclusions drown by Sr. Gama from tbo apponr- anco of those curious Mexican anti(|uitioa. A new edition was printed in 1832, with the second pnrt, never before publiabed. 29 TiiATADo DEL REAL DEiiECiio dc las Mcdias-auatas sccularca y del servicio dc Lanzas k que estan obligados los titulos de Castilla. Origcn historico dc cstc Juzgado en cl Rcyno del Peru, &c. Por Don Joseph de Rezabal y Ugarte. Oidor decano dc la Nueva Real Audiencia del Cuzco, &c. Madrid. Folio pp. 252. An appendix contains an account of tbo titles conferred on persons in Peru. 30 QuiNOLooiA 6 tratado del arbol de la Quina 6 Cascarilla, con su dcscripcion y la dc otrns espccics dc Quinos nucvamente descubicrtas en el Peru. Por Don Hipolito Ruiz, Primer Botanico de la expcdicion del Peru. . Madrid, Quarto, pp. 103. A supplement to tbis treitlise was printed in 1801. 31 Della scopehta dell' Ami^uica del — J. Rin. Conte Carii — in Tcsposta alia lettera di M. Otto intorno a tale argumcnto, Stampata ncl Vol. ii. di Transazioni di Societu di Filadel6a. 8vo. Milano, Meusel x. 2, p. 330. 1702, 382 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. /" ly^b'^yf^ MDCCXCHI. V V I The discovery, settlement, and present state of Kentucky, and an introduction to the topography and natural history of that rich and important country ; also Col. Daniel Boon's narra- tive of the wars of Kentucky ; with an account of the Indian nations within the limits of the United States, &c. By John Filson. Illustrated with a large whole sheet map of Kentucky, from actual survey. . / . Stockdale, . 8vo. pp. 67. \ This account of Kentucky, which waa first published in 17S4, at Wilmington, bears every mark of authenticity. It was drawn up from personal notice, or immediate information, and is attested by the signatures of three re- spectable inhabitants of the country. The author is a believer in the set- tlement of a Welsh colony in this country by Madoc, in 1170. 2 HisTOUY of the government of the island of Newfoundland. With an appendix, containing the acts of parliament made respecting the trade and fishery. By John Reeves, esq. chief justice of the island. . Sewell, . 8vo. pp. 283. 3 Report of the secretary of the treasury of the United States, on the subject of manufactures. Presented to the House of Representatives, Dec. 5, 1791. . Debrett, . 8vo. pp. 129. By Alexander Hamilton, esq . " The proper measures for fostering manu- factures and trade are considered in this report with much knowledge, policy, and accurate discernment." M.R. 4 A CASE decided in the supreme court of the United States, in February, 1793. In which is discussed the question, " Whether a state be liable to be sued by a private citizen of another state." . . . Dobson, Philadelphia. 8vo. pp. 120. 5 Return of the whole number of persons within the several dis- tricts of the United States, according to an act providing for the enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States, passed March 1, 1791. . Phillips, . 8vo. pp. 56. Reprinted from the Philadelphia edition. 6 The emigrants, or the history of an expatriated family, being Bibliofheca Americana Nova. 383 a delineation of English manners, drawn from real characters. Written in America, by G. Imlay, Esq. author of the Topogru' phical Description o( the Western territory. 12mo. 3 vols. Hamilton, . This appears to be a philosophical novel, founded, the author says, princi- pally on facts. It is well spoken of in the Monthly Review. 7 The history of the American Revolution. By David Ramsay, M.D. of South Carolina. A new edition. Stockdale, . 8vo. 2 vols. First printed at Philadelphia, in llSP. 8 A SHOUT ACCOUNT of the malignant fever lately prevalent in Philadelphia ; with a statement of the proceedings that took place on the subject in different parts of the United States. By Matthew Carey. Third edition, improved. Philadelphia. Svo. pp. 138. This pamphlet is rather a historical account of the circumstances attending the visitation of the yellow fever, which pr ed so fatal in Philadelphiu, in the year 1793, and in which "Mr. Caic/has presented his fellow citizens with a collection of facts and observations well calculated for the satisfaction of their anxious curiosity. The friends of mankind every- where will be gratified by it.'' M.R. 9 A.v HisTouiCAL INVESTIGATION iuto the first appearance of the venereal disease in Europe ; with remarks on its particular nature. To which are added, observations on the non-ne- cessity of quarantines being observed against the plague, &c. By M. Sanchez, doctor of the faculty of medicine at Paris. Translated from the French, by Joseph Skinner, surgeon. Svo. pp. 84. The author of this tract is of opinion that the venereal disease was carried to the New World by the Spaniards. The evidence that it was known in Europe before the discovery of America appears to be quite conclusive. 10 The history, civil and commercial, of the British colonies in the West Indies ; in two volumes. By Bryan Edwards, Esq. of the Island of Jamaica. . Stockdale, . 4to. 2 vols. First edition of this valuable work, frequently reprinted. A third volume was published in 1801. The most complete edition appears to be that of 1819, in 5 volumes Svo. 11 Observations on the passage between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, in two memoirs, on the straits of Anian, and the dis- 1793. nv 384 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1793. -J m. coveries of De Fonte. Elucidated by a new and original map. To which is prefixed an historical abridgment of discoveries in the north of America. By William Goldson. Portsmouth. Quarto pp. 158. 12 A VOYAGE round the world, in H. M's frigate Pandora. Per- formed under the direction of Capt. Edwards, in the years 1790, 1791, and 1792. By Mr. George Hamilton, late surgeon of the Pandora. . . Law, . 8vo. pp. 164. The Pandora was sent out to discover and bring to England for trial, Christian, and the other mutineers of the Bounty. 13 Voyages en Guinee et dans les lies Cara'ibes en Ameriquc, par Paul Erdman Isert, ci-devant medecin inspecteur de S. M. Danoise, &c. traduits de rAUcmand. Avec figures. 8vo. pp. 342. Paris. 14 FIiSTORiA DEL NuEvo MuNDO, cscribikla D. Juan Bautista Munoz. Tomo Primero. . . Madrid. Qujirto, portrait and map. The death of the author prevented the continuation of this important work. He was many years employed in examining the archives of Spain and Portugal, and in procuring copies of all the documents to bo found re- luting to the early history of the Now World. These copies are now in the library of the Academy of History at Madrid. I possess a copy of all tliat was written of the second volume. 15 GuiA POLiTiCA ECCLEsiASTiCA Y MiLiTAtt dcl Virrcyuato del Peru para el aiio de 1793. Compuesta de orden del Superior Gobierno por el Dr. D. Joseph Hipolito Unanue. Publicada por la Sociedad Academica de Amantes del Pais de Lima. Small 8vo. Lima. 16 Apenpice a la relacion del viage al Magallanes de la fragata de Guerra Santa Maria de la Cabeza, que contiene el de los pnquebotcs Santa Casilda y Santa Eulalia para com- pletar el reconcimi^nto del Estrecho en los anos de 1788 y 1789. Madrid. Quarto, pp. Ii8, map. The Relacion was published in 1788. ' 17 Piratas de la America y luz k la defensa de las costas de Indias occidentales ; en que se tratan las cosas notables de los viagcs, dcscripciun dc las islas lispaiiola, Tortuga, Jamayca, Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 385 de sus frutos y produccior^ > politica de sus habitantes, guerras 1 793. y encuentros entre ±-f> 'loles y Franceses, origen de los **'*' Piratas, y su modo de \ivii\ la toma y incendio de la ciudad de Panama, invasion de varias plazas de la America por los robadores Franceses, Lolonois y Morgan. Traducida del flamenco en Espaiiol por el Doctor Buena Maison. Dala a luz esta tercera edicion D.M.G.R. . Madrid. Quarto. First printed in 1682. 18 Christoph Daniel Ebelings, Erdbeschreibung und Ges- chichte von Amerika. Die vereinten staaten von Nordamerika. 8vo. 7 vols. Hamburg. This work forms a continuation to Busching's Geography. The volumes were published at considerable intervals, the last in 1817. 19 De Oude en Nieuwe constitutie, &c. Amsterdam. 8vo. pp. 260. This view of the old and new constitution of the United States of America, by Gerhard Dumbar, LL.D., and member of the Philosophical Society at Utrecht, contains an impartial examination of what the author calls the old constitution, by which he means the thirteen articles of confederal tion, settled in Congress on the 17th of November, 1777, This survey is introduced by a concise account of the rise of the war, and of the events preceding the formation of the Union. In a second volume, the author proposes to offer some remarks on the new constitution of 1787. MDCCXCIV. 1 The history of the origin, progress, and termination of the American War. By C. Stedman, who served under Sir W. Howe, Sir H. Clinton, and the Marquis Cornwallis. In two volumes. . • Debrett, &c. . Quarto, 2 vols. 15 maps and plans. 1'he situation of Mr. Stedman, as an officer of the British army in America, enabled him to collect the materials which he has here methodized and communicatee} to the world. In the accomplishment of this work, Mr. Stedman has entitled himself to considerable praise ; his language is cor- rect and animated ; and he has exemplified much diligence in collecting, and much judgment in arranging, the materials which compose this inter- esting portion of history. It has evidently been his intention to be can- did and impartial j and, on the whole, much credit is due to him on this head, considering his situation and sentiments. M. R. C C M ^\ 386 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1794. 2 Observations on Mr. Stedman's History of the American war. ***' By Lieut.-General Sir Henry Clinton, K.B. Quarto, pp. 34. Debrett, ^. y^ 3 History of the principal Republics of the World : a defence of the constitutions of government of the United States of Ame- rica against the attack of M. Turgot, in his letter to Dr. Price, dated the 22d day of March, 1778. By John Adams, LL.D. &c. A new edition. . Stockdale, ■. 8vo. 3 vols. See No. 8 of 1787. 4 The natural and civil history of Vermont. By Samuel Williams, LL.D., &c. Published according to act of Con- gress. . . . Walpole, N. H. 8vo. pp. 416, map. A second edition of this valuable work was printed in 1809. 5 Notes on the state of Virginia. By Thomas Jefferson. Second American edition. . Philadelphia- 8vo pp. 336, map. SeeNo. 10ofl7B7. 6 A MESSAGE of the President of the United States to Congress, relative to France and Great Britain, delivered December 5, 1793. With the papers therein referred to. To which are added, the French originals. Published by order of the House of Representatives. . . Philadelphia. 8vo. pp. 103. " This collection of state papers reflects very great honor on the ministers of the United States of North America. Placed by the war in a situation the most embarrassing, pressed on different sides by memorials and remon- strances, from the agents of Great Britain and France, they appear to have conducted themselves with consummate prudence, and the most scrupulous impartiality. Notwithstanding the provoking menaces of Genet, the minister from the French republic, which would have war- ranted measures of resentment, they persevered in a line of conduct marked with the most dignified moderation, and, at the same time, with a firm and unshaken adherence to what they conceived to be their duty.'' M. R. 7 American budget, 1794. The income and expenditure of the United States of America, as presented to the House of Representatives, in sundry estimates and statements relative to appropriations for the service of the year 1794, by Alex- Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 387 jrican war. ander Hamilton, Esq. Secretary to the Treasury of the United 1794. States of America. To which is added, the Report of the Congress, on the nature and extent of the privileges and restrictions of the commercial intercourse of the United States with foreign nations, &c. By Thomas Jefferson, Esq. Secre- tary of State. . Debrett, . 8vo. pp. 42. 8 Speeches of Mr. Smith, of South Carolina, delivered in the House of Representatives of the United States, in January, 1794, on the subject of certain commercial regulations, &c. Bvo. Stockdale, . 9 An address from William Smith, of South Carolina, to his con- stituents. . . Debrett, . Bvo. Mr. Smith was a strenuous advocate, in bis speeches, for a good understand- ing with England ; and in his address defends himself from some animad- versions the J had drawn upon him. 10 Authentic copies of the correspondence of Thomas Jefferson, Esq. Secretary of State to the United States of America, and George Hammond, Esq. Minister Plenipotentiary of Great Britain, on the non-execution of existing treaties, the deliver- ing the frontier posts, and on the propriety of a commercial intercourse between Great Britain and the United States. In two parts. . . Debrett, . 8ro. These papers comprehend everything necessary to afford complete infor- mation with respect to the grounds of the disputes which have arisen between Great Britain and America. 11 The American calendar, or United States' register, for the year 1794. To be continued annually. Debrett, . 12mo. pp. 287. / Published originally in Philadelphia. It is highly commended in the Monthly Review. 12 History of the mission of the United Brethren among the Indians in North America. In three parts. By George Henry Loskiel. Translated from the German by Christian Ignatius La Trobe. . . < . . .. London. 8vo. pp. 639. c c 2 388 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. %\'J 1794. 13 Letters on the crimes of George III., addressed to Citizen Denis ; by an American officer in the service of France. 8vo. Part I., pp. 80. Part II., pp. 135. Paris. The author's name was J. S. Eustace. 14 A TREATISE on the Fevers of Jamaica, with some observations on the intermitting fever of America ; and an appendix, con- taining some hints on the means of preserving the health of soldiers in hot climates. By Robert Jackson, M.D. 8vo. pp. 440. Murray, . 15 An essay on the Rhus toxicodendron, pubescent poison oak or sumach ; with cases, shewing its efficacy in the cure of paralysis, and other diseases of extreme debility, By John Alderson, M.D. . , Johnson, . 8vo. pp. 34. 16 An abridgement of Mr. Edwards's civil and commercial history of the British West Indies. . , London. 8vo. 2 vols. In an advertisement, prefixed to this work, it is stated that it was published in consequence of the avarice of the bookseller placing the original work in the reach only of the opulent. Avarice also, most probably, produced this abridgment. 17 HoRTUs Americanus: containing an account of the trees, shrubs, and other vegetable productions of South America and the West India islands, particularly of the island of Jamaica. By Dr. Henry Barham. Kingston (Jam.) 8vo. pp. 212. 18 The case of the agent to the settlers on the coast of Yucatan, and the late settlers on the Mosquito Shore, staling the whole of his conduct in soliciting compensation for the losses sustained by each of those classes of H. M.'s injured and dis- tressed subjects, 18th November, 1793. Cadell, . Quarto, pp. 320. The agent's name was White. 19 A VIEW of the relative Situation of Great Britain and the United States of America. By a Merchant. 8vo. I io --> tf h \ Debrett, . \. ^.V?. ^r\t 20 Some information respecting America, collected by Thomas Cooper, late of Manchester. . Johnson, . 8vo. pp. 240. By the (now) venerable President of the College of South Carolina. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 389 By a gentleman lately returned 1794. Kearsley, . '^^ 21 Letters on Emigration. from America. 8vo. pp. 76, This gentleman is no friend to emigration. He states that, in migrating to America, the artizan may want for employment, and the husbandman may pay too dear for his land ; the gentleman cannot lire in the cities, on account of the expense, nor in the back settlements, for want of society • and that there is great hazard and expense in crossing the ocean to get there. 22 Result of astronomical observations made in the inte- rior parts of North America. Arrowsmith, . Quarto, pp. 16. 23 Memoires historiques, et pieces authentiques, sur M. de la Fayette, pour servir k I'histoire des revolutions. Paris. Svo. pp. 303. A collection of papers and extracts relating to La Fayette. 24 NoTictAS de la provincia de Californias, en tres cartas de un sacerdote religioso hijo del real convento de predicadores de Valencia un amigo suyo. (Por F. L. S.) Valencia. Small Svo. These letters were written a few years before the date of the work ; the author corrects many errors into which Venegas has fallen, and gives an interesting account of the state of California, both natural and political, at the period in which he was engaged as a missionary. 25 NoTiciA INDIVIDUAL dc las poblaciones nuevamente fundadas en la provincia de Cartagena, la mas principal del nuevo reyno de Granada, de las montanas que se descubrieron, caminos que se han abierto, de los canales, cienagas y rios que se han hecho navegables, con expresion de las ventajas que han resultado k la propagacion del Evangelio al Comercio y al Estado. Por el Teniente Coronel de Infanteria agregado al estado mayor del Puerto de Santa Maria, Don Antonio de la Torre Miranda. Puerto de Santa Maria. Small 4to. pp. 88. 26 Investigaciones historicas sobre los principales descubri- mientos de los Espaiioles en el mar oceauo, en el siglo XV y principios del XVI. En respuesta k la memoriade M. Otto sobre el verdadero descubridor de America. Por D. Christobal m 390 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1794. IT: t .i^l 'm m Cladera dignidad de Tesorero de la Santa Iglesia de Mallorca. Small 4to. Portraits. Madrid. 27 DiSERTACiON sobre el aspecto, cultivo, comercio y virtudes de la famosa planta del Peru nombrada Coca, &c. Per el Dr. D. Joseph Hipolito Unaniie. . Lima. Small 4to. pp. 45, and plate. The coca is a species of Etythroxyhn, highly esteemed by the Peruvians, and used by them in the manner the betel is used in the East. Before the conquest by the Spaniards the trees were looked upon as something holy, the leaves being collected with religious ceremonies : these leaves were also used as a substitute for money. 28 Calendario manual y guia de forasteros de la isla de Cuba. Para el ano de 1794. Havana, Small 12mo. With a map of the island. 29 Flora Peruviana et Chilensis prodromus, sive novorum generum plantarum Peruvianarum et Chilensium descriptiones et icones. — Descripciones y Laminas de los nuevos generos de plantas de la flora del Peru y Chile per Don Hipolito Ruiz y Don Joseph Pavon, botanicos de la expedicion del Peru, &c. . Madrid. Folio, pp. 154, plates 37. This work was reprinted at Rome in 1797, with remarks, by Caspar Xuarez. The first volume of the Flora Peruviana, we find in it scarcely any of those licentious innovati- ons, and unidiomaticul combinations of words, by which the Anglo- Ame- rican style has of late been too often disfigured ; and which threaten, if they be not checked, to convert the English which h written and spo- ken on the different sides of the Atlantic into two di^'erent languages." M. R. 18 Plan of association of the North American Land Company, established February 1795. . Philadelphia. Bvo. pp.25. 19 R^poNSE aux principals questions qui peuvent 6tre faites sui- les Etats*Unis de I'Am^rique, par un habitant de la Penn- sylvanie. . . Lausanne. 8vo. 2 vols. An answer to the leading questions which apply to the United States of America ;- by an adopted citizen of Pennsylvania. " These two volumes undertake to answer 137 questions, fortho information of those who think of migrating to North America." M. R. The author was the Abb£ J. £. Bonnet, author of Etats Vnis li'AmMque i la fin du XFIIl* tieeh, 1802- 20 Renseionemens sur I'Amerique. Rassembles par Thomas Cooper, ci-devant de Manchester. Traduits de TAnglois ; avec une carte. , . . • Paris. 8vo. . - .. , . A translation of No. 20 of 1794. 21 DEsr viPCiON DE PLANTAS. Discurso que en la abertura del estudio de botanica de 1 de Junio de 95, pronunci6 en el Real Jardin de Mexico el Dr. D. Joseph Dionysio Larre&te".ui. 4to. pp. 48. {Mescico) With a description and coloured plate of the Chiranthodendn r 22 Mfmoria en que setrata del insecto Grana 6 Cochinilla, de su naturale<:a y serie de su vida, escrita en Mexico en 1777, por D. Josef Antonio de Alzate. . , Madrid. 8vo. pp. 22(i. "^ plates. - Bibliotheca Amnicana Nova. :i\):> •23 FRANKiiEicii und die Freystaateu von Nordamerika; verg- 1795. licho in hinsichl ihrer lander, ihrer iii»tur-produkte, ihrer bewhoner und dcr bildung ihrer S*n\ten. Vftn E. A. W. Zimmcrmann, &c. . . Berlin. 8vo. Vol. I. A French translation of thii volume, which appoara to be the only om p«ib- liihed, was printed in 1797. 24 Amehikanisciies maoazin, oder authentischc beytriige zur erdbesehreibung, staatskunde und geschichte von Amerika, besordcrs aber der vereinten staaten; herausgegeben von Picu"*:.or fl^gewisch in Kiel und Professor Ebeling in Haoi- hurg. .• » , , Hamburg. 8v'). '.>.5 UfiBEU J. RiBERo's alteste Weltcharte von M. C. Sprengel. 8vo. pp. 77, map. Weimar. A copy of Diego Ribeiro'a map of America, made in 16!i!9, with remarka by Sprengel. , ' MDCCXCVI. 1 History of the insurrection in the four Western countit>(i of Pennsylvaniu, in the year m.dcc. xciv. ; with a recital of the circumstances specially connected therewith ; and an his- torical review of the previous situation of the country. By William Findley, Member of the House of Representatives of the United States. . . Philadelphia. Svo. pp.328. 2 Journal of an excursion to the United States of North America in the summer of 1794. Embellished with a profile of General Washington, and a view of the State House at Philadelphia. By Henry Wansey, F.A.S., a Wiltshire clothier. 8vo. pp. 290. Wilkie, . 3 A topographical description of the Western territory of North America, &c. By George Imlay. The second edition, with considerable additions. Debrett, . 8vo. pp. 433, and maps. See 17912 and I7»7. 4 Look before you leap ; or, a few hints to such artizans, me- chanics, labourers, farmers, and husbandmen, as are desirous of emigrating to America, being a genuine collection of letters 1 *i J 4 ].i' V'r 39G 1796. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. from persons who have emigrated ; containing remarks, notes, and anecdotes, political, philosophical, and literary, of the present state, situation, population, prospects, and advantages of America ; together with the reception, success, mode of life, opinions, and situation of many characters who have emi- grated, &c. . . . Walker, -. 8vo. pp. 143. These letters appear to have been forgeries, made up to cure what was called the American or emigration mania. They are represented to be from a carpenter, a stonemason, a plaisterer, and a painter and glazier ; but they have too much literary style and arrangement, to proceed from com- mon mechanics. 