Reflections upon the present state of England, and the independence of America. By Thomas Day, Esq;

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Day, Thomas, 1748-1789 2218

Contributor:

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790, former owner.

Athenaeum of Philadelphia, former owner.

Bache, Benjamin Franklin, 1769-1798, annotator.

Dufief, N. G. 1776?-1834, bookseller.

Duane, William, 1760-1835, former owner.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

[2],129,[5]p. ; 8°.

Edition:

The fourth edition: with additions.

Place of Publication:

London : printed for J. Stockdale, 1783.

Notes:

With five final advertisement pages.

Also issued as part of: 'Four tracts: .. By Thomas Day, Esq.', London, 1785 [1786].

Local Notes:

HSP in LCP.

Benjamin Franklin's copy.

Bound with Great Britain, Parliament, House of Lords, Complete collection, q.v.; numbers 5 - 6 in table of contents, with advertisements at end listed as separate item; item 5 in volume. Modern half sheep over contemporary boards; bound with other items. MS table of contents on flyleaf in B. F. Bache's hand; pencil number inside front cover: C71 N26; N. G. Dufief to Thomas Jefferson, 22 October 1801, mentioning books from Franklin's library he might be interested in purchasing, lists several titles, including "[Lords' Protests] during the Amer. war do. [neatl bd in calf ] 1 [dollar]" (Eddy [1924], p. 211); purchased from Dufief, 1801-03, by Col. William Duane; sold by him in 1822 to the Athenaeum of Philadelphia (41); sold in turn by it, 22 December 1885, to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.

Cited in:

Adams 82-28d