EARLY AMERICAN POETRY
1610-1820
A LIST OF WORKS IN
THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
_COMPILED BY_
JOHN C. FRANK
NEW YORK
1917
_NOTE_
_This list includes titles of works in The New York Public Library on
August 1, 1917. They are in the Reference Department of the Library,
in the Central Building at Fifth Avenue and Forty-second Street._
REPRINTED OCTOBER 1917
FROM THE
BULLETIN OF THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
OF AUGUST 1917
form p-100 [x-10-17 3c]
EARLY AMERICAN POETRY, 1610-1820
A LIST OF WORKS IN THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
* * * * *
COMPILED BY JOHN C. FRANK
* * * * *
=Adams=, John, 1704-40. Poems on several occasions, original and
translated. By the late reverend and learned John Adams, M.A. Boston:
Printed for D. Goodkin, in Marlborough-Street, over against the Old
South Meeting House. 1745. 4 p.l., 176 p. 16º.
=Reserve=
=Adams=, John Quincy, 1767-1848. On the discoveries of Captain Lewis.
(In: The Monthly anthology and Boston review. Boston, 1807. 8º. v. 4,
p. 143-144.)
=* DA=
Also printed in E. A. and G. L. Duyckinck's _Cyclopædia
of American literature_, New York, 1866, v. 1, p. 395, _NBB._
=Agricola=, pseud. _See_ The =Squabble=; a pastoral eclogue.
=Albany= Register. The humble address of the Carriers of the Albany
Register, to their generous customers, greeting them with a Happy New
Year. [Albany, N. Y.: Jan. 1, 1796.] Broadside.
=Reserve=
=All= the world's a stage. A poem, in three parts. The stranger.
Newburyport: Printed by William Barrett. 1796. 15 [really 14] p. 8º.
=Reserve=
The name "I. Storey" is written on the title in a
contemporary hand, in the place where the author's name is
usually printed; the reference being undoubtedly to Isaac
Story, who was born at Marblehead in 1774, and published his
first poem, _An Epistle from Yarico to Inkle_, in 1792.
=Allen=, Benjamin, 1789-1829. Miscellaneous poems, on moral and
religious subjects: By Osander [pseud. of Benjamin Allen]. Hudson:
Printed by Wm. E. Norman No. 2, Warren Street. 1811. 2 p.l., 7(1) p.,
2 l., 11-180 p. 16º.
=NBHD=
---- ---- New-York: Printed by J. Seymour, Sold by Griffin and Rudd,
agents for the publisher; 189, Greenwich-St. 1812. 4 p.l., 5-180
p. 24º.
=NBHD=
Published to aid the author to study for the ministry.
---- Urania, or The true use of poesy; a poem. By B. Allen, Jun.
New-York: Published by A. H. Inskeep, and Bradford & Inskeep.
Philadelphia. 1814. 3 p.l., (1)8-192 p. 24º.
=NBHD=
Page 8 is wrongly numbered p. 5.
=Allen=, Mrs. Brasseya, 1760 or 1762-18--? Pastorals, elegies, odes,
epistles, and other poems. By Mrs. Allen. (Copy right secured.)
Abingdon, (Md.): Printed by Daniel P. Ruff. 1806. 5 p.l., (1)10-163 p.
16º.
=NBHD=
Dedicated to Thomas Jefferson.
=Allen=, James, 1739-1808. An intended inscription written for the
monument on Beacon-Hill in Boston, and addressed to the passenger.
(In: American poems, selected and original. Litchfield, 1793. 12º.
p. 199-201.)
=Reserve= and =NBH=
Also printed in _The Columbian muse_, New York, 1794,
p. 146-147, _NBH_, and in Samuel Kettell, _Specimens of
American poetry_, Boston, 1829, v. 1, p. 170-171, _NBH_.
---- Lines on the [Boston] massacre. (In: Samuel Kettell, Specimens of
American poetry. Boston, 1829. 12º. v. 1, p. 162-165.)
=NBH=
Written in 1772 but not published till 1782.
---- [Poem] On Washington's visit to Boston, 1789. (In: Samuel
Kettell, Specimens of American poetry. Boston, 1829. 12º. p. 171-173.)
=NBH=
---- Poem, written in Boston, at the commencement of the late
Revolution. (In: American poems, selected and original. Litchfield,
1793. 12º. p. 193-199.)
=Reserve= and =NBH=
---- The retrospect. (In: Samuel Kettell, Specimens of American
poetry. Boston, 1829. 12º. v. 1, p. 165-170.)
=NBH=
=Allen=, Paul, 1775-1826. Original poems, serious and entertaining. By
Paul Allen, A.M. Published according to act of Congress. Printed by
Joshua Cushing, Salem, 1801. 2 p.l., (i)vi-xi, 141 p. 16º.
=Reserve= and =NBHD=
---- A poem, delivered in the Baptist Meeting House in Providence,
September 4th A. D. 1793, being the anniversary commencement of Rhode
Island College. By Paul Allen. (In: Massachusetts magazine. Boston,
1793. 8º. October, 1793, p. 594-599.)
=Reserve=
=Allston=, Washington, 1779-1843. The sylphs of the seasons, with
other poems. By W. Allston. First American from the London edition.
Boston: Published by Cummings and Hilliard, No. 1, Cornhill.
Cambridge.... Hilliard & Metcalf. 1813. 2 p.l., (i)vi-vii p., 1 l.,
(1)12-168 p. 12º.
=NBHD=
The first edition was published in London, 1813.
_Contents_: The sylphs of the seasons, a poet's
dream, p. 11-43.--The two painters, a tale,
p. 45-86.--Eccentricity, p. 87-113.--The paint-king,
p. 115-129.--Myrtilla, p. 131-141.--To a lady, who
spoke slightingly of poets, p. 143-147.--Sonnets,
p. 149-154.--The mad lover at the grave of his mistress,
155-158.--First love, a ballad, p. 159-161.--The complaint,
p. p. 162-164.--Will, the maniac, a ballad, p. 165-168.
---- Lectures on art, and poems, by Washington Allston. Edited by
Richard Henry Dana, Jr. New York: Baker and Scribner, 1850. xi,
380 p. 8º.
=NBI=
In addition to the poems mentioned in the previous
entry, includes _America to Great Britain_. This poem,
written in 1810, was inserted by Coleridge in the first
edition of his _Sibylline leaves_, London, 1817, p. 276-278,
with the following note: "This poem, written by an American
gentleman, a valued and dear friend, I communicate to the
reader for its moral, no less than its poetic spirit."
=Alsop=, George, b. 1638. A character of the province of Maryland,
wherein is described in four distinct parts, (viz.) I. The situation,
and plenty of the province. II. The laws, customs, and natural
demeanor of the inhabitant. III. The worst and best usage of a
Maryland servant, opened in view. IV. The traffique, and vendable
commodities of the countrey. Also a small treatise on the wild and
naked Indians (or Susquehanokes) of Mary-Land, their customs, manners,
absurdities, & religion. Together with a collection of historical
letters. By George Alsop. London, Printed by T. J. for Peter Dring,
at the sign of the Sun in the Poultrey: 1666. 10 p.l., 118 p., 2 l.,
1 port. (8º.)
=Reserve=
1 facsimile portrait inserted.
Poems on the following pages: p.l. 6-7; p. 26, 44-45,
55, 75-80, 82-83, 103-104, 108-111.
---- ---- A new edition with an introduction and copious historical
notes. By John Gilmary Shea.... New York: William Gowans, 1869.
125 p., 1 map, 1 port. 8º. (Gowans' Bibliotheca Americana, no. 5.)
