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The Patriot.

Other author/creatorSmith, William, 1766-1836, attributed name.
Format Electronic, Book, and Journal
Publication InfoDublin [Ireland] : printed by Henry Watts, law-bookseller, no. 3, Christ Church-Lane, 1792.
Description6 volumes ; 8⁰.
Supplemental Content Full text online
Subject(s)
Uniform titlePatriot (Dublin, Ireland : 1792)
Variant title Patriot: a collection of essays upon topics of government
Caption title Patriot
Variant title Added volume title page: Patriot: a collection of essays upon topics of government
FrequencyBiweekly
General noteAttributed to Sir William Cusack Smith, barrister.
General noteEach issue has added caption at head of first page of text.
General noteImprints include dates.
General noteOn title pages of no. 11-<13>, note below issue number reads: "A collection of essays upon topics of government."
General noteIssues no. 1-10 originally printed as columns in Dublin newspapers, 12 May-15 Sept. 1792, and reissued with continuing numbers and title: The Patriot: a collection of essays upon topics of government: Dublin, 1792.
General noteLeaf issued with no. 13 reads in part: "These XIII. numbers of The Patriot to be had of Henry Watts ... Price two British shillings".
General noteAdvertisement bound with copy cataloged reads in part: "The following essays have at different times appeared in one of the daily papers: ...[with] this collection [of] the first nine [i.e. ten] numbers... the author may be enabled to judge whether a continuation of them woul be a useful employment, ..".
General noteReproduction of original from National Library of Ireland.
References NCBEL, II:1379
References Ward, W.S. Index of serials, p. 124
References English Short Title Catalog, P2494.
Special numberingNumeration begins with no. 11, which is the first issue with this title.
Special numberingSome copies have misprinted number XI as "X)".
Special numberingFull designation from caption; individual title pages lack issue dates.
Special numberingGap in publication: 15 Sept. 1792-8 Dec. 1792; no gap in numbering.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Title history noteNo. 11-13 also issued with reprints of no. 1-10, including general title page and added prefatory material: London, 1792.
Title history noteNo. 11-15 reissued with no. 1-10, with collective title page: London, 1792 [i.e. 1793].
Title history noteSecond ed. of no. 1-15 has title: The Patriot; or political essays. Reprinted: Dublin: H. Watts, 1793.
Genre/formPeriodicals Ireland 18th century.

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