276. MASSACHUSETTS. An Address of the Legislature to the Inhabitants of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 8vo, full crimson crushed levant morocco, gilt, gilt top, uncut, by Canape. Boston: Edes & Sons, 1781. The Edwin B. Holden copy, apparently the only one recorded. Bound in are two other Massachusetts pamphlets: "An Act for repealing certain Parts of an Act postponing payment of Government Securities," 1781; "An Act to supply the Treasury," &c., 1781. The three are mentioned in one title by Evans, 17216, but he had not seen any copy. Not mentioned in Sabin.

at Boston

277. MASSACHUSETTS. Broadside 1781. [Arms of the state.] Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Honorable Henry Gardner, Esq.; Treasurer and Receiver-General of the said Commonwealth To the Selectmen of the town of Windham In obedience to an Act of the Great and General Court begun the Thirtieth Day of May, A.D. 1781, and continued by Adjournments to the Twelfth Day of September following, intitled, "An Act for apportioning and assessing a Tax of Three Hundred and Three Thousand Six Hundred and Thirty-four Pounds and Six Pence" [Then follow details as to collecting same.] Signed in the autograph of Henry Gardner. Folio, mounted on silk gauze, bound in small 4to, half mor[Boston: Benjamin Edes and Sons, 1781].

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RARE REVOLUTIONARY TAX WARRANT ASSESSING WINDHAM £555 (WRITTEN IN MANUSCRIPT). NO COPY LISTED IN BOOKPRICES CURRENT AS SOLD IN AMERICA. Evans, 17218.

MASSACHUSETTS.

278. Debates, Resolutions, and other Proceedings, of the Convention of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, convened at Boston, 9th of January, 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. 8vo, original sheep. Boston: Printed and Sold by Adams & Nourse, in Court Street; and Benjamin Russell & Edmund Freeman, in State Street, 1788.

THE RARE ORIGINAL EDITION. The Federal Constitution prefixes the main work, which is followed by a list of votes for and against the ratifying of the Constitution. Evans, 21242.

279. MASSACHUSETTS-BAY. Broadside. Province of Massachusetts-Bay. The following Order passed the General Court the last Session, viz. In Council, June 22, 1751. Whereas it has been the Practice of the Assessors of many of the Towns in the Province [Signed] Saml. HolJune 22,

brook; T. Hubbard; S. Phips; J. Willard. 1751. 1 p. 4to, half crushed green morocco. [Boston, 1751]. Interesting and early Broadside calling on the Assessors to make out "as soon as may be" the returns for the Province Tax to the Treasurer. It is further stated that "the neglect or delay settling the Proportion until late in the Fall may now prove of Evil Consequence," &c. Very scarce. known to Evans.

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280. MASSACHUSETTS-BAY. His Majesty's Most Gracious Speech to both Houses of Parliament, on Tuesday the 13th November, 1770. 4pp. Small folio, half dark blue London, 1770.

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Refers to "the State of My Colonies in North America,” and states that "in some Parts of the Colony of the Massachusetts Bay very unwarrantable Practices are still carried on, and My good Subjects oppressed by the same lawless Violence which has too long prevailed in that Province."

281. MASSACHUSETTS-BAY. Broadside. A List or Return on Oath, of Names of the Householders in the Town of .. in the County of in the Colony of the Massachusetts-Bay; and of the Number of the Souls in each Family, including Inmates and Boarders. [Then follows the form of entry, below which is the legislative resolve relating to the same, headed] In the House of Representatives, February 16, 1776. [With several signatures, headed by that of Perez Morton.] Folio, silk backed, bound in 4to, half morBoston, 1776.

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Rare.

282.

MASSACHUSETTS BAY. Broadside. In the Sixteenth Year of the Reign of George the Third, King, etc., 1776. An Act for the Carrying into Execution a Resolve of the American Congress, for ascertaining the Number of Inhabitants in this Colony. Narrow folio, silk backed, bound in Svo, half morocco. N. p., n. d.

Extremely rare Broadside. No imprint, but probably printed by Benjamin Edes, at Watertown, in 1776.

The first printed form of the first Resolutions passed by the General Court of Massachusetts calling for an enumeration of the inhabitants of Massachusetts (and Maine) as requested by the first American (Continental) Congress. No copy recorded as sold at auction, and not known to Evans.

