Observations on a variety of subjects, literary, moral and religious; in a series of original letters, written by a gentleman of foreign extraction, who resided some time in Philadelphia. Revised by a friend, to whose hands the manuscript was committed for publication.

People / Organizations

• Jacob Duché (Author)

Imprint

Philadelphia: Printed by John Dunlap, M,DCC,LXXIV. [1774]

Publication year

1774

ESTC No.

W21310

Grub Street ID

331065

Description

x,241,[1]p. ; 12⁰

Note

Letters signed: T. [or Tamoc] Caspipina, and dated from July 4, 1771 to Nov. 20, 1772. The pseudonym, used by Jacob Duché, is derived from the initial letters of the phrase The Assistant Minister Of Christ Church And St. Peter's In Philadelphia In North America.

Dedicated to James Hamilton.

Typographically identical, except for title page, with the edition printed at Philadelphia by Robert Bell in the same year.

"Errata."--p. [242].

Uncontrolled note

Signatures: pi?(-pi1) A-M? [N]? O-V? [X]1