A Dictionary of Books Relating to America, from its Discovery to the Present Time [1]

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BibU0tl)eca

Vol.

I.

—A

Americana

to

Bedford.

TO

J.

CARSON BREVOORT, OF BROOKLYN,

TO

WHOM

I

Esq.,

N. Y.,

AM GREATLY INDEBTED FOR HIS EARLY ENCOURAGEMENT, CORDIAL COOPERATION, AND SCHOLARLY SUPERVISION OF MANY OF THESE PAGES,

THIS

VOLUME

IS

RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED BY

JOSEPH SABIN. New

York, September

i,

1868.

DICTIONARY OF

Books

relating

FROM

ITS

to

America.

DISCOVERY TO THE PRESENT TIME.

By JOSEPH SABIN.

Volume

"A

painfull

taken, as no

I.

it is I'll assure you, and more than difficult, wherein what toyle hath been thinketh so no man believeth, but he hath made the triall." A ni. a IVood, Preface to the History of Oxford.

work

man

JOSEPH SABIN,

84

NASSAU STREET,

1868.

Edition 525 copies 8vo, of

and

no

which 25

copies on large paper, of

are for presentation.

Small Paper.

yVb.

Entered according

are for presentation,

which 10

to

Act of Congress,

in

the year 186S, by

JOSEPH SABIN, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of

New

Bradstkeet Press.

York.

NOTICE As

it is

my

work with the Vol.

I.,

intention to issue a preface to the whole last

volume,

I

now,

at the

conclusion of

content myself with reproducing, with some

alterations,

the Prospectus issued

and remarking that the

list

ferred to, will be enlarged

December

5,

1866,

of authorities, therein

re-

and reprinted with the

last

volume. Hereafter the work will proceed with more rapidity

and greater regularity.

Joseph Sabin.

New York,

September

i,

1868.

PROSPECTUS. After

nearly four

labor,

years'

arranging

in

classifying the material which had accumulated

hands I

am

my

the course of

in

at last able to *^

projected

some

fifteen

on

and

my

years of research,

publish the following specimen of

Dictionary of Books relating to

America."

Had

magnitude and extreme

the

tions at the outset,

and, indeed,

I

I

in full

may remark,

it;

more than once abandonment; but a deep

that I have

its

importance, however imperfectly

its

propor-

should never have attempted

almost determined upon sense of

of the

difficulty

my mind

undertaking been presented to

it

may

be

executed, and a strong partiality for bibliographical pur-

have stimulated

suits,

the

work has

me

to continiie

to justify its publication,

and render

task of comparative ease; and

ume be,

as a fair

The

plan

labor, until

I

now

I

for

have adopted

conclusion a

its

present this vol-

specimen of what the work

and respectfully invite

betical

my

attained such a degree of completeness as

is

intended to

a candid examination.

it

briefly this

is

:

An

alpha-

arrangement, under the names of authors, and, in

the case of

anonymous

writers,

under the most obvious

subject.

In

the

arrangement

of

the

Spanish,

Portuguese,

Xll

French, and Dutch proper names, best authorities

;

I

have followed the

but, as these differ,

have made free

I

use of Cross References, and remark, with Plutarch,*

"On

the subject of names, however, the irregularity of

custom, would we insist upon

might furnish us with

it,

discourse enough."

Anonymous works are arranged with more

The

most obvious

subject

Books having

another.

to

one mind

reference

to

is

difficulty.

obscure to

State

a

have sometimes been placed under the

or City

name of

that

and Transactions

State or City.

Collections, Proceedings,

of Societies

be found under the name of the Society;

will

as for the rest, they will usually

be found under the

word

of the title-page, particles excepted.

ume

will

obviate

Review be referred

these difficulties.

to,

it may be The words "Relating

wide meaning, and

it is

may be taken

as, for

to

ment was had

a

much

some Public Li-

America"

are used with a

probable that serious and proper to

some

titles

of books intro-

example, the various works by the early

New-England Divines. ever, that, in

indicate

found.

brary in which

duced;

will

and, in the case of a rare book, a capital

letter following the title will

objection

will

Notices" of the more important books

*'

first

last vol-

Index of Subjects, which

consist of an

some of

The

many

It

must not be

respects, the

forgotten,

how-

New-England Govern-

Theocracy, and the works of these Divines to

do with shaping *

Life of

its

"Caius Marius."

institutions;

at

all

Xtll

events,

they are books

bought

at

and,

if

of Americana,"

high prices by the collectors

only for that reason, have a right to appear here.

