The principles, history & use, of air-balloons . Also, a prospectus of Messrs. Blanchard & Barker's intended aerial voyage from the city of New-York 1796.

An oration on the influence of social institution upon human morals and happiness , delivered before the Tammany Society, at their anniversary, on the twelfth of May, 1796. By T. Wortman. [Five lines from Burke].

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The principles, history & use, of air-balloons . Also, a prospectus of Messrs. Blanchard & Barker's intended aerial voyage from the city of New-York 1796.

An oration on the influence of social institution upon human morals and happiness , delivered before the Tammany Society, at their anniversary, on the twelfth of May, 1796. By T. Wortman. [Five lines from Burke].