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A poem, addressed to a young lady. In three parts. Part 1. Descriptive and moral. 2. On love and friendship. 3. The caution. [Three lines in Latin from Ovid] Written at Antiqua.
Hulton, Henry, 1733?-1790.Date: 1773
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A dissertation on letters, and the principles of harmony, in poetic and prosaic composition. Collected from some of the best writers. [Two lines in Latin from Quintillian]
Otis, James, 1725-1783.Date: 1760
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Gospel-ministers to preach Christ to their people; together with the manner and end of their doing it, briefly considered in a sermon preached at Marshfield, Sept. 5. 1759. When the Reverend Mr. Thomas Brown was ordained pastor of the First Church there. By John Cushing, A.M. Pastor of the Second Church in Boxford. To which is added the charge, by the Rev. Mr. Appleton. Also, the right hand of fellowship, by the Rev. Mr. Gay. [Eleven lines of Scripture texts]
Cushing, John, 1709-1772.Date: 1759
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The religious remembrancer: being a serious address to the Christian world, on the great subjects of real and practical religion. By the Reverend Mr. Jones. [Eleven lines from Titus]
Jones, Thomas, 1729?-1762.Date: [1759?]
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Reasons why the British colonies, in America, should not be charged with internal taxes, by authority of Parliament; humbly offered, for consideration, in behalf of the colony of Connecticut.
Fitch, Thomas, 1700-1774.Date: M,DCC,LXIV. [1764]
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The ways of pleasure and the paths of peace, discovered in a discourse, which was written on board a ship at sea. Never before published. [Six lines of verse]
Seccombe, Joseph, 1706-1760.Date: [1762]
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Thoughts on agency; wherein, the article of motive (as necessitating human action) is particularly examined; and the origin, nature, and bounds of moral freedom, considered in a new way; with occasional observations and reflections on revenge, avarice, self-love, envy, &c. [One line in Latin from Cicero]
Perkins, John, 1698-1781.Date: 1765
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Remarks on the Letter addressed to two great men. In a letter to the author of that piece. [Four lines in Latin from Horace]
Burke, William, 1730-1798.Date: [1761]
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A seasonable and earnest address to the citizens of London, soon after the dreadful fire which consumed the greatest part of that famous metropolis, in the year 1666. By that Reverend and faithful minister Mr. James Janeway. To which is added, Dr. Smollett's account of the said conflagration and the imputed causes thereof. Taken from his History of England. Together with a particular relation of the great fire of Boston, in New-England; which broke out at the Brazen-Head, in Cornhill, about two o'clock in the morning, on March 20, 1760.
Janeway, James, 1636?-1674.Date: [1760]
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Rules relating to success in trade, &c. By Richard Lucas, D.D. (Taken from his Enquiry after happiness.)
Lucas, Richard, 1648-1715.Date: [1760]
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John Gordon's mathematical traverse table, &c.
Gordon, John, 1700-1788.Date: [1758]
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The interest of Great Britain considered with regard to her colonies and the acquisitions of Canada and Guadaloupe. To which are added, observations concerning the increase of mankind, peopling of countries, &c. ... As the very ingenious, useful, and worthy author of thi pamphlet (B------n F------n, LL.D.) is well known and much esteemed by the principal gentlemen in England and America; and seeing that his other works have been received with universal applause; the present production needs no further recommendation to a generous, a free, an intelligent, and publick-spirited people. And yet it can be recommended further, by an extract from the Gentleman's magazine ...
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.Date: --1760
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Illustrations of human frailty and vanity. A discourse occasioned by the premature death of John Hall, A.M. son of Elihu Hall, Esq; of Wallingford: who departed this life Sep. 16. 1763. AEtatis 24. Delivered the Lord's Day after his funeral. By James Dana, A.M. Pastor of the First Church in Wallingford. [Two lines from Isaiah]
Dana, James, 1735-1812.Date: 1765
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The religious remembrancer: being a serious address to the Christian world, on the great subjects of real and practical religion. By the Reverend Mr. Jones. [Eight lines from Titus] Courteous reader, If these weighty considerations do not seem (to you) to be worth the small price put on them, for your soul's good, pray keep them clean, and return them when called for.
Jones, Thomas, 1729?-1762.Date: [1759]
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A New collection of verses applied to the first of November, A.D. 1765 &c. Including a prediction that the S---p-A-t shall not take place in America. Together with a poetical dream, concerning stamped papers. [Eleven lines of quotations]
Date: [1765]
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A Brief narrative of the proceedings of the Eastern Association, and Eastern & Western Consociations in Fairfield County, against Mr. White, Pastor of the First Church in Danbury; since the year 1762. To which are added, some remarks, extracted from a letter, sent by a gentleman to his friend. [Two lines of quotations]
Date: in the year 1764
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The faithful serving of God and our generation, the only way to a peaceful and happy death. A sermon occasioned by the death of the Reverend Thomas Clap, (president of Yale College, in New-Haven) who departed this life, Jan. 7th, 1767; delivered in the College-Chapel, Jan. 8th, by the Rev'd Naphtali Daggett, Livingstonian Professor of Divinity in Yale-College. [Three lines from Matthew]
Daggett, Naphtali, 1727-1780.Date: [1767]
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Lord Anson's voyage round the world; performed in the years 1740, 41, 42, 43, and 44. Containing a series of the most entertaining and surprizing adventures; and an account of the inhabitants, manners, and customs, of several remote countries and nations. By W.H. Dilworth, A.M.
Dilworth, W. H.Date: M,DCC,LXI. [1761]
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Ministers of Christ freed from blood-guiltiness, by dispensing all the counsel of God. A farewel-sermon, preached at Plainfield, May 3. 1761. Occasioned by the long differences that have there subsisted. Published at the desire of many that heard it. By David S. Rowland, A.M. [Ten lines of quotations]
Rowland, David S. (David Sherman), 1719-1794.Date: [1761]
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The office, duties, and qualifications of a watchman of Israel, considered and illustrated in a sermon preached at the ordination of the Reverend Mr. Joseph Wheeler, in Harvard, December 12. 1759. By Samuel Woodward, A.M. Pastor of the church in Weston.
Woodward, Samuel, 1727-1782.Date: M,DCC,LX [1760]
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A letter from a meeting of the brethren called Quakers, to the authors of the pamphlet called Considerations on the German war, and of the several pamphlets in answer to it.
Society of Friends.Date: 1761
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The greatest concern in the world. A short and plain essay to answer that most concerning and all concerning inquiry, What must I do to be saved? Now published with a design to assist the addresses of good men unto their neighbours, whom they press to mind the one thing needful.
Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728.Date: M,DCC,LXV. [1765]
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A letter to an honourable gentleman of the Council-Board, for the colony of Connecticut, shewing that Yale-College is a very great emolument, and of high importance to the state: consequently, that it is the interest and duty of the commonwealth to afford it publick countenance and support: and wherein such objections are considered and obviated as would probably be made against the tenor of such reasoning. By a friend of college, the church and his country. [Nine lines of quotations]
Trumbull, Benjamin, 1735-1820.Date: 1766
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The New-England psalter: or, Psalms of David: with the Proverbs of Solomon, and Christ's Sermon on the mount. Being an introduction for the training up children in the reading of the Holy Scriptures.
Date: 1761
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An attempt to illustrate and confirm the ecclesiastical constitution of the consociated churches, in the colony of Connecticut. Occasioned by a late "Explanation of the Saybrook platform." By Noah Hobart, A.M. Pastor of a church in Fairfield. [One line in Greek from St. Paul]
Hobart, Noah, 1706-1773.Date: M,DCC,LXV. [1765]