I shall

not attempt to anticipate the

may be made.

which

sought for with avidity, and

shall be glad

I

many to

criticisms

have errors

pointed out and improvements suggested, and respectfully solicit the cooperation

who have given

and assistance of gentlemen any or many particular

their attention to

authors. I

conclude this preliminary notice with the remark, that,

whenever possible,

I

have examined the books for my-

and have described them with

self,

Of

ness.

those not within

my

necessary minute-

all

reach,

I

have been com-

pelled to content myself with such descriptions as have

come under

my

notice in the

on the cover of Part from

Should

and exact on found,

I

this

trustworthy source

a less

logue.

of

I.

I

all

wait to

make

points as

of authorities quoted

list

I

work,* or sometimes

—

a Bookseller's

this bibliography as full

trust

should never complete

Cata-

will generally be

it

it.

It will, perhaps, save inquiry, if I here state that the

number of question it

as

will

I

parts of which the

cannot answer;

complete as possible,

work

yet, while

my own

I

consist

design to

is

a

make

remarks on the books

be distinguished by their brevity.

The

Parts will be issued with

and subscriptions

will

all

* This Dictionary

is

published

convenient speed,

not be received for anything less

than the entire work.

1867.

will

Joseph Sabin. first

in

parts,

of wliich

No.

I,

appeared in January,

EXPLANATORY. The

Initials

which precede the Numbers,

at the

end |

of the Description, indicate certain public Libraries in

which the books may be consulted. A.

signifies

" "

B.

BD.

BM.

''

Astor Library,

New

I

York.

Public Library of Boston.


PP- 4°sold by fVilliam Alentz, in Cherry Alley ^ 1779lirno, pp. 64. n. editor of the Bibliffgraphy of 'Vermont calls this the first edition. I think it is

Folsom

[1779]. Printed for and

The

the third,

Allen. [Same Title.] Newbury^ Printed by John Mycall^ for Nathaniel Coverly^ of Boston^ and Sold at his Shop, between Seven-Star Lane and the Sign of the Lamb, 1 780. 8vo, pp. 80. [Same Title.] i2mo, pp. 47.

Allen. 1780.

Norwich, Printed

by

John Trumbull,

795

was also reprinted in the appendix to the second volume of " Particulars of the Capture of the ship Olive Branch." 5« Allen, Ira. It

Allen. [Same Title.] To which are now Added a considerable number of Explanatory and Occasional Notes, together with an Index of Reference to the most remarkable Occurrences in the IValpole, N. H., Thomas and Thomas, 1807. i2mo, Narrative. Another Edition. Albany, Published pp. 158 ; Subscribers, I 1. by Pratt cf Clark, 18 14. i2mo, pp. 144. + Another, erroneBurlington, Ft., Chauncey ously called the " Third Edition." Goodrich, 1838. 796

+

Allen. Ethan Allen's Captivity, being a Narrative of Col. Ethan Allen, containing his voyages, travels, etc.. Interspersed with Political Observations. Written by Himself. [Edited by F. W. E.] Boston, 1845. i2mo, pp. 126. 797 This

title

is

copied from Stevens's Catalogue of

Museum.

13

American Books

in

the British

— —

—

ALLEN.

98

Narrative of Col. Ethan Allen's Captivity. WritBurlington^ Fourth Edition, with Notes. ten by l2mo, pp. 120. 798 Chauncey Goodrich^ 1846.

A

Allen.

Himself.

Allen. Ethan Allen's Narrative of the Capture of Ticonderoga, and of His Captivity and Treatment by the British. Written by Himself. Fifth Edition, w^ith Notes. Burlington^ C. Goodrich

^

S.

B. Nichols, 1849.

^vo, pp. 50.