283. MASSACHUSETTS. TAX LAWS, 1767. Anno Regni Regis Georgii Tertii, Septimo. (Royal Arms.) An Act Passed by the Great and General Court begun and held at Boston ... the Twenty-seventh Day of May, 1767. Folio, half morocco, uncut.

[Colophon] Boston: Printed by Richard Draper and Green & Russell, 1767.

An Act for apportioning and assessing a Tax for Forty Thousand Pounds, etc.

Excessively rare. Unknown to Evans. Not in the Charlemagne Tower Collection.

284. [MATHER (SAMUEL).] An Attempt to Shew that America must be Known to the Ancients; Made at the Request, and to gratify the Curiosity, of An Inquisitive Gentleman: To which is added, an Appendix, concerning the American Colonies, and some Modern Managements against them. By an American Englishman. Pastor of a Church in Boston, New-England. 8vo, half calf, gilt top, uncut, by Riviere (top of title and half-title repaired).

285.

Boston, New-England: Printed by J. Kneeland, 1773.

Fine copy of this rare work. This subject and the alleged Jewish migration were common topics among the writers on America during the 17th and 18th centuries. This was answered by Timothy Prout in his "Diana's Shrines Turned into Ready Money." Sabin, 46792.

MATHEWS (DAVID). Address to the Earl of Carlisle, Sir Henry Clinton, etc., At a late Meeting of the Merchants of this city, it was represented that the Inhabitants were particularly desirous of expressing the high sense they entertained of the merit of his Majesty's Commissions and to explain their sentiments on the very important situation of affairs (etc.). Pp. 3. 8vo, half polished morocco.

[New York. Printed by James Rivington, 1778 or 1779].

APPARENTLY UNDESCRIBED BY ALL BIBLIOGRAPHERS AND EXTREMELY RARE. When the citizens assembled at Hick's Tavern, a committee of 23 was appointed, by whom the above address was framed and forwarded to the Earl of Carlisle, Henry Clinton and William Eden. It is signed by David Mathews, who was one of the committee, a Tory and a zealous supporter of the British Government. Reads in part,-". His majesty may knew that he has many faithful and loyal subjects who would chearfully lay down life, and every human enjoyment, to restore to their country that free and happy form of government, under which they have lived."

286. [MAUDUIT (ISRAEL).] Remarks upon Gen. Howe's Account of his proceedings on Long Island in the extraordinary Gazette of October 10, 1776. Large folding map. 8vo, half brown levant morocco, gilt, gilt top, by Morrell. London, 1778.

Very Fine Copy. Excessively rare with the folding map which is generally missing. Sabin, 46919.

287. MAYHEW (JONATHAN). The Snare broken. A Thanksgiving Discourse, preached in Boston, New England, May 23d, 1766. Occasioned by the Repeal of the Stamp Act. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, half morocco. Boston, 1766.

Famous Stamp Act Sermon which was re-printed in "Patriot Preachers of the Revolution, 1868." Sabin, 47148; Evans, 10388.

288. MEMORANDUMS, &c., &c., respecting the Unprecedented Treatment which the Army Have met with Respecting Plunder Taken After a Siege, and which Plunder the Navy Serving with the Army Divided their more than ample share. Now Fourteen Years since. 8vo, half roan, uncut and unopened. London, 1794. Rare and important historical item, containing letters by Sir Henry Clinton, commander-in-chief of the British forces in America, with answers to the same, relative to the distribution of prize money collected from the sale of captured property, on the surrender of Charles-Town, South Carolina. Unknown to Sabin.

289. MIDDLE-LINE (THE); or, An Attempt to Furnish some Hints for Ending the Differences subsisting between Great-Britain and the Colonies. 12mo, half morocco, gilt top, some edges uncut.

Philadelphia: Printed and sold by Joseph Cruikshank, 1775.

Fine copy of the excessively rare First Edition. Written by an American, but somewhat in favor of non-hostility to Great Britain. But one copy appears to have been offered in many years. Sabin, 48823.

