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The whole of the celebrated speech of the Rev. Dr. Jonathan Shipley, Lord Bishop of St. Asaph intended to have been spoken on the bill for altering the charter of the province of the Massachusetts-Bay; but want of time, or some other circumstance, prevented his delivering it in the House of Lords; for which reason it was printed in a large pamphlet, and sold at one shilling, sterling; and is allowed to be one of the best pieces ever wrote on the present disputes between North-America and Great-Britain
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The whole of the celebrated speech of the Rev. Dr. Jonathan Shipley, Lord Bishop of St. Asaph [electronic resource] : intended to have been spoken on the bill for altering the charter of the province of the Massachusetts-Bay; but want of time, or some other circumstance, prevented his delivering it in the House of Lords; for which reason it was printed in a large pamphlet, and sold at one shilling, sterling; and is allowed to be one of the best pieces ever wrote on the present disputes between North-America and Great-Britain.
Published
[Newport, R.I.] : Printed by S. Southwick, in Queen-Street, Newport, Rhode-Island, Sept. 1774.
Physical Description
20p. ; 8⁰.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Authorship of the speech has been attributed to Benjamin Franklin.
Reproduction of original from Library of Congress.
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 28, 2010
References
Evans, C. American bibliography, 13624
Alden, J.E. Rhode Island imprints, 1727-1800, 562
Adams, T.R. American independence, the growth of an idea, 141p
English short title catalogue, W20891.
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John Carter Brown Library, former owner.
United States Rhode Island Newport.
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