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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.
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—— —— 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, p. 155-158.—First love, a ballad, p. 159-161.—The complaint, 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 [a]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.)
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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.
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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 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. 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 Φ Β Κ, 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.