Bibliotheca Americana: A Dictionary of Books Relating to America, from Its Discovery to the Present Time, Volume 2

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Page 271 - American | Ornithology: | or | The Natural History of Birds Inhabiting the United States, | Not Given by Wilson.
Page 131 - American people have said, in the Constitution of the United States, that "no State shall pass any bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law impairing the obligation of contracts.
Page 283 - The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, according to the use of THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH in the UNITED STATES of AMERICA, together with the Psalter, or Psalms of David.
Page 170 - The Philadelphia Contributionship for the Insurance of Houses from Loss by Fire.
Page 303 - An Appeal to the World; or a Vindication of the Town of Boston, from Many false and malicious Aspersions contained In certain Letters and Memorials, written by Governor Bernard, General Gage, Commodore Hood, the Commissioners of the American Board of Customs, and others, and by them respectively transmitted to the British Ministry.
Page 283 - The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments, and other rites and ceremonies, as revised and proposed to the use of the Protestant Episcopal Church...
Page 403 - Epitomie of the four Monarchies, viz. The Assyrian, Persian, Grecian, Roman. Also a Dialogue between Old England and New, concerning the late troubles. With divers other pleasant and serious Poems. By a Gentlewoman in those parts.
Page 460 - The Indian Tribes of Guiana. 12°. New York, 1852 199 BBETT (Rev. WH). The Indian Tribes of Guiana. 12°, pp. 352. New York, Carter & Brother, 1852 ,J!/,¿,200 BBETT (WH) The Indian Tribes of Guiana ; their Condition and Habits, with researches into their past history, superstitions, legends, antiquities, languages.
Page 328 - A Short Narrative of the Horrid Massacre in Boston, perpetrated in the Evening of the Fifth Day of March, 1770: By Soldiers of the XXIXth Regiment: which with the XlVth Regiment were then Quartered there. With some Observations on the State of Things prior to that Catastrophe.
Page 239 - The Blue Laws of New Haven Colony, usually called Blue Laws of Connecticut; Quaker Laws of Plymouth and Massachusetts; Blue Laws of New York, Maryland, Virginia, and South Carolina. First record of Connecticut ; interesting extracts from Connecticut records; cases of Salem Witchcraft; charges and banishment of Rev. Roger Williams, &c. ; and other interesting and instructive antiquities. Compiled by an Antiquarian. Hartford, 1838.

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