5 Observations on the North American Land Company lately instituted in Philadelphia; containing an illustration of the object of the Company's plan, the articles of association, with a succinct account of the States wherein the lands lie ; to which are added, remarks on the American lands in general, more particularly the pine-lands of the Southern and Western States; in two letters from Robert G. Harper, Esq. Member of Congress for South Carolina, to a gentleman in Philadelphia. 8vo. pp. 149. Debrett, . Mr. Harper's letters are sensibly written, and his remarks on the pine-barrens are very satisfactory, and prove that these lands, when brought into cul- tivation, will be very valuable. 6 A MEMOIR concerning the fascinating faculty which has been ascribed to the Rattlesnake, and other American serpents. By Benjamin Smith Barton, M.D. Professor of Natural History and Botany in the University of Pennsylvania, &c. 8vo. pp. 70. .... Philadelphia. Printed only for private distribution. 7 A DESCRIPTION of the river Susquehanna ; with observations on its trade, «fec. . . . Philadelphia. 8vo. Harvard Coll. Cat. 8 A SKETCH of the soil, climate, &c. of South Carolina. By David Ramsay. . . Charleston, S.C. 8vo. Harvard College Cat. 9 Interesting state papers, from President Washington, JVI. Fauchet, and M. Adet, tlir late and present ambassadors from .^•M Bibliotheca Americana Nova. the French Convention to the United States of America. Likewise conferences with George Hammond, Esq. Minister Plenipotentiary from H. B. M., as laid by the President before the Legislature of the United States, in their present session ; quoted by Edmund Randolph, late Secretary of State, and included in a defence of his resignation of that office. 8vo. pp. 136. Owen, &c. . First publisbed in Philadelphia. 10 Epistles, domestic, confidential, and official, from General Washington, written about the commencement of the American contest, when he entered on the command of the army of the United States ; with an interesting series of his letters, parti- cularly to the British admirals Arbuthnot and Digby, to generals Sir Henry Clinton, Lord Cornwallis, Sir Guy Carleton, Marquis de la Fayette, &c. ; to Benjamin Harrison, Esq. Speaker of the House of Delegates in Virginia ; to admiral the Count de Grasse ; General Sullivan, respecting an attack on New York ; including many applications and addresses pre- sented to him, with his answers, orders, and instructions on important occasions to his aides-de-camp, &c. ; none of which have been printed in the two volumes published a few months ago. . . Rivingtons, ■ ■.■. 8vo. pp. 303. Some of these letters were first priuted about the year 1777, and the fol- lowing were declared by Washington to be forgeries : Letters to Lund Washington, June 12, July 8, 15, 16, and 22d; to John Parke Custis, June 18, 1776 ; and to Mrs. Washington, June 24, 1776. They were forged, according to tlie Monthly Review, by a Mr. V , at the time a young episcopal clergyman, who came from New York, in order to make his fortune in England, in the character of a loyalist. They were re- printed in New York and Philadelphia. 11 Official letters to the Honourable American Congress, written during the war between the United Colonies and Great Britain, by his Excellency George Washington, Commander-in- chief of the Continental Forces, now President of the United States. Copied, by special permission, from the original papers preserved in the office of the Secretary of State, Phi- ladelphia. . . . . New York. 8vo. 2 vols. The same as No. 7 of 1795. 397 1796. Iff 398 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. I'll.: * if'i ' .M I ;H; r ■ p.:; • 1796. 12 Compilations of the laws of the state of Pennsylvania relative to the poor, from the year 1700 to 1795 inclusive. Pub- lished for the guardians of the poor. Philadelphia. 8vo. pp. 112. 13 The history of America. Books IX and X. Containing the history of Virginia to the year 1688, and the history of New England to the year 1652. By William Robertson, D.D. &c. Quarto and 8vo. Strahan, . Published by his son. 14 A TOPOGRAPHICAL and political description of the Spanish part of Saint-Domingo; containing general observations on the climate, population, and productions ; on the character and manners of the inhabitants ; with an account of the several branches of the governmeut : to which is prefixed, a new, correct, and elegant map of the whole island. By M. L. E. Moreau de Saint-Mery. Translated from the French by William Cobbett. . . . Philadelphia. 8vo. 2 vols. 15 Narrative of a five years' Expedition against the revolted Negroes of Surrinam, in Guiana, on the wild coast of South America, from the year 1772 to 1777; elucidating the his- tory of that country, and describing its productions, viz. quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles, trees, shrubs, fruits, and roots ; with an account of the Indians of Guiana and Negroes of Guinea. By Captain J. G. Stedman, illustrated with 80 elegant engravings, from drawings made by the author. Quarto, 2 vols. Johnson, . Capt. Stedman died at Tiverton, in Devonshire, in March 1796, just about the time that his book was published. 16 An account of the campaign in the West Indies, in 1794, under the command of Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Grey, K.B., and Vice-Admiral Sir John Jervis, K.B., commanders- in-chief in the West Indies ; with the reduction of the islands of Martinique, St. Lucia, Guadaloupe, Marigalante, Desiada, &c., and the events that followed those unparalleled successes, and caused the loss of Guadaloupe. By the Rev. Cooper Willyams, A.M., late chaplain of H. M.'s ship Boyne. Large folio, pp. 220. plates. Nicol, , Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 399 '96, just about 17 The proceedings of the Governor and Assembly of Jamaica 1796. in regard to the Maroon negroes ; published by order of the Assembly. To which is prefixed, an introductory account, containing observations on the disposition, character, manners, and habits of life of the Maroons, and a detail of the origin, progress, and termination of the late war between those people and the white inhabitants. Stockdale, ■ 8vo. pp. 200. By Bryan Edwards. 18 A BRIEF ENQUIRY into the causes of, and conduct pursued by the colonial government, for quelling the Insurrection in Grenada, from its commencement, on the night of the 2d of March, to the arrival of General Nichols, on the 14th of April, 1795. In a letter from a Grenada planter to a mer- chant in London. . . Faulder, . Svo. pp. 204. map. 19 Reflexions sur la colon ie de Saint-Domingue, ou examen approfondi des causes de sa ruine, et des mesures adoptes pour la retablir; terminees par I'expose rapide d'un plan d'organisation propre k lui rendre son ancienne splendour ; adressees au commerce et aux amis de la prosperite nationale. Svo. 2 vols. Paris. By M. Barb6-Marbois. On the fly leaf of this work is found the following notice of a book, which is not mentioned in any list of the author's works. " On trouve chez le m^me libraire, I'ouvrage suivant du m^me auteur, HiSTOiRE DES DESASTRES do Saint Domingue, preced^e d'un tableau du regime et des progres de cette, colunie depuis sa foudation jusqu'a I'^poque de la revolution Fran(aise. 1 vol. Svo. avec carte." 20 Memoire ANALYTiQUE : ou I'on deduit par unc grande reunion de faits les principes k I'aide desquels ou pourra faire pros- perer de Nouvelles Colonies, plus rapidement que n'ont ete elevees les etablissemens aujourd'hui anciens, et dans lesquels le temps seul pouvoit fixer les methodes. Suivi de I'examen de questions relatives aux effets que les progres de la popula- tion et des culturesdu Nouveau Monde produiront sur I'Europe, avecun tableau de la population, etdes produits de I'Archipel de TAmerique. Par M. de la Rocque, ci-devant valet-de- / i 400 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. %'.. ■..■ 1796. I'i,:; **/*/ 1 / ['I !• » "' chambre de la Reine, &c. . . Londres. 8vo. *«* Cesmemoires ont eti imprimis au nombre seulement de 200 ezemplaires, parceque, les ayant dedies au Roi d'Espagne, I'auteur n'a pas du en permettre la publicite, avant I'agrement de S. M. 21 NoRDAMERiKANiscHER Staats kaleiidar, Oder statisches, hand und addressbuch der vereinigtcn staaten von Nord- Amerika; von J. C. Timeeus. Hamburgh. 8vo. This work appears to be a translation of No. 11 ofl794, with large additions from contemporary works on America. 22 EcLOG* Americans seu descriptiones plantarum preesertim Americse Meridionalis nonduni cognitarum. Auctore Martino Vahl. . . . , Hannice. Folio. Thtee fasciculi of this work were published, each containing ten plates. '! ^ MDCCXCVII. 1 The history of the New World, by Don Juan Baptista Munoz. ■ Translated from the Spanish, with notes, by the translator, an engraved portrait of Columbus, and a map of Espaiiola. 8vo. Vol. I. pp. .'>52. Robinson, — — — -. See No. 14 of ir93. 2 The history of Pennsylvania, in North America, from the original institution and settlement of that province, under the first governor and proprietor, William Penn, in 1681, till after the year 1742. With an introduction respecting the life of William Penn prior to the grant of the province, and the religious society of the people called Quakers, with the first rise of the neighbouring colonies, more particularly of West New-Jersey, and the settlement of the Dutch and Swedes on Delaware. To which is added, a brief description of the said province ; and of the general state in which it flourished, principally between the years 1760 and 1770; with an appendix. Written principally between the years 1776 and 1780, by Robert Proud. . . . Philadelphia. 8vo. 2 vols. A valuable collection of materials for v^ future history of Pennsylvania. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 401 3 A DESCRIPTIVE SKETCH of the present State of Vermont, onc of 1797. — theUnitea States of America. By J. A. Graham, LL.D. late Lieutenant-colonel in the service of the above state. 8vo. pp. 186. Fry, . This work is beautifully printed, and embellished with a fine portrait of the author, who, at the time it was published, was in England, as agent from the episcopal church of Vermont, to the Society for propagating the gospel in foreign parts. 4 Observations on certain documents contained in Nos. V. and VI. of The History of the United States for the year 1796 ; in which the charge of speculation against Alexander Hamilton, late Secretary of the Treasury, is fully refuted. Written by Himself. . . . Philadelphia. 8vo. pp. 37 and Iviii. In this pamphlet General Hamilton defends himself from a cliarge made against him of improper pecuniary speculations, at tlie expense of his private character. It contains an account of his "amorous coniieciion" with a Mrs. Reynolds. The History nf the United Stales, referred to, was published in numbers by J. T. Callender. 5 A TOPOGUAPiiicAL DESCKiPTiON of the wcstem territory of North America; containing a succinct account of its soil, climate, natural history, population, agriculture, manners and customs. With an ample description of the several divisions into which that country is portioned. To which are added, &c. By Gilbert Imlay, a captain in the American army during the war, and commissioner for laying out lands in the back set- tlements, &c. Third edition. . Debrett, . Bvo. pp. 598, and index. 4 maps. The first edition was printed in 1792, and the second in 1793: the aiiihor is there called George Imlay. Besides the work of Filson ( No. f> of 1 784 ) this volume comprises those of Ilutchins, (No. 12 of 1778, and 8 of 1784,) and other tracts, relating principally to tlie Western territory. " 6 Travels in North America. By M. Crespel. With a nar- rative of his shipwreck and extraordinary hardships and suf- ferings, on the Island of Anticosti, &c. Law, . . 12mo. This relation was first published at Frankfort on the Main in 1742, in French. I 7 New views of the origin of the tribes and nations of America. By Benjamin Smith Barton, M.D.,&c. Philadelphia. Bvo. pp. cix. and 83. Dd / i/ W.l I •8. T.\ An histokical suuvey of the French colony in the island of St. Domingo ; comprehending a short account of its an- cient government, political state, population, productions and exports; a narrative of the calamities which have desolated the country ever since the year 1789, with some reflections on their causes and probable consequences ; and a detail of the military transactions of the British army in that island to the end of 1794. By Bryan Edwards, Esq. M.P. F.R.S.,«fec. Quarto, pp. 247. Stockdale, . This work is commended by the Monthly Reviewer "for the highly impor- tant facts and observations which it contains, for the ability disjtlayed in their arrangement, and for the strongly expressive, correct, and often beau- tiful language, in which thej' are conveyed to the reader's understanding." 24 EssAi de comparaison entre la France et les Etats-Unis de I'Amerique Septentrionale, par rapport a leur sol, d leur cli- mat, a leurs productions, a leurs habitatis, a leur constitution, et k leur formation progressive. Par E. A. W. de Zimmer- mann. Traduit de I'Allemand et enrichi de developpemens et de notes par I'auteur m^me. . . Leipsig. 8vo. Vol. I. pp. 494. A comparative essay on France and the United States of North America, with regard to their soil, climate, productions, inhabitants, constitution, and progressive formation. By E. A. W. Zimmermann. See No. 23 of \T0o. Translated from tlie German, under the eye, and with the careful revision of the author, who has added many valuable explanations not in the original. " INI. Zimmermann has shewn industry in collecting mate- rials, and fidelity in exhibiting all the sources of his information. His enquiries and deductions are honourable to the powers of his mind; and 5 *! I 406 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 1797. V bis stjie is generally perspicuous, but often animated, and in a few in- stances too nearly approacbing to the poetical." M.R. 25 Coup d'uiil sur Tetat actuel de nos rapports politiques avec les Etats-Unis de TAmerique Septentrionale; par Joseph Fauchet, Ex-ministre de la Republique a Philadelphie. 8vo. pp. 42. Paris. An answer to this pamphlet, by an American merchant, was published in 1708. (No. 19.) 26 Lettre du Secretaire d'Etat des Etats-Unis de rAtnerique au General Charles C. Pinckney, MinistrePlenipotentiare des dits Etats-Unis pres la Republique Fran9aise; en reponse aux difFerentes plaintes fuites contre le gouvernement des Etats- Unis, par le Ministre Fran9ais, dans ses notes ofticielles de 27 Octobre et 15 Novembre 1796, adressees au Secretaire d'Etat. 8vo. pp. 62. Paria. Citizen Faucbet, in the preceding pamphlet, refers to this letter, which he says was translated and circulated with profusion by the agents of Mr. Pickering, in Paris. 27 Voyage dans Tinterieur des Etats-Unis, k Bath, Winchester, dans la Vallee de Shenandoha, etc. etc. etc. Pendant I'ete de 1791. Par Ferdinand M. Bayard. , Paris. 8vo. pp. 336. Reprinted the following year. 28 Voyage a Saint Domingue, pendant les annees 1788, 1789 et 1790; par le Baron de Winipffen. , Pans. 8vo. 2 vols. 29 Description topographique, physique, civile, politique et historique de la partie Franqaise de I'lsle Saint Domingue, &c. Par M. L. E. Moreau de Saint Mery. Philadelphie. Quarto, 2 vols. pp. 788 and 756. 30 Examen de cette question : Quel sera pour les colonies de I'Amerique, le resultat de la revolution Franqaise, de la guerre qui en est la suite, et de la paix qui doit la terminer? Par M. Pierre-Victor Malouet. , DebofFe, . 8vo. 31 Lettre h un Membre du Parlement sur I'int^ret de I'Europe au salut des colonies de I'Amerique. Par M. Pierre- Victor Malouet. 8vo. Bibliotheca Americana Nova, 32 VoYAtiK i)K LA P^RousK aiiluuF du moinle, public confor- inemeot uu decret du 22 Avril 1791, et redige pur M. L. A. Milet-Mureau, General de Brigade dans le corps du Genie, Directeur des Fortifications, Ex-Constituent, Membre de plu- sieurs societes litteraires de Paris. . Paris, Quarto, 4 vols, and atlas. Two or three English translations of this voyage were published, the best of which is in two volumes quarto, and an atlas, published in 1799. 33 Carta de un Havanero a D.P.E P. autor 6 sea Recopi- lador de la obra el Viagero Universal, sobre la Carta 156 puesta en el Quaderno 34 con que principiael tomo 12. Por D.B.P.F. . . . Madrid. 8vo. pp. 16. 34 Memorias iiistoricas sobre la legislacion y gobierno del comercio de los Espafioles con sus colonias en las Indias Occi- dentales. Hecopiladas por el S'- D. Rafael Antunez y Ace- vedo, Ministro Togado del supremo consejo de Indias. Small 4to. pp. 450. Madrid. 35 Memoria para a historia da Capitania de S. Vicente hoje chamado de S. Paulo do Eslado de Brasil. Por Fr. Gaspar da Madre de Deos. . . * Lisboa Small 4to. 36 Der Freystaat von Nordamerika in seinem neuesten Zustande; von D. von Blilow. . . , Berlin. 8vo. 2 vols. The free states of North America, described by Von Bulow, who attacks *'with a sort of ecclesiastical hatred the praisers of America, treating them as men systematically perverse and deceitful, of misanthropic hearts or insane minds, and as a designing sect of deluders, rather than as dupes." He visited America twice between the years 1791 and 170U, and gives, on the whole, the most unfavourable account that had hitherto been pub- lished by any European traveller. 37 Florae Peruvians ei' Ciiilensis prodromus sive novorum generum plantarum Peruvianarum et Chilensium, descriptiones et icones A. A. Hyppolyto Ruiz et Josepho Pavon. Editio secunda auctior et emendatior. . Roma. Large 4to. ; ,, Publibhed by Don Caspar Xuarez. 179: ml 408 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. MDCCXCVIII. *i-:i h t ' '< Jl'M 1 1 The natural history of the rarer Lcpidoptcrous insects ot Georgia. Including their systematic characters, the particu- tars of their several metamorphoses, and the plants on which they feed. Collected from the observations of Mr. Juiin Abbot, many years resident in that country. B; James Edward Smith, M.D., F.R.S., P.L.S. White/ . Folio, 2 vols. 104 coloured plates. Mr. Abbot, after baving studied the metnmorplioses of English insects, pro- ceeded to America, where he pursued his enquiries ainung those of Georgio, nnd the neighbouring parts. The plates of tliose beautiful volumes are executed with admirable skill and elegance ; on ench is repre- sented the caterpillar, chrysalis, and perfect insect, and the plant on which it feeds ; so that it is a valuable acquisition to the botanist ns wttll as the entomologist. — The publication price wos twenty guineas. 2 Continuation of the history of the province of Massachusetts Bay, from the year 1748 ; with an introductory sketch of events from its original settlement. By George Richards Minot, F. A. A., cLc. Vol. I, . . Boston {Mass.) 8vo. 1'he second volume was published in 1803, after the death of the author. It brings the history down to the year ITQS, and was apparently intended as a continuation to Hutchinson's. 3 The natural and political history of the State of Ver- mont, one of the United States of America. To which is added, an appendix, containing answers to sundry queries, addressed to the author. By Ira Allen, Esq. Major-gen. of the militia in the state of Vermont. West, . 8vo. pp. 300. 4 Account of the Conewaoo canal, on the river Susquehanna; to which is prefixed, the act for incorporating the company. 8vo. pp. 18. Philadelphia. / 5 Travels through the middle settlements in North America, in ^the years"r759 and 1760 : with observations upon the state of the colonies. By the Rev. Andrew Burnaby, D.D., Arch- deacon of Leicester, and Vicar of Greenwich. Edition the Bibliolhecu Americana \'ova. 409 third, revised, correi ii Quarto. and ^i^atly enlarged, by the iiuthov. 1798, Payne, . "'^ \ First printed in niR. Tliiti edition is very much enlnrged, and has aiDii)), and two nquatinta viows of the Pusanic Fulls. 6 Emio RATION to America candidly conHidered, in a series of letters from a gentleman resident there, to his friend in Eng- land. . , . Rickman, . 8vo. pp. G2. This pamphlet was published for the purpose of discouraging emigration. The " gentleman resident there" not liking tlie country, the climate, nor the manners and morals of its inhabitants, apparently emigrated back again. 7 The whole oifFiciAL coiiuESPONDENCt between the Envoys of the American States and Mons. Talleyrand, on the subject of the disputes between the two countries ; and also the pur- port of some private conversations between the American commissioners and an unaccredited agent of the French government, who was employed to make such propositions, all tending to plunder the United States, as even M. Talley- rand did not dare to avow in the first instance. ^ I'imo. pp. 57. Stockdale, . H A SHOUT ACCOUNT of the principal proceedings of Congress in the late session, and a sketch of the state of affairs between the United States and France, in .luly 1798. In a letter from Robert Goodloe Harper, Es(i. of South Carolina, to one of his constituents. . . Philadelphia. 8vo. These proceedings relate to the affairs with France, involved in the \V X Y 5i \ question. 9 Observations on the dispute between the United States and France, addressed by Robert Goodloe Harper, Esq. one of the representatives in Congress for the state of South Carolina, to his constituents, in May 1797. Fourth edition. London. 8vo. Apparently the same as the foregoing. This edition ia stated on the title to be had of all the London booksellers except John Stockdale. 10 A VIEW OF THE CONDUCT OF THE EXECUTIVE in the Forcign affairs of the United States, as connected with the mission to the French Republic, during the years 1794, .5 and 6. By 410 Bihliotheca Americana Nova. 1798. .. ! I iU,: III', ' James Munroe, late Minister Plenipotentiary to the said re public. Illustrated by the instructions and correspondence, and other documents. ♦ Ridgway, . 8vo. pp. 117. Reprinted, with some omissions, from the Philadelphia edition, probably of the preceding year, and stated in the preface to be republished for the purpose of counteracting the pernicious representations of Mr. Harper, in the preceding article. 1 1 Strictures on the American State Papers delivered by the President of the United States to Congress on April 5, 1798; including the official correspondence with the American En- voys at Paris, relative to some charges against the French ministry, &c. By M. Talleyrand, Minister of Foreign Affairs in France. . . Jordan, ■ . 8vo. 12 An explanation of the conduct of the French Government in their late negociations with the American commissioners. 8vo. Ridgway, . These pamphlets relate to an affair which made p;reat noise in its time, and in which the letters W X Y Z played a very conspicuous part. The last was written by M. Hauteval, who was represented bj the let*"r Z, according to his own acknowledgment ' and a Mr. Bellamy, of Hamburgh, claims all the merit belonging to Y, The Monthly Reviewer savs that the American envoj's conducted t' , iselves very incautiously and awk- wardly in the negociation, but t' . : the shuffling of M. Talleyrand, and the contradictory stories of his agents, make it highly probable that there was foul play at the bottom. 13 The Republican Judge; or the American liberty of the press, as exhibited, explained, and exposed, in the base and partial prosecution of William Cobbett for a pretended libel against the King of Spain and his Ambassador, before the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ; with an address to the people of Eng- land. By Peter Porcupine. . Wright, . 