=ISG= and =IAG=
Includes a type-facsimile title-page.
Reissued as _Fund publication_, no. 15, of the Mary-land
Historical Society, _IAA_.
---- ---- Reprinted from the original edition of 1666. With
introduction and notes by Newton D. Mereness.... Cleveland: The
Burrows Brothers Company, 1902. 113 p., 1 map, 1 pl., 1 port. 8º.
=ISG=
Includes a reduced photo-facsimile of original
title-page.
No. 145 of 250 copies printed.
=Alsop=, Richard, 1761-1815. The charms of fancy: a poem in four
cantos, with notes. By Richard Alsop. Edited from the original
manuscripts, with a biographical sketch of the author, by Theodore
Dwight. New York: D. Appleton and Company, M.DCCC.LVI. xii p., 1 l.,
(1)14-214 p. 8º.
=NBHD=
This poem was mostly written before 1788.
---- Elegy. (In: E. A. and G. L. Duyckinck, Cyclopædia of American
literature. New York, 1866. 8º. v. 1, p. 497.)
=NBB=
---- An elegy written in February 1791. (In: American poems, selected
and original. Litchfield, 1793. 12º. p. 251-255.)
=Reserve= and =NBH=
Also printed in _The Columbian muse_, New York, 1794,
p. 190-194, _NBH_.
---- Extract from the Conquest of Scandinavia; being the introduction
to the fourth book. (In: American poems, selected and original.
Litchfield, 1793. 12º. p. 272-284.)
=Reserve= and =NBH=
---- Habakkuk, chap. III. (In: American poems, selected and original.
Litchfield, 1793. 12º. p. 263-264.)
=Reserve= and =NBH=
---- The incantation of Ulfo. From the Conquest of Scandinavia. (In:
Samuel Kettell, Specimens of American poetry. Boston, 1829. 12º. v. 2,
p. 61-67.)
=NBH=
---- A poem; sacred to the memory of George Washington, late president
of the United States, and commander in chief of the armies of the
United States. Adapted to the 22d of Feb. 1800. By Richard Alsop.
Hartford: Printed by Hudson and Goodwin. 1800. 23 p. 8º.
=Reserve=
This poem was delivered by Richard Alsop before the
citizens of Middletown, Conn., at the memorial service of
February 22, 1800.
---- Twilight of the Gods; or Destruction of the world, from the Edda,
a system of ancient Scandinavian mythology. (In: American poems,
selected and original. Litchfield, 1793. 12º. p. 265-272.)
=Reserve= and =NBH=
---- Verses to the shearwater--on the morning after the storm at sea.
(In: Samuel Kettell, Specimens of American poetry. Boston, 1829. 12º.
v. 2, p. 60-61.)
=NBH=
---- Versification of a passage from the fifth book of Ossian's
Temora. (In: American poems, selected and original. Litchfield, 1793.
12º. p. 255-262.)
=Reserve= and =NBH=
---- _See also_ The =Echo=; The =Political= greenhouse for the year
1798.
An =American=, pseud. Crystalina; a fairy tale. _See_ Harney, John
Milton.
An =American=, pseud. _See_ =Oppression=, a poem.
An =American=, pseud. _See_ =Prime=, Benjamin Young.
=American= poems, selected and original. Vol. 1. Litchfield: Printed
by Collier and Buel. [1793.] (The copy right secured as the Act
directs.) viii, 304 p., 4 l. 12º.
=Reserve= and =NBH=
No more published.
"The first general collection of poetry ever attempted
in this country."--C. W. Everest, _Poets of Connecticut_,
Hartford, 1843, p. 103.
The editorship is attributed by Everest to Dr. Elihu
Hubbard Smith, but the postscript to the preface of the work
p. [vi] refers to "the ill health of one of the editors."
The Reserve copy contains the autographs of Daniel
Crocker, Samuel Austin, and Samuel G. Drake.
_Contents_: Elegy on the times; Elegy on the death of
Mr. Buckingham St. John; Ambition; Prophecy of Balaam;
Downfall of Babylon; Speech of Proteus to Aristæus; by John
Trumbull.--Trial of faith; Address to genius of Columbia;
Columbia; The seasons moralized; A hymn; A song; The
critics; Epistle to Col. Humphreys; by Timothy Dwight.--The
prospect of peace; A poem spoken at commencement at Yale
College; Elegy on Titus Hosmer; by Joel Barlow.--Elegy
on burning of Fairfield, Connecticut; Elegy on Lieut. De
Hart; Mount Vernon; An ode addressed to Laura; Genius of
America; Epistle to Dr. Dwight; A song translated from the
French; by David Humphreys.--Epitaph on a patient killed by
cancer quack; Hypocrite's hope; On general Ethan Allen; by
Lemuel Hopkins.--An oration which might have been delivered
to students in anatomy on the late rupture between two
schools in Philadelphia, by Francis Hopkinson.--Philosophic
solitude, by William Livingston.--Descriptive lines upon
prospect from Beacon-Hill in Boston; Ode to the President
on his visiting the Northern states; Invocation to Hope;
Prayer to Patience; Lines addressed to Della Crusca; by
Philenia, a lady of Boston.--Alfred to Philenia.--Philenia
to Alfred.--Poem written in Boston at the commencement of
the Revolution; An intended inscription for monument on
Beacon-Hill in Boston; by James Allen.--Elegiac ode to
General Greene, by George Richards. Country school.--Speech
of Hesper.--[Poem on the distress of inhabitants of
Guinea.]--New Year's wish; From a Gentleman to a lady who
had presented him with a cake heart; by Dr....--Utrum
horum mavis elige.--Ella, a Norwegian tale, by William
Dunlap.--Eulogium on rum, by J. Smith.--Country meeting,
by T. C. James.--Written at sea in a heavy gale, by Philip
Freneau.--To Ella, from Bertha.--An elegy written in
February 1791; Versification of passage from fifth book of
Ossian's Temora; Habakkuk, chap. III; Twilight of the Gods;
Extract from Conquest of Scandinavia; by Richard Alsop.--Ode
to conscience, by Theodore Dwight.--Collolloo, an Indian
tale, by William Dunlap.--An ode to Miss ****, by Joseph
Howe.--Message from Mordecai to Esther, by Timothy Dwight.
The =American= poetical miscellany. Original and selected.
Philadelphia: Published by Robert Johnson, C. & A. Conrad & Co.
and Mathew Carey, booksellers and stationers. 1809. 1 p.l.,
(1)4-304 p. 16º.
=NBH=
John Binns, printer.
Includes the following poems by American authors:
The burning of Fairfield, by D. Humphreys.--Mercy, by
Salleck Osborn.--Eulogium on rum, by Joseph Smith.--The
country meeting, by T. C. James.--The house of sloth, by
Timothy Dwight.--Extract from a dramatic manuscript, by
Salleck Osborn.
=American= taxation [a poem], 1765. (In: E. A. and G. L. Duyckinck,
Cyclopædia of American literature. New York, 1866. 8º. v. 1,
p. 461-463.)
=NBB=
Attributed to Samuel St. John of New Canaan,
Connecticut, and to Peter St. John of Norwalk, Connecticut.
Also printed in Frank Moore, _Songs and ballads of the
American Revolution_, New York, 1856, p. 1-17, _NBH_.
The =American= times, a satire, in three parts. _See_ =Odell=,
Jonathan.
An =American= youth, pseud. _See_ The =Spunkiad=: or Heroism improved.