799

A

Narrative of the Captivity of Colonel Ethan Allen. Allen, from the time he u^as taken by the British, near Montreal, September 25th, 1775, to the time of his exchange. May 6th, 1778.

^^^

Dayton, 1849.

8vo.

[Allen

The Present State of the Controversy betv^^een New-York and New-Hampshire on the one part,

(E.)]

the States of

and the State of Vermont on the other. 8vo, pp. 16. Goodwin, M.DCC.LXXXii.

Printed by Hudson

&

801

"Dated, 'State of Vermont, January 17, 1782,' and although it appeared anonyHall's Bib. of Vt. is accredited with certainty to Ethan Allen,"

mously,

Allen. Reason the only Oracle of Man, or a Compenduous Alternately Adorned with ConSystem of Natural Religion. futations of a variety of Doctrines incompatible to

it

;

Deduced

from the most exalted Ideas which we are able to form of the Divine and Human Characters, and from the Universe in GenBennington, State of Vermont, eral. By Ethan Allen, Esq. 4to, pp. 477. Printed by Haswell and Russell, m,dcc,lxxxiv. This singular book the

first

is

work published

the rarest of Allen's publications, and in

America

is

remarkable

as

in direct opposition to the Christian religion.

being

An

abridgment of it was published in New York in 1836, with the following title: ReaBy Col. son, the only Oracle of Man ; or a Compendious System of Natural Religion. Publiihed by G. W. and A. I. Matse/i, 94 Chatham St., Neiv Tork, Ethan Allen. i2mo, pp. 106, including table of contents and index. "The first edition of 1836. Not long after its publicathis work was printed by Mr. Haswell of Bennington, Vt. tion, a part of the edition, comprising the entire of several signatures, was accidentally consumed by fire whether Mr. Haswell deemed this fire a judgment upon him for having printed the work or not, is unknown but, the fact is, he soon after committed the remainder of the edition to the flames, and joined the Methodist Connection j so that but few copies were circulated." Introduction to Matsell's edition, p. i. :

—

Allen. A Vindication of the Opposition of the Inhabitants of Vermont to the Government of New York, and of their right to form an Independent State, humbly submitted to the consideration of the Impartial World. By Ethan Allen. Printed by Alden Spooner, 1779. 8vo, pp. 172. c. 803 " This work was published in obedience to a resolve of the Governor and Council of Vermont, passed August a3d, 1779." Hall.

—

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ALLEN.

99

Report of the Committee under the act providing Monument over the grave of Ethan Allen.

Allen.

for the erection of a

Printed by order of the Senate, 1858.

Montpelier [n. d.]

8vo,

804

pp. 7.

Ethan Allen or, the King's Men, an Allen. Novel. By Melville. New Tork, 1836. 8vo.

Historical

j

805

Allen and Fay. A Concise Refutation of the claims of NewHampshire and Massachusetts Bay to the Territory of Vermont with occasional Remarks on the long disputed Claim of New York to the same. Written by Ethan Allen and Jonas Fay, Esq'rs. And published by order of the Governor and Council of Vermont. Bennington, the first day of January, 1780. Joseph Fay, Sec'ry. Hartford^ Printed by Hudson Goodwin. 8vo, 806 pp. 29.

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" Published by order of the Governor and Council of Vermont, and exceedingly rare." IV., p.

Hall. 18;

Notices of Allen in the

VI., p.

"Remembrancer," Vol,

ii., p.

51, 108,

129J

50-53.

Allen (Rev. Ethan). Clergy in Maryland, of the Protestant Episcopal Church since the Independence of 1783. By Rev. Ethan Allen, d.d. Baltimore^ James S. TVaters^ i860. 8vo, pp. 106.

807

Allen. A Discourse prepared for the National Fast Day, June 1st, 1865, on Account of the Murder of our late President, and Preached at St. Thomas's Church, Homestead, Baltimore By Ethan Allen, Rector. County, Md. Published at the Baltimore^ Wm. K. Boyle., 1865. request of its hearers. i2mo, 808 pp. 12.

Allen.

