The Potent enemies of America laid open : being some account of the baneful effects attending the use of distilled spirituous liquors, and the slavery of the negroes.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784, editor.

Crukshank, Joseph, 1746?-1836, printer.

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

American Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Temperance.

Slavery.

Penn Provenance:

Bonnell, Henry H. (Henry Houston), 1859-1926 (autograph) (Culture Class Collection copy)

Alfred Smith & Co. (stamp) (Culture Class Collection copy)

Physical Description:

2 unnumbered pages, 48, 83 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 16, 16, 60 pages, 2 unnumbered pages ; 17 cm

Fingerprint:

i-t, neWe o-a- enou (3) 1774 (Q)

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Printed by Joseph Crukshank in Market-Street, between Second and Third Streets, [1774]

Contents:

The mighty destroyer displayed, in some account of the dreadful havock made by the mistaken use as well as abuse of distilled spirituous liquors / by a lover of mankind [Anthony Benezet]. Philadelphia, 1774

Thoughts upon slavery / by John Wesley. Philadelphia, 1774

The dreadful visitation, in a short account of the progress and effects of the plague, the last time it spread in the city of London, in the year 1665, extracted from the memoirs of a person who resided there during the whole time of that infection [Daniel Defoe]. Philadelphia, 1774

To the foregoing testimonies of the happiness of a life spent in the service of God, may be added that of David Brainerd ...

Sermons or declarations made by Stephen Crisp, one of the antient preachers amongst the people called Quakers. Taken in short hand, as they were delivered by him. Philadlephia, 1773.

Notes:

A collection by Anthony Benezet, containing: 'The mighty destroyer displayed,' 'Thoughts upon slavery. By John Wesley' 'The dreadful visitation,' letters from David Brainard and three sermons by Stephen Crisp.- All the parts have separate pagination and register: all except Brainard's letters and Crisp's sermons have separate titlepages.

These tracts and others often found bound with them were supposedly printed for Benezet.--Cf. Smith 1:242.

Verify format; PHi reports both 8⁰ and 12⁰. - Evans 13146 seems to be incomplete.

Local Notes:

Culture Class Collection copy imperfect: part of title obscured; title page of Wesley's Thoughts Upon Slavery wanting.

Culture Class Collection copy has ms. inscription, with some words obsucred, referencing a letter by John Wesley (1703-1791) on verso of first leaf. Inscription reads as follows: Extract of a Letter wrote by John Wesley Dated London 8 "Jan" 1775 -- "I was fully convinced ... above forty years ago, that all ... liquors are liquid fire ... consequently slow poison. It is from this consideration that we do not admit in our society ... either Distillers or Retailers of ... Liquors."

Culture Class Collection copy has two lines of inscription "for Joseph Drinker" and "collected by Anthony Benezet" on first title page.

Culture Class Collection copy has the autograph of Henry H. Bonnell with ms. note recording the purchase of this book and rebound by Alfred Smith & Co.

Culture Class Collection copy has stamp of Alfred Smith & Co. on verso of front free endpaper.

Cited in:

Bristol, B3814

Shipton & Mooney, 42675

Evans, 13146

Sabin, 4678

Smith, J. Friends' books, 1.243

ESTC, W38684

Hildeburn, 2981

Hildeburn, 3134

Smith, 1:242

Contains:

Wesley, John, 1703-1791. Thoughts upon slavery.

Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Mighty destroyer displayed.

Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731. Journal of the plague year. Selections.

Crisp, Stephen, 1628-1692. Sermons.

OCLC:

830536195