A catalogue of the Washington collection in the Boston Athenæum / compiled and annotated by Appleton P.C. Griffin ; with an appendix, The inventory of Washington's books drawn up by the appraisers of his estate; with notes in regard to the full titles of the several books and the later history and present ownership of those not in the Athenæum collection, by William Coolidge Lane.

  • Boston Athenaeum.
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[1897]
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Credit: A catalogue of the Washington collection in the Boston Athenæum / compiled and annotated by Appleton P.C. Griffin ; with an appendix, The inventory of Washington's books drawn up by the appraisers of his estate; with notes in regard to the full titles of the several books and the later history and present ownership of those not in the Athenæum collection, by William Coolidge Lane. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    H., R. H. Dr. Price and the Rights of man. An elegy sacred to the memory. . . . London. 1791. 15 pp. 4°. [Cooper, John G.] The Genius of Britain. An ode in allusion to the present times. London. 1775. 14 pp. 4°. Bres. [Mason, William, and Walpole, Horace ] An Heroick epistle to Sir William Chambers. 13th ed. London. 1776. 16 pp. 4°. Bres. [Mason, William.] An Heroic postscript to the public. 8th ed. London. 1774. 14 pp. 4°. Bres. MACGREGOR, Malcolm. An epistle to Dr. Shebbeare. 4th ed. Lon- don. 1777. 27 pp. 8°. Bres. [Jay, John.] An Address to the people of the State of New York, on the subject of the Constitution, agreed upon at Philadelphia, the 17th of September, 1787. New York. [1788?] 19 pp. sm. 4°. South Carolina. The Constitution of the State of South Carolina. Charleston. 1790. 12 pp. Bres. Philodemus. Conciliatory -hints, attempting by a fair state of mat- ters, to remove party-prejudices. Charleston. 1784. 34 pp. sm. 4°. Bres. II. Waterhouse, B. On the principle of vitality. Boston. 1790. (4), 24. (4) PP- 4° Bres. Sharp, James. A description of some of the utensUs of husbandry, rolling carriages, cart rollers, and divided rollers for lands or gar- dens, mills, weighing engines, &c. London. No date. (320) pp. Plates. 4°. Evans, L. Geographical, historical, political, philosophical essays. Number II. Phila. 1756. 42, (i)pp. 4°. Proceedings of the House of Burgesses of Virginia, June, 1775. Wil- liamsburg. 48 pp. 4°. Stanhope, Charles, Earl Stanhope. Observations on Mr. Pitt’s plans. London. 1786. 39, (24) pp. 4°. These two volumes seem to be the two which formed lot 86 in the 1876 sale. III. Sharp, Granville. An account of the ancient division of the English Nation into hundreds and tithings &c. London. 1784. 240 pp. 8°. A. [Lang, Thomas.] Of Commerce and luxury. Phila. 1791. {2), 51pp. 8°. Rush, Benjamin. Thoughts upon female education, accommodated to the present state of society, manners, and government. Addressed to the visitors of the Young Ladies’ Academy in Philadelphia, 28 July, 1787. Phila. 1787. 32 pp. 8°. The Rise and progress of the Young Ladies’ Academy of Philadelphia, containing an account of a number of public examinations and commencements, the Charter and Bye-laws, etc. Phila. 1794. 119 pp. 8°. Neal, J. A. An essay on the education and genius of the female sex. Phila. 1795. V, (3), 37 pp. 12°. This volume was probably lot 21 in the 1876 sale. This accounts for thirteen of the sixteen volumes mentioned on