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The State triumvirate, a political tale : and The epistles of Brevet Major Pindar Puff.
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Oakley, Thomas Jackson, 1783-1857.
- Oakley, Thomas Jackson.
- Politics and government.
- New York (State).
- New York (State)--Politics and government--1775-1865--Poetry.
- Genre:
- Poetry.
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 215 pages ; 16 cm
- Other Title:
- Epistles of Brevet Major Pindar Puff
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Printed for the Author, and sold by W.B. Gilley, 1819.
- Contents:
- Prolegomena / Scriblerus Busby
- Excursus concerning the Elaphokertoi, or Bucktails, mentioned / Pindar Puff, and other modern poets, and alluded to in the foregoing Prolegomena / Scriblerus Busby
- Preface to The state triumvirate
- The state triumvirate. To G. C. V
- -,esq
- Notes to The state triumvirate
- The first [to third] epistle of Brevet Major Pindar Puff
- Notes
- The Clintonians
- Dialogue
- Postlegomena
- Appendix.
- Notes:
- Cover title: Dr. Busby's edition of the bucktail bards.
- The state triumvirate (a satire on Thomas J. Oakley, attorney general of the state of New York in 1819) was first published separately under the title Dick Shift, or, The state triumvirate.
- The works in this volume are variously attributed to Rudolph Bunner, John Duer, and Gulian C. Verplanck.
- Includes introductory material signed Scriblerius Busby.
- Cited in:
- Shaw & Shoemaker 49989.
- Wegelin, O. Amer. poetry 1783
- Sabin 99276
- Contains:
- Dick Shift.
- Dr. Busby's edition of the bucktail bards.
- Bucktail bards.
- OCLC:
- 228707287
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