=Ames=, Nathaniel, 1708-1764. An essay upon the microscope. (In his:
An astronomical diary, or An almanac for the year of our Lord Christ,
1741. Boston, 1741. 12º.)
=Reserve=
Reprinted in Stedman and Hutchinson, _A library of
American literature_, New York, 1889, v. 2, p. 425-427,
_NBB_.
Additional poems without titles will be found in his
_An astronomical diary, or An almanac ... for the years
1731, 1733-35, 1737-50, 1752-75_, copies of which are in the
_Reserve Room_ of the Library.
---- A poetical essay on happiness. (In his: Ames's almanac revived
and improved: or, An astronomical diary for the year of our Lord
Christ, 1766. Boston, 1766. 12º.)
=Reserve=
---- Victory implor'd for success against the French in America. (In
his: An astronomical diary, or An almanac for the year of our Lord
Christ, 1747. Boston, 1747. 12º.)
=Reserve=
---- The waking of sun. (In his: An astronomical diary, or An almanac
for the year of our Lord Christ, 1739. Boston, 1739. 12º.)
=Reserve=
Reprinted in Stedman and Hutchinson, _A library of
American literature_, New York, 1889, v. 2, p. 424-425,
_NBB_.
The =Anarchiard=: a New England poem. Written in concert by David
Humphreys, Joel Barlow, John Trumbull, and Dr. Lemuel Hopkins. Now
first published in book form. Edited, with notes and appendices, by
Luther G. Riggs. New Haven: Published by Thomas H. Pease, 323 Chapel
Street. 1861. viii, 120 p. 24º.
=NBHD=
The Library has another copy with the following
portraits inserted: David Humphreys, Joel Barlow, John
Trumbull, Nathanael Greene, Robert Morris.
This poem was originally published in the following
numbers of _The New Haven Gazette and Connecticut Magazine_:
Oct. 26, Nov. 2, Dec. 28, 1786; Jan. 11, 25, Feb. 22, March
15, 22, April 5, May 24, Aug. 16, Sept. 13, 1787. The
Library possesses all the numbers of the _New Haven Gazette_
in which this poem appeared, except the last one, Sept. 13,
1787.
Nos. 1-4 of _The Anarchiard_ were also printed in _The
American museum_, Philadelphia, 1789, v. 5, p. 94-100,
303-305.
The projector of this poem was Colonel David Humphreys;
and it was written in concert with Barlow, Trumbull, and
Hopkins; but what particular installment or number was
written by each has never been definitely ascertained.
=André=, John, 1751-1780. Cow-chace, in three cantos, published
on occasion of the Rebel General Wayne's attack of the Refugees
Block-House on Hudson's river, on Friday the 21st of July, 1780. [By
Major John André.] New-York: Printed by James Rivington, MDCCLXXX.
1 p.l., (1)4-69 p. 8º.
=Reserve=
Included with the Cow-chace, are the following poems:
Yankee Doodle's Expedition to Rhode Island, written at
Philadelphia, p. 19-21; On the Affair between the Rebel
Generals Howe and Gaddesden, written at Charlestown,
p. 23-26; The American times, a satire. In three parts....
By Camillo Querno, p. 27-69.
Inserted, a portrait of André, engraved by Hapwood, from
a drawing by Major André, ornamented by Shirt.
The _Cow-chace_ appeared originally in _The Royal
Gazette_, in the following numbers: Canto I, Aug. 16, 1780;
Canto II, Aug. 30, 1780; Canto III, Sept. 23, 1780.
Also printed in William Dunlap, _André; a tragedy_, New
York, 1798, p. 75-84, _Reserve_, and in Winthrop Sargent,
_The life of Major André_, Boston, 1861, and New York, 1871,
p. 236-249, _IGM_.
=Andrews=, Edward W. An address before the Washington Benevolent
Society, in Newburyport, on the 22d. Feb. 1816. By Edward W. Andrews,
A.M. Published by request of the society. Newburyport: Published by
William B. Allen & Co. No. 13, Cornhill. 1816. 1 p.l., (1)4-15 p. 8º.
=NBHD p.v. 5, no. 14=
=Aquiline Nimble-Chops=, pseud. Democracy: an epic poem. _See_
=Livingston=, Henry Brockholst.
=Aristocracy.= An epic poem. Philadelphia: Printed for the editor.
1795. 2 v. 8º.
=Reserve=
In two parts issued separately.
[Part] 1 has 16 p. and is dated on p. vii: Philadelphia,
January 5, 1795.
[Part] 2, without imprint, has 18 [really 17] p., pages
numbered 1-16, 18, and dated, on p. [4]: Philadelphia, March
26th, 1795.
=Armstrong=, William Clinton, 1855--, editor. Patriotic poems of New
Jersey. [Newark, N. J., 1906.] 3 p.l., ii-v, 248 p., 5 pl., 3 ports.
8º. (Sons of the American Revolution.--New Jersey Society. New Jersey
and the American Revolution.)
=NBH=
=Arnold=, Josias Lyndon, 1765-1796. Poems. By the late Josias Lyndon
Arnold, Esq; of St. Johnsbury (Vermont) formerly of Providence, and
a tutor in Rhode-Island College. Printed at Providence, by Carter
and Wilkinson, and sold at their bookstore, opposite the market.
M.DCC.XCVII. xii, (1)14-141 p. 12º.
=Reserve=
Introduction by the editor, signed and dated: James
Burrill, jun. Providence, April, 1797.
"The last words of Sholum; or, The dying Indian,"
p. 46-49, is not by Arnold, but by Philip Freneau.
Several of Arnold's poems are printed in Samuel Kettell,
_Specimens of American poetry_, Boston, 1829, v. 2,
p. 77-82, _NBH_; also in E. A. and G. L. Duyckinck,
_Cyclopædia of American literature_, New York, 1866,
v. 1, p. 530, _NBB_.
=Arouet=, Poems of. _See_ =Ladd=, Joseph Brown.
The =Art= of domestic happiness and other poems: By the Recluse,
author of the Independency of the Mind, affirmed. Pittsburgh:
Published by Robert Patterson. 1817. 2 p.l., (i)vi p., 1 l.,
(1)10-316 p., 1 l. 16º.
=NBHD=
Printed by Butler and Lambdin.
=Avalanche=, Sir Anthony, pseud. Fashion's analysis; or, The winter
in town. A satirical poem. By Sir Anthony Avalanche. With notes,
illustrations, etc. by Gregory Glacier, Gent. Part 1. New-York:
Printed for J. Osborn, No. 13 Park. 1807. 2 p.l., (1)6-84 p. 16º.
=NBHD=
=B.=, B., Esq. Entertainment for a winter's evening. _See_ =Green=,
Joseph.
=Bacon's= epitaph, made by his man. (Massachusetts Historical Society.
Collections for 1814. Boston, 1838. 8º. series 2, v. 1, p. 58-59.)
=IAA=
This epitaph is in the manuscript account of Bacon and
Ingram's rebellion found among the papers of Capt. Nathaniel
Burwell, printed in this volume of the _Collections_.
Also printed in Stedman and Hutchinson, _A library of
American literature_, New York, 1889, v. 1, p. 456-457,
_NBB_.
=Ballads= and poems relating to the Burgoyne campaign. Annotated by
William L. Stone.... Albany, N. Y.: Joel Munsell's Sons, 1893. 12,
359 p., 1 pl. (front.) 8º. (Munsell's historical series, no. 20.)
=IAG= and =NBHD=
=Ballston= Springs. _See_ =Law=, Thomas.
=Banks=, Louis Albert. Immortal songs of camp and field. The story
of their inspiration together with striking anecdotes connected with
their history.... Cleveland: The Burrows Brothers Company, 1899.