Historical Notices of St. Ann's Parish in Ann-ArunCounty, Maryland, extending from 1649 to 1857 By Baltimore., 1857. Rev. Ethan Allen. i2mo, pp. 131. 809

del

•

•

•

•

Maryland Toleration Allen. or. Sketches of the Early History of Maryland, to the Year 1650. By the Rev. Ethan Baltimore., mdccclv. 8vo, pp. 64. Allen. 810 •,

Allen. A Sermon preached in Baltimore, Thanksgiving Day, August 6, 1863. [On Civil Government.] By Ethan Allen. i2mo, pp. II. 811 Allen.

Who

read before the

were the Early Settlers of Maryland a Paper Maryland Historical Society .... October 5th, .?

ALLEN.

100

1865.

By

the Rev.

Ethan Allen, d.d.

Baltimore^ 1866.

8vo,

812

pp. r8.

[Allen (George) ]. Address to the Freemen of Massachusetts. 813 By a Freeman. Worcester^ 1832. 8 vo.

[Allen (Rev. George)]. Duty.

A

1847.

8vo, pp. 40.

Resistance to Slavery every Man's

Report on American Slavery, read to the Worcester Boston^ [By Rev. George Allen.] Central Association .

.

.

814

Thoughts on " The Excitement," in Reply to a Allen. Letter to Hon. Edward Everett. (From the iEgis & Yeoman.) 815 By Rev. George Allen. Worcester^ 1833. 8vo.

Allen

(H.)

H. Allen, m.d.

the Bats of North America. By Washington^ Smithsonian Institution^ 1864. 8vo,

Monograph of

816

pp. xxiii., 85.

Allen

Miscellaneous Remarks on the Proceedings of By against the State of Vermont, &c. Hartford^ Printed by Hannah Watson^ mdcclxxvii.

(Ira).

the State of Ira Allen.

New York

817

8vo, pp. 15 to 20.

Allen.

Miscellaneous Remarks, Vindicating the Rights of the people to Form a State, and in Answer to a Pamphlet published by the Convention of New York, dated October 2d, By Ira Allen. Hartford^ Printed by Hannah Watson^ 1776. 8vo. 818 1777. " This

title

is

not

literal,

cussed in the pamphlet."

but conjectural, embracing an account of the topics dis-

Hall's Bibl,

Vermont,

Slade's Papers, &c.

Allen. The Natural and Political History of the State of Vermont, one of the United States of America. To which is added. An Appendix, containing Answers to Sundry Queries, addressed to the Author. By Ira Allen, Esquire, Major-General of the Militia in the State of Vermont. London^ Printed by W, Myers JVest^ 1798. W. 8vo, vii., 300. Map. for pp. J. See M. R., XXIX., New Series, p. 260. Allen.

Particulars of the Capture of the Ship Olive Branch,

laden with a Cargo of eral

Arms, &c. the property of Major-GenVermont,

Ira Allen, destined for supplying the Militia of

and captured by His Britannic Majesty's Ship of War, Audacious together with the Proceedings and Evidence before the High Court of Admiralty of Great Britain. Vol. l By Ira Allen, :

— ALLEN.

I

10

Esq., of Vermont, in the United States of America, the ClaimLondon^ Printed hy J. W. Myers^ 1798. 8vo, ant in this Cause. pp. vi., 406.

s.

820

—

the Pages I to 368 of a second volume were printed and distributed without a title want of documents having then stopped the publication. Finally, another volume was published as a second, with the following title :

Allen.

Particulars of the Capture of the Ship Olive Branch,

Arms, the Property of General Ira Allen, captured by the British, and an Account of his Imprisonment in France, and

laden with

Persecutions by a Conspiracy of the Two Hemispheres with an Appendix, proposing a Ship Canal from Lake Champlain to the River St. Lawrence the Evacuation of Ticonderoga, and Events Truce in 1780, to the end of the War of the War in 1777 and a Narrative of Colonel Ethan Allen's Captivity, from 1775 to 1778. By Ira Allen of Vermont, the Claimant in this :

;

.

Volume 11. Cause. 8vo, pp. XXX., 551. a

This volume includes complete work.

a

.

