Miscellaneous essays : containing, among a variety of other articles, history of the yellow fever which prevailed in Philadelphia in the year 1793, containing a full account of its rise, progress, and termination, with various anecdotes illustrative of the state of society : review of the evidence of the pretended general conspiracy of the Roman Catholics of Ireland to massacre all of the Protestants who would not join with them on the 23d of October, 1641 : reflections on the subject of emigration from Europe, with a view to a settlement in the United States, containing a brief sketch of the moral and political state of this country : essays on the public charities of Philadelphia, intended to vindicate the benevolent societies of this city from the charge of encouraging idleness : a brief view of the policy of the founders of the colonies of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, West Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and Carolina, as regards liberty of conscience : critical remarks on the tragedy of Hamlet : vindication of Sterne from the charge of plagiarism, &c. &c. / by M. Carey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839.

Series:

Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926.

Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Yellow fever--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History.

Yellow fever.

Charities--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Charities.

Slavery--United States.

Slavery.

African Americans--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

African Americans.

African Americans--Colonization--Africa.

Banks and banking--United States.

Banks and banking.

Education--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Education.

Greeks--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Greeks.

Ireland--History--Rebellion of 1641.

Ireland.

Europe--Emigration and immigration.

Europe.

United States--Emigration and immigration.

United States.

United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.

United States--History--1783-1865.

Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768.

Sterne, Laurence.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Hamlet.

Shakespeare, William.

Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815.

Fulton, Robert.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([ix]-472 p. )

Other Title:

Miscellaneous essays

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Printed for Carey & Hart, 1830.

Notes:

"Nov. 13, 1830."

"A short account of the malignant fever which prevailed in Philadelphia ..." (5th ed., improved) has sep. t.p. and imprint (Philadelphia: Clark & Raser, Printers, 1830)

Most material published previously in newspapers and periodicals.

Reproduction of original from Huntington Library.

Sabin no. 10871.

Includes bibliographical references.

Cited in:

RLIN, CTRG02-B768

Contains:

Short account of the malignant fever lately prevalent in Philadelphia.

OCLC:

85798724