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Title: Miscellaneous essays: containing, among a variety of other articles, history of the yellow fever which prevailed in Philadelphia in the year 1793, containing a full account of its rise, progress, and termination, with various anecdotes illustrative of the state of society: review of the evidence of the pretended general conspiracy of the Roman Catholics of Ireland to massacre all of the Protestants who would not join with them on the 23d of October, 1641: reflections on the subject of emigration from Europe, with a view to a settlement in the United States, containing a brief sketch of the moral and political state of this country: essays on the public charities of Philadelphia, intended to vindicate the benevolent societies of this city from the charge of encouraging idleness: a brief view of the policy of the founders of the colonies of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, West Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and Carolina, as regards liberty of conscience: critical remarks on the tragedy of Hamlet: vindication of Sterne from the charge of plagiarism, &c. &c.Author: Mathew CareyPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington LibraryDocumentID: SABCP04073200CollectionID: CTRG02-B768PublicationDate: 18300101SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to AmericaNotes: "Nov. 13, 1830." "A short account of the malignant fever which prevailed in Philadelphia ..." (5th ed., improved) has sep. t.p. and imprint (Philadelphia: Clark & Raser, Printers, 1830) Most material published previously in newspapers and periodicals.Collation: [ix]-472 p.; 24 cm