Philadelphia^ Printed for the Author^ 1805. s.

resume of the

first,

and

in

some

respects

may

821

be considered

Statement Applicable to the Case of the Olive Allen. Branch, which Has a Cargo of Cannon and Arms for the Vermont Militia, and Captured on its Passage from France to the United States, by an English Man-of-War, in 1796, which are for the Consideration of the Governments and Rulers of Great Britain, France, and the United States. By Ira Allen. Philadelphia^ July^ 1807. 822 8vo.

[Allen.]

Particulars of Twenty Thousand Muskets November 1796, laden !

!

!

the Capture of the Ship Olive Branch, in

with Cannon, Muskets, &c., by His Majesty's Ship Audacious, in which the destination of the said Ship, and the use of the said Arms, &c., are discovered. London^ I797' 8vo, pp. 106. 823 " This pamphlet was written by Gen. Ira Allen.

It relates to the capture of the France with arms for the use of the Vermont Rich. militia) by a British ship of war, on suspicion of being destined for Ireland." The above and the following are evidently abridgments of the " Olive Branch" case.

ship Olive Branch (laden by

him

in

Allen. Concise Summary of the Second Volume of the Olive Branch .... with Letters and Memorials. Philadelphia^ Printed for the Author^ 1804. 824 8vo, pp. 24. Allen. A Vindication of the Conduct of the General Assembly of the State of Vermont, held at Windsor, in October, 1 778, against Allegations and Remarks of the protesting Members ;

ALLEN.

102

with Observations on their Proceedings, at a Convention held at By Ira Allen. Cornish, on the 9th day of December, 1778. Dresden.^ Printed by Alden Spooner^ Arlington, 9th Jan., 1779. i2mo, pp. 48. 825 1779. See Allen's Hist. Vt., p. 117, and Williams's Hist. Vt,, 2d ed., Vol.

p.

11.,

180.

Allen (James). Neglect of Supporting and Maintaining the Pure Worship of God, By the Professing People of God is a God-Provoking and Land- Wasting Sin. And Repentance with Reformation of it, the only way to their Outward Felicity Or, The Cause of New-Englands Scarcity And right way to its Plenty. As it was Discovered and Applied in a Sermon Preached at Roxbury, |on a Fast-Day: July 26, 1687. By James Allen, Teacher to the First Gathered Church in ^o%iox\.\Boston :\ Printed for Job How^ and John Allen : And are to be Sold\at Mr. Samuel Greens by the South Meeting\ House ^ 1687. 4to, 3 p. 1., |

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pp. 16. Priced, in Stevens' Nuggets,

Allen.

New-Englands

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choicest

No. 68,

£4

4s.

Blessing]

And

the

Mercy

wish well to this People. Cleared in a Sermon Preached before the|Covrt of Election At Boston on May 28. 1679. By James Allen, Teacher to the first Gathered Church X.\\QV^\n.\Boston^\ Printed by John Foster^ i^79*| 4to, 2 p. 1., pp. 14. 827

most

to be desired by all that

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Principles

and Churches of

of the Protestant Religion MainEngland, in the profession and

New

Defended against all the Calumnies of one George Keith, a Quaker, in a book lately published at PennsylBy James Allen, J. Moodey, vania, to undermine them both. Sam'l Willard, and Cotton Mather, Ministers of the Gospel in i2mo, pp.82. N. 828 Boston. Boston^ in New England.^ 1690.

exercise thereof.

Allen.

Serious Advice to Delivered

Ones from Sickness, By James Allen.

&c., or, the Healed One's Prophulacticon. 4to, pp. 30. Boston^ 1678. Mr. Allibone quotes

a

sermon, " Healthful Diet," which

829 I

have not seen.

Allen (Rev. James, Brookline). A Letter to a Friend in the Country [on the Memorial of Roland Cotton, &c.] By James Boston^ I740Allen. 4^0, pp. n. 830

A

Allen. Magistracy an Institution of Christ upon the Throne. Sermon preached in the Audience of His Excellency William

ALLEN.

103

The Honourable His Majesty's Council And Esq. House of Representatives of the Province of the MassachusettsBay in New England, On the Day of Election of Counsellors By James Allen, v.d.m.. Pastor of the for said Province. Church in Brookline. Boston^ y. Draper^ Printer^ 1744- 8vo, Shirley,

;

831

pp. 54.