8vo. pp. 96. The republican Judge was Gov. M'Kean, the Spanish ambassador the Marquis of Casa Irujo, who married Gov. M'Kean's daughter. 14 A VOYAGE to the South Atlantic, and round Cape Horn into the Pacific Ocean, for the purpose of extending the sperma- ceti whale fisheries, and other objects of commerce, by as- certaining the ports, bays, harbours, and anchoring berths, in Bibliotheca Americana Novn. 411 certain islands and coasts in those seas, at which the ships of 1798. the British merchants might be refitted. Undertaken and performed by Captain James Colnett, of the Royal Navy, in the ship Rattler, . . Egerton. Quarto, pp. 200, 9 charts, &c. This voyage was made in the years 1793 and 1794, and extended northward as far as the coast of California. 15 A VOYAGE OF DiscovEav to the North Pacific Ocean, and round the world ; in which the coast of North-west America has been carefully examined, and accurately surveyed. Un- dertaken by H. M.'s command, principally with a view to as- certain the existence of any navigable communication between the North Pacific and North Atlantic Oceans ; and performed in the years 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794, and 1795, in the Discovery sloop of war, and armed tender Chatham, under the command of Captain George Vancouver. Quarto, 3 vols. 18 plates, and atlas of 1 6 charts. Robinson, . Captain Vancouver died while this work was preparing for the press ; it was finished undur the editorship of his brother, Mr. John Vancouver. The object of the voyage was to survey the N. W. coast of America, from lat. 30 N. to <(0 N., and to ascertain the probability of a Northern passage into the Atlantic, together with the additional purpose of execu- ting the articles of the Convention between England and Spain, respect- ing Nootka Sound. 16 The coffee planter of St. Domingo; with an appendix, containing a view of the constitution, government, laws, and state of the colony, previous to the year 1789. To which are added, some hints on the present state of the island, under the British government. By P. J. Laborie, LL.D., planter in the north of St. Domingo, and member of the Superior Council. . . . Cadell, . 8vo. A curious, and in some respects a valuable performance. The author's knowledge of the French colonial system, under the ancient government, is accurate and profound. In no other book is so clear, exact, and per- fect an account of the laws and constitution of St. Domingo, before the revolution, to be found." M.R. 17 Voyage k la Guyane et a Cayenne, fait en 1789 et dans les annees suivantes, par L. M. B. Armateur ; avec des cartes I'l !* ' 412 Bibliotheca Americana Novn. 1798. ! -J 1 (if et des figures. .... Paris. 8vo. pp. 400. Instead of being an account of an actual voyage, this work is merely a su- perficial and inaccurate compilation from other writers. According to Barbier, the author was M. Louis Prudhomme. 18 Voyage dans I'interieur des Etats-Unis, a Bath, Winchester, dans la Vallee de Shenandoah, &c. pendant Tete de 1791. Seconde edition, augmentee de descriptions et d'anecdotes sur la vie militaire et politique de George Washington. Par Ferdinand M. Bayard. . . . Paris. 8vo. pp. 349. See No. 27 of 1797. 19 L'Independanc^ absolue des Am^uicains des Etats-Unis, prouvee par I'etat actuel de leur commerce avec les nations Europeennes. . . . Paris. 8vo. pp. 149. Written by an American merchant, in consequence of the assertion of Fauchet, in a pamphlet entitled Coup-d'acil sur fetat actuel de nos rapports politiques avec les Etats-Unis, (No. 25 of 1797,) that, "judging by the actual state of the commerce between the United States and CJreat Britain, one would think that the former were still a colony of the latter, or fear that they might again become so." 20 Memoiues de Paul Jones, oil il expose ses principaux services, et rappelle ce qui lui est arrive de plus remarquable pendant le cours de la revolution Americaine, particulierement en Europe, ecrits par lui-m6me en Anglais, et traduits sous ses yeux par le citoyen Andre. . . Paris. 16mo. 21 ExPOs£ des moyens de mettre en valeur et d'administrer la Guiane, orne d'une carte, par Daniel Lescallier, ancien or- donnateur de cette colonic, et de la Guiane, Hollandaise. Nouvelle edition. . . . Paris. 8vo. pp. 237. The first edition was printed in 1791. 22 Notions sur la culture des Terres-basses dans la Guiane, et sur la cessation de I'esclavage dans ces contrees. Par le citoyeu Lescallier. ' . » . Paris. 8vo. pp. 106. Bihiiofheca America, a Nora. 413 1798. Madrid. '^■'^ 23 Lima por dentro y Fuera. Por Simon Ayauiue. 12mo. A description of Lima in verse. 24 Carta critica sobre la historia de America del Seiior D. Juan Bautista Munoz, escrita de Roma por D. Francisco Ituri. Small 8vo. Madrid. 25 Htstoria de la conquista de Mexico, poblacion y pro- gresos de la America Septentrional conocida por el nombre de Nueva Espaiia. Escribiala Don Antonio de Solis, &c. Madrid. 16mo. 5 vols. A very neat and correct edition of this work, so highly esteemed by the Spaniards. 26 Utilidades de que todos los Indios y Ladinos se vistan y cal- cen a la Espanola y medios de conseguirlo sin violencia coaccion ni mandato. Su autor Fray Matiasde Cordova, &c. 4to. pp. 22. Nueva Guatemala. 27 Disertaciones sobre la navigacion a las Indias Orientales por el Norte de la Europa. Escritas, la primera, por M. Bauche, de la Academia de Ciencias de Paris ; y la segunda, por el Capitan de Fragata, de la Real Armada, D. Ciriacode Zevallos. . . . Isla de Leon (Cadiz.) Small folio, pp. xxii. and 41. These dissertations relate to the practicability of a North West passage to the JOust Indies, and not to a passage by the north of Europe, as the title would lead one to believe. The dissertation of M. Bauche relates prin- cipally to the supposed discoveries of Ferrer Maldonado. 28 Systema vegetabilium Floree Peruvianse et Chilensis, cha- racteres prodromi genericos difFerentiales durationem, loca natalia, tempus florendi, nomina vernacula, vires et usus non- nullis illustrationibus interspersis complectens. Auctoribus Hippolyto Ruiz et Josepho Pavon. Tomus primus. Svo. Madrid. This volume contains the new genera of the prodromus, and the species contained in the first volume of the Flora Peruvianse, which comprises the four first classes of the Liun^an system. The work was not con- tinued. 29 IcoNEs iLLusTRATioNi plautarum Americanarum in eclogis descriptarum inservientes. Edidit Martinus Vahl. HannicB. Folio. Three ''•■ ;;;'?:. were published, containing each ten plutes. See No, 22, 1796. 414 Bihlintheca Americana Nova. I' 4 V-'. (-1 ¥ i ■( 1 V 1798. 30 Tagebuch einer reise durch Peru, vom Buenos-Ayres an dem grossen Plataflusse, liber Potosi nach Lima, der haupt- stadt des Konigreichs Peru, vom Koniglich Spanischen Hiittendirektor Anton Zacharias Helms. . Dresden. 8vo. pp. 300. Translated into English in 1806. 31 DispuTATio HisTORico-GEOGRAPiiiCA, in qua quBBritur ; utrum veteres Americam noverint, nee ne? Auctore Joanne Goitlobio Fritsch. 8vo. Ill Kajser's Bucher Lexicon the date is 1796 ; and the title Demonstratio instead of Disputaiio. MDCCXCIX. 1 A SHORT Topographical description of H. M.'s Province of Upper Canada, in North America. To which is annexed, a Provincial Gazetteer. . . Faden, . 8vo. pp. 166. 2 Description of the Settlement of the Genesee country, in the State of New York. In a series of letters from a gentleman to his friend. . . . New York 8vo. pp. 63. 3 A TOUR through Upper and Lower Canada. By a Citizen of the United States. Containing a view of the present state of religion, learning, commerce, agriculture, colonization, customs and manners, among the English, French, and Indian settlements. , Litchfield, N.A. 12mo. pp. 120. V y 4 Travels through the States of North America, and the Provinces of TlppiFantt fcOtver Canada, during the years 1795, 1796, and 1797. By Isaac Weld, junior. Illustrated and em- bellished with sixteen plates. Stockdale, . Quarto, pp. '164. Rep.wjtedin 1800. In French, 8vo. 3. vols. Paris. 1800. 5 Travels through the United States of North America, the coun- Bibliotheca Americana Nona. 415 )emonitratio try of the Iroquois, and Upper Canada, in the years 1795, 1799. 1796, and 1797; with an authentic account of Lower Canada. By the Duke do la Rochefoucault Liancourt. Quarto, 2 vols. Phillips, . The translator (U, Neuman, esq.) appears to have executed his task faith- fully, and to be well acquainted with the country described. His notes frequently increase the information, and sometimes correct the errors of the original. A copy of this work which formerly belonged to the late Robert Barclay, has the following note, apparently in his own hand- writing; *• These travels are to be read throughout under the general belief of their being composed to please the French nation, with a view to the author's return from exile. Many of his statements, &c. aiemuch questioned ; and, above all, that degree of attachment he represents to exist among the Americans to France." 6 A VOYAGE HOUND THE WORLD, performed in the years 1785-1788, by the Boussole and Astrolabe, under the command of J. F. G. de la Perouse : published by order of the Na- tional Assembly, under the superintendence of L. A. Milet- Mureau, Brigadier-general in the Corps of Engineers, &c. Translated from the French. Robinson, — . Quarto, 2 vols, and folio atlas. 7 A MISSIONARY VOYAGE to the Southcm Pacific Ocean, per- formed in the years 1796, 1797, 1798, in the ship Duff, com- manded by Captain James Wilson. Compiled from journals of the officers and missionaries, and -illustrated with maps, charts, and views, drawn by Mr. William Wilson, and en- graved by the most eminent artists. With a preliminary dis- course on the geography and history of the South Sea Islands, and an appendix, including details never before published, of the natural and civil state of Otaheite. By a committee ap- pointed for the purpose by the directors of the Missionary Society. Published for the benefit of the Society. Quarto. Chapman, — ■ 8 A VISIBLE DISPLAY of Divine Providence ; or, the Journal of a captured Missionary, designated to the Southern Pacific Ocean, in the second voyage of the Duff, Capt. Thomas Robson, captured by Le Grand Bonaparte off Cape Frio ; in- cluding every remarkable occurrence which took place on board the Duff, the Grand Bonaparte, &c. in the province of I ,;i Mj II 416 1799. Bibliothcca Americana Nova. Paraguay, Spanish South America, and Portugal, on the return home, in 1798 and 1799. By Wiillant-Gregory, one of the missionaries, &c. , Symonds, . 8vo. Published in numbers. 9 Narrative of the deportation to Cayenne of Barthelemy, Pichegru, Willot, Marbois, La Rue, Ramel, &c. in conse- quence of the revolution of the 18th Fructidor, (September 4, 1797,) containing a variety of important facts relative to the revolution, and to the voyage, residence, and escape of Barthelemy, Pichegru, &c. From the French of General Ramel, formerly commandant of the Legislative Guard. 8vo. Wright, . 10 Practical observations on the diseases of the army in Jamaica, as they occurred between the years 1792 and 1797; on the situation, climate, and diseases of that island; and on the most probable means of lessening mortality among the troops, and among Europeans in tropical climates. By William Lempriere, Apothecary to H. M.'s forces. 8vo. 2 vols. Longman, . 1 1 Observations upon the origin of the malignant, bilious or yellow fever, in Philadelphia, and upon the means of pre- venting it ; addressed lo the citizens of Philadelphia. By Benjamin Rush. . . . Philadelphia. 8vo. 12 Fragments of the Natural History of Pennsylvania. By Benjamin Smith Barton, M.D. &c. Part first. Folio, pp. 30. J, , ", Philadelphia. 13 Facts and observations relative to the nature and origin of the pestilential fever which prevailed in the city of Philadel- phia in 1793, 1797, and 1798. By the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Phillips, . 8vo. ' • First printed in Philadelphia. \ 14 A FEW FACTS and observations on the yellow fever of the West Indies, by which is shewn, that there have existed two species of fever in the West India Islands for sever.i years past, in- Bibliotlieca Americana Nova. 417 discriminately called yellow fever, but which have proceeded 1799. from very different causes ; with the success attending tlie '*'*' method of cure. By James Anderson, late surgeon of the 60th regiment of foot. . . Robinsons, . 8vo. 15 Relation de la deportation a Cayenne des Citoyens Bar- thelemy, Pichegrii, Willot, La Bae, &c. A la suite de la journ6e du 18 Fructidor 5me Annee. Contenant plusieurs faits importans relatifs a cette journee, et au voyage, sejour, et evasion de quelques-uns des deportes. Par le General Ramel, ci-devant commandant de la garde du corps legisla- tifs, et I'un des deportes. . Hamboitrgh (London). Svo. pp. 271. 16 Voyage dans les Etats-Unis d'Amerique, fait en 1795, 1796, et 1797. Par La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt. Paris. Svo. 8 vols. See No. 5 of this year. 17 Relation DU voyage k la recherche de la Perouse, fait pt.r ordre de I'Assemblee Constituante, pendant les annees 1791 a 1794, par le Cit. Labillardiere, correspondant de la ci-devant Academic des Sciences de Paris, Membre de la Societe d'Histoire Naturelle, et I'un des naturalistes de I'expedition. Quarto, 2 vols, and atlas. Paris. Svo. 2 vols, and atlas. 18 Voyage autour du monde, pendant les annees 1790, 91, et 92, par L. Marchand, precede d'une introduction historique, auquel on a joint des recherches sur les terres australes de Drake, et un examen critique du voyage de Roggeween, par C. L. Claret Fleurieu. . . . Paris. Quarto, 4 vols. Charts. Imprimerie de la Republique. 19 DiscuRso sobre los medics de connaturalizar y propagar en Espana los? cedros de la Havana y otios arboles asi de con- struccion cemo de Maderas curiosas y frutaies. Por Don Antonio Parra. Madrid. 4to. pp. 36. ■ \ 4 u 418 Bibliot/ieca Americana Novu. / MDCCC. 1 The History of North America, and its United States. In- cluding also a distinct history of each individual state ; its manners, customs, trade, commerce, religion, and govern- ment; manufactures and agriculture, climate, soil, and pro- duce ; with new tables of the whole of their imports and exports, revenue, debt, expenditure, currency of coins, &c. To which is annexed, an account of new discoveries. By Edward Oliphant, Esq. . . Edinburyh. 8vo. pp. 408. Compiled principally from Morse, without any acknowledgment. 2 The History of America, from its discovery by Columbus, to the conclusion of the late war, &c. By William Russell, Esq. Quarto, 2 vols. 51 plates. London. This is the same book as No. 1 of 1778, merely with new titles, and the date altered. 3 An appendix to the Notes on Virginia, relative to the murder of Logan's family. By Thomas Jefferson. Philadelphia. 8vo. pp. 52. In this pamphlet Mr. Jefi'erson states (as was suggested under 1782) that his Notes, «&c. were originally printed at Paris in 1784 ; and that they were written in 1781 and 1782, in answer to certain queries proposed to him by M. de Marbois. 4 The true history of the Conquest of Mexico, by Captain Bernal Diaz del Castillo, one of the conquerors. Written in the year 1568. Translated from the original Spanish, by Maurice Keatrnge, Esq. . . . London, Quarto, pp. 514, and plate. * The oi'iginal of this work was first printed in 16a!2. This translation waa reprinted in two volumes octavo, at Salem, in 1803. 5 Narrative of the singular adventures and captivity of Mr. Thomas Burry among ihe Monsipi Indians, in the unexplored regions of North America, during the years 1797, 1798, and 1799; including the manners, customs, &c. of that tribe; also a particular account of his escape, accompanied by an Bibliothecu Americana Nova. American female ; the extraordinary hardships they encoun- tered, and their safe arrival in London. Written by himself. 12mo. Neil, . Probably a fictitious narrative. 6 A FAITHFUL NARRATIVE of the surpwi;.ing work of God, in the conversion of many hundred souls in Northampton, and in the neighbouring towns and villages of New Hampshire, in New England. In a letter to the Rev. Dr. Colman, of Boston. Written by the Rev. Mr. Edwards, minister of Northampton, on Nov. 6, 1737, and published, with a large preface, by Dr. Watts and Dr. Guyse. . Button, . 8vo. 7 An historical and practical essay on the culture and commerce of Tobacco. By William Tatham. 8vo. pp. 330. Vernor and Hood, . An instructive publication, in which are detailed the particulars of the his- tory of tobacco, its cultivation, and the several laws by which its commerce has been regulated. The author offers the fruits of observation nnd experience; and, in addition to his own remarks, made during a long re- sidence in the interior parts of America, he subjoins a variety of extracts from public documents existing on both sides the Atlantic. 8 Communications concerning the agriculture and commerce of the United States of America ; being an auxiliary to a report made by William Strickland, Esq. of York, to the Board of Agriculture, on the queries wherewith he was charged on his tour to that continent. By William Tatham. 8vo. pp. 153. Ridgway, . 9 TfiELiFEof George Washington, late President and Commander- in-chief of the armies of the United States of America ; with biographical anecdotes of the most eminent men who effected the American revolution. By John Corry. Kearsly, . 8vo. 10 The will of General George Washington ; to which is annexed, a schedule of his property directed to be sold ; also the Oration delivered by Major-general Lee, at the request of Cong:ress, at a funeral solemnity, in Philadelphia, in honour of the memory of General Washington. . Neiv York. 8vo. pp. 42. E e 2 419 1800. M i^l 4*v Bibliotheca Americnna Nova. 1 800. " In this last will and testament of the great and good Washington, every line discovers the heart which conceived it, and the liund which drew it up. It is, on every account, a curiosity worthy of preservation." 1 1 Letters from H. E. George Washington, President of the United States of America, to Sir John Sinclair, Bart. M.P., on agricultural, and other interesting topics. Engraved from the original letters, so as to be an exact fac-simile of the handwriting of that celebrated character. Nicol, .. Quarto. 12 Pkoceedings of the town of Charlestown, in the common- wealth of Massachusetts, in respectful testimony of the dis- tinguished talents and pre-eminent virtues of the late George Washington. . , Stockdale, . 8vo. pp. 82.; Contains Dr. Morse's funeral sermon on Washington, and a biographical sketch of the life of this great and good man. 13 A FUNERAL ORATION, delivered iu the brick Presbyterian church, in the city of New York, on the 22d of February, 1800, being the day recommended by Congress to the citizens of the United States publicly to testify their grief for the death of General Washington : by appointment of a number of the clergy of New York, and published at their request. By John M. Mason, A.M., &c. . New York. 8vo. pp. 23. 14 A FUNERAL EULOGY, occasioncd by the death of General Washington, delivered February 22, 1800, before the New York State Society of the Cincinnati. By William Linn, D.D., &c. ... New York. 8vo. pp. 44. 15 Washington's monuments of patriotism, being a collection of the most interesting documents, connected with the mili- tary command, and civil administration of the American Hero and Patriot. To which is annexed, an Eulogium on the cha- racter of General Washington, by Major William Jackson. 8vo. pp. 338 and 44. Philadelphia. 16 Selections from the correspondence of General Washington and James Anderson, LL.D., F.R.S., &c. In which the 5 Bihliotheca Americana Nova. causes of the present scarcity arc fully investigated. 8vo. pp. 88. Contains only one letter from Washington. 17 Sermon on the Death of General Washington, delivered Fe- bruary 22, 1800, in the church of Willian\sburgh. By James Madison, D.D. Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal church in Virginia, and President of William and Mary College. Se- cond edition, corrected. • New York. 8vo. Reprinted in London by Hatchard. Contains an important biographical note, relative to the birth, education, and life of Washington. 18 The American Rush-light; by the help of which way- ward and disaffected Britons may see a complete specimen of the baseness, dishonesty, ingratitude, and perBdy of repub- licans, and of the profligacy, injustice, and tyranny of repub- lican governments. By Peter Porcupine. . London. 8vo. pp. 192. Peter had burnt his fingers by writing against Dr. Rush, (who recovered five thousand dollars damages in an action against him for slander,) and in revenge set up his Rush-light at New York. 19 An excursio]^' into Bethlehem and Nazareth, in Pennsylvania, in the year 1799, with a succinct history of the society of united brethren, commonly called Moravians ; by J. G. Ogden, &c. . . . Philadelphia. 12mo. pp. 167. 20 Narrative of the deportation to Gayenne, and shipwreck on the coast of Scotland, of J. J. Job Aime ; written by himself. With observations on the present state of that colony, and of the negroes ; and an account of the situation of the deported persons at the time of his escape. Wright, . 8vo. pp. 282. 21 Deportation et naufrage de J. J. Ayme, ex-legislateur, suivi du tableau de vie et de mort des deportes, k son deport de la Guyane; avec quelques observations sur cette colonic et sur les negres. . . . Paris. 8vo. pp.270. 22 Eloge de Washington par J. F, Dubroca. . Paris. 12mo. 421 1800. I m I 422 liibliothecd Afnericana Nova, M 1800. 23 Relation d'un voyage k la Mer du Sud en 1771 et 1772, cotn- "^^ inenc6 par le Capitainc Marion, extrait dc cclui du Capitainc Surville, dans les mfemes parages en 1769 et 1770, augmente des deux voyages d'Alvarcz de Mendana et de Fernand dc Quiros, par Alexis Rochon. . . Paris. 8vo. Plates. First printed in 1793. \ / 24 Voyage de Decouverte k I'Ocean Paciiique du Nord et au- tour du Monde ; dans lequel la c6te Nord-ouest de I'Am^rique a ^te soigneuseinent reconnue et exactement relevee : ordon< nee par le roi d'Anglcterre, principalement dans la vuc dc constater s'il cxiste, k travers le continent de TAmerique, un passage pour les vaisseaux, de TOcean Pacifique du Nord k rOcean Atlantique Septentrional; et execute en 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794 and 1795. Par le Capitaine Oeorge Van- couver. Traduit de I'Anglois. Ouvrage enrichi de figures, avec un grand atlas. . . Paris. Quarto, 3 vols, and atlas. The Spanish government took a large numher of copies of this work, the greater part of which are still on hand, in the warehouses of the royal printing-oflice. 25 Le nouveau monde, ou Christophe Colomb. Poeme par le Citoyen Le Suire. Nouvelle edition, entierement refonduc et corrigee. . . . Paris. 8vo. 2 vols. 26 Uk mot sur les colonies Franqaises, et particuli^rement sur Saint Domingue, par le Citoyen Deaubonneau. Paris. 8vo. pp. 44. / 27 APPER9U DES crimes commis par les Anglo- Americains envers les Fran^ais. Par Jacques Mignard, du departement de I'Yonne. . . > . Paris. 