298 p., 25 pl., 25 ports. 8º.
=NBH=
Contains the following songs, written before 1820:
The American flag, by J. R. Drake, p. 17-24; Adams and
liberty, by R. T. Paine, p. 27-37; The Star-Spangled banner,
by F. S. Key, p. 53-63; Hail Columbia, by J. Hopkinson,
p. 67-77.
=Barlow=, Joel, 1754-1812. The Columbiad a poem. By Joel Barlow.
Printed by Fry and Kammerer for C. and A. Conrad and Co. Philadelphia;
Conrad, Lucas and Co. Baltimore. Philadelphia: 1807. 1 p.l.,
(i)iv-xvi, 454 p., front, (port.), 11 pl. 4º.
=Reserve= and =NBHD=
The Reserve copy is extra illustrated, having 22 plates
and 58 portraits inserted.
_The Columbiad_ is an amplification of the author's
_Vision of Columbus_.
This work, which is a fine example of early American
bookmaking, was published at the expense of Robert Fulton,
the inventor, who also "designated the subjects to be
painted for engravings" at his own expense.
---- ---- Philadelphia: Published by C. and A. Conrad and Co.
Philadelphia; Conrad, Lucas and Co. Baltimore. Fry and Kammerer,
printers. 1809. 2 v. 16º.
=NBHD=
The Library has volume 2 only. v. 2. 2 p.l., (1)6-218 p.
---- ---- London: Printed for Richard Phillips, Bridge Street,
Blackfriars. 1809. 1 p.l., (i)iv-xxxiii p., 1 l., 428 p. 8º.
=NBHD=
Frontispiece, portrait of author, inserted.
---- ---- With the last corrections of the author. By Joel Barlow.
Paris: Printed for F. Schoell, Bookseller. 1813. 3 p.l., (i)vi-xl, 448
p., 2 pl. (incl. front.), 2 ports. 8º.
=NBHD=
---- The conspiracy of kings; a poem: addressed to the inhabitants
of Europe, from another quarter of the World. By Joel Barlow, author
of the Vision of Columbus, Advice to the Privileged Orders &c. &c.
Printed and sold by Robinson & Tucker: Newburyport--1794. 30 p. 8º.
=Reserve=
Inserted, the portrait of the author engraved by Edwin.
Also printed in _The New-York magazine_, New-York,
1792, v. 3, p. 375-382, _Reserve_; the author's _A letter
to the national convention of France, on the defects in
the constitution of 1791_, New York [1793?], p. 73-87,
_Reserve_; _The Columbian muse_, New York, 1794, p. 1-10,
_NBH_; and in _The political writings of Joel Barlow_, New
York, 1796, p. 237-238. _Reserve._
---- Description of the first American congress; American Revolution;
American sages; American painters; American poets. (In: The Beauties
of poetry, British and American. Philadelphia, 1791. 16º. p. 155-174.)
=Reserve=
Also printed in _The Columbian muse_, New York, 1794,
p. 89-109, _NBH_.
---- An Elegy on the late honorable Titus Hosmer, Esq. one of the
Counsellors of the State of Connecticut, a Member of Congress, and
a Judge of the Maritime Court of Appeals for the United States of
America. (In: American poems, selected and original. Litchfield, 1793.
12º. p. 108-117.)
=Reserve= and =NBH=
---- The hasty-pudding: a poem, in three cantos. Written at Chambery,
in Savoy, January 1793. [By Joel Barlow. New Haven: Tiebout & O'Brien,
1796.] 2 p.l., (1)6-15 p. 8º.
=Reserve=
First printed in _The New-York magazine_. New York,
1796, new series, v. 1, p. 41-49, _Reserve_.
Also printed in Samuel Kettell, _Specimens of American
poetry_. Boston, 1829, v. 2, p. 13-21, _NBH_; E. A. and G.
L. Duyckinck, _Cyclopædia of American literature_, New York,
1866, v. 1, p. 400-403, _NBB_.
---- ---- Brooklyn: Published by Wm. Bigelow, 55 Fulton-Street. A.
Spooner, printer. 1833. 1 p.l., (i)iv-v, 6-22 p. 12º.
=* C p.v. 724, no. 8=
---- ---- New York: C. M. Saxton [1852?]. 12 p. 12º.
=VPC=
Bd. with: R. L. Allen. The American farm book. New York,
1852. 12º.
---- A poem, spoken at the public commencement at Yale-college, in
New-Haven, Sept. 12, 1781. (In: American poems, selected and original.
Litchfield, 1793. 12º. p. 94-107.)
=Reserve= and =NBH=
---- The prospect of peace. (In: American poems, selected and
original. Litchfield, 1793. 12º. p. 85-93.)
=Reserve= and =NBH=
Also printed in _The Columbian muse_, New York, 1794,
p. 10-16, _NBH_.
---- The vision of Columbus; a poem in nine books. By Joel Barlow,
Esquire. Hartford: Printed by Hudson and Goodwin, for the author.
M.DCC.LXXXVII. 258 p., 6 l. 12º.
=Reserve=
This is the original edition, with twelve pages
containing the names of upwards of five hundred subscribers,
leading men of the day, including Washington, Franklin,
Burr, Gov. George Clinton, etc.
---- ---- Hartford, N. E. printed: London re-printed, for C. Dilly, in
the Poultry; and J. Stockdale, Piccadilly. M.DCC.LXXXVII. xx, 244
p. 12º.
=Reserve=
2 portraits inserted. Frontispiece is portrait of Joel
Barlow, painted by Robert Fulton, engraved by A. B. Durand.
Facing p. 3, Portrait of Columbus painted by M. Macella,
engraved by P. Maverick.
---- ---- The second edition. Hartford: Printed by Hudson and Goodwin,
for the author. M.DCC.LXXXVII. 258 p., 3 l. 16º.
=Reserve=
The last three leaves contain the names of subscribers.
---- ---- The first edition, corrected.... To which is added, The
conspiracy of kings: a poem, by the same author. Paris: Printed at
the English Press, Rue de Vaugirard, No. 1214; and sold by Barrois,
Senior, Quai des Augustins; and R. Thomson, Rue de L'Anciene Comedie
Française, no. 42. 1793. 2 p.l., 304 p. 8º.
=Reserve=
Lacks portrait.
The conspiracy of kings, a poem, p. 277-304.
---- _See also_ The =Anarchiard=.
=Bartlett=, Joseph, 1762-1827. Physiognomy, a poem, delivered at the
request of the Society of Phi Beta Kappa, in the chapel of Harvard
University, on the day of their anniversary, July 18th, 1799. By
Joseph Bartlett. Boston, Printed by John Russell, 1799. 16 p. 8º.
=Reserve=
Trimmed down from 4º, cropping text and margins.
The =Battle= of Bunkers Hill, a dramatic piece, in five acts. _See_
=Brackenridge=, Hugh Henry.
=Battle= of Niagara, a poem. _See_ =Neal=, John.
The =Battle= of the Thames, October 5, 1813; from an unpublished poem,
entitled Tecumseh. By a young American. New York: Published at the Log
Cabin Office, No. 30 Ann-Street. 1840. 1 p.l., (1)4-15 p. 12º.
=IIH p.v. 6, no. 1=
The =Bay= Psalm book. _See_ =Bible.= Old Testament: Psalms. English.
1640.
=Bayard.= Address to the robin redbreast. (In: The Beauties of poetry,
British and American. Philadelphia, 1791. 16º. p. 201-204.)
=Reserve=
Also printed in _The Columbian muse_, New York, 1794,
p. 177-181, _NBH_.
