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The politician out-witted, a comedy, in five acts. Written in the year 1788. By an American. [Two lines from Falconer's Shipwreck]

Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks Am 1789 Bet (b.w.) Af.308.3 (Franklin)
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Low, Samuel, 1765- 14131
Contributor:
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790, former owner.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia, former owner.
Duane, William, 1760-1835, former owner.
Dufief, N. G. 1776?-1834, bookseller.
Language:
English
Physical Description:
71, [1] p. ; 8°.
Place of Publication:
New-York : Printed for the author, by W. Ross, in Broad-Street, and sold by the different booksellers, M.DCC.LXXXIX. [1789]
Notes:
A satire on the anti-federalist opposition to the Constitution.
Attributed to Low by Hill.
Printer's monogram device on title page.
Local Notes:
HSP in LCP.
Benjamin Franklin's copy.
Bound with Brown, Better sort, q.v.; item 3 in volume. Modern half sheep; bound with other items. MS table of contents in modern hand in front; purchased from Dufief, 1801- 03, by Col. William Duane; sold by him in 1822 to the Athenaeum of Philadelphia; sold in turn by it, 22 December 1885, to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
Cited in:
Evans 21926; Hill, F.P. Amer. plays, 170

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