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Additions to Plain truth; addressed to the inhabitants of America, containing, further remarks on a late pamphlet, entitled Common sense: wherein, are clearly and fully shewn, that American independence, is as illusory, ruinous, and improcticable, as a liberal reconciliation with Great Britain, is safe, honorable, and expedient
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Additions to Plain truth; addressed to the inhabitants of America, [electronic resource] : containing, further remarks on a late pamphlet, entitled Common sense: wherein, are clearly and fully shewn, that American independence, is as illusory, ruinous, and improcticable, as a liberal reconciliation with Great Britain, is safe, honorable, and expedient. / Written by the author of Plain truth. ; [Six lines of quotation]
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Philadelphia: : Printed, and sold, by R. Bell, in Third-Street., MDCCLXXVI. [1776]
Physical Description
[9], 98-136 p. ; 22 cm. (8vo)
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Attributed to James Chalmers by T.R. Adams. Erroneously attributed to William Smith by Evans.
Issued separately. Also issued with: Chalmers, James. Plain truth; addressed to the inhabitants of America ... Philadelphia : R. Bell, 1776.
Multiple states of gatherings N,O, and P noted by Adams. Cf. his "Authorship and printing of Plain truth by 'Candidus.'" Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America 49 (1955): 230-248.
Title page printed on recto of leaf pi4, which, in the separate issue, is folded around so that the title page appears on the front of the pamphlet.
"Extract from the journal of the proceedings of the honorable the American Continental Congress ..."--p. [3-8]. Running title: The American Congress on the rights of Englishmen.
Bookseller's advertisement, p. 136.
Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 42998).
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Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
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Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 17, 2006
References
Bristol, R.P. Supplement to Charles Evans' American bibliography, B4188
Shipton, C.K. National index of American imprints through 1800, 42998
Adams, T.R. American independence, the growth of an idea, 209
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Booksellers' advertisements - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.
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