Bibliotheca Americana Nova

MDCCXCII.

1 HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS; consisting of state papers, and other authentic documents, intended as materials for a History of the United States of America.

Hazard, A.M., &c.

4to. 2 vols.

By Ebenezer Philadelphia.

The second volume was printed in 1794. This is a valuable collection of documents relating to American history, part of which had already appeared in different works, but several are printed for the first time; particularly the records of the United Colonies of New England, from 1643 to 1678, which occupy nearly the whole of the second volume.

2 COLLECTIONS of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Boston. 8vo. Vol. 1.

This valuable collection of reprints of scarce tracts and important documents relating to the history of America consists of series of ten 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 Abbé Raynal's letter to the National Assembly, &c. 8vo. 2 vols. Robinsons, 一

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 unfolded 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. whole extracted from debates published in Philadelphia by T. Lloyd.

8vo. pp. 147.

Debrett,

The

"The contents of 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 Philadelphia, of the

1792.

Debates of the Pennsylvania Convention on the Constitution, with the title and pages 20 to 23 reprinted in London.

5 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 government of the United States of America, by James Sullivan, Esq. Attorney-general of the State of Massachusetts. By a Citizen of South Carolina.

8vo.

Charleston, S. C.

6 A BRIEF EXAMINATION of Lord Sheffield's Observations on the

commerce of the United States. In seven numbers. two supplemental notes on American manufactures. 8vo. pp. 135.

With

Phillips,
Written by Tench Coxe. First printed at Philadelphia, in the American
Museum. The English edition was edited by Capel Lofft, Esq.

7 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.

8vo. pp. 24.

Phillips,

8 SOME TRANSACTIONS between the Indians and Friends in Pennsylvania, in 1791 and 1792.

8νο.

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 furnished matter for this pamphlet.

9 LETTERS FROM AMERICA, historical and descriptive; comprising occurrences from 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 consequences, been not altogether unpropitious to Great Britain; and are deemed, by some prophetic minds, to contain, in their womb, the germs of universal freedom. The bloody contest with the

Americans, though it increased our public debt and diminished the volume 1792.
of the empire, has not destroyed our resources, nor injured our com-
merce; and it is contemplated by the world as a proof of our energy,
strength, and riches. Yet the 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 inhabitants, 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 oath ten-
dered him by the Americans." M. R.

10 A TOPOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION of the western territory of
North 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.

8vo. pp. 247.

Reprinted in 1796 and 1797.

Debrett,

11 A DESCRIPTION OF KENTUCKY, in North America; to which
are prefixed, miscellaneous observations respecting the United
States.
No place.

8vo. pp. 124, map.

The title says, "printed in November, 1792;" but there is a letter at
the end, from Mr. Imlay, dated Feb. 2, 1793. Said to be 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; the style of the author is plain and manly; he delivers his sentiments with freedom, and with

1792.

confidence asserts only those circumstances which, from his own observa-
tion, he knew to be facts. The author commenced his voyage from England
in 1770. He 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 1791. Το
complete the work, the Considerations on the relative situation of France and
the United States, 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.

8vo. pp. 77.

Parsons,

This author was an itinerant preacher of the doctrine of Restoration, from
America. He died at Hartford, Con. in 1797.

16 FARTHER OBSERVATIONS on the discovery of America, by
Prince Madog ab Owen Gwynedd, about the year 1170.
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.

8vo. pp. 51.

White,.

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.

17 AN ACCOUNT of the ten tribes of Israel being in America; 1792.
originally published by Manasseh 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 and Boxted,
Essex.
Robinsons, —.

8vo. pp. 56.

Mr. Ingram 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 Bay, and near California, between
53° 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 which 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
Rabbi Manasseh. M. R.