Two

Allen. 16,

Discourses on Providence, from Ezek. i. 15, XVII. 10-12. By Rev. James Allen. Boston^ ^T^l-

Luke

i2mo.

832

Mr. AUibone quotes some other books by

my

this author,

which have not come under

notice.

The Poem which the Committee of the (James)]. of Boston had voted to be published with the late [Warren's 5th of March] Oration with Observations, &c. Boston^ E. Russell^ ^11'^' Reprinted in Boston^ 1785. 4^0? PP- 30. [Allen

Town

;

+

i2mo.

833

[Allen (James)].

Considerations on the Present State of the Intercourse between His Majesty's Sugar Colonies and the Dominions of the United States of America. James Allen, London^ 1784. 8vo, pp. 54. Secretary. 834 " Published by the West India merchants and planters bers of Parliament, &c., and not sold."

Allen

(James).

Boston^ Harrington

The Boston Athenaeum

for distribution to the

&

mem-

lxx., p. 434.

Narrative of the Life of James Allen,

The Highwayman.

Burby Grove. fession.

— M. R.,

Being

his

Co.^ 1837.

alias

Death-Bed Con835

has a copy, bound in a piece of the skin of the deceased

highwayman.

An Oration upon the Beauties of Liberty; (John). Essential Rights of the Americans. By John Allen.

Allen or,

the

8vo, pp. 31.

Boston^ 1773-

836

Allen (John). Speech of John Allen, Esq., in the House of Representatives, Friday, 20th Day of April, 1798, relative to employing the Cobbett^

May

3,

Armed 1798.

Vessels as Convoys. 8vo, pp. 32.

Philadelphia^

W. 837

[Allen (Rev. John)]. An Essay on the Policy of appropriaBeing made by The Government of the United States, for

tions

Purchasing, Liberating and Colonizing without the Territory of the said States, the Slaves thereof. In Numbers, some of

ALLEN.

104

which have been Published in the Baltimore American, and the By a whole of them in the Genius of Universal Emancipation. 8vo, pp. 40. Baltimore^ 1S26. 838 Citizen of Maryland.

The Cause

of the Heavy burdens of Great comprising a rapid survey of some of the great events, connected with British History, during London^ Darton and Harvey^ the last hundred and fifty years. London^ Revised. Edition. Second Same. i2mo. 1836.

[Allen

(John)

].

Britain, and of her National

Debt

;

+

Darton and Harvey^

^39

i'^^2>'

Great Water Lily of Discovery and IntroducWith illustrations by William Sharp, tion into Cultivation. By John from Specimens grown at Salem, Mass., U. S. A. c. 840 Folio, pp. 18. Boston^ 1854. Fisk Allen.

Allen

Victoria Regia

F.)

(J.

America.

With

a brief

or, the

;

account of

its

Allen (Jonathan). A Poem, on the Existence of God, An Ode on Creation, To which are added Several Hymns, and an By Jonathan Allen, Eulogy on General George Washington. Haverhill^ Printed by Galen H. Fay^ for the Author^ 1^03i2mo, pp. 36. 841

A.M.

Also a sermon Portsmouth^ 1793' bury Port, 1786.

at

the ordination of Rev,

^v>

PP- 3^-

And

Ebenezer Allen,

Wolf borough, 179a New-

funeral sermon on Eliphalet Kimball.

(Joseph, Junr.j An Oration on the Character of the Pronounced Before the InGen. George Washington habitants of the Town of Western, on Saturday the 22d of FebBy Joseph Allen, Junr. Brookfield^ Mass.^ March^ ruary, 1800. i2mo. w. 842 1800.

Allen

late

:

Allen.

The Day

of Small Things.

A

Centennial Discourse

June i, 1846, in Commemoration of the First Congregational Church in this place, and the ordination By Rev. Joseph Allen. With an Appenof the first minister. delivered in Northborough,

dix.

Boston^ 1846.

8vo, pp. 64.

M. 843

A Discourse. New Year's Day at Shrewsbury, Allen. By Rev. Joseph Allen. Worcester^ 1822. 8vo. w. 844

Mass.

