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Amelia; or, The faithless Briton : An original American novel, founded upon recent facts. To which is added, Amelia, or Malevolence defeated; and, Miss Seward's Monody on Major Andre.

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Publication InfoBoston : Printed for and sold by W. Spotswood, and C.P. Wayne, 1798.
Description2 unnumbered pages, 61 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 22 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations ; 12⁰.
Supplemental Content Full text online
Subject(s)
Other author/creatorSpotswood, William, 1753?-1805, bookseller.
Other author/creatorWayne, Caleb Parry, 1776-1849, bookseller.
Other author/creatorTrenchard, James, 1747- engraver.
Other author/creatorHayley, William, 1745-1820 History of Amelia.
General note"Amelia, or Malevolence defeated" has been attributed to William Hayley. Cf. Pitcher, Edward W. "Some Emendations for Lyle B. Wright's American Fiction 1774-1850." Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America 74 (1980): 143.
General noteAlso issued as part of: Florian, de, M. Galatea, a pastoral romance (Boston, 1798; Evans 33741).
General noteFrontispiece engraved by James Trenchard.
General note"Monody on Major Andre. By Miss Seward. Fourth American edition."--[2], 22 p. at end, with separate title page. Also issued separately (Evans 34533).
General noteReproduction of original from Library of Congress.
References Evans, 33290
References Wright, L.H. Amer. fiction, 1774-1850 (2nd ed.), 22
References English Short Title Catalog, W24735.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Genre/formNovels.
Genre/formPoems 1798.

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