8vo. pp. 52. A most violent diatribe against the Americans, called by Mr. Jacques Mignard " peuple de Barriagton, (fameux voleur Anglois.^"— Englanu is called a nation composed of pirates and brigands, and is condemned to live upon potatoes; the Americans upon Indian com; whilst the luxuries of the world are to be for the exclusive use of France. 28 Des prisons de Philadelphie, par un Europeen. l2rao. Paris. The following is another edition of the same work. Bibliothccu Americana Nova. I'2M M 21) Df.s puisuns de Philadclphie, par Larochefoucault Lianeouit. 1800. 8vo. Paris. ^^ " L'uuteur I'est point dans cet ouvrage, dunt toutea lea pngns reapiriMit I'nmour du l'liumanit6 ; son style siiuplo et noble a do I'liarmonie ot du lu precision." Journal General. .H) VisiTE A LA PRISON dc Pluladclphie, ou cnoncc exact de la sage administration, qui a en lieu dans Ics divers departcmens de ectte maison, par R. J. Turnbul traduit de I'Angloia par Petit-Radel . . Paris. 8vo. pp. 42. 31 PllIMO VIAUOIO INTOIINO AL GLOUO TlillRACQUEO, OSSia rag- guaglio della navigazione allc Indie Orientali, per la via d'oc- cidcntc fatta sulla squadra del capit. Maggalianes negli' anni 1519-22, dell Cav"- Ant. Pigafetta. . Milam. Quarto. This account of Pigafetti's voyage with MiiguUunea ia here firat published from a mi. in the Ambrosiniou Library at Alilan, by Dr. Charles Amoretti. The old editions are made up of imperfect extracts from the work. ( liruiict.) Published in French in 1801 . 424 NOTE. The following are the principal Authorities which have been followed for those Books which I have not been able to examine myself; to most of which an asterisk is prefixed. M Meusel. Bibliotheca Historica, torn, iii and x. M.R. Monthly Review. C.R. Critical Review. N.A.R. North American Review. Gent. Mag. Gentleman's Magazine. Warden's Bibliotheca Americo-septentrionalis, 8vo. Paris, 1820. Warden's Bibliotheca Americana, 8vo. Paris, 1831. Col. Aspinwall's Catalogue of Books relating to America. Bibliotheca Americana Primordia, 4to. 1713. Bibliotheca Americana, 4to. 1789. Harvard College Catalogue, 8vo. 3 vols. 1830. Where a line occurs after the Publisher's name, it is to be understood that the Book was printed in London. FINIS. 3. ANK C. /IDLAHD, I'HIMCUS, BAlll HOLUHKW CLUliE SUPPLEMENT TO THE BIBLIOTHECA AMERICANA NOVA. PART I. 'I 11 ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS 1701 TO 1800. LONDON: RICH:— 12, RED LION SQUARE. 1841. >n' 'US J • 8v \ - -•' 1 A 4 T / * t '; ■■ - .» i T 6 A t I.J ' ' . . ■ • . -\ I ■ . I - 8vo 5 A f » \ - 3Bftliot|)eta amerttana i^oiia^ ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS. MDCCI. 9 A CIRCULAR LETTKR to the Clcigy of Maryland, subsequent to the late visitation (No Printer, SfC.J Folio, pp. 6. Rev. Thomas Bray's first letter. See No 5. 10 A MEMORIAL representing the present state of Religion on the continent of North America. By Thomas Bray, D.D. Folio, pp. 15. Brudennel, ■ 1 1 A LETTER from Dr. Bray, to such as have contributed towards the propagating christian knowledge in the Plantations. Folio, pp. 3. P!fo Printer, date, 8(C.J 12 An essat Moon the government of the English Plantations on the coni,.'".' t ' f America. Together with some remarks upon the disct.":* >n the Plantation trade, written by the Author of the Essay on ways and means, and published in the second part of his discourses on the public revenues, and on the Trade of England. By an American. . . . Parker, London. 8vo. pp. 86. (and Preface pp. 32). MDCCII. 1 Magnalia, &c. Reprinted at Hartford in 1820 in 2 vols 8vo. 4 Thom^ campanii, &c. Tlie Engraved frontispiece has the following title; "Novae Suecise, seu Pennsylvania in Amcrici descriptio." pp. 190. Translated by Mr Duponceau, and printed at Philadelphia in 1834. 6 A LETTER to a friend at Edinburgh from Rotterdam, giving an account of the Scots' affairs in Darien. By James Byre. 8vo. pp. 1 7 1 . No place (Edinburgh ?) MDCCIV. 5 An abridgement of the Laws in force and use in her Majesty's Plantations ; viz., of Virginia, Jamaica, Barbadoi^s, Maryland, £ e 7^7 /J^t. 426 Billirtheca Americana Nova. ;nf if- 1/ New England, New York, Carolina, &c. Digested under proper heads in the method of Mr. Win^-ate, and Mr. Washington'?! abridgements. London. 8vo. 6 Reflections on Mr. Burchett's Memoirs. Or remarks on his account of Captain Wilmot's expedition to the West Indies. By Col. Lul Lillingston, Commaxider in Chief of the land forces in that expedition London. 8vo. pp. 171. \ 7 Mh. Burchett's Justification of his Naval Memoirs in an- swer to reflections made by Col. Lillingston on that part which relates to Cape Fran9ois and Pr-t de Paix. With some short observations on our West India expedition. . London. 8vo. pp. 166. 8 Voyage ou nouvelle decouverte d'un trds grand Pays dans I'Amerique, entre le nouveau Mexique et la Mer Glaciale. Par le R. P. Louis Hennepin, &c. Avec un ^''oyage qui con- tient une Relation exacte de I'origine, &c., des Caraibes, Sau- vages des Isles Antilles de I'Amerique. fait par le Sieur de la Borde, tird du Cabinet de M. Blondel. , Amsterdam. 12mo. pp. 604 and Table. 6 pi., 2 Maps. MDCCV. 1 The history and present state of Virginia. "There really was a history of Virginia written and published by a Colonel Bird, in the beginning of the 18th century ; but I have never been able to meet with it. Oldmixon (in his preface) gives some account of the author and enumerates the work imong the materials v.'hich he himself had made use of." Grahame's North America, 2nd Ed. 1 pp. 145. 9 The humble address of the R. H. the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, presented to her Majesty on the 13th of March, 1705, relating to the Province of Caro- lina, and the Petition therein mentioned With her Majesty's most gracious answer thereunto. . . . London, Folio, pp. 4. MDCCVT. 4 The case of the Protestant Dissenters in Carolina, shewing how ^ a law to prevent occasional conformity there, has ended in the total subversion of the Constitutioa in Church and state, &c. 4to. pp. 42. London. Bibliotkeca Americana Nova. 427 II MDCCVII. 12 The redeemed captive, returning to Zion. A faithful history of remarkable occurrences in the Captivity and the deliverance of Mr. John Williams, Minister of the Gospel, in Deerfield, who, in the desolation which befel tbit Plantation by an incur- sion of the French and Indians, was by them carried away, with his family, and his neighbourhood, unto Canada. Whereto there is annexed a sermon preached by him upon his return at the Lecture in Boston. Dec. 5, 1706, &c. B.Green. Boston. Small 8vo. pp. 104. MDCCVIII. 9 Miscellanea curiosa, &c. 3 vols. 8vo. Second edition of vol. 1, and first of vol. 2 and 3 : all dated 1708. Vol. 1 was first printed in 1705. See No 3. 1727. MDCCX. 4 The four indian kings' Speech to her Majesty. London, April 20, 1710. London. Folio, pp. 2. A half sheet, printed only on one side. 5 The English Empire in America : or a View of the Domin- ions of the Crown of England in the West Indies; &c. *c. By R. B. The Fifth Edition. . . London. 12mo. pp. 191. • ' The First Edition was published in 1685. MDCCXL 9 A NARRATIVE of the sufferings, preservation, and deliverance of Capt. John Dean and company : in the IT ^tingham Galley of London, cast away on Boon Island near New England, December 11, 1710. London, 8vo. pp. 23. —■ ' 10 A NEW COLLECTION of Voyagcs and Travels into several parts of the World, none of them ever before printed in English. '- Knapton, London. The same as No. 4, of 1708 and No. 3, 1710, with new titles. E e 2 / i \ i 428 Bibliotheca Amerknna Nova. .1? III »! f- MDCCXV. 4 Captain Bilton's journal of his unfortunate voyage from Lisbon to Virginia, in the year 1 707 : giving an account of the mirpculous preservation of himself and nine other persons, &c. 8vo. pp. 28. London. Captain BUton abandoned his ship at sea, and took to his boat with his crew. After bc'nR thirty-one days at sea, they arrived at the island of Anguilla, in th* est Indies. The work is merely a journal of winds, ' weather, &c., ex ^ted from the Log-book, with a few occasional obser- vations. MDCCXVI. 7 The laws op Jamaica, passed by the Governors, Council, and Assembly in that Island, and confirmed by the Crown. 8vo. pp. 457. Wilkins, London. MDCCXVII, 4 NouvEAU VOYAGE ai ' our du Monde, ou Ton ddcrit en particulier risthme de lAm6rique, &c. &c. Par Guillaume Dampier. Enrichi de Cartes et de Figures. . . Amsterdam. 12mo. 5 vols. MDCCXVIII. 1 The history of Carolina, containing, 1709.) By John Lawson. &c, (as in No. 1, MDCCXIX. 4 Voyages aux C6tes de Guinde, et en Amdrique, Par N***. Avec figures. ...... Amsterdam. 12mo. pp. 416. 5 The tryals of Major Stede Bonnet, and other pirates, viz., Robert Tucker,, &c. who were all condemned for Piracy, at the Admiralty Sessions held at Charles-town, in the Province of South Carolina, on Tuesday, October 28, 1718, &c., to which is prefixed an account of the taking of the said Major Bonnet, and the re^t of the Pirates. . Cowse, London. Folio, pp. 50. MDCCXX. ^ 2 A discovery of a large, rich, and plentiful country in the North America ; extending above 4000 leagues. Wherein by a very \^- Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 429 short passage, lately found out, through the Mer-Bermejo into the South Sea, by which a considerable Trade might be carried on, as well in the northern as the southern parts of America. 8vo. pp. 22, W. Boreham. Without a date ; but being published to raise the credit of the South Sea Stock was probably printed about this time. It is apparently an ab- stract of Hennepin's discoveries. 13 The voyages. Dangerous Adventures, and Imminent Escapes of "Captain Kichard Falconer : containing the Laws, Customs and Manners of the Indians in America ; his shipwreck ; his marrying an Indian wife, &c., intermixed with the Voyages and Adventures of Thomas Randall of Cork, pilot, &c. ; his being taken by the Indians of Virginia, &c. Cherwood 8vo. pp. 388. ^ . See No. 6, 1724. MDCCXXI. 7 Het Britannische Ryk in Amerika, zynde eene Beschryving van de Ourdekking Beevolking Imvoonden het Klimaat, &c. In dat gedeelte der Wereldt. Vit het Enge. Amsterdam. Small 4to. 2vols. Frontispieces and Maps. Perhaps a translation of Oldmixon ? MDCCXXV. 7 A PROPOSAL for the better supplying of churches in our foreign plantations, and for converting the savage Americans to Chris- tianity, by a college to be erected in the Summer Islands, other- wise called the Isles of Bermuda. Woodfall. ■ 8vo. pp. 24. By Bishop Berkely. 8 KoRT Berettelse om then Swenska Kyrkios n&rwarande tilst- knd i America samt ofdrgripeliga tankar om thess widare f6rko- fring, upst<e af Andrea Hesseho, for thetta probst ock Kyrkio- herde i Pensilvanien. , , Norkioping. 4to. pp. 23. " A short account of the present situation of the Swedish Church in Ame- rica, with incontrovertible thoughts on its future progress, drawn up by And. Hessel, late its priest and pastor in Pennsylvania." ;l^l m ml l: 'i 11 i Pi Mi m 430 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. MDCCXXVI. ^ 3 Thb history of the wars Of New-England with the Eastern- Indians ; or a narrative of their continued perfidy and cruelty, from the 10th of August, 1703, to the Peace renewed 13th of July 1713, and from the 25th of July,1722, to their submission 15th December, 1725, which was ratified August 5th, 1726. By Samurl Peuhallow, Esq. . Boston. 12mo. pp. 134. Printed by T. Fleet, for S. Gerrish. MDCCXXVII. 7 The present state of Virginia and the College. By Messrs. Hartwell, Blair, and Chilton. To which is added, the Charter for erecting the said College, granted by their late Majesties King William and Queen Mary, of ever glorious and pious me- mory London. 8vo, pp. 95. MDCCXXX. 4 The trade and navigation of Great Britain considered ; shew- ing that the surest way for a nation to increase in riches, is to prevent the importation of such foreign commodities as may be raised at home, &c. The second edition. S. Buckley, London. 8vo. pp. 147. By Joshua Gee, who states in his preface tliat the work was not originally intended for sale, but printed for private distribution. This probably relates to the first edition printed in : — A great part of it relates to the trade of the Plantations in America. MDCCXXXI. 7 The present state of the British Sugar Colonies considered. In a letter from Oy gentleman at Barbadoes to his friend in Lon- '■"' don (No printer) Londoi. 4to. pp. 28. MDCCXXXII. 9 A TRUE STATE of the case between the British Northern Colo- nies, and the Sugar Islands in America, impartially considered, with respect to the Bill — relating to the sugar trade. 4to. pp. 46. j* (Noplace.) With a number of Folio papers on the subject, - Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 431 10 Some considbrationb humbly offered upon the Bill now de- pending in the House of Lords, relating to the trade between the Northern Colonies and the Sugar Islands. In a letter to a Noble Peer. ("No place J 8vo. pp. 19. 11 A coMPAuisoK between the British Sugar Colonies and New England, as they relate to the interest of Great Britain. With some observations on the state of the case of New England ; to which is added a Letter to a Member of Parliament. 8vo. pp. 43. Roberts, London. 12 The British empire in America considered, in a second letter from a gentleman of Barbadoes, to his friend in London. 4to. pp. 29. J. Wilford, London. 13 America illumikata, Skrifwen och utgifwen af thes Bisk op Doct. Jesper, Swedberg. Ahr. 1732. . . . Skara. Small 8vo. pp. 163 and Table. The Author was father of Emm. Swedenberg. MDCCXXXIII. 10 A sermon Preached before the Trustees for Establishing tbe Colony of Georgia in America, &c. By John Burton, B.D., &c. To which is annexed the general account exhibited by the Trustees to the Lord Chancellor, &c . March, London. 4to. pp. 50. MDCCXXXIV. 6 A sermon preached before the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America, &c., March 21, 1734. By Stephen Hales, D.D., &c. To which is annexed the general account for one whole year, &c., exhibited by the Trustees, &c. 4to. pp. 62. London. 7 Representation of the Board of Trade, relating to the laws made, manufactures set up, and trade carried on, in his Ma- jesty's plantations in America. . . . ('No place.) Folio, pp. 20. A Parliamentary paper. 8 A letter from one of the Leeward Islands. 8vo. pp. 15. No Title. (London ?) f mm y';* ma U 432 Bihliotheca Americana Nova. MDCCXXXV. 10 Some obskiivations on a direct exportation of sugar from the British Islands ; with answers to Mr. Toriano's objections to it. 4to pp. 37. London. Signed John Ashley. MDCCXXXVI. 6 The gbner\l accomft of all the monies and effects received and expens. 3d by the Trustees for establishing the colony of Georgia in America, &c., from 1735 to 1736. London. Folio, pp. 29. 7 Modern history ; or the present state of all Nations. By Mr. Salmon. Vols. 28 to 31. . . London. 8vo. 4 vola. These volumes contain the history of America. 8 A SERMON preached before the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America, &c., March 18, 1735. By the Rev. Geo. Watts. .... Downing, London. 4to. pp. 27. 9 Brief history of the Pequot War, especially of the memo- rable taking of the Fort at Mistick in Connecticut, in 1637. ' By John Mason, with an introduction and notes by Thomas Prince Boston. 8vo. Harv. Coll. Cat. Sup. p. 154. MDCCXXXVII. Industry and diligence in our callings earnestly recom- mended in a sermon preached before the Trustees for estab> lishing the Colony of Georgia in America, March 17, 1736-7. By Robert Warren, D.D., &c. . Meadows, London. 4to. pp. 16. , ' MDCCXXXVIII. 8 A FAITHFUL NARRATIVE of the Surprising work of God in the conversion of many hundred souls in Northampton, and the neighbouring towns and villages of New Hampshire in New England. In a letter to the Rev. Dr. Benj. Colraan of Boston. Written by the Rev. Mr. Edwards, minister of Northampton, Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 433 on Nov. 6, 1736; and published with a large preface, by Dr. Watts and Dr. Ouyse. The second edition. London. l'2mo. pp. xvi, 126. See No. 4, 1737. 9 A Journal of a voyage from London to Savannah in Georgia ; in two parts. Part I. From London to Gibraltar. Part IL From Gibraltar to Savannah. By Geo. Whiteiield, A.B., &c. The second edition. .... Hutton, 8vo. pp. 56. The preface is dated Aug., 1738. 10 Remarks on the Rev. Mr. A^hitefield's journal, wherein his many inconsistencies are pointed out, and hia tenets considered ; the whole shewing the dangerous tendency of his doctrine. Addressed to the religious societies. . Brett, 8vo. pp. 32. An answer to the foregoing. The preface signed T. G. It has no date but was evidently printed in this year, before any other journal of Mr. W. appeared. 11 The tryal of John Peter Zenger, of New York, printer, who was lately tryed and acquitted for printing and publishing a libel against the Government, &c. The third edition. 4to. pp. 32. Wilford, See No. 3, 1752. 12 Remarks on the tryal of John Peter Zenger, printer of the New York Weekly Journal, &c. . . Roberts, 4to. pp. 27. MDCCXXXIX. 14 A SERMOK preached before the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America, &c., March 15, 1738-9, "By William Berriman. . . . . Carter, 4to. pp. 24. 15 Cotejo de la conducta de S. M., &c. His Catholick Majesty's conduct compared with that of his Britannick Majesty, as well with regard to what happened before the convention of the 14th of Jan. of this year, 1739, as to whsft has been done since, until the publication of reprisals and declaration of war. Printed by authority at Madrid by Antonio Marin. Cooper, 8vo. pp. 63. In Spanish and English, and relates principally to a^airs in America, \ « 434 BibUotheca Americana Nova. 16 A 8TATB of the rise and progress of our dispute with Spain, and of the conduct of our Ministers relating thereto. 8vo. pp. 76. Date mdccxxixx. Cooper, London. MDCCXL, 18 The importance of Jamaica to Great Britain considered; with some account of that Island, from its discovery to this time, &c., &c. In a letter to a gentleman. . . . London. Svo. pp. 81. No date, but apparently published while Admiral Vernon was attacking Carthagena. The Title page is excessively long. 19 A LETTER from a gentleman at Barbadoes, to his friend now in London, concerning the administration of the late Gov. B g. 8vo. pp. 44. Roberts, ■ Signed Th. Baxter. MDCCXLI. 22 The resolutions of the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America, in common council assembled, relating to the grants and tenure of lands within the said colony. Folio, pp. 4. 23 A DESCRIPTION OF GsoRGiA, by a gentleman who has resided there upwards of seven years, and was one of the first settlers. 4to. pp. 8. Corbett, London. MDCCXLII. 8 An IMPARTIAL account of the late expedition against St. Augus- tine under Gener^ Oglethorpe. Occasioned by the suppression of the report, made by a committee of the General Assembly of South Carolina, &c. With an exact plan of the Town, Castle, and Harbour of St. Augustine, &c. . London, 8vo. pp. 68. Plates. 16 Report relating to the finding a North-west Passage. Folio, pp. 8. No Printer, 8(C. Relates to Captain Middleton's voyage in the Furnace, &c. See No 10. 1743. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 435 17 Journal received February 4, 1741 — 2, by the Trustees for es* tablishing the Colony of Georgia, in America, from William Stephens, Esq., Secretary for the affairs of the Trust within the said Colony, commencing Sept. 22. 1741, and ending Oct. 28 following London 8vo. pp. 42. Since No 10 was printed I have met with the third volume, which comes down to Oct 28, 1741. The above tract is taken from this volume. 18 A LETTER from Lieut. Hugh Mackay, of general Oglethorpe's Regiment, to John Mackay, Esq., in the shire of Sutherland in Scotland London. 8vo. pp. 39. Relates to tlie miscarriage of the siege of St Augustine. Hn ;ng no prin* ter's or publisher's name, it was probably printed for private distribution. MDCCXLIIl. 4 A BlilEF ACCOUNT. Published by Thomas Stephens, who on his knees received at the bar of the House of Commons the censure of being a false, scandalous and malicious fellow. MS. note. This Tliomas Stephens, was the son of the author of No 10, 1742. A Journal &c. But opposed to his ;. ther in regard to the affairs of the Colony, 7 A FULL reply to Lieut. Cadogan's iSpanwA Hireling &c. and Lieut. Mackay's Letter, concerning the action at Moosa : wherein the impartial account of the late expedition to St. Augustine id clearly vind.jated, by plain facts and evidence. By the author of the Impartial Account. . . . . London. 8vo. pp. 63. 14* Remarks upon a scandalous piece, entitled a brief account of the causes that have retarded the progress of the Colony of Georgia. 8vo, By the Earl of Egmont (John Percival) " who publisheL" ■.c^'^nnX other tracts, about this time, relating to the Colony." Chalmers Biog. Dy. 15 The American traveller; being a new historical collection carefully compiled from original memoirs lu several languages, and the most authentic voyages and travels containing a com- plete account of that part of the world now called the West Indies. &c. Fuller, London. 8vo. pp. 398. See No 11. 1741. 436 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. m b II Jm I V MDCCXLIV. 21 The happiness of man the glory of God. A Sermon preached before the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America, &c. By Lewis Bruce, A. M. Browne. London 4to. pp. 53. 22 An authentic account of Commodore Anson's expedition; containing all that was remarkable, curious, and entertaining, during that long and dangerous voyage, viz., &c. Taken from a private journal Cooper, 8vo. pp. 60. 23 A treaty, held at the town of Lancaster, in Pennsylvania, by the Hon. the Lieut. Gov. of the Province, and the Hon, the Commissioners for the Provinces of Virginia and Maryland : with the Indians of the Six Nations in June 1744. Folio, pp. 39 Philadelphia. " Printed and sold by B. Franklin, at the New Printing Office, near the Market." My copy has written upon it, " For Mr. Samuel Storke," apparently in Franklin's hand-writing. This is probably the same as No 6. 24 The importance of effectually supporting the Royal African Company of England, iropartially considered, &c. London. 4to. pp. 47. map. 25 Recueil oe reglemens, concemant le commerce des Isles et Colonies Fran9oises de rAmerique. . . . Paris, Small I2mo. pp. 531. MDCCXLV. 4 A REJOINDER to Mr. Dobb's Reply to Capt. Middleton, in which is exposed both his wilful and real ignorance of tides, &c. ; his Jesuitical prevarications, evasions, falsities, and false reasoning; his avoiding taking notice of facts formerly detected and charged upon him as inventions of his or his witnesses ; the character of the latter, and the present views of the former, which gave rise to the present dispute. — In a word an unparalleled disingenuity, and (to make use of a Verodobbsical flower of Rhetoric) a glaring impudence, are set in a fair light. By Christopher Middleton Esq. 8vo. pp. 156. Cooper, Z.o/i(/o». Bibliotheca Americana Nova. No. 4, 1744. 437 London 'ffi 19 Journal of a late Conspiracy, &c. 8vo. pp. 425. See No. 3, 1747. 