Allen. Allen, Junr.

Allen.

Oration

at

Worcester, July 4, 1795.

Worcester^ 1795-

Sermon

By Rev. Joseph

at

Allen.

4^0, PP- 12.

By Joseph M. 845

Northborough, Fast Day, April 9, 1829. Worcester^ 1829. ^^o^' ^4^

— ALLEN.

105

Allen (J.) Battles of the British Navy from a.d. 1800 to By Joseph Allen. London^ 1S4.2, 2 vols., i2mo. 847

1840.

Contains some accounts of naval engagements during the London. Bohn. 1852. with new title.

War

of 1812.

Re-issued

Allen. Memoir ot" the Life and Services of Admiral Sir William Hargood, compiled from Authentic Documents under the Direction of Lady Hargood. By Joseph Allen, Esq. PriPortraits and Plates. vately printed^ 1841. Rl. 8vo. 848 Contains an account of his services in the American War.

Allen

(J.

The

H.)

A

Statesman and the Man.

Discourse

on the Death of Hon. John Quincy Adams, delivered Feb. 27, By Joseph Henry Allen. Washington^ 1848. 8vo, pp. 1848. M. 849 23. '

Allen. Hon. John

The

Public

Fairfield,

A

Man.

delivered in

By Rev. Joseph Henry

Allen.

Discourse on the Death of Washington, Dec. 26, 1847.

Washington^ 1848.

8vo, pp. 27. M. 850

Allen (L. L.) The Island of Cuba, or Queen of the AnBy Rev. L. Leonidas Allen. Cleveland Harris^ Fair-

tilles.

i

banks l^ Co.^ 1852.

Allen.

8vo, pp. 26.

upon the Rio Grande. OriLouis American. By L. Leonidas i2mo. N. 852

Pencillings of Scenes

ginally published in the St.

Allen.

851

New

Tork^ 1848.

The History of Wenham, Civil and EccleO.) Settlement in 1639, to i860. By Myron O. Boston^ Baxin Cff Chandler^ i860. l2mo, pp. 220. 853

Allen (M. siastical,

Allen.

from

Allen

(P.)

prehending

all

its

A

History of the American Revolution

;

com-

the Principal Events, both in the Field and in the

By Paul Allen, Esq. To which are added the most Important Resolutions of the Continental Congress, and many of the most Important Letters of General Washington. By Paul Allen, Esq. Baltimore^ Printed for In Two Volumes. 8vo. Also, Baltimore^ F. Bell^ 1822. John Hopkins^ 18 19. 2 vols., 8vo, pp. XI., 592 XIII., 510. 854 Cabinet.

+

;

" Although the name of Paul Allen is on the title, Neal and Mr. Watkins." Allen's Biog. Dict'y.

this

work was written by John

Allen. History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, to the Sources of the Missouri, thence across the Rocky Mountains and down the River Colum-

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Ocean performed during the years i8o4-'5-'6, by order of the Government of the United States. Prepared for Philadelphia, Bradford iff Insthe Press by Paul Allen, Esq. [?] 2 vols., 8vo, pp. 470, 522. hep, 1814. 855 bia to the Pacific

;

Allen. [Same Title.] With the Life of Captain Lewis. By T. Jefferson, President of the United States of America. In

Two

Christie,

tents,

pp.

Volumes. Dublin, J. 4 1., Subscribers, 2 1., Plates and Map.

588

181 ;

8vo, xxvii., Con-

7.

Title,

i

1.,

xii.,

643.

7

856

title somewhat altered, and with a preface signed LonJun, 1814. 4to. And London, iSl ^. 3 vols., 8vo. See under Rees. Mr. S. G. Drake states in his catalogue that the work was really Lewis and Clark. written by Nicholas Biddle, Esq.

Also, printed in London, with the

Thomas

Abridged by M. McVickar. i8mo.

[The Same.]

Allen.

York^ Harpers, 1842, &c.

New

2 vols.,

857

An

Oration on the Necessity of Political Union at delivered in Providence, at the Commencethe Present Day ment of Rhode Island College, a.d. 1797. By Paul Allen,

Allen.

