this work deserves little encomium, but the merit of fidelity is the first 1788. 2 A HISTORY of the insurrection in Massachusetts in 1786: by 8vo. Worcester, Mass. This insurrection is more generally known as Shays's Rebellion, from the name of the person who took the lead in it, and relating to whom there is a ballad extant in Massachusetts, commencing My name is Shays, in former days In Pelham I did dwell, sirs, &c. 3 THE FEDERalist. A collection of essays on the American constitution. By Hamilton, Jay, and Madison. New York. 12mo. 2 vols. These essays have been frequently reprinted. They first appeared in the public papers, under the signature of Publius, in the interval between the publication and the adoption of the constitution of the United States, and were designed to elucidate and support its principles. Numbers 2, 3, 4, 5, and 64, were written by Mr. Jay; numbers 10, 14, 17, 18, 19, 21, 37 to 58, 62 and 63, by Mr. Madison; and the rest by Gen. Hamilton. 4 REMARKS on the proposed plan of a federal government, addressed to the citizens of the United States, and particularly to the people of Maryland. By Aristides. Annapolis, Md. 8vo. pp. 48. "The author of the present pamphlet is a warm and intelligent supporter It has no faults, or I no faults can spy,- M. Rev. 5 A SUMMARY REVIEW of the laws of the United States of North 8vo. "The bulk of this work is taken up with defining the nature of the jurisdiction of the courst of Westminster Hall over the British provinces, and other similar matters, that now have no respect to the independent American states; but may be useful to those who have connexions with the West Indies and other British independencies.” M.R. 1788. 6 The PERPETUAL LAWS of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, from the establishment of its constitution to the first session of the general court, A.D. 1788. Compiled, arranged, and printed, to the wishes of many respectable law characters, and the approbation of the honourable judges of the supreme judicial court. Carefully compared with the original acts. 8vo. pp. 389. Worcester, Mass. Isaiah Thomas was both editor and printer of this work. 7 DEBATES, resolutions, and other proceedings of the Convention of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, convened at Boston on the 9th of Jan. 1788, and continued until the 7th of February following, for the purpose of assenting to and ratifying the constitution recommended by the Grand Federal Convention. Together with the yeas and nays on the decision of the grand question. To which the federal constitution is prefixed. 8vo. pp. 219. Boston. 8 DEBATES AND OTHER PROCEEDINGS of the Convention of Virginia, convened at Richmond, on Monday, the 2d day of June, 1788, for the purpose of deliberating on the constitution recommended by the grand Federal Convention. To which is prefixed, the federal constitution. 8vo. pp. 194. Petersburg, Va. Wilkie, 9 THE CLAIM of the American loyalists, reviewed and maintained 8vo. 11 OBSERVATIONS on the language of the Muhhekaneew Indians, 8vo. Reprinted in 1789, in Philadelphia and in London. Republished in the collections of the Mass. Hist. Society, with notes, by John Pickering. 12 REMARKS upon the situation of negroes in Jamaica, impartially made, from a local experience of nearly thirteen years in that island. By W. Beckford, jun. formerly of Somerly, in 1788. Suffolk, and late of Hertford, in Jamaica. Egerton, 8vo. A number of pamphlets for and against the slave trade were published in this year. The present, by Mr. Beckford, author of the History of Jamaica, (1790,) and cousin to the celebrated Fonthill Beckford, is the only one which appears to be worth recording. When Mr. B. wrote this tract, it appears that he was confined in the Fleet prison for debt! 13 OF THE PATAGONIANS. Formed from the relation of Father Falkener, a Jesuit, who had resided among them thirty-eight years; and from the different voyagers who had met with this tall race. Quarto. Darlington. Printed at the private press of George Allan, Esq. for his friend Thomas 14 ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS to the former editions of Dr. 8vo. Cadell, Printed in consequence of the reflections of Clavigero, in his History of 15 CONSIDERATIONS on the relative situations of France and the 8vo. pp. 326. This translation is faithfully executed, apparently by the authors themselves, or under their immediate inspection; and some explanatory notes are added. The work abounds with political and commercial knowledge, particularly with respect to the interests of France. See No. 24 of 1787. 16 A COLLECTION of voyages to the Southern hemisphere. Vol. I. contains Sir Richard Hawkins's to Magellanica, &c. London. 8vo. 2 vols. This work is merely the second and third volumes of Terra Australis Cognita, (No. 5, 1766,) with new titles, and the last leaf of both volumes reprinted. 1788. 17 A COLLECTION OF MEMORIALS Concerning divers deceased ministers, and others of the people called Quakers, in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and parts adjacent, from nearly the first settlement thereof to the year 1787. 8vo. London. 18 A COLLECTION of scarce and interesting tracts, written by persons of eminence, on the most important political and commercial subjects, during the years 1763, 1764, 1765, 1766, 1767, 1768, 1769, and 1770. 8vo. 4 vols. Debrett, Many of these tracts relate to the American war of independence, and are enumerated, under the years in which they were printed, in this work. 19 ESSAI HISTORIQUE sur la colonie de Surinam, etc. avec l'histoire de la nation juive Portugaise et Allemande y établie, etc. le tout redigé sur des pièces authentiques y jointes et mis en ordre par les Régens et Réprésentans de la dite nation. Paramaribo (Amsterdam?) 8vo. 20 ESSAI SUR L'ADMINISTRATION des colonies Françoises et particulièrement d'une partie de celles de Saint Domingue. Avec deux cartes et deux tableaux geographiques et politiques. Paris. 8vo. 21 RECHERCHES historiques et politiques sur les Etats-Unis de l'Amérique Septentrionale; où l'on traite des établissemens des treize colonies, de leurs rapports et de leurs dissentions avec la Grande-Bretagne, de leurs gouvernemens avant et après la revolution, &c. Par un citoyen de Virginie. Avec quatre lettres d'un Bourgeois de New Heaven sur l'amité de la legislation. Colle (Paris.) 8vo. 4 vols. The author was M. Mazzei; who was assisted in the work by the celebrated Condorcet. The second and third volumes are occupied by criticisms on the works of Mably and Raynal. Mazzei was an Italian by birth, who migrated to America before the revolution, and established himself in Virginia, near Monticello, where he planted a vineyard. He was intimate with Mr. Jefferson, through whose influence he was sent on a mission to the Grand Duke of Tuscany. 22 TRAITÉ SUR LES TERRES NOYÉES de la Guiane, appellées communément Terres Basses, sur leur desséchement, leur dêfri chement, leur culture et l'exploitation de leurs productions; 1788. A Cayenne. Quarto. pp. 346. 23 CATALOGUE ALPHABETIQUE des arbres et arbrisseaux qui croissent naturellement dans les Etats Unis de l'Amérique Septentrionale, etc. Traduit de l'Anglois de M. Humphry Marshall, avec des notes et observations sur la culture; par M. Lezermes, adjoint à la direction des Pépiniéres du Roi. 8vo. pp. 278. A translation of No. 4 of 1785: with additional notes and remarks. Paris. 24 LETTRES AMÉRICAINES, dans laquelles on examine l'origine, l'etat civil, politique, militaire et religieux, les arts, l'indus- 25 VOYAGES INTERESSANS dans différentes colonies Françaises, 8vo. This work is taken from the papers of M. B (Bourgeois), "secretary |