20 Articles of Agreement for carrying on an expedition by Hud- I/' son's Streights, for the discovery of a North-West passage to the Western and Southern Ocean of America. Dated March 30, 1745. Dublin, 8vo. pp. 16. The date on the title is 1746 ; but it was probably printed in the present Z' year in London. , \/ 21 A PARTICULAR ACCOUNT of the taking Cape Breton from the y French by Admiral Warren, and Sir William Pepperell, the 17th of June, 1745. With a description of the place and fortifications ; the loss it will be to the French trade, and the "^ advantage it will be to Great Britain and Ireland : with the articles of the capitulation of Fort Louisburg. By Phillip Durell Esq., Captain of H. M's ship Superb, &c. Folio, pp. 8. 22 The American traveller, being a new historical collection, carefully compiled from original Memoirs in several languages, and the most authentic Voyages and Travels, &c., &c. Svo. pp. 396, &c. London. Apparently Published in 18 Nos. and probably the same as No. 1 1 of 1741. 23 The African trade the great pillar and support of the British Plantation Trade in America, &c., (very long title). London. 4to. pp. 46. See No. 11. 24 The importance of effectually supporting the Royal African Company of England impartially considered ; showing that a free and open trade to Africa, and the support and preserva- tion of the British Colonies and Plantations in America depend upon maintaining the rights of that corporation, &c. (The second edition.) . . . . . E. Say, 4to. pp. 47. Map. In a vol. of TiacU, lettered " Trade of Africa." 1730-1750. MDCCXLVI. 4 The importance of Cape Breton considered in a letter to a W'' Member of Parliament from an inhabitant of New England. Svo, pp. 73. Dodsley, i mA 438 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. * .rit SV. 5* A JOURNAL AMONo THE ixDiANs, Containing an account of the rise and progress of the work of grace amongst a number of the Indians in New Jersey and Pennsylvania ; with some gene- ral remarks. By David Brainerd. . . Philadelphia. 8vo. Phil. Lib. Cat. p. 712. 15 Considerations relating to a new duty upon Sugar. The second edition. To which is now added a supplement. Svo. pp. 38. Cooper, London. 16 A SPECIMEN of naked'truth from a British sailor, a sincere well- wisher to the honour and prosperity of the present Royal Family and his country. . . . Webb, Svo. pp. 30. 17 Some seasonable advice from an honest sailor to whom it might have concerned, for the service of the C n and C y London. Svo. pp. 170. 18 Chronica apostolica y Seraphica de todos los Colegios de Propaganda fide de Esta Nueva Espana, de Misioneros Fran- ciscanos Observantes, &c. &c. Escrita por el R. P. Fr. Isidro Felis de Espinosa, &c. Parte Primera. . Mexico. Folio, pp. 590. MDCCXLVII. 15 Plain truth, or serious considerations at the present state of the city of Philadelphia, and the province of Philadelphia. By a tradesman in Philadelphia. . . Philadelphia. Svo. By Dr. Franklin. Phil. Lib. Cat. 879. 16 The state of the Sugar trade; shewing the dangerous con- sequences that must attend any additional duty thereon. 4to. pp. 24. Willuck, Zionrfon. MDCCXLVTII. V 3 The state of trade in the northern Colonies considered ; with i Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 439 an account of their produce, and a particular description of Nova Scotia London, 8vo. pp. 84. The Preface is signed Otis Little. 14 A LETTER from William Shirley, Esq., Governor of Massachu- sett's Bay, to his Grace the Duke of Newcastle ; with a jour- nal of the siege of Louisbourg, and other operations of the forces, during the expedition against the French settlements on Cape Breton, &c. &c. ..... London. Svo. pp. 32. See 1746, No. 1. 15 The NEW pilgrim's progress; or the Pious Indian Convert: containing a faithful account of Hattain Gelashmin ; a heathen, who was baptized, &c. By James Walcot, A.M. London. 12mo. pp. 316. This volume contains the adventures of Mr. Walco'. at Jamaica, Charles town, &c, He was a religious enthusiast. MDCCXLIX. 5* A GEOGRAPHICAL HISTORY of NovR Scotia ; Containing an ac- count of the situation, extent, and limits thereof, as also the various struggles between the two crowns of England and France for the possession of that province ; wherein is shewn the importance of it, as well with regard to our trade as to the securing of our settlements in North America. To which is added an accurate description of the bays, harbours, lakes, and rivers, the nature of the soil, and the produce of the country ; together with the manners and customs of the Indian inhabit^ ants. .... . . Vaillant, London. Svo. pp. 110, and errata. Sold at Whearley's, .Tuly , 1835, for Ss.— See 1755. 16 Report from the Committee appointed to enquire into the state and condition of the countries adjoining to Hudson's Bay, and of the trade carried on there. . . . London. Folio, pp.60, and App. xxxi. v/ / V i\ Li SI I 440 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. m 17 Proposals relating to the Education of Youth, in Pennsylvania. 8vo. pp. 32. Philadelphia. In the advertisement prefixed to this pamphlet, letters on the subject are requested to be addressed to B. Franklin, Printer, &c., from which it appears probable that Franklin was the writer of it. 18 Two SERMONS preached to a Congregation of black slaves at the parish church of S. P. in the province of Maryland. By an American Pastor. ..... London. 12mo. pp. 79. > The preacher was Thomas Bacon. Rector of the parish of St. P"ter in Talbot County, Maryland. 1 9 Voyage de la Riviere des Amazones. Par Ivf . de la Condamine. Lu k I'Assembl^e publique de I'Academie des Sciences le 28 Avril, 1740. . . . . . . . Paris. 4to. pp. 104. Two Maps. ■in ' 1^ / si' MDCCL. 6 A GENUINE ACCOUNT of Nova Scotia : containing a description of its situation, air, climate, soil, and its produce ; also rivers, bays, harbours, and fish with which they abound in very great plenty : to which is added H. M's proposals to those who are willing to settle there. ..... Dublin. 8vo. pp. 16. ^ First printed in London, in \/ 7 Narrative of mischief done by the Indian and French Enemy on the Frontiers of Massachusett's Bay, from 1743-4 to 1748. By G. Doolittle. Boston. 12mo. Phil. Lib. Cat. 874. 8 Observations relating to the circumstances of Massachusett's Bay. ........ Boston. 8vo. Phil. Ub. Cat. 874. ' > '^ MDCCLI. 13 A SERMON ON EDUCATION ; wherciu some account is given of the Academy established in the City of Philadelphia. Preached Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 441 at the opening of thereof, on the 7th day of January, 1750-1. By the Kev. Richard Peters. . . Philadelphia. 8vo. pp. 48. " Printed and sold by B. Franklin and D. Hall, at the Post Office."— At the end is a separate sheet, signed B. F., called " Idea of the English School, &c. " No doubt written by Dr Franklin. 14 The importance of gaining and preserving the Friendship of the Indians to the British Interest considered. . New York, 8vo. pp. 31. See 1752, No. 2. 15 A LETTER to the West India Merchants, in answer to their Pe- tition now before the House of Commons, praying for a prohibi- tion of the trade carried on from the Northern Colonies, to the French and Dutch West India Settlements. By a Fisherman. Svo. pp. 27. London. 16 An affecting narrative of the unfortunate voyage and catas- trophe of H. M. Ship Wager, one of the Com. Anson's squad- ron in the South Sea expedition, &c., &c. . . London, Svo. pp. 160, 17 A DISCOURSE concerning the currencies of the British Planta- tions in America, especially with regard to their paper money. With a Postscript thereto. .... London. Svo. pp. 62. See 1739, Nn. 5. IS An exhortation to the Inhabitants of the Province of South Carolina, to bring thdr deeds to the light of Christ, iu their own consciences. By S. H. . . . Farley, Bristol. Svo. pp. 111. Signed at the end, Sophia Hume. MDCCLII. 9 A supplement to Lord Anson's voyage Round the World. Containing a discovery and description of the Island of Frivola. By the Abb6 Coyer. .... Millar, London. Svo. pp. 63. A Fiction. . . " Ff 1 ■■-hi: M'^ m V V 442 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 10 Explication de la Carte des Nouvelles Decouvertes au Nord de la Mer du Sud. Par M. Del'IsIe. . . . Paris. 4to. pp. 18. 11 Lettres il M. DE Jean, &c. I. Sur les Maladies de St. Domin- gue. II. Sur les Tlintes de la rafime ile, &c. Par M. Chevri- lier, &c Paris. 12mo. pp. 254. 12 Memoires sur TAmerique et sur I'Afrique. Doniu's au \uois d'Avril, 1752 ParU. 4to. pp. 58. MDCCLIII. 18 An .answer to the REMARKS of the Plymouth Corapany, or, as they call themselves, the proprietors of the Kenrcbetk pur- chase, from the jiite colony of New Plymouth, publisht^d by vir- tue of their vet.', of Sl^t of January last; on the Plan and extracts of deeds publislicd by the Proprietors of the Township of BRUNSWICK. .Agreeable to their vote of the 4th of Jo.nuary imaiecliatcly preceding. Wherein the many trifling cavils against said plan and extracts are answered, many lisper- sions cist on them wiped oiF; and their entire consistency with each other fully shown. And also the boundaries of the Plymouth companies' Tract upon Kennebeck River are at large set forth and ascertaint'd. .... Boston, N. E. 4to. pp. 33. E. C. Herrick. 19 Amkuica dissected ; being a full and true account of all the American Colonies ; shewing the intemperance of the climates ; badness of money ; danger from enemips ; and the danger to the souls of the poor people that remove thither from the here- sies that prevail there. By a Divine of the Church of England. 8vo. Dublin. Ph. Cat. Homer's MS. 1 p. 49. 20 Instrtjccion de las derrotas y navegaciones en la America Sep- tentrional. Por D. Manuel de Echevelar. . . Cadiz. 4to. Harv. Coll. Cat. 1 p. 244. See Nodal, 1769. :i Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 443 21 Des Patek LunwiG Feuillee, Beschreibung zur Arzenen dien- licher Pflanzen, &c. Von D. Georg Leonard Huth. 4to. 2vols in 1. Coloured plates. Nurenburg. The second title to vol. I, has the date 1756, and vol. II, 1757. MDCCLIV. \4 The merchants factors and agents, residing at Kingston, complainants, against the Inhabitants of Spanish Town, &c., > respondents. The respondents' case. . London. 4to. pp. 72. 15 EssAi sur les Colonies Fran9oises ; ou Discours politiques sur la nature du Governement, de la population et du commerce de S. D No plaee. (Paris ?J 12mo. pp. 360. By S. D. is to be understood Saint Domingue. By M. Saintard. — Barbier. 16 Des Hern Peter Kalms Beschreibung der Reise die er nach dem nordlichen Amerika auf den befehl gedachter Academic und oifentliche kosten unternommen hat. . Gottingen. 8vo. 3 vols. See No. 16, of 1753. MDCCLV. 38 The present state of the Colony of Connecticut considered. In a letter from a Gentleman in the Eastern part of said Colony to his friend in the Western part of the same. Printed in the year 1755. 4to. pp. 21. Tills letter is signed A. Z. It consists of answers to the 4 following queries. I. What the common and ordinary expenses of this Government are an- nually ? — II . Whether some of the same may not, without incon veniency to the Government be reduced, particularly the annuity to Yale College — III. What the state of our Treasury is, and why Hie knowledge of its true state is so long retarded ? — IV. Whether we in the Eastern part of this Colony, exceed you in the Western part of the same so much in our lists and number of Free-men, as we do in men of capacity and integrity, and the best turned and qualified for Government ? The place of printing is not given. It was probably New London. (E. C. Herrick.) 39 The history of the Five Indian Nations of Canada, &c. By V f ,' ■V Ji p> Hi m 444 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. V Cadwallader Golden, edition. 12ino. 2 vols. &c. (See 1747, No. 2.) The third London. 40 A DISCOURSE delivered at Newark in New Jersey, Jan. 1, 1755. Being a day set apart for solemn fasting and prayer, on account of the late encroachments of the French, and their designs against the British Colonies in America. By Aaron Burr, President of the College of New Jersey. 4to. pp. 41. Hugh Gaine, New York. 41 A LETTER to the people of England on the present situation and conduct of National affairs. Letter I. Scott, London. 8vo. pp. 58. y' 42 Explanation for the New Map of Nova Scotia and Cape Bri- tain with the adjacent parts of New England and Canada. 4to. pp. 22. Jefferys, London. By John Green, Esq. 43 Lettres d'un Francois k un Hollandois, au sujet des Differends ' sUtVettlfs eritre la France et la Grande Bretagne, touchant leurs possessions respectives dans I'Amerique Septentrionale. Small Svo. pp. 174. (No place J See 1756, Considerations, 8fc. y^ 44 Histoire oeooraphique de la Nouvelle Ecosse, contenant le detail de sa situation, de son 6tendue, et de ses limites, &c. 12mo. pp. 164. Londres, (Paris P) From Meusel it would appear that this work has the dates of 1749 and 1754, but all are probably the same edition. It appears to be a transla- tion of No. 5 of 1749. Thorpe, (August 1835), has a copy with t.ie date 1749. / MDCCLVI. v^ 23 An account of the present state of Nova Scotia, in two letters to a noble Lord : one from a gentleman in the Na^ lately ar- rived from thence. The other from a gentlemen who long re- sided tliere. Published by his Lordship's desire. Svo. pp. 11 & 31. The firat letter is signed J. B. the second W. M. Bibliotheca Americana Nova, 44A '^v' 24 Religion and patriotism the constituents of a good soldier. A sermon preached to Captain Overton's Independent Company of Volunteers, raised in Hanover county, Virginia, August 17. J 755. By Samuel Davies, A.M. Minister of the Goapel there. Reprinted in London . . . Philadelphia. 8vo. pp. 38. At pp. 12, speaks of " that heroic youth Colonel Washington, who I can- not but hope Providence has hitherto preserved . I so signal a manner, for some important service to his country." 25 A LETTER from a gentleman in London to his friend in Pennsyl- vania ; with a satire ; containing some characteristical strokes upon the manners and principles of the Quakers . London. Svo. pp. 23. 26 A FOURTH LETTER to the pcoplc of England. On the conduct of the M rs in alliances, fleets, and armies, since the first diiferences in the Ohio, to the taking of Minorca by the French. ...... Collier, London. Svo. pp. 111. 27 The two first pakts of his Life, with his Journals, revised, cor- rected and abridged, by George Whitefield, A. B. &c. 12mo. pp. 446. Strahan, London. 28 Le peuple instruit; ou les Alliances dans lesquelles les Ministres de la Grande Bretagne ont engag6 la nation, et I'emploi qu'ila ont faite de ses Escadres et de ses Armies, depuis le commence- ment de troubles sur I'Ohio, jusqu'a la perte de Minorque, con- sider^s dans une quatri^me lettre au peuple d'Angleterre. Small Svo. pp. xxiv & 212. (Paris ?) Translation by Genest of "A fourth Letter to the people of England on the conduct of the Ministers in Alliances, &c." 29 Etat present de la Pensilvanie, ou Ton trouve le detail de ce qui s'y est pass6 di^uis la defaite du G^n^ral Braddock jusqu'k la prise d'Oswego. 12mo. pp. 128. 30 Considerations sur les diflferends des couronnes de la Grande Bretagnes et de France, touchant I'Acadie et autre parties de I'Amerique Septen*"'''onale. Le tout fond^ sur les Mpmnires V V V H *> 1 ^"^ i 446' liibliotheca Americana Nova. .1 des C'ommissfiires des deux puissances, publics tout nouvelle- mcnt et rcdige en quatre lettres, ecrites par un Fran(;ai8 tl un Hollandais. . . . . A Franckfort et it la Huye. • Small 8vo. pp. 172. MDCCLVII. 15 An historical account of the Sessions of Assembly, for the Island of Jamaica, &c. Containing a Vindication of H. E. Charles Knowles, Esq. then Governor, &c. . London. 8vo. pp. 76. 16 A MEMORIAL containing a summary view of facts, with their authorities, in answer to the Observations sent by the English Ministry to the Courts of Europe. Traiislated from the French. Philadelphia. 8vo. Phil. Lib. Cat. p. 866. 17 Letters prom the Rev. Samuel Davies, &c. shewing the state of Religion in Virginia, particularly among the Negroes, &c. Second Edition. ..... Pardon, London. 12mo. pp. 44. 18 Relations des missions du Paraguai, traduite de I'ltalien de M. Muratori. Paris. 12mo. pp. 402. MDCCLVIII. 10 Occasional reflections on the Importance of the War in America, and the reasonableness and justice of supporting the King of Prussia, &c. in defence of the common cause, &c. In a letter to a Meinber of Parliament. . . London. 8vo. pp. 140. 21 French and English cruelty; exemplified in the Life of ^~ Peter Williamson, &c. second edition. . . York. 8vo. pp. 104. * r . : See 1759, No. 1. \ ■ ' - ' ^ ' ' - . In the same Volume : ' v 22 Some considerations on the present state of affairs, &c. inter- BibliolJieca Americana Nova, 447 spersed with an account of the fir cttlernent of the Province of Pennsylvania, the origin of the (luarrel between some of the traders there and the Indians, Ike. Written by Peter WilUara- 8on, Author of the French and Enghsh cruelty. . York. 8vo.pp. 56. 23 A JOURNAL of the hmding of His Majesty's Forces on the Island of Cape Breton, and of the siege and surrender of Louisberg. Extracted from Major General Amherst's, and Admiral Boscawen's Letter to the R. H. Mr. Secretary Pitt. The third edition Boston, N. E. 8vo. pp. 22. Without a date, but printed about this time. 24 The charter. Transfer, and Statutes of the College of William and Mury in Virginia. In Latin and English. Williamsburg. 8vo. pp. 164. Printed by William Hunter. 25 Atlas oeoorafhico de la America, Septentrional y Meridional par lliumas Lopez. ...... Madrid. 12mo. pp. 116, Maps &c. 40. Relates entirely to Spanish America. 1/ i ¥ ,/, MDCCLIX. 18 An accurate and authentic Journal of the siege of Quebec, 1759. By a gentleman in an eminent station on the spot. 8vo. pp. 44. London. ^ ^ Cu . . ' . 19 The second journai of Christian Frederick Post, on a mes- sage from the Governor of Pennsylvania to the Indians on the Ohio. Wilkie. 8vo. pp. 67. / A Continuation of No. 4. An enquiry 8cc. A LETTER to a R. H. Patriot : upon the glorious success at Quebec. In which is drawn a parallel, between a good ond bad General, a scene exhibited, wherein are introduced, (be- sides others) three of the greatest names in Britain ; and a particular account of the manner of General Wolfe's death. &c. By Mr. Grove of Richmond. . . . Burd. London. 8vo. pp. 58. ; / « ) 448 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. u 1'. , ' '± Iv 21 Aw ACCOUNT of the first eettling of New Jersey by the Eur.. peans New Vork. 8vo. ^ «^ Phil. Lib. Cat. 87G. V 22 An impartial account of Lieut. Col. Bradstreet's expedition to Fort Frontenac. To which are added, a few reflectionH on the conduct of that enterprize, and the advantages resulting from its success. By a volunteer on the expedition. . London. 8vo. pp. 60. MDCCLX 17 Living Christianity oelinkated. in the Diaries and Letters of two eminently pious persons lately deceased j viz. Mr. Hugh Bryan, and Mrs. Mary Hutson, Both of South Carolina. With a preface by the Rev. John Conder and the Rev. Thomas Gib- bons. ........ London. 12mo. pp. 171. 18 The koyal charters granted to William Penn Esq. Proprietary and Governor of Pennsylvania, (pp. 21). The Acts of as- sembly of the Province of Pennsylvania. Vol. 1. Sectio 2. (pp. 164). Titles of all the Acts of Assembly, passed since the 26th of May 1744 to the 29th Sept. 1759, constituting the second volume of the Laws of Pennsylvania, (pp. 116.) Philadelphia ? Folio. This volume has no title, but was apparently printed in this year at Phila- delphia. 1 9 A letter addressed to two great men, on the prospect of peace : and on the terms necessary to be insisted upon in the nego- tiation. 8vo. pp. 56. ' ^ Millar. ■ Mecom. Boston. 20 Remarks on the letter addressed to two great men. In a letter to the author of that piece. Svo. pp. 72. Dodsley. - •< — Svo. pp. 64. Mecom. Boston. This Pamphlet, as well as the preceding relates principally to affairs in Ame- rica, and gave rise to the Interest of Great Britain considered. (No. 6). 2 1 The conduct of the Dutch, relating to their breach of treaties Bibliotheca Americana Nova, 449 with England, particularly their breach of the articles of capitu- lation for surrender of Surinam in IG67 &c. With a full ac- count of the case of Jeronimy Clifford. &c. &c. . London. 8vo. pp. 220. Relating entirely to Surinam. \/ 22 Directions for Navigating the Oulf and River of St. Laurence, with a particular account of the Bays &c. Founded on accu- rate observations and experiments made by the otficers of H. M's Fleet. By order of Charles Saunders Esq. Vice Admiral of the Blue, and Commander in chief of the British Naval forces in the expedition against Quebec in 1759. &c. 4to. pp. 31. Jelferys. London. MDCCLXL 7 A LRTTBR to a great M- -r, on the prospect of a peace : Wherein the demolition of the Fortifications of Louisbourg is shewn to be absurd ; the importance of Canada fully refuted ; the proper barrier pointed out in North America ; and the rea- sonableness of retaining the French Sugar Islands. Containing remarks on some preceding Pamphlets that have treated of the subject, and a succinct view of the whole terms that ought to be insisted on from France, at a future Negotiation. By an un- prejudiced Observer. ..... London. 8vo. 8 Relation of a voyage from Boston to Newfoundland, for the observation of the Transit of Venus June 6. 1761, By John Winthrop Esq. &c. Edes and Gill. Boston. 8vo. pp. 24. 9 The American Negotiator or the various currencies of the British Colonies in America ; as well the Island, as the Conti- nent. &c. By J. Wright, Accomptant. Everingham. London. 8vo. pp. 464. 10 A detection of the false reasons and facts contained in the five letters (entitled. Reasons for keeping Guadaloupe at a peace, preferable to Canada : from a gentleman in Guadaloupe to his friend in London.) in which the advantages of both conquests I ''' / 1. I ) i y 4fi0 Bihliotheca Americana Nova. BtM i i are fairly and impartially stated and compared. By a member of parliament. ..... Hope. London. 8vo. pp. 58. See No. 6. 11 Observations d'un Americain des Isles neutresau sujetdela ne- gociation de la France et de 1' Angle terre. . . Geneve. 12mo. Par Duclairon. Barbier 2 p. 480. MDCCLXII. 11 Discourses on public occasions in America. By William Smith, D. D. &c., the second edition. Millar. London. Svo. pp. 223, 31, & 160. See No 5, 1759. 12 Observations on two campaigns against the Cherokee Indians, in 1760 and 1761. ..... Charlestovm. Svo. Phil, Lib. Cat. p. 866 . 13 Vindication of the conduct of the House of Representatives of Massachusetts bay. By J. Otis. . . . Boston. Svo. Phil. Lib. Cat. p. 874. MDCCLXIII. Entice. History of the late War. See 1764, No. 11. Charlevoix's Letters. See 1764, No. 1. 16 Considerations respecting the Society for the propagation of the Gospel in foreign parts. By East Apthorp. . London. Svo. Harv. Coll. Cat. 17 The expediency of securing our American Colonies by settling the country adjoining the River Missisiffi, and the country upon the Ohio, considered Edinburgh. 12mo. pp. 68. / Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 451 18 Considerations on the present peace, as far as it is relative to the colonies and the African Trade. "Magna est Veritas et prevalcbit." ....... London. 8vo. pp. 68. 