Pennsylvania - Politics and government - To 1775

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A fragment of the chronicles of Zimri the refiner . Found in a Cabinet of Jewels belonging to Nathan Ben Amri. Just come over to enjoy the Privileges of a Free-Briton. Newly translated from the Original Hebrew by Ben Saddi the Jeweller.
Date: Printed in the Year MDCCLIII. [1753]
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A looking-glass for Presbyterians Or A brief examination of their loyalty, merit, and other qualifications for government. With some animadversions on the Quaker unmask'd. Humbly addres'd to the consideration of the loyal freemen of Pennsylvania. [Six lines of quotations].
Hunt, Isaac, ca. 1742-1809.Date: in the year M,DCC,LXIV. [1764]
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Plain truth: or, Serious considerations on the present state of the city of Philadelphia, and province of Pennsylvania By a tradesman of Philadelphia. [Sixteen lines in Latin from Sallust].
Benjamin FranklinDate: in the year MDCCXLVII. [1747]
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A letter from a gentleman in London, to his friend in Pennsylvania with a satire; containing some characteristical strokes upon the manners and principles of the Quakers.
Smith, William, 1727-1803.Date: 1756
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A brief state of the province of Pennsylvania , in which the conduct of their assemblies for several years past is impartially examined, and the true Cause of the continual Encroachments of the French displayed, more especially the secret Design of their late unwarrantable Invasion and Settlement upon the River Ohio. To which is annexed, an easy plan for restoring quiet in the public measures of that province, and defeating the ambitious views of the French in time to come. In a letter from a gentleman who has resided many years in Pennsylvania to his friend in London.
Smith, William, 1727-1803.Date: 1755