---- Woman's fate. Written in the character of a lady under the
influence of a strong, but unfortunate attachment. (In: The Beauties
of poetry, British and American. Philadelphia, 1791. 16º. p. 127-130.)
=Reserve=
The =Beauties= of poetry, British and American: containing some of the
productions of Waller, Milton, Addison, Pope, Shirley, Parnell, Watts,
Thomson, Young, Shenstone, Akenside, Gray, Goldsmith, Johnson, Moore,
Garrick, Cowper, Beattie, Burns, Merry, Cowley, Wolcott, Palmerton,
Penrose, Evans, Barlow, Dwight, Freneau, Humphreys, Livingston, J.
Smith, W. M. Smith, Bayard, Hopkinson, James, Markoe, Prichard,
Fentham, Bradford, Dawes, Lathrop, Osborne. Philadelphia: From the
press of M. Carey. No. 118, Market-Street. M.DCC.XCI. 3 p.l. (incl.
leaf of adv.), vii, viii, 244 p. 16º.
=Reserve=
American contributions include:
Columbia, by Dwight.--Benevolence, by Dawes.--Woman's
fate, by Bayard.--Future state of the western territory;
American winter; On love and the American fair; Depredations
and destruction of the Algerines; by Humphreys.--Excellent
logic; British favours to America; Extreme humanity;
Omens; Nobility anticipated; by Trumbull.--Description
of the first American Congress; American Revolution;
American sages; American painters; American poets; by
Barlow.--Eulogium on rum, by Jos. Smith.--Faith, an ode;
Hope, an ode; Charity, an ode; by Markoe.--On a lady's
birth day, by W. M. Smith.--Description of Jehovah, from
the XVIIIth Psalm, by Ladd.--The Country meeting, by
T. C. James.--On the birth-day of Gen. Washington, by
Markoe.--Art and nature, by W. M. Smith.--The old soldier,
by Fentham.--The war-horse, by Ladd.--On the migration to
America and peopling the western country, by Freneau.--A
pastoral song, by Bradford.--The seasons moralized, by
Dwight.--Character of St. Tamany, by Pritchard.--A song,
by Dwight.--The Federal Convention.--A fair bargain, by
Hopkinson.--Song sung in St. Andrew's Society, New York, on
Tuesday August 22, 1790, when Colonel Alexander M'Gillwray
was present.--Address to the robin red-breast, by Bayard.--A
winter piece, by Lathrop.--Elegiac epistle on the death of
his sisters--and sent to another, by Osborn.--Hymn sung
at the Universal meeting house in Boston, Easter Sunday,
April 4, 1790.--The Deity, and his dispensations; Creation;
Original state of man; Three fold state of man emblematized;
Prospect of America; by Dwight.--Progress of science, by
Evans.--Philosophic solitude, by Livingston.--Sketches of
American history, by Freneau.--An Indian eclogue, by Jos.
Smith.
=Belknap=, Jeremy, 1744-1798. An eclogue, occasioned by the death of
the Reverend Alexander Cummings, A.M., on the 25th of August A. D.
1763. Ætat. 37.... (By J. Belknap, B.A.) Boston: Printed by D. & J.
Kneeland, for J. Edwards, 1763. 8 p. 16º.
=Reserve=
Text cropped by trimming.
=Benedict=, David, 1779-1874. A poem delivered in Taunton, September
16th, A.D. 1807, at the anniversary election of the Philandrian
Society. By David Benedict. Boston: Belcher & Armstrong, printers, No.
70, State-Street. 1807. 1 p.l., (1)4-19 p. 8º.
=NBH p.v. 26, no. 17=
---- The watery war: or, A poetical description of the existing
controversy between the Pedobaptists and Baptists, on the subjects and
mode of baptism. By John of Enon. Boston: Printed and sold by Manning
& Loring, No. 2, Cornhill. 1808. 2 p.l., (1)6-34 p. 12º.
=Reserve=
=Bernard=, Francis. _See_ =Pietas= et gratulatio....
=Beveridge=, John. Epistolae familiares et alia quædam miscellanea.
Familiar epistles, and other miscellaneous pieces, wrote originally
in Latin verse, by John Beveridge, A.M. Professor of languages in
the College and Academy of Philadelphia. To which are added several
translations into English verse, by different hands, &c. Philadelphia.
Printed for the author by William Bradford, at the London
Coffee-House, at the corner of Market and Front-Streets. M,DCC,LXV.
xi, 88 p. 12º.
=Reserve=
=Bible.= Old Testament: Psalms. English. 1640. The whole booke of
Psalmes faithfully translated into English metre. Whereunto is
prefixed a discourse declaring not only the lawfullness, but also the
necessity of the heavenly ordinance of singing Scripture Psalmes in
the Churches of God. Imprinted, 1640. [Cambridge: Stephen Daye.]
147 l. 12º.
=Reserve=
Slightly imperfect.
The first book printed in English in North America. The
version of the Psalms was made about the year 1636, the
principal divines of the country each translating a portion.
The principal part of the work was committed to Mr. Richard
Mather, minister of the church in Dorchester, who probably
wrote the preface also, and to Mr. Thomas Weld and Mr. John
Eliot, associate ministers of the church in Roxbury. The
work of printing was completed in 1640, and the new Psalm
book was adopted at once by nearly every congregation in the
colony of Massachusetts Bay, and for that reason it came to
be known as the Bay Psalm book. Of this famous book there
are only ten copies known to be extant, of which only four
are perfect.
For detailed statement and description see the facsimile
reprint with the introduction by Wilberforce Eames.
---- The Bay Psalm book; being a facsimile reprint of the first
edition, printed by Stephen Daye at Cambridge, in New England in 1640.
With an introduction by Wilberforce Eames. New York: Dodd, Mead &
Company, 1903. 1 p.l., v-xvii p., 147 l. 8º.
=Reserve=
One of 975 copies on plain paper.
---- ---- Prepared for the New England Society in the City of New York
[190-?]. 1 p.l., v-xvii p., 147 l. 8º.
=Reserve=
With an introduction by Wilberforce Eames. Introduction
dated: October, 1903.
---- A literal reprint of the Bay Psalm book, being the earliest
New England version of the Psalms, and the first book printed in
America.... Cambridge: C. B. Richardson, 1862. vii p., 149 l. 8º.
=Stuart 4966=
No. 40 of fifty copies printed.
=Bigelow=, Samuel, fl. 1776. A poem suitable for the present day, in
five parts, Worcester, 1776. New York: repr. for C. F. Heartman, 1915.
2 p.l., 7-26 p. 8º. (Heartman's historical series, no. 14.)
=Reserve=
Facsimile reprint, including title-page of original
edition, Worcester, 1776.
No. 8 of forty copies printed on Fabriano hand-made
paper.
=Biglow=, William, 1773-1844. Commencement, a poem: or rather
commencement of a poem, recited before the Phi Beta Kappa Society, in
their dining hall, in Cambridge, Aug. 29, 1811. By a brother [i.e.,
William Biglow]. Salem: Printed by Thomas C. Cushing. 1811. 1 p.l.,
(1)4-8 p. 8º.
=NBHD=
With bookplate of Henry B. Anthony.
---- Education; a poem: spoken at Cambridge at the request of the Phi
Beta Kappa Society; July 18th 1799; By William Biglow. Salem: Joshua
Cushing. 1799. 2 p.l., (1)4-17 p. 8º.
=NBH p.v. 26, no. 16=
First 2 l. and last leaf lacking. Title-page supplied in ms.