19 HoRTUs Britanno Americanus; or a curious collection of Trees and Shrubs, the produce of the British Colonies in North America ; adapted to the soil and climate of England. With observations on their constitution, growth, and culture : and directions how they are to be collected, packed up, and secured during their passage. Embellished with copper plates neatly engraved. By Mark Catesby. F. R. S. . Ryall. London. Imperial 4to. 1 7 plates. This work was apparently not published until 1767, when new titles were printed and the present cancelled. 20 A FULL STATE of the dispute betwixt the Governor and the Commons House of Assembly of His Majesty's Province of South Carolina in America. With the proper vouche? s, and reasons in support of the Proceedings of the house of Assembly, as transmitted to their agent in Great Britain. . (ro place). Small Folio, pp. 78. i :J!:V;, ■ i] '■.■1;»S MDCCLXIV. 19 A Narrative of the late Massacres, in Lancaster county, of a number of Indians, friends of this province, by persons un- known. With some obsecrations on the same. {Philadelphia ?) 8vo. pp. 31. My copy has Peter Collinson's autograph. 20 A Declaration and Remonstrance of the distressed and bleed- ing frontier inhabitants of the province oi' Pennsylvania, pre- sented by them to the Governor and Assembly of the province, shewing the causes of their late discontent and uneasiness and the grievances under which they have laboured. &c. 8vo. pp. 18. . . .... Philadelphia. 21 The claims of the Church of England seriously examined in a letter to the Author of "An Answer to Dr. Mayhew's Obser- 452 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. vations on the Charter and Conduct of the Society for propa- gating the Gospel in Foreign Parts. By a Protestant Dissenter of Old England. .... NichoU, 8vo. pp. 28. m Ifir V MDCCLXV. 24 Laws of Maryland at large, with proper Indexes. Now first collected into one complete body, and published from the original Acts and Records, remaining in the Secretary's Office of the said Province. — Together with Notes and other matter relative to the Constitution thereof, extracted from the Pro- vincial Records. To which is prefixed the Charter, with an English translation. By Thomas Bacon, Rector of All Saints Parish in Frederick County, &c, . . . Annapolis. Svo. pp. 25 An apology for the life of General Wolfe. By I. Mauduit. 4to. Only 25 copies Printed. Heb. Cat. Ill, p. 287. 26 Instkuctions and observations relative to the Navigation of the Windward and Gulf passages as laid down in two large Charts, dedicated by permission to the Lords Comns. of the Admiralty. By Robert Bishop, many years a master in the Royal Navy. The second edition. . Author, London. Svo. pp. 128. 27 A BRIEF state of the services and expenses of the Province of the Massachusett's Bay in the common cause. London. Svo. pp. 24. 28 Considerations on the propriety of imposing Taxes in the British Colonies, ibr the purpose of raising a revenue by Act of Parliament. ..... North America. 4to. pp. 55. " Printed by a North American." See No. 20 of 1766. 29 The late regulations respecting the British Colonies on the Continent of America considered, &c. See No. 36, 1776. Svo. pp. 62. Almon, By Mr. Dickinson. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 453 Providence. SO The rights of the colonies examined. 8vo. Phil. Lib. Cat. 887. 31 A LETTER from a gentleman in Halifax to his friend in Rhode Island ; containing remarks on a pamphlet, entitled, " The Rights of the Colonies examined." . . Newport. 8vo. See No. 18, 1769. Phil. Lib. Cat. 887. 32 A DEFENCE of the " Letter from a gentleman at Halifax to his friend in Rhode Island." ... Newport. 8vo. Phil. Lib. Cat. 887. 33 An ACT for granting and applying certain stamp duties, and other duties in the British Colonies and Plantations in America, towards further defraying the expenses of defending, pro- tecting, and securing the same. . Baskett, London. 8vo. pp. 66. The original edition of the celebrated Stamp Act. 34 Remarks on an anonymous tract, entitled "An Answer to Dr. Mayhew's Observations on the charter and conduct of the Society for the propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts." Being a second defence of the Observations : in which the scheme of sending bishops to America is particularly con- sidered, &c. By Jonathan Mayhew, D.D., &c. Nicholl, — 8vo. pp. 87. See No. 19 this year. MDCCLXVI. lO&ll Correct copies of the two protests against He Bill to repeal the American Stamp Act of last session. With lists of Speakers and Voters. . .... A Paris. 8vo. pp. 24 & 8. 28 A LETTER from a merchant in London to his nephew in North America, relative to the present posture of affairs in the colonies. In which the supposed violatioiio of charters, and the several grievances complained of are particularly dipcussed, and the consequences of an attempt towards independency set in a true light. ...... London. 8vo. pp. 55. . p '• ^1 > V 454 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 39 An extract from the account of East Florida, published by Dr. Stork, who resided a considerable time in Augustine, the metropolis of that province. With the observations of Denys Rolle, who formed a settlement on St. John's River in the same province. With his proposals to such persons as may be inclined to settle thereon. . fNo Printer SfC.J London. 8vo. pp. 39. 40 An ENQUIRY into the rights of the British Colonies, intended as an answer to " the Regulations lately made concerning the Colonies, and the Taxes imposed upon them considered," in a letter addressed to the author of that pamphlet. By Richard Bland of Virginia. Th ^ tract was reprinted by Almon in 1769, from a copy printed at Williams- hnr^ 'supposed to he in this year). It is in answer to No. 12 of 1765. See No. 19 of 17G'J. 41 A BRIEF NARRATIVE of the Indian Charity School, in Lebanon in Connecticut, New England ; founded and carried on by that faithful servant of God, the Rev. Mr. Eleazer Wheelock. 8vo. pp. 48. London. 42 The case of the Canadians at Montreal, distressed by fire. ' 8vo.' pp. 47." '' ' London. This Pamphlet has a second Title as follows : — Motives for a subscription towards the relief of the sufferers at Montreal in Canada, by a dreadful fire on the 18th of May 1765, in which 108 houses were destroyed, &c. . 43 The rights of parliament vindicated, on occasion of the late Stamp Act. In which is exposed the conduct of the American colonists. Addressed to p11 the people of Great Britain. 8vo. pp. 44. London. 44 CoNSinKRATioNS on the point lately brought into question as to the parliament's right of taxing the colonies, and of the measures necessary io be taken at this crisis ; being appendix section iii. to the administration of the colonies, . Dodsley. 8vo. pp. 52, /^ \ il Blbliotheca Americana Norm. 455 i* I I.I IH'II 45 The West India pilot. Containing Piloting directions for Port Royal harbour in Jaruaica, &c. &c. &c. The whole illustrated with a number of copper-plates, &c. By an officer who has served upwards of twenty years in the West Indies. Folio, pp. 53. (Author) London. Another edition, with the name of the Author, Captain J. S. Speor, was published in 1771. 46 The importance of the Colonies of North America, and the interest of Great Britain with regard to them, considered. By Nicholas Ra'^ ..... New York. 4to. Phil. Lib. Cat. 887. See No. 13. 47 A FAITHFUL NABKATivE of the remarkable revival of Religion in the congregation of East Hampton, on Long Island, in the year of cur Lord 1764, with some reflections. By Samuel Buell, A.M., &c S. Brown, New York. Small 8vo. pp. 87. 48 Observations on the changes of the air and the concomitant epidemical diseases in the Island of Barbadoes. To which is added a treatise on the putrid bilious fever, commonly called the Yellow fever, &c. By William Hillary, M.D. (The second edition.) ..... Hawes, 8vo. pp. xiii, 360. 49 The administration of the colonies. By Thomas Pownall, &c. The third edition. To which is added an Appendix, No. 3 ; containing considerations on the points lately brought into question as to the parliament's right of taxing the Colonies, and of the measures necessary to be taken at this crisis. 8vo. pp. 202, 60, 52. ... Dodsley, London. V 1 ': il 4u s\ MDCCLXVII. 17 The history of Greenland, including an account of the Mission carried on by the United Brethren in that country. From the German of David Crantz. . . London. 8vo. 2 vols. First published in Gcman at Barley in 1766. A new edition of the Trans- lation was printed in London, in 1820. II 456 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 18* An appeal to the Public in behalf of the Church of England in America. By Thomas Bradbury Chandler, D.D., &c, 8vo. pp. 127. New York. 19 The conduct of Cadwallader ColdenEsq., Lieutenant Governor of New York ; relating to the Judges' Commissions, Appeals to the King, and the Stamp duty. . . ("New York ?J 8vo. pp. 56. 20 A GENERAL DESCRIPTION of the Wcst Indian Islands, as far as relates to the British, Dutch, and Danish Governments, from Barbadoes to Saint Croix. Attempted in blank verse. By John Singleton. ..... Barbadoes. 4to. pp. 159. A second edition was printed in 1 777. MDCCLXVIII. '-J Letters from a farmer, &c. A French translation was printed in 1769, in which it is stated that thirty edi tions of the original work, were printed in six months, in America, and that iy:. Franklin had them reprinted in London. 30 An appendix. The Speech of Mr. Pitt, noMr Earl of Chatham, upon the Stamp Act. Wherein the Arguments of Mr. Gr — V — He, and others, in favour of the Act, are answered. 8vo. pp. 29. ' Shephard, Dublin. 31 A letter to the Right Hon. Wills, Earl of Hillsborough, on the connection between Great Britain and her American Colonies. .... Elizabeth Lynch, Dublin. 8vo. pp. 40. <- — By George Canning, father to the late Minister. MDCCLXIX. 41 Acts of Assembly, passed in the Island of Jamaica, from the year 1681 to the year 1768 inclusive. Folio, 2 vol. St. Jago de la Vega, Jamaica. The 2nd Volume is dated 1771. 42 An humble enquiry into the nature of the ^pendency of the American Colonies upon the Parliament of Great Britain, and Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 457 the right of Parliament to lay taxes on the said Colonies. By a Freeholder of South Carolina 4to. pp. 26. Printed in the year 1769. "By John Joachim Zubly, a Swiss, and a dissenting minister in Georgia."— MS. note on title. Probably printed in Charleston, S. C. 43 Nakrative of the principal matters which were subjects of the debates, &c., at the Assembly of Connecticut. By T. Gale. 8vo. Hartford, Con, 44 Remarks on Gale's Narrative. 8vo. 45 Observations on a pamphlet, entitled " Remarks on Gale's Narrative," By T. Gale. . . Hartford, Con. 8vo. Phil. Lib. Cat. 872. 46 The appeal defended, or the proposed American Episcopate Vindicated, in Answer to the objections and misrepresentations of Dr. Chauncy and others. By Thomas Bradbury Chand- ler, D. D. .... H. Gaine, New York. Svo. pp. 268. See 1767 and 1771. 47 Lettres d'un fermier de Pennsylvauie aux habitans de I'Ame- rique Septentrionale, traduites de TAnglols. Amsterdam {Paris ?) V2mo. pp. 28 and 258. A translation of No. 13 of 1768. Translated by Barbeu du Bourg, M.D, Bar bier. 48 D. JoHANNis Mitchell Dissertatio brevis de Principiis Botamco rum et Zoologorum deque novo stabiliendo naturae rerum congruo cum Appendice aliquot generum plantarum recens conditorum et in Virginia observatorum. .... NorimbergcB. 4to. p. 46. The first of these two tracts is dedicated to Sir H»bs Sloane, acd diAed "Virginia, 1738:" the jecond, "Nova Plancarum genera," dc^icwed to Peter Collinson, and dated " Virginia, ".' V ^U." G g 458 Bihliotheca Americana Nova. MDCCLXX. 12 A SHORT NARRATIVE, &c. . Edes & Gill, Boston. Two editions printed in London same year. 8vo. 'pp. 38 & 83. Large plate. Bingley. 8vo. pp. 166. (Front.) Dilly and Almon. 33 Journal of the Proceedings of the Commons House of Assembly of the Province of Georgia, at the first session of the seventh ge- neral assembly of the said province, convened at the town of Sa- vannah on Monday the 30th Oct., 1 769, by H. E. James Wright, Captain General, and Govemor-in-Chief of the'province afore- said. 4to. p. 52. No title ; probably printed at Savannah. 34 A ccrv of the complaint of the House of Representatives of Mas- sachusett's Bay against Sir Francis Bernard ; with his answer. 4to. Phil. Lib. Cat. 874. 35 Additional observations to a short narrative of the horrid massacre in Boston, perpetrated in the evening of the 5th of March, 1770. Printed by order of the town of Boston, Svo. pp. 12. {No place, 8(C.) 36 The trial ok William Wemms, James Harregan, William Ma- cauley, Hugh White, Matthew Killroy, William Warren, John Carrol, and Hugh Montgomery, soldiers in his Majesty's 29th regiment of foot, for the murder of Crispus Attucks, Samuel Gray, Samuel Maverick, James Caldwell, and Patrick Carr, on Monday evening, the 5th of March, 1770, at tha superior court of judicature, court of assize, and general gaol delivery, held at Boston the 27 th day of November, 1770, by adjourn- ment. Before the Hon. Benj. Lynde, John Cushing, Peter Oliver, and Edmund Trowbridge, Esqrs., justices of said court. Published by permission of the court. Taken in short hand by John Hodgson. ...... Boston. Cr. Svo. pp. 217. This appears to be the original edition of No. 14. 37 The proceedings of the Council, and tlie House of Representa- Bibliotheca Americaua Nova. 459 tives of the Province of Massachusett's-Bay, relative to the con- vening, holding, and keeping the general assembly, at Harvard College, in Cambridge ; and the several messages which passed between the Lieut. -Gov. and the two Houses, upon the subject. Published by order of the House of Representatives. 8vo. pp. 80. Edes and Gill, Boston. 38 A coNTiNTTATioN of the proceedings of the House of Representa- tives of the province of the Massachusetts Bay, relative to the convening, holding, and keeping the general assembly at Harv- ard College, in Cambridge. Published by order of the House of Representatives. . . . Edes and Gill, Boston. 8vo. pp. 66. •'19 m 39 Macphebson's letters, &c. 8vo. pp. Printed/or the author. Philadelphia. These letters were published by the author to prove that he was not mad. Among the persons reteired to are Messrs. Galloway and Dickinson. 40 The American traveller, &c. 12rao. pp. 89. A reprint of Cluny's work. No place, 8(C. See 17G9. No. 2. 'I- MDCCLXXI. 22 Directions for the officers of His Majesty's general court and sessions of oyer and terminer, and general gaol delivery of the province of Georgia. Compiled by the chief justice. 4to. pp. 24. James Johnston, Savannah. 23 The West India Pilot, containing piloting directions for Port Royal, &c. &c. The whole illustrated with a number of maps and plans, engraved by the best artists. By Capt. Joseph Smith Speer. ..... Hooper. Folio, pp. 67. Maps. See 1766. First edition. 24 The shipwbbcjc and adventures of Monsieur Pierre Viaud, a Gg2 460 Biblotheca Americana Nova. I \-^ A native of Bordeaux, and Captain of a ship. Translated from the French by Mrs. Griffiths. . . Davies. 8vo. pp. 276. Captain Viaud's si iwreck was on the coast of Florida. 26 An address from the Clergy of New York and New Jersey to the Episcopalians in Virginia; occasioned by some lute tiausaco tions in that colony, relative to an American Episcopate. 8vo. pp. 58. H. Gaine. New York. 27 The appeal farther defended ; in answer to the farther misrepre- sentations of Dr. Chauncy. By Thomas B. Chandler, D.D. 8vo. pp. 240. H. Gaine. New York. See 1767 and 1769. 28 Droit public, ou gouvemement des colonies Francoises, d'apr^s les loix faites pour ces pays. Par M. Petit, Depute des Conseils supdrieurs des Colonies Francoises. . Delalain. Paris. 8vo. 2 vols. 29 Memoires d'un Americain, avec une description de la Prusse et de I'isle de St. Domingue, &c. . . . Lausanne. 12mo. 2 parts in I vol. Par De la Croix. Barbier. MDCCLXXII. 17 An abstract of tl o?-. parts of the custom of the viscounty and provostship of avis, which were received and practised in the province of Qut bee, in the time of the French Government. Drawn up by a select committee of Canadian gentlemen, &c.,by desire of the Hon. Guy Carleton, Esq., &c. Fol. pp. 33. Eyre and Strahan. London. 18 Sequel to the sa;aae. 1773. Fol. pp. 154. 19 Abstract of the criminal laws of Quebec. Fol. pp. 155-174. 20 Abstract of royal edicts. 1772. Fol. pp. 14. 21 Abstract of the loix de police 1772. Fol. pp. 31. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 461 22 New England'^ memorial, &c. By Nathaniel Morton. Small 4to. pp. 208. S. Southwick. Newport. See 1C69. "IZ A VINDICATION of the government of New England churches. Drawn from antiquity ; the light of nature ; holy scripture ; its noble nature ; and from the dignity Div ine Providence has put upon it. By John Wise, A.M., pastor of a church in Ips- wi( h J. Boyles. Boston, N. E. 12mo. pp. 271. '"ontalns a reprint of the " Platform of Church Discipline." 1633. And " A Confession of Faith owned, &c.," in 1 680. 24 The votes and proceedings of the f tants of the town of Boston, in tovvi ing to law. (Published by order of th fixed, as introductory, an attested copy nnd other inhabi- rnbled, accord- o which is pre- ui a vot of the town at a Edes and Gill. Boston. preceding meeting. 8vo. pp. 43. No date on the title, but the mesting was held Nov. 2nd of this year. Re- printed in London, 1773. (No. 6.) 25 A SELECT COLLECTION OF LETTERS of the Rcv. Georgc Whitefield, M.A., &c. ; from the year 1734 to 1770. Including the whole period of his ministry. With an account of the orphan house in Georgia, to the time of his death. Dilly. London. 8vo. 3 vols. MDCCLXXIII. 5 An ATTEMPT TO SHEW that America must havi been known to the ancients, ma'e at the request, and to gratify the curiosity of an inquisitive gentleman. To which is added an Appendix, concerning the American Colonieb, and some modern manage- ments against them. By an American Englishman. Pastor of a church in Boston, N. E. . . Kneeland, Boston. 8vo. pp. 3,5. 16 An address to the Inhabitants at the British Settlements in America upon Slave keeping. . Dunlap, Philadelphia. 8vo. pp. 30. 17 A CONTINUATION OF THE NARRATIVE of the Indian Charity School, begun in Lebanon in Connecticut, now incorporated I i-, 1 1::| ill: IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) 1.0 1.1 ^ Ui 12.2 ^ b£ 12.0 yH > Photographic Sciences Corporalion 23 WIST MAIN STRUT WltSTIR.N.Y. UStO (716)I72-4S03 \ V a and Uouvlwin. Sm. 4to. pp. 51. Qu. same &• No. 11, iTiSf MDCCLXXXVII. 43 An account of the captivity of Elizabeth Anson, late of Kachecky, in New England ; who, with four of her children and servant- ■naid, was taken captive by the Indians, and carried irttto Ca- nada, &c. A new edition. Taken in substance from her own mouth, by Samuel fiownas. . . . Phillips. 8vo. pp. 28. The captivity took place in l72.'>-6 ; a relation of it was made in 1741 to Samuel Hopwood, about which time it was probably first printvtl. 44 The book of common prayer, &c.. in the Mohawk Language, (and in English). .... Buckton. — — 8vo. pp. 505. 45 Remarks on the address of sixteen members of the Assembly of Pennsylvania, to their constituents, dated Sept. 29, 1787, with some strictures on their objection to the Constitution ; recom- mended by the late Federal Convention. Humbly offered to the public. By a citizen of Philadelphia. E. Oswald, Philadelphia. Sm. 8vo. pp. " Supposed to be written by Pelatiah Webster." MS. note. 46 An examination into the leading principles of the Federal Con- stitution, proposed by the late Convention held at Philadelphia. With answers to the principal objections that have been rabed against the system. By a citizen of America. 8vo. pp. 55. Pritchard and Hull. Philadelphia. " Supposed to be written by Noah Webster." MS. note. 47 Proceedings and debates of the General Assembly at Pennsyl- vania. Taken in short-hand by Thomas Lloyd. Volume the first. 8vo. pp. 96. Unfinished. 488 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. v.» / 48 A KARRATi » ^ of the official conduct of Valentine Morris, Esq., late Capt. Oen., &c.. of the Island of St. Vincent, audits depen- dencies. Written hy himself. . . London. 8vo. pp. 467. Relates principally to the war with America. 49 A TREATISE on tropical diseases ; and of the climate of the West indies. By Benjamin Moseley, M.D., &c. Cadell, 8vo. pp. 544. 50 A SHORT REJOINDER to the Rev. Mr. Ramsay's reply, with a word or two on some other publications of the same tendency. By James Tobin, Esq, . . . Wilkie, 8vo. pp. 115. 51 A LETTER to James Tobin, Esq., late member of His Majesty's council in the island of Nevis. From James Ramsay, A.M., Vicar of Teston. . . . Phillips, An answer to the foregoing. 52 Relation de I'^tat actuel de la Nouvelle Ecosse. Traduit de I'Anglais par F. Soul^s. . Edinbourg. (Paris ?J 8vo. pp. 139. Apparently translated from No. 1 1 of this year. V MDCCLXXXVIII. 3 The federalist ; a collection of Essays, written in favoxir of the new Constitution, as agreed upon by the Federal Convention, Sept. 17, 1787. In t\i'o volumes. 12mo. 2 vols. J. and A. M'Lean. New York. 39 A philosophical and political history of the settlements and trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies. Revised, augmented, and published in ten volumes, by the Ahh€ Raynal. Newly translated from the French by J. O. Justamond, F.R.S., with a new set of maps, adapted to the work, and a copious index. .... Strahan, 8vo. 8 vols. The best edition. See p. 290. 40 Genuine narratives and concise memoirs of some of the most Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 489 interesting exploits, and singular adventures of J. Mc Alpine, a native Highlander ; from the time of his emigration from Scot- land to America, 1773 ; during the long period of his faithful attachment to, and hazardous attendance on the British army's, under the command of the Generals Carleton and Bourgoyne, in their several operations that he was concerned in, till Dec. 1779. To complain of his neglected services, and humbly to request government for reparation of his losses in the royal cause, &c. &c. ..... No place. Cr. 8vo. 41 A SHORT ACCOUNT of the naval actions of the last war; in order to prove that the French nation never gave such slender proofs of maritime greatness as during that period. With observations on the discipline, and hints for the improvement of the British Navy. By an officer. . . Murray, Svo. pp. 148. 42 Letter from M. Lambert, Comptroller- General of the French Finances, to Mr. Jefferson, Minister Plenipotentiary for the United States of America, at the Court of Versailles ; with an arret of the King's Counsel of State, for the encouragement of the commerce of France with the United States of America. Both dated Dec. 29, 1787, and published by authority, in France. .... Johnson, 4to. pp. 12. 43 A critical examination of the Marquis de Chastellux's travels in North America. Translated from the French of J. P. Brissot de Warville. .... Philadelphia. Svo. Printed also in London in this year. 44 A VIEW of the principles, operation, and probable effects of the funding system of Pennsylvania, &c. Aitken, Philadelphia. 8vo, pp. 23. 