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An oration, delivered the second of March, 1781, at the request of the American Philosophical Society for Promoting Useful Knowledge, : before the said society and a large and respectable assembly of citizens and foreigners. / By Owen Biddle, one of the secretaries to the said society.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks Am 1781 Bid Af.404.1
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Biddle, Owen, 1737-1799 17827
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Progress--78626.
- Progress.
- Science and civilizaiton.
- Physical Description:
- 36 p. ; 4°.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Published by order of the society, and printed by Francis Bailey, in Market-Street, M.DCC.LXXXI. [1781]
- Notes:
- Dedicated to Joseph Reed.
- Errata statement, p. 36.
- Local Notes:
- HSP in LCP.
- Benjamin Franklin's copy.
- Modern half sheep over contemporary marbled boards; bound with other works. MS table of contents on flyleaf in William Temple Franklin's hand; inscription on title: For Doctor Benjam[in . . .], shaved; and long notes and minor corrections in the author's hand; purchased from Dufief, 1801-1803, by William Duane; sold by him in 1822 to the Athenaeum of Philadelphia (3); sold in turn by it, 22 December 1855, to Historical Society.
- Cited in:
- Evans 17103
- ESTC (RLIN) W001375
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