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William Thornton

British-American physician, inventor, painter and architect (1759-1828)

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    The counterpoise , being thoughts on a militia and a standing army. By W---- T----, Esq; The second edition, with large improvements. To which are added. an abstract of the Acts of Parliament now in force relating to the militia, and two speeches in the H- of C- in favour of a Bill for rendering them more useful.

    William Thornton | Date: MDCCLIII. [1753]
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    The counterpoise Being thoughts on a militia and a standing army. By W------ T-----, Esq;.

    William Thornton | Date: MDCCLII. [1752]
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    Cadmus: or, a treatise on the elements of written language, illustrating, by a philosophical division of speech, the power of each character, thereby mutually fixing the orthography and orthoepy. With an essay on the mode of teaching the surd or deaf, and consequently dumb, to speak / by William Thornton.

    William Thornton | Date: 1793
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