45 A SHORT TREATISE OH the application of steam, whereby is clearly shewn from actual experiments that steam may be applied to propel boats or vessels of any burthen against rapid currents with great velocity. The same principles are also introduced with effect by a machine of a simple and cheap construction, for li ■ il i'i 490 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. the purpose of raising water sufficient for the working of Grist mills. Saw mills, &c. By James Rumsey, of Berkeley county, Virginia. . . . James, Philadelphia. 8vo. pp. 26. 46 The original steam-boat supported, or a reply to Mr. James Rumsey's Pamphlet, shewing the true priority of John Fitch, and the false datings, &c., of James Rumsey. 8vo. pp. 34 & 20. Poulson, Philadelphia. 47 Thoughts upon the political situation of the United States of America, in which that of Massachusetts is more particularly considered. With some observations on the Constitution for a Federal Government. Addressed to the people of the Union. By a native of Boston. I. Thomas, Worcester. 8vo. pp. 209. 48 The genuine information delivered to the Legislature of the State of Maryland, relative to the proceedings of the general Convention, lately held at Philadelphia. By Luther Martin, Esq.. Attorney- General of Maryland, and one of the delegates in the said Convention. Together with a letter to the Hon. Thomas C. Deye ; an address to the citizens of the United States, and some remarks relative to a standing army, and a bill of rights. 8vo. pp. 93. E. Oswald, Philadelphia. 49 Votes of assembly of Jamaica, in a session begun Oct. 23, and ended Dec. 22, 1787. Being the first session of the present Assembly. . . St. Jago de la Vega, Jamaica. 8vo. 2 vols. These volumes contain also the 2d and 3d Sessions of the same Assembly ; the latter printed in 1789. 50 An oration, delivered July 4, 1788, at the request of the inha- bitants of the town of Boston, in celebration of the anniversary of American Independence. By Harrison Gray Otis, Esq. Sm. 4to. pp. 23. B. Russell, Boston. 51 The times ; a poem. 8vo. pp. 22. W. Spotswood, Philadelphia, 52 Two reports from the Committee of the Hon. House of As- Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 491 of As- sembly, appointed to enquire into. — Allegations and charges, &c., on the subject of ihe Slave Trade, &c. 4to. pp. 37. St. Jago de la Vega, Jamaica. 53 Remarks on Mr. John Fitch's reply to Mr. James Rumsey's pamphlet, by Joshua Barnes, formerly assistant and now attorney in fact to James Rumsey. . J. James, Philadelphia. 8vo. pp. 16. See 45, &c. MDCCLXXXIX. 1 Bibliotheca Americana, &c. " R. for Reid, the anonymous author of a book entitled Bibliotheca Ameri- cana printed in 1789." Homer's MS. 28 Acts passed at a Congress of the United States of America begun and held at the City of New York on Wednesday the 4th of March in the year 1789 and of the Independence of the united states, the 13th : Being the acts passed at the first Ses- sion of the first congress of the United States, to wit. New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jer- sey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, South Caro- lina and Georgia : which eleven states respectively ratified the Constitution of Government for the United States, proposed by the Federal Convention held in Philadelphia on the 17th Sept. 1787. . . Hodge Allen and Campbell, New York. 8vo. pp. 185. T. Lloyd, whose name is mentioned as one of the publishers, is said, in a MS. Note in the volume, to have been the stenographer, who took down the debates. 29 Another edition of the above. . . . New York. Folio, pp. 93. Printed by Francis Childs and John Swaine, Printers to the United States. 30 Observations on the Agriculture, Manufactures and Commerce of the United States. In a letter to a member of Congress. By a Citizen of the United States. . . Childs, New York. 8vo. pp. 102. I i 2 492 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. / 31 TwENTT SIX letters upon interesting subjects, respecting the Revolution of America. Written in Holland in the year 1780. By his Excy. John Adams, while he was sole Minister Pleni- potentiary from the United States of America for negociating a peace, and a treaty of Commerce with Great Britain. Never before published. .... J Fenn, New York. 12mo. pp. 64. These letters were addressed to Dr. Calkoen of Amsterdam. 32 On monies, coins, weights and measures, proposed for the Uni- ted States of America. . Dan. Humphreys, Philadelphia. 8vo. pp. 26. f 33 Memoire sur les noirs de I'Am^rique Septentrionale. Lu h I'As- sembl^e de la Socidte des amis des noirs le 9 Fev 1789. Par J. P. Brissot de Warville. &c Paris. 8vo. pp. 56. 34 Memoibes secrets de Robert, Comte de Parades, ecrit par lui au sortir de la Bastille. Pour servir a I'Histoire de la dernier guerre (No place.) 8vo. pp. 188. M. Parades was employed by the French Government as a secret agent in England from 1778 to 1780. 35 Observations on a pamphlet entitled, A State, (&c. No. 2). circulated in London during the last summer, with an appendix containing information on the subject. By a Citizen of Quebec. Svo. pp. 78. Stockdale, MDCCXC. \y 36 The conquest of Quebec. An Epic Poem. In eight books. By Henry Murphy. Author, Dublin. > 12mo. pp. 308. . 36 The memorial of the public creditors who are Citizens of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. . Poulson, Philadelphia. Svo. pp. 28. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 493 37 OuABi : or the Virtues of Nature. An Indian tale, In four Cantos. By Philenia, a Lady of Boston. 8vo. pp. 52. Frontispiece. Thomas and Andrews, Boston. By Mrs Morton. 38 MoNTSERRAT Code of Laws from 1668 to 1788. . London. Folio, pp. 243. 39 Observations relatives au plan de I'Etablissement d'une Colonic j^''' sur les bords de I'Ohio et du Scioto dans I'Am^rique Septen- trionale. . . . . ... Paris. 8vo. pp. 13. Annonces de Bib. p. 139. Against the Scioto Cy. 40 CoNVENCiON entre el Rey N. S. y el Rey de la Gran Bretaiia, transigiendo varios puntos sobre pesca, navegacion y comercio en el Oceano Pacifico y los mares del Sur, firmada en San Lorenzo i 28. Oct. de 1790. &c. . Imp. Real, Madrid. 4to. pp. 15. 41 Lettres de J. P. Brissot k M. Bamave, sur ses rapports con- cemant les Colonies, les decrets qui les ont suivis, leurs conse- quences fatales ; etc. ...... Paris. 8vo. pp. 104. MDCCXCI. 39 A Report of the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council, ap- pointed for all matters relating to Trade and Foreign Planta- tions, on the Commerce and Navigation between his Majesty's Dominions and the United States of America. 28. Jan. 1791 (No place, inc.) 4to. pp. 117. & App. 41. Not printed for sale. Prepared by Lord Liverpool: See Atcheson's . Re- ports &c. 1807. 40 Memoirs of the life and gallant exploits of the old Highlander, / Serjeant Donald Macleod, who, having returned, wounded, with the corpse of General Wolfe from Quebec, was admitted an V 494 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. out-pensioner of Chelsea, in 1 759, and is now in the Cllld year of his age. 3rd edition with additions. London. Small 8vo. pp. 96. 41 Paine's common sense, a new edition. 8vo. pp. 88. See No. 47, 1776. Ridgway, 42 Letters addressed to the Yeomanry of the United States. Shewing the necessity of confining the Public Revenue to a fixed proportion of the net produce of the land ; and the bad policy and injustice of every species of indirect taxation and commercial regulations. By a farmer.* Oswald, Philadelphia. 8vo. pp. 47 & 28. • Dr. Laughan, Adet. See 1793. 43 A BRIEF EXAMINATION of Lord Shcfiield's observations on the commerce of the United States. In seven numbers ; with two supplementary notes on American manufactures. 8vo. pp. 135. M. Carey, Philadelphia. 44 Opinion de M. de la Rochefoucault Liancourt, depute du de- partement de I'Oise, sur la question des colonies. Svo. pp. 26. Du Pont, Paris. 45 Considerations pr^sent^s aux vrais amis du repos et du bon- heur de la France k 1' occasion des nouveaux mouvemens de quelques soidisant Amis des noirs. Par M. L. £. Moreau de Saint Mery, depute de la Martinique, &c. . . Paris, 8vo. pp. 74. MDCCXCII. 32 Hints for some new regulations in the Sugar trade ; with re- mark? on the state of commerce in the French and British West India Islands. By an impartial man. Symonds, London. 8vo. pp. 31. 33 Remarks on the New Sugar Bill, and on the nationnl compacts respecting the Sugar trade and Slave trade. Johnson, Svo. pp. 82. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 495 34 Thb legal claim of the British Sugar Colonies to enjoy an exclusive right of supplying this kingdom with sugars, &c. 8vo. pp. 17. Privately printed ; no title. 35 A VINDICATION of the use of Sugar, the produce of the West India Islands. In answer to a pamphlet entitled Remarkable Extracts, &c. The second edition. ' . Boosey, London. 8vo- pp. 22. 36 The case of the sugar colonies. . Johnson, 8vo. pp. 97. 37 A TREATISE concerning the properties and eiFects of CoflFee. The fifth edition with considerable additions. By Benjamin Moseley, M.D., &c. .... Cadell, Svo. pp. 27 and 80. 38 Memorials presented to the Congress of the United States of America, by the different Societies instituted for promoting the Abolition of Slavery, &c., &c., in the States of Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia. 8vo. pp. 31. Bailey, Philadelphia. 39 HisToiRE des troubles de St. Domingue, depuis le mois d' Octo- bre 1789, jusqu'au 16 Juillet 1791. Tar M. Gatereau, Cito- yen du Cap Fran9ois. ..... Paris. 8vo. pp. 153. 40 Ueber nordamerikanische Baume und Straueher, als Gegen- st&nde der deutschen Forstwirthschaft und der schonen Gar- tenkunst. Von Fried. Cas. Medicus. . Manheim. Svo. pp. 96. MDCCXCIII. 20 The case of the Agent to the Settlers on the coast of Yucatan, and the late settlers on the Mosquito shore. Stating the whole of his conduct in soliciting compensation for the losses sus- tained by each of those classes of H. M's injured and distressed subjects. 18th Nov. 1793 Cadell. 4to. pp. 179. See 1794, No. 18. 496 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 21 Rkpokts from the committee appointed to enquire into the state of the trade to Newfoundland. Ordered to be printed April 24, 1793. Folio. 2 vols. With several other Parliamentary reports, and papers on the same subjects. \^- 22 Journal of the House of Assembly, Lower Canada. Quebec. 4to. pp. In French and English. 23 Thr American revolution ; written in the style of Ancient history. In two volumes. . . . Philadelphia. 12mo. 2 vols. 24 Observations on the river Potomack, the country adjacent., and the city of Washington. .... New York, 12mo. Phil. Ub. Cat. 629. 25 A BISTORT of the county of Worcester, in Massachusetts. By Peter Whitney Wortester. 8vo. Phil. Lib, Cat. 629. 26 Letters addressed to the Yeomanry of the United States con- taining some observations on funding and banking systems. By an American farmer. . (No printer,) Philadelphia. 8vo. pp. 24. " For citizen Adet, with sentiments of great respect, from his friend the author." Under this, Adet has written " Dr. Laughan." Another series was printed in 1791. 27 An enquiry how far the punishment of death is necessary in Pennsylvania. With notes and illustrations by William Brad- ford, Esq. To which is added an account of the gaol and penitentiary house of Philadelphia, &c. By Caleb Lownes. 8vo. pp. 108. Dobson, Philadelphia. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 497 28 Extracts of the Journals of the Rev. Dr. Coke's five visits to America. ...... Paramore, . .don. 12mo. pp. 195. A Wesleyan Methodist Journal. 29 A MESSAGE of the President of the United States to Congress, relative to France and Great Britain, Dec. 5, 1793, with the papers therein referred to. To which are added the French originals Childs, & Co., Phiiadelphia. 8vo. pp. 103, 32. 26. and 116. See 1794, No. 6. 30 Remarks on the American Universal Geography. By J. F. /'■ Svo. pp. 61. Belknap & Hall, Boston. / Z\ Proposals for a subscription to form Colonies in Canada of French emigrant Loyalists, and Ecclesiastics now in England. By Charles Grant, Viscount de Vaux. . No place, SfC. 8vo. pp. 8. Probably published about this time : reference is made in it to the author's other works on the subject 32 A DESCRIPTION of the situation, climate, soil, and productions of certain tracts of land in the district of Maine, and Com- monwealth of Massachusetts. . . . No place, S(C. Small 4to. pp. 44. 33 Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the privileges and restrictions on the commerce of the United States in foreign countries. . Childs & Swaine, Philadelphia. 8vo. pp. 20. By Thomas Jefferson. 34 Develofpement des causes des troubles et d^sastres des Colo- nies Francoises, pr6sent6 h la Convention Nationale, par les Commissaires de St. Domingue, &c., le 11 Juin 1793. Paris. 8vo. pp. 200. 35 Reflexions sur les veritables causes des troubles etudes d^s- astres de nos Colonies, notamment sur ceux de St. Domingue ; avec les moyens ii employer pour preserver cette Colonic d'une 1-- 498 BibUotheca Americana Nova. ruine totale. Addressees k la Convention Nationale. Par Julien Raymond, Colon de St. Domingue. . Paris. 8vo. pp. 36. A number of small pieces relating to St. Domingo, mostly without title- pages, were published in this year. MDCCXCIV. 30 Plan of a Society for the sale of lands in America, for which a subscription is opened ; containing a very beneficial specula- tion, whereby both large and small aums of money may be improved to very great advantage, without any hazard of loss. 4to. pp. 12, and plan. London. 31 American biografht ; or an Historical Account of those persons who have been distinguished in America. By Jeremy Belknap. Boston. Svo. 2 vols. 32 A MBSSAOR from the President of the United States to Con- gress, transmitting certain documents relative to hostile threats against the territories of Spain in the neighbourhood of the United States. . . . F. Childs, &c. Philadelphia. Svo. pp. 24. 33 Result of Astronomical Observations made r the interior parts of North America. . . Arrow smit}\, London. 4to. pp. 16. 34 Germaxicus. Letters to the citizens of the United States. Svo, pp. 77. (-Philadelphia, 1794PJ 35 Report of a case in the General Court of Virginia, on a question touching an Act of Assembly, &c. M' Kenzie, Philadelphia. Svo. pp. 104. 36 A Review of the revenue system, adopted by the first Congress under the Federal Constitution, &c. By a Citizen. Svo. pp. 130. Dobson, Philadelphia. 37 Extract of a letter, &c. . . No place, S(C. Svo. pp. 11. This letter, on Emigration to America, appears to have been written and probably printed in this year. It commences, " You ask me what id the state of society in America ?" &c. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 499 MDCCXCV. 26 The United States Gazetteer ; containing an authentic de- scription of the several States, &c. Illustrated with 19 maps. By Joseph Scott. . . Bailey, Philadelphia, 12mo. 27 The history of Massachusetts, from the first settlement thereof, in 1628, until the year 1750. By Thomas Hutchinson, Esq., &c. The third edition with additional notes and corrections. 8vo. 2 vols. Thos. Gushing. Salem. M. See 1760. No. 7. 28 Inctdekts of the insurrection in the Western parts of Pennsyl- vania, in the year 1794. By Hugh H. Brackenridge. 8vo. Philadelphia 29 Minutes of the Proceedings of the Second Convention of Dele- gates, from the Abolition Societies, established in different parts of the United States, assembled at Philadelphia, Jan. 7, 1795, &c. .... Poulson, Philadelphia, 8vo. pp. 32. 30 Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation between H. B. M. and the United States of America. Signed at London 19th Nov., 1794. Published by authority. Johnston, London. 4to. pp. 33. 31 Explanatory article, signed at Philadelphia, May 4th, 1796. To be added to the treaty of Amity, Commerce, &c., between H. B. M. and the U. S. of A. Nov. 19, 1794. 4to. pp. 5. Johnston, — — — 32 A REPORT of the opinions of the Judges in the important cause of Penhallow et al. against Doanes Administrators, &c. 8vo. pp. Woodward, Philadelphia. 33 A report of the Secretary of the Treasury, read in the House of Representatives of the United States, Jan. 19, 1765. Contain- ing a plan for the further support of public credit. 8vo. pp. 90. John Fenno, (Philadelphia ?) By Alexander Hamilton. 500 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 34 The procbbdinos of the Executive of the United States respect- ing the insurgents. . John Fenno, Fhiladvlphia. 8vo. pp. 130. 35 A VINDICATION of Mr. Randolph's resignation. 8vo. pp. 103. S. N. Smith, Philadelphia. 36 A LITTLE PLAIN Enolish, addrcsscd to the people o^ the United States, on the treaty negotiated with His Britannic Majesty, and on the conduct of the President relative thereto ; in answer to " The Letters of Franklin." With a supplement, containing an account of the turbulent and factious proceedings of the opposers of the treaty. By Peter Porcupine. Bradford, Philadelphia. 8vo. pp. 1 1 1 . With autograph of George Hammond. 37 Precis des Evenements qui se sont passes li la Guadaloupe pen- dant I'administration de George Henry Victor Collot, depuis le 20 Murs 1793, jusqu'ii 22 Avril, 1794. Presents h la Conven- tion Nationale. . . Bnuior^. Philadelphie. 4to. pp. oC. 38 Auswahl schdner seltener Oew&chse als eine Fortsetsung der Amerikanischen Gew&chse. Erstes hundert. Numherg. 8vo. 100 plates, coloured. A continuation of No. 30, of 1785. MDCCXCVI. 23 A COMPARATIVE vicw of the Constitutions of the several States with each other, and with that of the United States ; exhibiting in tables the prominent features of each Constitution, and class- ing together their most important provisions under the several heads of administration ; with notes and observations. By William Smith, of South Carolina, LL.D., and Member of the Congress of the U. S. . . . Philadelphia. 4to. pp. 34 & 6 tables. 24 Letter to George Washington, President of the United States of nibliotheca Americana Nova. 501 America. On ftffaiw, public and private. By Thomas Paine. 8vo. pp. 7G. Bache, Philadelphia. Cobbctt wrote an answer to this letter, which was published in hit Political Cmior, for Dec. 179C. See No. 15, 1797. 25 A coMFA HATivB viewr of the mild and sanguinary ; and the good effects of the former exhibited in the present economy of the prisons of Philadelphia. By the Duke de Liancourt. 12mo. pp. 48. Darton and Harvey. ■ First printed in Philadelphia. 26 The impostor detected ; or a review of some of the writings of Peter Porcupine. By Timothy Tickletoby, &c. Second edition Bradford, Philadelphia. Svo. pp. 51 & 23. 27 A CONGRATULATORY epistlc to the redoubtable Peter Porcupine, on his complete triumph over the once towering but fallta and despicable faction in the United States. A poem by Peter Ghrievous Junior, &c. . . . Bradford, Philadelphia. Svo. pp. 44. 28 A ROASTER ; or a check to the progress of Political Blasphemy ; intended as a brief reply to Peter Porcupine, alias Billy Cobler. By Sim. Sansculotte. . Johnson, Philadelphia. Svo. pp. 21. 29 The blue-shop ; or impartial and humourous observations on the life and adventures of Peter Porcupine, with the real mo- tives which gave rise to his abuse of our distinguished patriotic characters, &c. By James Quicksilver. Svo. pp. 52. Moreau St. Merey, Philadelphia. 30 A PILL FOB POBCUPiNB ; being a specific for an obstinate itch- ing which that hireling has long contracted for Ipng and calumny ; containing a vindication of the American, French, and Irish characters against his scurrilities. By a friend to Political Equality. , . . Author, Philadelphia. Svo. pp. 83. 81 British honour and humanity ; or the wonders of American patience, as exemplified in the modest publications and uni- 502 Bibliotbeca Americana Nova. versa! applause of Mr. William Cobbett, &c. By a Friend to regular Government. . . . Campbell, Philadelphia. 8vo. pp. 58. 32 Pboceedings of the Honourable House of Assembly relative to the Maroons ; including the Correspondence between Earl Balcarres and Major General Walpole during the Maroon Rebellion. , .... St. Jago de la Vega. 4to. pp. 57. 33 The speech of mr. Ames in the House of Representatives of the United States, &c., April 28, 1796, in support of the following motion ; Resolved : — That it is expedient to pass the laws necessary to carry into effect the treaty lately concluded between the United States and the King of Great Britain. 8vo. pp. 59. Fenno, Philadelphia. \j, 34 Porcupine's Political Censor for November 1796; containing observations on the insolent and seditious notes, communicated to the people of the United States by the late French minister Adet W. Cobbett, Philadelphia. 8vo. pp. 35 Porcupine's Political Cense for December 1796; containing Remarks on the Debater i.: Congress, particularly on the timidity of the language r eld towards France. Also a letter to the infamous Tom Paine in answer to his brutal attack on the Federal Constitution, and on the conduct and character of General Washington . . W. Cobbett, Philadelphia. 8vo. pp. 47 and 18. 36 A LETTER to the people of the United States of America, from General Washington on his resignation of the office of Presi- dent of the United States. Second edition. 8vo. pp. 32. Debrett, 37 Respuesta para desengcmo del piiblico k la impugnacion que ha divulgado prematuramente, el Pr^sbitero Don Jos. Ant. Ca- vanilles, contra el Prodrome de la Flora del Perii, 6 insinuacion de algunos de los reparos que ofrecen sus obras Botdnicas. Por Dcr^ Hipolito Ruiz,&c. .... Madrid. Small 4to. pp. 100. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 503 38 GuiA politica, ecclesiastica y militar del Virreynato del Peru, para el mo de 1796, compuesta por el Dr. Don Jos. Hip. Unanue, &c. ....... Lima. Small 8vo. Contains an account of all the Archbishops of Peru. MDCCXCVII. 38 Smith's insects of Georgia. See 1798. No. 1, 39 A complete history of Connecticut, civil and ecclesiastical, from the emigration of its first planters, from England in 1630 to 1713. By Benjamin Trumbull. . . Hartford. 8vo. vol. 1. Vol. 2 was published in 1818, together with a new edition of Vol. 1. 40 A sketch of the political relations of the United States. By Joseph Fauchet. Translated from the French. Philadelphia. 8vo. See No. 25, p. 406. 41 A view of the conduct of the Executive, in the Foreign affairs of the United States, connected with the mission to the French Republic during the year 1794, 1795, and 1796. By James Munroe. .... Philadelphia. Svo. Sec 1798, No. 10. 42 A MESSAGE from the President of the United States of America to Congress, relative to the French Republic ; delivered January 19, 1797, with the paperi^ therein referred to. Philadelphia. Svo. pp. (about 300.) ^ "With MS. Notes, by M. Mt. (qy. Malouet ?) y 43 The trial of David M'Lane /or High Treason, before a Special Court of Oyer and Terminer, at Quebec, on the 7th July, 1797. ........ Quebec. Svo. pp.21. M'Lane was an American Citizen, employed by Citizen Adet to bring about a Revolution in Canada. lie was found guilty, and executed July 21 . / 504 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 44 Observations on the dispute, &c. By Robert Goodloe Harper. 8vo. pp. 162. Stockdale, See 1798, No. 9. 45 An answer, by way of Letter, to Bryan Edwards, Esq. M.P. Containing a refutation of his Historical Survey on the French Colony of St. Domingo, &c. &c. By Colonel Venault de Charmilly, &c. .... London. 