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The Independent reflector: or, Weekly essays on sundry important subjects.

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Format:
Journal/Periodical
Author/Creator:
Livingston, William, 1723-1790. [Preface to:]The Independent reflector: or, Weekly essays on sundry important subjects, author.
Contributor:
Livingston, William, 1723-1790, editor.
Scott, John Morin, 1730-1784, editor.
Smith, William, -1771, editor.
Parker, James, 1714-1770, attributed name.
Series:
Eighteenth century collections online. Part 2: New editions.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Politics--New York--18th century--Periodicals--Early works to 1800.
Politics.
Moral reform--Periodicals--Early works to 1800.
Moral reform.
New York (N.Y.)--Politics and government--18th century--Periodicals--Early works to 1800.
New York (N.Y.).
National Book Committee.
Politics and government.
Genre:
Periodicals.
Periodicals -- New York (State) -- 18th century.
Physical Description:
1 volume ; 2⁰
[1752:Nov.30-1753:Nov.22]
Place of Publication:
New York [New York] : printed (until tyrannically suppressed), in MDCCLII [that is, 1754]
System Details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
text file
Notes:
Editors: William Livingston, John M. Scott, Wm. Smith, jr. Editorship also sometimes attributed to the printer of the Reflector: James Parker.
Title page and prefatory material also issued separately (cf. Evans, 7041)
Preface signed: The independent reflector. New-York, January 19th. 1753. Dated in error; correct year: 1754. Attributed to William Livingston, one of the editors of the Independent reflector, by Evans.
Note below title: "More particularly adapted to the province of New-York."
With printer's ornaments above imprint.
Includes collected essays on politics, government, the judicial system, relations with native people, civil reform, and similar topics. Evidently controversial, the publication ceased as a result of attacks on the editors for their opinions.
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns
Reproduction of original from Library of Congress.
Volume lacks designation; dates of coverage from individual weekly issues.
Collects, with added prefatory material, weekly numbers of: The Independent reflector, and its companion publication, The Occasional reverberator.
Cited in:
Evans, 3:7042
English Short Title Catalog, P2805.
Contains:
Independent reflector.
Occasional reverberator.
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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