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 HEREINBEFORE DESIGNATED 



Second Session, Numbers 221 to 484, inclusive 



MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 19th, AT 8:15 O'CLOCK 



221. AMERICANA. IMPRINTS. Chesterfield (Lord). Principles of Politeness. 



With Additions by John Trusler. Boston, 1791; WEBSTER (NOAH). 

 Grammatical Institute of the English Language. Woodcut portrait. 

 Boston, 1803 ; UNIVERSAL Comic Songster. New York, 1831. To- 

 gether, 3 vols. 18mo and 16mo, boards and sheep. 



Boston and New York, 1791-1831 



222. AMERICANA. Whitney (Peter). The History of the County of Wor- 



cester, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Large folding map. 

 8vo, original calf, map and corner of title slightly and neatly re- 

 stored. Worcester, Mass. : Isaiah Thomas, 1793 

 FIRST EDITION. 



223. AMERICANA. Paine (Thomas). Letter to George Washington, President 



of the United States of America. On Affairs Public and Private. 

 8vo, contemporary wrappers, edges entirely uncut, a few leaves at 

 end very slightly stained. 



Philadelphia: Printed by Benjamin Franklin Bache, 1796 



THE VERY RARE FlRST EDITION, WITH THE EDGES ENTIRELY UNCUT. 



Paine in this pamphlet attacks Washington for indifference to his 

 (Paine's) imprisonment in France. He accuses Washington too of poor 

 generalship, inferior to that of Generals Green and Gates. 



Only two copies of this rare First Edition seem to have been noted 

 in recent years. The fine Hoe Collection of Paine contained only the 

 second edition. 



224. AMERICANA. Swan (Timothy). New England Harmony. Containing 



a Variety of Psalm Tunes, etc. Oblong 8vo, original boards, leather 

 back. FINE COPY. Northampton, Mass : Andrew Wright, 1801 



Contains a hymn named "Washington," which opens, "O may the 

 mem'ry of thy name inspire our armies for the fight." 