4to. pp. 184. 46 Lettre ^ M. Bryan Edwards, M.P. &c. En refutation de son ouvrage intitule, Vues Historiques sur la Colonic de Saint Domingue, &c. &c. public en Mars dernier. Par M. le Colonel Venault de Charmilly, &c. . '. . Londres. 4topp. 234. 47 Lettre de Michel Pascal Creuz^, Membre du Conseil des Anciens, k Jean Philippe Graran, Deputd du Loiret, sur son rap- port des troubles de St. Domingue, &c. , Se vend d. Paris. Svo. pp. 66. An. V. 48 Observations sur St. Domingue, par Rallier, Depute d'lUe et Vilaine, &c. . . . . . Paris. Svo. pp. 32. Suite id. pp. 40. MDCCXCVin. 32 Wansey's Excursion to the United States, &c.— (See 1796). Second edition with additions. . . Salisbury. 12mo. pp. 270, &c. 33 MiRABiLiA Dei inter Indicob. llie rise and progress of a remarkable work of grace amongst a number of the Indians in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, represented in a Journal kept by Mr. David Brainerd. . . . (No place.) ■ Svo. pp. 355. The running title is Life of Mr. David Brainerd ; and the preface is signed by Jonathan Edwards. Harper. isq. M.P. e French nault de London. a de son de Saint e Colonel Londres. tiseil des son rap- d. Paris. d'llle et Paris. 1796). alishury. ess of a dians in kept by place.) is signed Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 505 34 Speech of R. Goodloe Harper, Esq. on the Foreign Intercourse Bill ; delivered in the House of Representatives of the United States, on Friday, MaVch 2, 1798. . Wright, 8vo. pp. 73. 35 CopiKs of Oriivinal Letters recently written by persons in Paris, to Dr. Priestley in America. Taken on board of a Neutral vessel. Fourth edition. . . Wright, " 8vo.pp. 36. 3G Remarks on the Explanation, lately published by Dr. Priestly, respecting the intercepted Letters of his friend and disciple, John H. Stone. To which is added a certificate of Civism for Joseph Priestley, Junr. By Peter Porcupine. Wright, Bvo. pp. 52. With the date of 1799. 37 Amebic AN State Papers. Important Documents and Dis- patches, which accompanied the Message of the President of the United States of America, to both Houses of Congress, April 3rd 1798, respecting the difference between America and France, including the Instructions to the American Envoys, &c, &c. .... Wright, ■ Small 4to. pp. 30. 38 Facts and Observations briefly stated in support of an intended I application to Parliament. By Edward Bancroft, M. D., F.R.S. 8vo. pp. 23. (No place). Relates to Quercitron bark. 39 Authentic Copies of the Correspondence of Charles C. Pinkney, John Marshall and Elbridge Gerry, Esqrs. Envoys, &c. to France, as presented to Congress, April 3rd. 1798, by H. E. John Adams, President, &c. . . Debrett, — 8vo. pp. 78. 40 Observations on the Emigration of Joseph Priestley, &c. By Peter Porcupine. . , . Wright, Svo.pp. 73. Kk 506 Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 41 America and France. The entire Message of the President of the United States to both Houses of Congress ; covering the full powers to, and dispatches from, the Envoys Extraordinary of the United States, to the French Republic. B. Russell, Boston, 8vo. pp. 71. 42 Extract of a Letter from a Gentleman in America to a Friend in England, on the subject of Emigration. . (No place, 8rc.) 8vo. pp. 29. Probably printed in London about this time. 43 Eloqio di Ambrioo Vespucci dal P. S. Canovai, &c. 4e. edizione. .... - Firenze. 8vo. ^ce 1788, No. 34. ;i MDCCXCIX. 20 Winterbotham, &c. (795, No. 3.) Second edition. Svo. 4 vols. 21 Summary History of New England. By Hannah Adams. Svo. Dedhatn. 22 The history. Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies. To which is added an Historical Survey of the French Colony of St. Domingo. Abridged from the His- tory written by Bryan Edwards^ Esq. . . London. Svo. maps, pp. 373. 23 Des prisons db Philadelphib. Par un Europ^en. Seconde edition, &c. .... Amsterdam. Svo. pp. 97. 24 Mapa Geografico de America Meridional, dispuesto y gra- vado por D. Juan de la Cruz Cano y Olmedilla, teniendo pre- sente varios mapas y :aoticias originales, &c. Axio de 1775. 6 siiee ts. Faden, Londres. A copy of the Map published at Madrid in 1775, Bibliotheca Americana Nova. 507 25 DisEBTAcroN sobre la Raiz de la Ratanhia, especifico singular contra los fluxos de sangre etc. Con la estampa de la planta. Por D. Hipolite Ruiz. .... Madrid. 4to. pp. 48. plate. The Ratanhia is the Krameria Triandra of Botanists, a native of Peru. MDCCC. 32 Letters from Paris to the Citizens of the United States of America, on the system of Policy hitherto pursued by their Government, relative to their commercial intercourse with England and France, &c. By Joel Barlow. Ridgway, 8vo. pp. 116. 33 Rochefoucault's Travels, &c. Second edition. (See 1799, No. 5.) 8vo. 4 vols. V 34 Weld's Travels, &c. (See 1799, No. 4.) Third edition. 8vo. 2 vols. 35 Weld's Travels, &c. Fourth edition. 8vo. 36 Voyage in search of La Pdrouse, performed by Order of the Constituent Assembly, during the year 1791, 1792, 1793, and 1794. Drawn up by M. Labilliardi^re. Translated from the French. Illustrated with 46 plates. . Stockdale, 4to. pp. 476 and 65. With the 44 plates in 4to. to Debrett's edition, published in the same year, beautifully engraved. 37 Memoirs and Adventures of Capt. Matthew Phelps ; particularly in two voyages to the river Mississippi, from 1773 to 1780. Compiled by Anthony Haswell. . . Bemington. 12mo. Phil. Lib. Cat. p. 957. 38 Epistle from the Marquis de Lafayette, to Generul Washingtoti. 12mo.pp. 32. Edinburgh. Poetical. 508 Bihliotheca Americana Nova. 39 Communications concerning the Agriculture and Commerce of A4^enc9,. Containing Observations on the Commerce of Spain, with her American Colonies in time of War. Written by a Spanish Gentleman in Philadelphia, this present year, 1800. With sundry other papers concerning the Spanish interests. Edited in London, by William Tatham. . Ridgvvay, London. 8vo. pp. 120. 40 An account of the Trial of Thomas Cooper of Northumberland, on a Charge of Libel against the President of the United States. Taken in short-hand, writh a preface, notes, and appendix. By Thomas Cooper. . . Bioren, Philadelphia. Svo. pp. 64. 41 Die Berufs-Reise nach America. Briefe der Generalin von Riedesel auf dieser Reise und "wiihrend ihres sechsjiihrigen Aufenthalts in America zur zeit des dortigen krieges in den jahren 1776 bis 1783, nach Deutschland geschrieben. Berlin. Small Svo. pp. 352. See 1827. » rce of Spain, by a 1800. srests. mdon. rland. States. . By ?lphia. a von brigen n den Berlin. INDEX. Abbot.John 408 Abreu, Alv 40 AcurreU; 24 Aclipnwall 472 AcrcliuM, Israel 132 Adair, James 208 Adams, Samuel 245 Hannah 500 Amos 170 Jo" .a 190,323, 340, 386, 402 492 Agiicros, P. G « S74 Akedo, Anto 337 Dion 40,62, 07 Aldama 107 Alderson, John 388 Allen, William 199 J umes 324 Ira 403, 408 llobert 20, 138 Almodovar 484 Alsinet 464 Al/.ate, J. A 396 Ames, F 602 Amorctti, C 423 Anburcy, Thomas 366 Backus 263 Bacon 254 Thomas 440, 452 Baillie 218, 237 Biyon 2«0 Bancroft, Ed 170, 171, 505 Bandini 81 Barbe Marbois 309 Barbinais 38 Barcia 95 Barham 388 Barlow, Joel 340, 607 Barnes 491 Baniuevo 48 Barrington 208, 294 Barrcs, Des 240 Barron; 66, 73 Burros 86 Barry 410 Bartolozzi 360 Barton B. S 339, 306, 401 , 416 i?'irt.am, J 98, 161, 169 W 867 Bat>ade 372 Bmiche, M 413 Baumgarten 102 Bayai^, Nich 3 F. M 406,412 Beatty, Charles 161 Beau. C. le 57 Beaumarchais 473 Beckford 348, 363 Behrens, C. F 69 Belcher, Jon 40 Pafc Anderson, James 417,420 An(ho 412, 176 Andrews, Jolm 320 Andross, Edmund 201^ Anson, Com. George 00, 120, 436 Elizabeth 487 Antimez, II 407 Apthoi-]), Eart 150, 450 ArchdiUe, Jun II Argcnsola 13, 14 Arnold, C. H 303 Arthaud, M 837 Ash, John 6 Ashley, John 60, 432 Astley 80 Atkins, Jolm 52 Atwood, Thomas 360 Aublet 229 Auchmuty, llobert 79 Auteroche 191 Avila, Fco. de 26 Ayuuque 413 Ayme 421 Ayscough 812 Belgrave 112 Belknap 320. 378, 498 Bellegarde 18 Bellin 100, 114, 140, 165 Benezet 160 Berenger 852 Berkely 420 Bernard, J. F 2S F 229 Gov 202 Berredo, P. de 07 Berriman 433 Betagh 42 Beverley, E 8 Bianchi 478 Bilton 428 Bird 426 Bishop, George 5 Robert 462 Blackford, D 187 Blunchardiere 99, 102 Bland, lUl 173, 464 Bligh,W 380 Bliuneau i. .. 68 Bocage, Me. du 120 BoUan, Wm. . . 137, 142, 163, 163, 198 Bolton 466 Bolzius 50 Bonnet, J. £ 394 Stede 428 Borde,Dela ?i72 Borland,F 28 Bossart, J.J 262 Bossu, M 165,186,260 510 Index. Botcllo 2 Dotiirini 84 Boucher 343 Bougainville 188, 100, 191 Bouguer 04 Bouquet, H 152, 175 Bourgeois 104 Bowdoin, James 280 Bowles 808 Bownas 487 Boyle, Robert 29 Brackeniidge 400 Braddock 110 Bradford, W 394, 490 Bradstreet 448 Brahm, W. G. de 100 Brainerd 83, 80, 102, 438, 504 Bray, Thomas 2, 425 Brickcll, John 54 72 Brissot 371, 878, 489, 492, 493 Brosse, Mc de 120 Brown, A. C 380 Browne, Pat 118, 856 Bruce 436 Brun 485 Cabrera 84 Cadogan 72, 435 Calef 204 Galkocn 492 Callender, John «8, 152, 349 Callender.J. T 891 Calvet 327, 482 Campanius 4, 425 Campbell 66,75, 87 Campillo 360 Canning, G 456 Canovai 853, 506 Cardenas 34 Carey, Mw 383, 486 Carli 291 , 361, 381 Carranza 23, 60 Cartwright, George 377 ,J 212, 266 Carter 321 Carver, J 263, 294 Caspipina 254 Cassani 51, 67 CassesdeXalo 66 Cassini 191 Cassius 482 Castclmain, R 39 Castiglioni 366 Catesby, Mark. . . .45, 98, 107, 159, 184, 451, 455 Cathcart 76 Caulin 282 Cavendish 465 Ceri8ier,M 291 Chabert 103 Chalkley 99 Chalmers, L 230 George 282,801,322 Brydgcs, George 858 Huttclie, J. N 228 103, 407 Buell 455 Buenu-Maisnn 385 Buuno, Cosmo 141 Hugg, 6 Buisson, M. de 271, 291 Bulkely, John 72. 88 Bulow, D. von 407 Burchett 426 Burdcr, George 402 Burgoync, General 268, 278, 284 Burke, Edmund 123, 212, 257, 463 , Acdanus 482 Burmann 115 Burnaby, A 209, 408 Burr 444 Burton, John , . 431 Burton, II 43 BusUuncnte 104 Byre 425 Byers 471 Byron, Com. John 158, 163, 175 Chambou 260 Champigny 247 Champion 324,468 Champncys 265 Chandler 460, 464, 456, 457 Chantraus, G. 333 Chanvolon 141 Cbappe 101 Charlevoix. . 44, 77, 120, 186, 17' . 142 450 Charmilly 504 Chastellux 800, 332, 336, 338, 344 489 Chauncy 71, 70 Chevalier 442 Chisholm 393 Church 24, 189 ChurchiU 7,46, 77 Cieza 16 Cisneros 146 Cladera 390 Clarke, William 109 John 217 Clavigero 292, 841, 360 Claviere, £t 843, 849 Clayton.John 41, 73 Clifford, Jer 449 Clinton, Sir H 804, 816, 826, 886 CJ'iny, Alexander 168, 459 < 'obarrubias 310 Cobbett,W 398,502 Cockbum 52, 60 Cockburne 480 Cookings, George 294 Coke ... . . 497 Colden.'c ...... ....42, 86, 444, 456 Cole 146 Coleti 188 ( Index. 511 .. 260 .. 247 24, 468 .. 269 56, 4«7 .. 333 .. 141 .. 191 142 t4, 189 16, 77 16 146 390 109 217 11, 360 [3, 349 H, 73 449 !6, 386 (8, 459 319 «, 602 2, 60 480 294 497 A, 466 146 188 Page Colnett 410 CoUot 600 Columlms, C 194, 263, 300. 363 Condamine .... 81,87, 100, 2' 440 Cook, Ebcnr 16 , James 186, 102, 231, 262 308, 320 , Lieutenant 160 Cooke, Edward 20 Cooper.Dr 223 Cooper, Thomas 388, 894 608 Cordova 418 Coreal 30 Comwnllis, Ld 310 Corncob, Jon 312 Corral-Calvo 63 Corry 419 Cortes, Ford 272 Coste 482 Cougblan 230 Dalrymple, A. 168, 177, 193, 207, 209 863, 364 , Sir J 236 Dampier 6, 12 4k1% Dancer, Thomas 296 Danville 114 Dauberteuil 247, 300, 328 Daviefi, John 446 ■, Samuel 446 Day Thomas 308 Dean, John 18, 427 Deane, Silas 324 Deaubonneau 422 Delisle 442 Demophilus 469 Demeunier 337 Derham, W 41 Desbarres , 249 Deslandes 332 Diuz, Bcmpl 418 Dickenson, Jon 130 , John.. ..144, 164, 206, 462 Dierville 16 Dixon, George 357, 366, 370 Dobbs, A 73, 74, 78, 101, 106 Dobrizhoffer 328 Ebeling 386, 305 Echevelar 442 Eddis, W 376 Edwards, Jon 71, 318, 41'J, 432 , Bryan 326,383, 388, 393, 399, 405, 600 Eguiara 155 Eidous l'J6, 101 Ellis, H 88, 94 Engel, B., de 150, 160, 282, 475 Entick 144, 460 Fabricius 306 Falconer 36, 429 Falkner, Thos 197, 349 Farmer, Major 181 P««f Coxe, Daniel 29, 41 03 , William 311 .Tunch 301 Coyer, Abbe 161, 441 Crantz 466 Crcspcl Em 70, 126, 401 Crevecoeur 302, 343 Creuze 604 Croix, M. de la . . . . 372, 376, 460, 476 Cross, Mr Ill Crowley 807 Croy,Ducde 308 Cruden,John 830 Cudena 293 Cuevas 91 Cugnet 227,228 CuUen 841 Cummins 72 88 Currie 379 Dodd 260 Donkin 470 Doolittle 440 Doria 300 Douglas, W 03,112 Doyle 179 Drage 80, 163 Dralse 26 Drews 106 Dubroca 421 Dubucq 333 Dubuisson 833 Duche 196, 264 Duclairon 460 Dudley, Joseph 11 Dulaney 166 Dumas 176 DummerJ 28, 148 Dumont 104, 114, 166 Dunbar, James - 282 , G 386 Duperrier 13, 16 Durazzo 800 Durell 487 Durrett 28 Ercilla 60 Erskine 172, 237 Escandon 177 Escalona 229 Espinosa 438 Esquemeling 385 Estwick 242 Eustace, J. S 288 Evans, Lewis 112, 117 , Caleb 221, 244 , Isreal " 478 Fanner, A. W 223 Farrer 476 Fauchcl 406, 603 Fayette, M. dcla 389, 607 X 512 Index. Ptgt FclircA 151 Fwlcruliat 847, 380 FcrKiison 234 Fonnin 145, IflO, 176, 272, 29tf Fernandez 40 Fcuille 38, 88, 443 Foyjoo 141 Filson 323, 882 Findley 3»« Fitch 400, 401 Flavigny 272 Fletcher 244 Flcurieu 104, 366, 360, 417 Formaleoni 319 Gala 340 Gale, T 457 Galloway, 143, 214, 225, 276, 277, 285 28fl, 287, 288, 207, 306 Galvao 45 Galvez 161 Gamboa 16fl Garcia 43 Garcilaaso 17, SS, 66 Gardiner 130,136, 139 Gatereau 495 Gee, Joshua 430 Gentil.Le 38 Genty 344 Germanicus 408 Gibbon 474 Gibson 79 Gilii 203 Oiroldo 203 Girod-Chantrona 333 Haageson 128 Hales, S 431 Hall, Captain 283 Halley 25 Hamilton, A. 206, 223, 882, 387, 391 , 401 463, 499 , George 884 Hammond 887 Harper, R.G 306, 409,304 Harris Hartley, D 2^16, 246, 477 Hartmann 69 Hartsinck 184 Hartwell 430 Havanero 407 Havcstadt 262 Hawksworth 192 Hazard 876 Hearae 890 Hegcwisch 395 Helms 414 Henley , 472 Hennepin 426, 429 Hernandez, James 112 , Frs 366 Herran 40 Herrera 37, 40 Forster, J. R. 178, 185, 180, 100, 218, 203 852 , George 251, 263, 261 Fowler, John 206, 471 Fox, C. 479 Franklin, Dr. . . 128, 133, 160, 328, 870 438, 440, 441 Franklin, James 826 Fraser 850 Frasso.P 220 Freville 191, 207 Frczier 24, 25, 48 Fritseh 414 Funnel 11 Goldson 884 Goodrich 235 Gordon, John 191 , Cosmo 480 .William 346 Grace 143 Graham 401 Granados 273 Grant 497 Graves 368 Gray 266 Green, John 102, 444 Gregory 410 Grenville, G 467 Grievous 601 Gronovius 73 Grove 447 Guisan 351 Gumilla 62, 67, 81, 127, 373 Hervatt 373 Hcsscl 420 Hey, R 236 Haswell 607 Hickeringill 8 Higginson 13 Hilliard 800, 828, 347 HiUary 456 Hodgson 289, 474 Hollingsworth 385, 340 Hollis 164 Hopkins, Stephen 150 , Samuel 103 Homot 260 Horsley 196 Hoastoun, James 87 , William 301 Howe, Sir W 286 Hughes 97 Humphreys 43 Humphries, D 331, 487 Hume, S 441 Huske 108 Hutchinson 133, 168, 203, 463, 468, 499 Hutchius 163, 364 Huth '. 443 Index, 518 .. 826 .. SA9 .. 220 H, 207 M, 48 .. 414 .. 11 .. 884 .. 235 .. 101 .. 480 .. 346 .. 143 .. 401 .. 273 .. 407 .. 356 .. 256 )2, 444 .. 416 .. 467 .. 501 73 447 351 7, 373 373 420 235 507 8 13 8, 347 455 9, 474 5, 340 164 150 102 260 195 87 301 286 97 43 487 441 108 I, 499 I, 264 443 PlfC Inilay 377, :«M«, 305, 401 Ingrain 370 JackMin, William 817, 420 , Robert 388 .lacquemont 365 Jurquin 135, 142, 293, 834, 854 JumeB, Captain 61 Janus 288 Jardine 892 Jay, Sir J 464 JeHcnon . . 200, 301, 336, 840, 368, 886 887, 418, 464, 480 Jefferys 134, 135, 136,138, 162, 251, 268 465 Kalm 08, 101,178, 443 Keatingo 418 Keith, Guurgc ]0 , Sir William 56 Kemeys 318 Kennedy, A 07, 10(» Kennott, W 21 Kcnneday, Arch 97 Lahat 31,37, 70 Lahillnrdiere 417, 507 Laboriu 411 Lftfn\ ate 38!» Latttau 20, 32, 37, 50 I.ahontan 4, 6, 42, 51 Lambert 480 Langcac 310 Larreiitigui 894 Lastri 346 Latrobe 387 Laughan 404, 406 Laurcau 470 Laurens 480, 481 Lavul 43 Lawson 428, 16, 25 Leol 77 Ledyard 81 1 Lee 367, 404, 464, 472 Leiste 203 Lemcsle . . 333 Lempriero 416 Lendrum 393 Leonard 223 Leon y Gama 381 , Pinelo 65 Lescallier 412 Lessiug 203 Lewis 100 Mably 3J2, 328 MacAlpine 480 Mackay 435 Mackenzie 338 Mac Lane 503 Mac Lean 405 Mac Leoil 403 Iscrt 384 Iturri 418 Jennings 76, 270, 468, 480 Juhnson, Sir, W 116 , Dr. S 1H7 ,Ch 35 Jolis 860 Jones, H 85 , D 105 , Paul 274, 413 Joutcl 22, 26 Juan, George 01,04, 101, 126, 100, 247 Julian 845 Justamond 332, 488 Kerguelcn 89 Kidd 1 Kin;?, John 815 .James 820 Kippis 814 Knight 279 Knox, John 169 , William 148, 171 Lozcrmes 851 Liancourt. .415, 417, 422, 428, 494, 501 Lillingstun 426 Linde 210, 472 Liiiguct 274, 473 Linn 420 ^ Lisle, M. de 103 Little, Otis 89 439 Liverpool, Lord 403 Livingston 164 Llann, Zapata 91, 131 Lloyd 487, 491 Lolio Guereiro 107 Locke 27 Loeber 08 Loelling 185 Lohcnschiold 107 Lofll, Capel 255, 468 Long, Edward 106, 226 J 867 Lopez, P. A 87 , Thomas 447 Lorenzana 177, 188 Loskicl 887 Lossado 55 Lownes 496 Lozano 50, 88, 107 Luffman 338 Lyttleton, Lord 207, 467 Macplierson 459 Madison 421 Madrc de Dios 407 Malo de Luquc 484 Malouct 406 Manciri 374 Mandrillon 318, 326 Kl M4 Index. Mmitc 180 Marliois 340, 300 Murcrhand 417 Murriutt 403 Msrshull 820, 841 Marsilluc 879 Murtin. John 341 , Luther 400 Martyii 40 MuHorcH 160,317, 380, 463 Mnion, J. M 420 , John 433 MuthcrCottnn 8, 30 Sum M, 108 Mattticwi 488 Muuduit lAU,173,308,2UH,27ff,377, 308 443 Mayer 834 Mayhew 41 . 140, 144, 443 Mazzei 840 Mcarus 86 1, 864, 360 Medicus 404 Mt-iKs, K. J 211 Mcnonvillo 844 Meredith 473 Middleton 73, 74, 78, 484, 436 Mignard 423 Millet Mureau 407 Miiiot 847, 408 Neal,Dan 26, 87 Nicholson, F. R. S 18 , John 460 ,Lo P 947 NicolasI 110 Obrcgnn 378 Oexmelin 328 Ogdcn 421 Oglethorpe 44, 484 Oldmixon 14, 04 Oliphunt, And 60 , Edward 418 Oliviers 244 Pages 800, 370 Paine, Thomas 238, 307, 470, 48l, 404 600 Palairct 108 PiUou 845 Parades 403 Parkinson 103 Purru 845, 417 Pasqual 360 Pauw 1«2 Pavon 300, 407, 413 PcnUuUow 80, 4H0 Penn, William 372 Ponro* 200 Pennant 340, 473 l'opi)ercll 8-i, 124 Pcrcival, John 434 Piflt Mirahuau 338, 883, 480 Mitchell 1 13, 131, 140, 447 Mittlcl)crg(>r 130 Molina 310, 846, 843 840 Moll 14, 10 Molluda 114 Montenegro 188 Montcahn 344 Montgonu-ry 34 Moody, Lt. Jamoi» 814 478 Moore 74 Morelli 348 Mi.rcton 863 Morris 00,474,488 Morse 346, 408, 430 Mortimer 871 Morton, N -Iftl , Mrs 408 Moscly 804, 488, 404 Moser 330 Mullcr 148 Mnno/. 384,400, 413 MiniToe, Junies 410, 403 Miiraturi 134, 446 Mnriel 848 Murphy 408 Murr 884 Murray 263, 474 Nifo 843 Nodal 176 Nuix 201,310, 810 NusdoriFcr 177 Oliver 20i Ohnedilla 406 Orrio 141 Ortega 17» Otis, James 148, 172, 440 — , H.G 400 Oviedu y Danot 84 Pemetty... 174,185, 187 Pcrrin . . . > 60 Perouuc 407, 414 Perreira 07 Peters 203 Petit 460 Pctil-Radel 433 Phelps 407 Phipps 104 Piikersgill 302 P«t!iitetU 438 KUori 278 Pinientel 21, 84 Pinclo 44 Pingcron 174 PinU> 245, 846 Phunier 0, 0, 114 m* 83, 48» JO. 4A7 130 AS 8A0 »». IV • • llff • • 188 . . 304 , , . i6 tlfi 478 • • 76 , , 348 , , 8«» n, 488 o», 430 871 , . 4H1 , , 4V8 S8. 405 83U , , 108 (K), 418 10, «0» »4, 440 , , 348 • • 4»3 • • 884 «a, 476 8«3 • • 176 10, 810 177 303 , , fi06 , , 141 , . 17» 7'i 450 490 • • 8ft W, 187 60 )7 416 »7 • • 303 , , 460 , , 433 , , 507 , , 105 , , 303 , , 438 , , 373 tl 85 , , 55 , , 175 15 846 9 115 Pin* roiiitiK 61 I'oiniMtNO 845 I'opi.lc 40 Porcupine, P 403, 410, 431 500,505 Portlouk 357, 870 Portcui 403 Post 138, 41" Polhcrie, Do la 8i Pouchut t?'" Powuall, Thomus 143, 149, 104, 301, 3.'U> 384, 390, 805, 810, 317, 841, 455, 4H3 Quicksilver 501 Ramol 410, 417 Ramsay, D. . . 839, 843, 355, 383, 896 , James 336, 488, 485 , Allan 471 Rondolplt 500 Rallier 504 Kuulin 99 Ray, NicU 455 Raymond 498 Raynal . . 183, 333, 390, 398, 309, 833, 484, 488 Rcbullosa 91 R«ck, Von 50, 301 Reeves 383 Rtid 491 Revely 864 Ruzabal 881 Ribadencyra 115 Richardson 133 Riuhelet 17 Riudesel , 508 Rigby 476 Roberts 189 Robertson 263, 398 Robinson 203, 237, 359 Robin 309, 811 Saintard 448 Siilaztir 73, 337 Sale, M. de la 23 Salmon 433 Samuel 335 Sanchez 388 Sunsculotve 501 Samiiento 100, 346 Schercr 200 Schoepf 346, 364 Scott 499 Scabury 4t(3 Stuker 170 Serra, Junip 345 Sewall 41, 232 Seward 61 Sharpe, G 21d, 103, 465 Shcbbeare 215, 236 Sheffield 313, 324 Shelvockc 39 Index. 515 Pratz, Le P. du 130, 130, 196 Prentiss 803 Prescott 307 Preston 398 Picvost, Abbe 68, 04 Price, Ur. 388, 350, 366, 831, 408, 486 Prince, Thomas 58, 79, 483 Priestley 606 Proud 400 Prudhomme 413 Pultcney,Rd 300. 300 Quincy 100 Robson 100 RoehaPitta 44 Kochon 810, 433 Ruohcfoucault. . 416, 417, 433, 438, 404 607 Rocque 809 Rodriguez 874 Roebuck 340 Rogers, Woodes 10 , Robert 140, 147 Roggewein 60 Rojas 833 Rolle, Dcnys 453 RoUo 200, 817 Roll 118 Romans 333, 374, 467 Roubaud 470 Rouelle 370 Rubalcava 07 Ruiz dc Leon 114 Hipo. 881, 800, 407, 413, 503, 607 Rumsey 490 Rundlo 60 Rush 107, 376, 410, 486 Russell 363, 418 R****«Maria . 880 Shirley 83, 135, 430 Shute 87 Simpson '. 480 Sinclair 430 Singleton 450, 470 Skinner 883 Slounc 13, 10 Smart 274 Smethur t 210 Smith, Samuel '. 49, 146 , Krv. Mr 79 , William 111, 139, 161, 225, 346 379,387, 600 , J. E 408, 503 Smyth 321 Sobreviela 366 Solis, Ant 8, 36, 60, 91, 319, 413 Solorzano 7, 53 Soto 104 Sotomayor 2 / 516 Index. Page Soulei 382, 842, 488 Speer 4ff5, 459 Sprengd 884, 895 Springer 177 Steam 871 Stedman 385, 808 Steele 154 Stephens 70, 486 Stevens 14, 17, 87 Stevenson 271, 325 Stith 86, 102 Stockdale 880 Stokes 816, 483 Stork 151, 463 Toilfer 64 Tarleton 888 Talleyrand 409, 410 Tapia 35, 104 Tathom 410, 508 Temple 468 Tcnnent 68 Thomas Thompson Tickell 266, 476 Tickletoby 601 Timberlake 147 Timasus 400 Timoleon 244 Tobin 488 Ulloa, Bern 62 , Ant 92, 94, 101, 126, 190, 191 247 Umfteville 860 Vaca, de Guzman 473 Vahl 400, 413 Valladares 853 Valens 254 Valette 166 Valverd- a34 Vancouver 411 Vasconcelas 25 Vaugondy " 102, 166 Wafer 6 Walker 27 Wales 262, 264 Wttlthcr 854 Walcot 439 Wangenheim 340, 478 Wansey 805. 504 Warville 836, 343, 349, 371, 378 Warren, R 432 Washington 105, 264, 280, 802, 307, 403 420, 470, 473, 602 WatU, George 132 Webb 357 Webslor, P 308, 370, 187 , Nouh 187 Page Stuven 28 St. John 802, 812, 327 St. Mery 327, 308, 406, 494 St. Valier 299 818, 477 Suckling 284 Suire, C. Le 422 Sullivan 868, 898 Surgy 160 Swan 866 Swartz 854, 874 Swedberg 481 Swindrage 162 Symons 270 Topham 268 Torfa3us 10 Torquemada 83 Torres Rubio 107 Toulmin 877 Touron 166 Townsen^l 36 Travers 281 Tronchoy 17 Trott 29 Tnimbull 603 Tnisier 294 Tucker, Dean . . 160, 203, 213, 216, 248 804, 400 TumbuU 835,401, 428 Unanuc 373, 384. 890, 603 Uring 40 Urlspcrger 52, 78, 108 Uzturiz 70 Vega, G. do la 17, 83, 84, 65 Venegas 124. 131 Vernon, Adm 83 Viaud 460 Vidaurre 248 Villagutierre 2 Villa Senor 86 Vincent 281 Von Reck 60 Welbe 12 Weld 414. 607 Wesley .. 221, 236 256, 467, 471, 472 Whately 408 Wheelock 454, 462 Whitney 496 Whiting 5 White 52 Whiteficld 66,37,61, 64,00, 433,446 401 Wilkius 463, 467 Williams, G 140 , Jos 305 , John 368, 378, I'i? , Samuel 38(1 Williamson I'iO, 134, 440 Index. 517 Puge as >, 812, 327 I, 406, 404 • 818, 477 284 422 868, S9S 160 • • • • • 866 .364, 874 .... 481 162 .... 270 .... 258 • . . . 10 • • • • 83 .... 107 .... 877 .... 166 ' • • . 3ft . .. 231 ... 17 ... 29 ... 503 ...264 lU, 243 Pngf VVillyams 398 Wilson 375 415 69, 98 WiiniKsy 269 Wiinpflcn 404, 406 Winchester 378 Winteibothain 391, 606 Winthrop 362, 449 Xalo, Cusses de 66 Young, A 126, 194, 209 Zamora 2 Zapata 131 Zarate 10 Zavala 48 >5engcr loi, 433 Page Wise 4((l Wishart 09 Wilhcrspooii 220, 270 Wolfe 128 Worsley 4.68 Wright. Lu 9 , J 406, 449 Wynne 178 Xuarcz 407 Young, Sir W 393 Zero 478 Zevallos 413 Zimmerman 405 Zubly 214, 467 Zuniga 29 34, 65 24. 131 ... 83 .. 469 .. 248 .. 2 .. 86 .. 281 .. 60 II. W. MARTIN ANI> CO., FRINTRRS, BARTI.RTT'S OVII.DIMOS IIOl.EOR>r.