---- Re-re-commencement: a kind of a poem: calculated to be recited
before an "assemblage" of New-England divines, of all the various
denominations; but which never was so recited, and in all human
probability never will be. By a friend of every body and every soul.
Salem: Printed by Thomas C. Cushing. 1812. 1 p.l., (1)4-8 p. 8º.
=NBH p.v. 27, no. 13=
The =Bladensburg= races. Written shortly after the capture of
Washington City, August 24, 1814. [Probably it is not generally known,
that the flight of Mahomet, the flight of John Gilpin, and the flight
of Bladensburg, all occurred on the twenty-fourth of August.] Printed
for the purchaser. 1816. 1 p.l., 3-12 p. 24º.
=Reserve=
---- Printed for the purchaser. 1816. 1 p.l., (1)4-16 p. 4º.
=* IIH=
A reprint issued in 1865.
No. 35 of seventy-five copies.
---- n.t.-p. n.p., n.d. 8 p. 8º.
=NBHD p.v. 5, no. 7=
A reprint.
=Bland=, Theodoric, 1742-1790. [Patriotic poem on the battle of
Lexington.] (In: The Bland papers. Edited by Charles Campbell.
Petersburg, 1840. 8º. v. 1, p. xxi-xxiii.)
=IG=
=Bleecker=, Mrs. Ann Eliza Schuyler, 1752-1783. An evening prospect.
(In: The New-York magazine. New-York. 1791. 8º. v. 2, p. 475-476.)
=Reserve=
---- Lines, written by the late Mrs. Ann E. Bleecker. (In: The
New-York magazine. New-York, 1791. 8º. v. 2, p. 294.)
=Reserve=
---- Lines, written by the late Mrs. Ann E. Bleecker. (In: The
New-York magazine. New-York, 1791. 8º. v. 2, p. 356.)
=Reserve=
---- On reading Dryden's Virgil. [Written in 1778, by the late Mrs.
Ann E. Bleecker.] (In: The New-York magazine. New-York, 1791. 8º.
v. 2, p. 670.)
=Reserve=
---- The posthumous works of Ann Eliza Bleecker, in prose and verse.
To which is added, a collection of essays, prose and poetical, by
Margaretta V. Faugeres. New-York: Printed by T. and J. Swords, No. 27,
William-Street. 1793. 6 p.l., xviii, (1)20-375 p., front. (port.) 16º.
=Reserve=
Frontispiece, the portrait of Mrs. Bleecker engraved by
Tiebout.
"Poetics," p. 185-262.
Several of these poems have been reprinted in Samuel
Kettell, _Specimens of American poetry_, Boston, 1829, v. 1,
p. 213-219, _NBH_.
=Bonaparte=; with The storm at sea, Madaline, and other poems.
New-York: Published by Haly and Thomas, No. 142 Broadway. 1820.
1 p.l., (i)iv p., 1 l., (1)8-92 p. 8º.
=NBH p.v. 28, no. 1=
=Boston Bard=, Poems of. _See_ =Coffin=, Robert Stevenson.
=Bosworth=, Benjamin. Signs of apostacy lamented. [By Benjamin
Bosworth.] n.t.-p. [Boston? 1693?] 4 p. 24º.
=Reserve=
"A caution to prevent scandal," p. 4.
Signed and dated at end: "Benjamin Bosworth of
New-England. In the 81st year of my age, 1693."
Photostat copy from an original in Brown University
Library.
=Botsford=, Mrs. Margaret. Viola or The heiress of St. Valverde, an
original poem, in five cantos. To which is annexed, patriotic songs,
sonnets, &c. By a lady of Philadelphia, author of Adelaide [i.e., Mrs.
Margaret Botsford]. Louisville, Ky. Printed by S. Penn, jr. 1820.
1 p.l., (1)4-96 p. 24º.
=NBHD=
=Bowdoin=, James, 1727-1790. A paraphrase on part of the oeconomy of
human life. Inscribed to his excellency Thomas Pownall, Esq; Governor
of the province of the Massachusetts-Bay. [By James Bowdoin.]
Boston New-England: Printed and sold by Green and Russell, at their
printing-office, in Queen-Street. MDCCLIX. 4 p.l., 3-88 p. 8º.
=Reserve=
---- Woman. (In: Samuel Kettell, Specimens of American poetry. Boston,
1829. 12º. v. 1, p. 330-332.)
=NBH=
---- _See also_ =Pietas= et gratulatio.
=Boyd=, William, 1777-1800. Woman: a poem, delivered at a public
exhibition, April 19, at Harvard University, in The College Chapel. By
William Boyd. Boston: Printed by John W. Folsom. M,DCC,XCVI. 2 p.l.,
(1)6-15 p. 12º.
=NBH p.v. 26, no. 15=
Also printed in Samuel Kettell, _Specimens of American
poetry_, Boston, 1829, v. 2, p. 83-86, _NBH_.
=Brackenridge=, Hugh Henry, 1748-1816. The Battle of Bunkers Hill.
A dramatic piece, of five acts, in heroic measure. By a gentleman
of Maryland ... [i.e., Hugh Henry Brackenridge.] Philadelphia:
Printed and sold by Robert Bell, in Third-Street, MDCCLXXVI. 3 p.l.,
(1)6-49(1) p., 1 pl. (front.) 12º.
=Reserve=
Title-page lacking; supplied by a photostat facsimile.
Frontispiece imperfect.
Contains the following poems: Prologue, p.l. 3;
Epilogue, p. 37-38; An ode on the battle of Bunkers-Hill,
p. 39-44; Speech by General Washington, on his entering
the town of Boston, p. 45-46; A military song by the army:
on General Washington's victorious entry into the town of
Boston, p. 47-49.
The prologue and epilogue were written by John Parke.
---- The death of General Montgomery, at the siege of Quebec. A
tragedy. With an ode, in honour of the Pennsylvania militia, and the
small band of regular Continental troops, who sustained the campaign,
in the depth of winter, January, 1777, and repulsed the British forces
from the banks of the Delaware. By the author of a dramatic piece on
the Battle of Bunker's-Hill [i.e., Hugh Henry Brackenridge]. To which
are added, elegiac pieces, commemorative of distinguished characters.
Philadelphia: Printed and sold by Robert Bell, in Third-Street, next
door to St. Paul's Church. M,DCC,LXXVII. 4 p.l., (1)10-79(1) p.,
2 l., front. 12º.
=Reserve=
Contains the following poems: An ode in honour of
Pennsylvania militia, p. 54-64; Elegiac pieces commemorative
of distinguished characters, p. 65-68.
The "Prologue on the death of General Montgomery" which
is at the end, was written by John Parke.
---- ---- Norwich: Printed by J. Trumbull, for and sold by J. Douglass
M'Dougall, on the West side of the Great-Bridge, Providence, 1777.
5 p.l., 11-68 p. 12º.
=Reserve=
Contains the following poems: An ode in honour of
Pennsylvania militia, p. 50-58; Elegiac pieces commemorative
of distinguished characters, p. 58-68.
=Bradford=, William, 1588-1657. Certain verses left by ... William
Bradford ... penned by his own hand, declaring the dispensation
of God's providence towards him in the time of his life, and his
preparation and fittedness for death. (In: N. Morton, New-Englands
Memoriall. Cambridge, 1669. 12º. p. 144-145.)
=Reserve=
---- Copy of verses left by him for his children. (In: William and
Mary College quarterly. Richmond, Va., 1895. 8º. v. 4, p. 63-64.)
=IAA=
---- A descriptive and historical account of New England in verse;
from a ms. of William Bradford, Governour of Plymouth Colony.
