An oration on the beauties of liberty, or The essential rights of the Americans : Delivered at the Second Baptist-Church in Boston, upon the last annual thanksgiving, Dec. 3d, 1772. Dedicated to the Right Honourable the Earl of Dartmouth. Published by the earnest request of many. By a British Bostonian.
| Author/creator | Allen, John |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | The fourth edition, carefully corrected by the author, in which are many additions, particularly those four pages which were left out of the last editions. With some strictures on the eternal right of mankind, liberty of conscience. And remarks on the rights and liberties of the Africans, inserted by particular desire. |
| Publication Info | Boston: N.E. : Printed and sold by E. Russell, next the cornfield, Union-Street, near the market, M,DCC,LXXIII. [1773] |
| Description | xxix,30-80 pages ; 4⁰. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text online |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Skillman, Isaac, 1740-1799, author. |
| Other author/creator | Skillman, Isaac, 1740-1799. |
| Other author/creator | Dartmouth, William Legge, Earl of, 1731-1801, dedicatee. |
| Other author/creator | Russell, Ezekiel, 1743-1796, printer. |
| Variant title | Oration upon the beauties of liberty, or The essential rights of the Americans |
| General note | Half-title: An oration on the beauties of liberty. |
| General note | Attributed to Isaac Skillman by Evans. Attributed to John Allen in: Bumstead, John M. "New England's Tom Paine: John Allen and the spirit of liberty" William and Mary Quarterly 21 (1964): [561]-570. |
| General note | Edition statement transposed; precedes "By a British Bostonian." on title page. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from Library of Congress. |
| References | Evans, 13018 |
| References | Adams, T.R. Amer. pamphlets, 91d |
| References | English Short Title Catalog, W21516. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
| Genre/form | Thanksgiving day addresses 1772 Dec. 3. |
| Other title | Essential rights of the Americans. |
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