290. MOODY (JAMES). Lieut. James Moody's Narrative of his Exertions and Sufferings in the Cause of Government, since the year 1776; Authenticated by Proper Certificates. With the Appendix. 8vo, full brown calf, gilt edges. In slip case. London, 1783. THE SECOND AND BEST EDITION, with the Appendix not in the original edition of the previous year.

Accompanying the volume, in separate half morocco binding, is an extremely rare aquatint engraving representing an incident in the career of Moody, mounted on silk, and folded to Svo, bound in half red morocco. The 2 vols. in a cloth case.

"Moody, a New Jersey Farmer, was so much harassed by mobs, associations and committees, that, driven into the British lines, he became an active, and in some instances successful partisan against his countrymen."

291. [MORGAN (JOHN) and Others.] Four Dissertations, on the Reciprocal Advantages of a Perpetual Union Between Great-Britain and her American Colonies. Written for Mr. Sargent's Prize-Medal. To which (by Desire) is prefixed, An Eulogium, Spoken on the Delivery of the Medal at the Public Commencement in the College of Philadelphia, May 20th, 1766. Sm. 8vo, half red morocco, gilt. Philadelphia: Printed by William and Thomas Bradford, 1766.

"Should the Colonies, with base ingratitude, attempt to throw off all dependence on the mother country, they would put themselves in the situation of a silly girl, who leaves the guidance and protection of a wise and affectionate parent, and, wander ing away, exposes herself to ruin by the artful insinuations of every wicked and designing stranger": from "Essay IV," by the future SIGNOR OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, FRANCIS HOPKINSON. The other Essays are by Stephen Watts and John Morgan, the latter winning the prize. With an eight-page list of subscribers. FINE COPY, printed on THICK PAPER Sabin, 25279; Evans, 10400.

292. MORSE (JEDIDIAH). Annals of the American Revolution . . . to which is prefixed a summary account of the First Settlement of the Country, and some of the principal Indian Wars, etc. Engraved plates. 8vo, original sheep. Hartford, 1824.

293. MOULTRIE (WILLIAM). Memoirs of the American Revolution, so far as it Related to the States of North and South Carolina, and Georgia. Compiled from the Most Authentic Materials, the Author's Personal Knowledge of the various Events, and including an Epistolary Correspondence on Public Affairs, with Civil and Military Officers, at that period. By William Moultrie, Late Governor of the State of South Carolina, and Major General in the Army of the United States during the American War. Fine full-page stipple portrait engraved by Fairman. 2 vols., 8vo, half green crushed levant, gilt backs, gilt tops. New York, 1802.

EXCEEDINGLY RARE.

At the capitulation of the American troops in Charleston, Moultrie was imprisoned for a period of nearly two years. In 1785 he was elected Governor of South Carolina and again in 1794. Retiring shortly after to private life, he devoted the remainder of his life in the preparation of his "Memoirs of the American Revolution." Sabin, 51142.

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294. MURGATROYD (CAPTAIN MATTHEW). Refuge. A Romance. 12mo, 2 volumes, half morocco, uncut. New York, 1825.

An exceptionally choice copy of the very rare First Edition, in uncut state. Neither Sabin, nor Allibone mentions this author. Loshe No. 98, Wagelin, p. 25.

295. MURRAY (JAMES). An Impartial History of the Present War in America; containing an Account of its Rise and Progress, the Political Springs thereof, with its various Successes and Disappointments, on both sides. With folding Plan and 23 Portraits. 2 vols. 8vo, original calf, neatly rebacked. Newcastle upon Tyne, n. d., (1782).

Fine copy. Very scarce, especially with the plates in this fine condition. Portrait of Washington, (Hart, 742), Benj. Franklin, John Hancock, Burgoyne, Gage, Clinton, Grey, and others; also the rare plan of Boston.

This is the most pro-American of the British published histories, and is a valuable contemporary record of the early days of this nation's history. Sabin, 51507.

296. NEW HAMPSHIRE. The Governor's Commission of Vice-Admiral. . George the Third By the Grace of God, Of Great Britain, France and Ireland, King, | Defender Of the Faith, and so forth. | To Our Well-Beloved, John Wentworth, Esq; Our Captain General, and Governor, in Chief, in and over Our Province of New-Hampshire, in America. Greeting. [The above caption at top of the first page, the first three lines being in a wood-type border, then follows the