(Massachusetts Historical Society. Collections. Boston, 1794. 8º.
series 1, v. 3, p. 77-84.)
=Reserve=
---- Of Boston in New England; A word to New England. (Massachusetts
Historical Society. Collections. Boston, 1838. 8º. series 3, v. 7,
p. 27-28.)
=IAA=
---- A pastoral elegy on O****. R***. (In: The New-York magazine.
New-York, 1795. 8º. v. 6, p. 570-571.)
=Reserve=
---- A pastoral song. Ascribed to W. Bradford, esq. (In: The American
museum. Philadelphia, 1789. 8º. v. 6. p. 334-335.)
=Reserve=
Also printed in _The Beauties of poetry, British and
American_, Philadelphia, 1791, p. 193-195, _Reserve_; _The
Columbian muse_, New York, 1794, p. 175-177, _NBH_; _The
New-York magazine_, New York, 1795, v. 6, p. 569-570,
_Reserve_.
---- Providence and the Pilgrim. (In: E. C. Stedman and E. M.
Hutchinson, A library of American literature. New York, 1889. 8º.
v. 1, p. 115-116.)
=NBB=
---- Some observations of God's merciful dealing with us in this
wilderness, and his gracious protection over us these many years.
(Massachusetts Historical Society. Proceedings, 1869-70. Boston, 1871.
8º. v. 11, p. 465-478.)
=IAA=
---- A word to New Plymouth. (Massachusetts Historical Society.
Proceedings, 1869-70. Boston, 1871. 8º. v. 11, p. 478-482.)
=IAA=
=Bradstreet=, Mrs. Anne Dudley, 1612-72. A dialogue between Old
England and New and other poems, by Mrs. Anne Dudley Bradstreet.
Boston [1905]. 20 p. 12º. (Old South leaflets. [General series.]
v. 7, no. 159.)
=* R-Room 300=
_Contents_: A dialogue between Old England and New
concerning their present troubles, anno 1642.--In honor
of that high and mighty Princess Queen Elizabeth of happy
memory.--To the memory of my dear and ever honored father
Thomas Dudley, Esq., who deceased July 31, 1653, and of his
age 77.--An epitaph on my dear and ever honored mother Mrs.
Dorothy Dudley, who deceased December 27, 1643, and of her
age 61.--The author to her book.--To my dear and loving
husband.--In reference to her children 23 June, 1659.--In
thankful remembrance for my dear husband's safe arrival,
September 3, 1662.
---- The poems of Mrs. Anne Bradstreet (1612-1672). Together with her
prose remains. With an introduction by Charles Eliot Norton. [New
York:] The Duodecimos, MDCCCXCVII. 2 p.l., xliv p., 2 l., 347 p.,
1 l., 3 pl., 9 ports. 12º.
=NBG=
No. 132 of 132 copies on hand-made paper.
Contains facsimiles of title-pages of the first three
original editions, and of the 1867 edition edited by J. H.
Ellis.
---- Several poems compiled with great variety of wit and learning,
full of delight; wherein especially is contained a compleat discourse,
and description of the four elements, constitutions, ages of man,
seasons of the year. Together with an exact epitome of the three first
monarchyes viz. The Assyrian, Persian, Grecian, and beginning of the
Romane Common-wealth to the end of their last king: with diverse other
pleasant & serious poems; By a Gentle-woman in New-England [i.e., Anne
Bradstreet]. The second edition, corrected by the author and enlarged
by an addition of several other poems found amongst her papers after
death. Boston, Printed by John Foster, 1678. 7 p.l., 255 p. 24º.
=Reserve=
Title-page mutilated; pages 247-255 lacking.
---- Several poems compiled with great variety of wit and learning,
full of delight; wherein especially is contained, a compleat discourse
and description of the four elements, constitutions, ages of man,
seasons of the year. Together with an exact epitome of the three first
monarchies, viz. the Assyrian, Persian, Grecian, and Roman common
wealth, from its beginning to the end of their last king. With divers
other pleasant and serious poems. By a Gentle-woman in New-England
[i.e., Anne Bradstreet]. The third edition, corrected by the author,
and enlarged by an addition of several other poems found amongst her
papers after her death. Re-printed from the second edition, in the
year M.DCC.LVIII. 1 p.l., iii-xiii, 233 p. 16º.
=Reserve=
p. 223-224, 229-230, 233 lacking.
---- The tenth muse lately sprung up in America. Or severall poems,
compiled with great variety of wit and learning, full of delight.
Wherein especially is contained a compleat discourse and description
of the four: elements, constitutions, ages of man, seasons of the
year. Together with an exact 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 Anne Bradstreet.] Printed at London for Stephen
Bowtell at the signe of the Bible in Popes Head-Alley. 1650. 7 p.l.,
207 p. 24º.
=Reserve=
---- The works of Anne Bradstreet in prose and verse. Edited by John
Harvard Ellis. Charlestown: Abram E. Cutter, 1867. 3 p.l., vii-lxxvi,
434 p., 1 pl., 1 port. 4º.
=NBHD=
No. 192 of 250 copies printed.
=Branagan=, Thomas. Avenia, or A tragical poem, on the oppression
of the human species; and infringement on the rights of man. In
five books. With notes explanatory and miscellaneous. Written in
imitation of Homer's Iliad.--A new edition.--To which is added the
Constitution of the State of Pennsylvania. By Thomas Branagan. Author
of Preliminary essays, Serious remonstrance, Penitential tyrant,
&c. &c. Philadelphia: Printed, and sold by J. Cline, No. 125, South
Eleventh Street. 1810. 2 p.l., 5-324 p., front. 24º.
=NBHD=
=Branch=, William. Life, a poem in three books; descriptive of the
various characters in life; the different passions, with their moral
influence; the good and evil resulting from their sway; and of the
perfect man. Dedicated to the social and political welfare of the
people of the United States. By William Branch, junior, of Prince
Edward, Virginia. Richmond [Va.]: From the Franklin Press. W. W. Gray,
printer. 1819. 1 p.l., (i)iv-xii p., 1 l., 3-218 p., 1 l. 16º.
=NBHD=
The =Breechiad=, a poem. Theresa. Boston: Printed by Belcher and
Armstrong. State Street. 1807. 1 p.l., 11-22 p., 1 l. 12º.
=NBH p.v. 24, no. 11=
=Brockway=, Thomas. The gospel tragedy: An epic poem. In four books.
[By Thomas Brockway.] Published according to act of Congress. Printed
at Worcester, Massachusetts, by James R. Hutchins, MDCCXCV. 1 p.l.,
(i)iii-iv p., 1 l., (1)8-119 p., front. 16º.
=Reserve=
Frontispiece, an engraving of the Crucifixion, by Amos
Doolittle.
A =Brother=, pseud. Commencement, a poem.... _See_ =Biglow=, William.
=Brown=, Charles Brockden, 1771-1810. Monody, on the death of Gen.
George Washington, delivered at the New-York Theatre [sic] on Monday
evening, Dec. 30, '99. [By Charles Brockden Brown.] (In: Commercial
advertiser, New York, Jan. 2, 1800. fº. no. 699, p. 3.)
=Reserve=
A poem in ninety-six lines. Title from caption. With
heading: For the Commercial advertiser. According to Dunlap,
_History of the American theatre_, 1832, p. 274, this was
written by C. B. Brown and delivered at the theatre by Mr.
Cooper.
Reprinted in _The Spectator_, New York, Jan. 4. 1800,
no. 238, p. 1.