;

Providence, Carter

Junr., A.B.

o

Wilkinson, 1797.

Also, orations before the Federal Adelphi,

Howell, &c.

See Bartlett's Bibl. of

Allen

R.

I.,

p.

8vo, pp.

1800, on the deach of R.

8.

W.

46

Extract from a

(R.)

1798,

Discourse delivered

Sunday,

December

29, 1799, in the African Methodist Episcopal Church of Philadelphia. By the Rev. Richard Allen, of the African

Race, before the Church under

Care.

\_Printed in

Title quoted

from Hough's

his Pastoral

several newspapers of the day.~\ This discourse Washingtoniana,

is

on the death of George Washington.

p.

N.

859

222.

Allen

(R. L.) Analysis of the principal Mineral Fountains Saratoga Springs, embracing their History, their Chemicals

at

and Curative Properties, and directions for their Use also the Natural History and Objects of General Interest in the County of Saratoga. By Richard L. Allen, m.d. New York, 1858. ;

i8mo,

pp. 114.

Allen.

A

860

Plates.

Historical,

Chemical and Therapeutical Analysis at Saratoga Springs. By R. Saratoga, 1848. i8mo, pp. s. 861

of the principal Mineral Fountains L. Allen, M.D. Second Edition. 72.

Allen ing on a

(R.)

Trade

An

Essay on the Nature and Methods of carrySouth-Sea. By Robert Allen, Who

to the

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Resided some Years in the Kingdom of Peru. Baker ^ 1712. 8vo, Title, i 1., pp. 37.

A

Also, on large paper.

new

edition

London^ John

862

was printed, with the following

title

:

The Great Importance of the Havanna, set forth an Essay on the Nature and Methods of carrying on a Trade By Robert to the South Sea and the Spanish West-Indies. Allen, Esq., who resided some years in the Kingdom of Peru. London^ Hinxman^ 1762. 8vo. 863 Allen.

in

Allen (S.) A Short Narrative of the Claim, Title, and Right of the Heirs of the Hon. Samuel Allen, Esq., to the Province of m. 864 New Hampshire. \_No imprint.'] 4to, pp. 13. Allen (S). Address on Intemperance, at Northfield (Mass.) on Fast Day, April, 1833. By Samuel Allen. Greenfield^ ^^SS8vo. w. 865 Allen

(S.j

The

Bible and National Prosperity

giving Discourse at Waterville, Nov. 27, Allen. Waterville^ 1851. 8vo, pp. 24.

Allen

185

1.

:

a ThanksBy Rev. S.

866

Eulogy on Hon. John Wheelock, ll.d., late Dartmouth University, who died April 4, 1 81 7, pronounced in the University Chapel, August 27, 181 7, Commencement Dav. Bv Hon. Samuel C. Allen. Hanover.^ 181 7. (S. C.)

President of

8vo, pp. 19.

N.

Allen. Oration at Petersham, Mass., July Boston [1806.] Samuel C. Allen. 8vo.

4,

1806.

867

By

w. 868

Allen (Stephen). Observations in opposition to the project of Prohibiting, or Greatly Augmenting, the Duties on Foreign Manufactured Articles, &c. By Stephen Allen. New Tork^ 1827.

N.

8^'o-

Allen

(S.

T.)

An

Address delivered

at

the

Celebration in Merrimack [N. H.], April 3, 1846. T. Allen. Concord. Boston., 1846. 8vo, pp. 64.

Allen

869

Centennial

By Stephen m. 870

An

Inquiry into the Views, Principles, Leading Men in the Origination the Formation and Early Administration of

(Thaddeus).

Services, and Influences of the

of our Union, and in our Present Government. By Thaddeus Allen. Boston., 1847. Vol. I., 8vo, pp. 553.-|-The Same. Boston., 1848. Vol. 11.,

No.

I.,

8vo, pp. 555-662. This work was not completed.

n.

871

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A[llen] T[homas]. A Chaine of Scripture Chronologic from Creation of the World to the Death of Jesus Christ, in

the

London^ ^^59-

seven periods. " ac

Thomas Allen

fled to

Allen

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Town

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