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A poem, addressed to a young lady. In three parts. Part 1. Descriptive and moral. 2. On love and friendship. 3. The caution. [Three lines in Latin from Ovid] Written at Antiqua.

A dissertation on letters, and the principles of harmony, in poetic and prosaic composition. Collected from some of the best writers. [Two lines in Latin from Quintillian]

The religious remembrancer: being a serious address to the Christian world, on the great subjects of real and practical religion. By the Reverend Mr. Jones. [Eleven lines from Titus]

Reasons why the British colonies, in America, should not be charged with internal taxes, by authority of Parliament; humbly offered, for consideration, in behalf of the colony of Connecticut.

The ways of pleasure and the paths of peace, discovered in a discourse, which was written on board a ship at sea. Never before published. [Six lines of verse]

Remarks on the Letter addressed to two great men. In a letter to the author of that piece. [Four lines in Latin from Horace]

Rules relating to success in trade, &c. By Richard Lucas, D.D. (Taken from his Enquiry after happiness.)

John Gordon's mathematical traverse table, &c.

A New collection of verses applied to the first of November, A.D. 1765 &c. Including a prediction that the S---p-A-t shall not take place in America. Together with a poetical dream, concerning stamped papers. [Eleven lines of quotations]

Lord Anson's voyage round the world; performed in the years 1740, 41, 42, 43, and 44. Containing a series of the most entertaining and surprizing adventures; and an account of the inhabitants, manners, and customs, of several remote countries and nations. By W.H. Dilworth, A.M.

The office, duties, and qualifications of a watchman of Israel, considered and illustrated in a sermon preached at the ordination of the Reverend Mr. Joseph Wheeler, in Harvard, December 12. 1759. By Samuel Woodward, A.M. Pastor of the church in Weston.

A letter from a meeting of the brethren called Quakers, to the authors of the pamphlet called Considerations on the German war, and of the several pamphlets in answer to it.

The greatest concern in the world. A short and plain essay to answer that most concerning and all concerning inquiry, What must I do to be saved? Now published with a design to assist the addresses of good men unto their neighbours, whom they press to mind the one thing needful.

The New-England psalter: or, Psalms of David: with the Proverbs of Solomon, and Christ's Sermon on the mount. Being an introduction for the training up children in the reading of the Holy Scriptures.

An attempt to illustrate and confirm the ecclesiastical constitution of the consociated churches, in the colony of Connecticut. Occasioned by a late "Explanation of the Saybrook platform." By Noah Hobart, A.M. Pastor of a church in Fairfield. [One line in Greek from St. Paul]