=Brown=, Solyman, 1790-1865. An essay on American poetry, with
several miscellaneous pieces on a variety of subjects, sentimental,
descriptive, moral, and patriotic. By Solyman Brown, A.M. New Haven:
Published by Hezekiah Howe, Flagg & Gray, printers. 1818. 1 p.l.,
(1)4-191 p. 12º.
=NBHD=
With bookplate of Henry B. Anthony.
Several of these poems are reprinted in Samuel Kettell,
_Specimens of American poetry_, Boston, 1829, v. 2,
p. 351-353, _NBH_.
=Bryan=, Daniel. The mountain muse: comprising The adventures of
Daniel Boone; and The power of virtuous and refined beauty. By Daniel
Bryan. Of Rockingham County, Virginia. Harrisonburg: Printed for the
author: By Davidson & Bourne. 1813. 7 p.l., (1)16-252, 12 p. 16º.
=NBHD=
=Bryant=, William Cullen, 1794-1878. The embargo; or, Sketches of the
times. A satire. The second edition, corrected and enlarged. Together
with the Spanish Revolution, and other poems. By William Cullen
Bryant. Boston: Printed for the author, by E. G. House, No. 5, Court
Street. 1809. 2 p.l., (1)6-35(1) p. 12º.
=Reserve=
---- Thanatopsis. (In: The North American review for 1817. Boston,
1825. Second edition. 8º. v. 5, p. 338-340.)
=* DA=
Also in _Specimens of the American poets_, London, 1822,
p. 215-218, _NBH_.
=Bulkley=, Edward. A threnodia upon our churches second dark eclipse,
happening July 20, 1663 by deaths interposition between us and that
great light and divine plant, Mr. Samuel Stone, late of Hartford in
New-England. (In: N. Morton, New-Englands memoriall. Cambridge, 1669.
12º. p. 168-169.)
=Reserve=
---- Upon the death of that truely Godly, reverend, and faithful
servant of Christ, Mr. Jonathan Mitchell, pastor of the church at
Cambridge, who deceased July 9, 1668. (In: N. Morton, New-Englands
memoriall. Cambridge, 1669. 12º. p. 192-193.)
=Reserve=
=Bulkley=, Peter. A lamentation for the death of that precious and
worthy minister of Jesus Christ, Mr. Thomas Hooker, who died July 7,
1647, as the sun was setting: the same hour of the day died blessed
Calvin, that glorious light. (In: N. Morton, New Englands memoriall.
Cambridge, 1669. 12º. p. 127-129.)
=Reserve=
=Burgoyne's= proclamation. _See_ =Livingston=, William.
=Burk=, John Daly, d. 1808. Bunker-Hill; or, The death of General
Warren: an historic tragedy, in five acts. By John Burk, late of
Trinity-College, Dublin. As performed at the theatres in America,
for fourteen nights, with unbounded applause. New-York: Published
by D. Longworth, at the Dramatic Repository, Shakespeare-Gallery.
July--1817. 44 p., 1 l. 16º.
=NCO p.v. 250, no. 4=
First published in 1808.
"Ode for the fourth March, 1817. Written for the
occasion by Mr. Samuel Woodworth, and sung by Mr. Abraham
Stage." 1 l. following p. 42.
=Byles=, Mather, 1706-1788. The comet: a poem. [By Mather Byles.]
Boston: Printed and sold by B. Green and Comp. in Newbury-Street, and
D. Goodkin, at the Corner of Water-street, Cornhil. 1744. 4 p. 8º.
=Reserve=
Woodcut on title-page of a comet.
Also printed in _The Massachusetts magazine_, Boston,
1790, v. 2, p. 565, _Reserve_.
---- The conflagration. (In: Samuel Kettell, Specimens of American
poetry. Boston, 1829. 12º. v. 1, p. 126-129.)
=NBH=
---- A full and true account of how the lamentable wicked French and
Indian pirates were taken by the valliant Englishmen. (In: E. A. and
G. L. Duyckinck, Cyclopædia of American literature. New York, 1866.
8º. v. 1, p. 118.)
=NBB=
---- The God of tempest and earthquake. (In: Samuel Kettell, Specimens
of American poetry. Boston, 1829. 12º. v. 1, p. 129-131.)
=NBH=
---- Hymn written during a voyage. (In: Samuel Kettell, Specimens of
American poetry. Boston, 1829. 12º. v. 1, p. 132.)
=NBH=
First appeared in _A Collection of poems, by several
hands_, Boston, 1744.
Also printed in E. A. and G. L. Duyckinck, _Cyclopædia
of American literature_, New York, 1866, v. 1, p. 121,
_NBB_; Stedman and Hutchinson, _A library of American
literature_, New York, 1889, v. 2, p. 432, _NBB_.
---- To His Excellency Governour Belcher, on the Death of His Lady.
An Epistle. By the Reverend Mr. Byles. [Boston, 1736.] 1 p.l., ii,
6 p. 8º.
=Reserve=
Also printed in Samuel Kettell, _Specimens of American
poetry_, Boston, 1829, v. 1, p. 131-132, _NBH_.
=C.=, E., Gent. Sotweed redivivus. _See_ =Cook=, Ebenezer.
=C.=, G. A little looking-glass for the times; or, A brief
remembrancer for Pennsylvania. Containing some serious hints,
affectionately addressed to the people of every rank and station in
the province: with an appendix, by way of supplication to Almighty
God. By G. C. Wilmington, Printed and sold by James Adams, 1764.
24 p. 16º.
=Reserve=
Reprinted with a type-facsimile title-page in _Magazine
of history with notes and queries_, extra no. 22, p. 67-93,
_IAG_.
=Caldwell=, Charles, 1772-1853. An elegiac poem on the death of
General Washington. By Charles Caldwell, A.M. M.D. Philadelphia:
Printed at the office of "The True American." 1800. 2 p.l., 12 p. 8º.
=Reserve=
With the statement on the second leaf that "part of the
following poem has been already printed in a hand bill, and
circulated, at the commencement of the present year, among
patrons of _The True American_," a copy of which, upon
satin, is described and quoted in _The Historical magazine_,
Boston, 1857, v. 1, p. 233-234, _IAA_.
The =Camp= meeting. The extravagant zeal of religious fanatics and
the licentious rioting of unprincipled people who attend these
meetings, deserve the severest censure: but the truly pious of all
denominations, both in the camp and out of it, will ever be respected
and revered. By the Druid of the Lakes. The meeting here celebrated
was held in a deep forest of wild woods, five miles from the east bank
of the Cayuga lake, in the western district of New-York. Printed in
the Year 1810. To be had at No. 40 North Fourth-street. 2 p.l.,
5-12 p. 16º.
=NBH p.v. 23, no. 11=
=Capen=, Joseph, 1658-1725. Funeral elegy, upon the much to be
lamented death and most deplorable expiration of the pious, learned,
ingenious, and eminently usefull servant of God, Mr. John Foster, who
expired and breathed out his soul quietly into the arms of his blessed
Redeemer, at Dorchester, Sept. 9th, Anno Dom: 1681. Ætatis anno 33.
(In: T. C. Simonds, History of South Boston. Boston, 1857. 12º.
p. 38-39.)
=IQH=
=Carey=, Mathew, 1760-1839. The porcupiniad: a hudibrastic poem.
In three cantos. Addressed to William Cobbett, by Mathew Carey.
Philadelphia: Printed and sold by the author. 1799. 2 v. 8º.
=Reserve=
Issued separately.
Title taken from canto II and III; canto I reads: In
four cantos.
Canto I dated: March 2, 1799; l. of adv., front., viii,
(1)10-52 p.