Observations on a variety of subjects, literary, moral and religious; in a series of original letters, written by Tamoc Caspipina, 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 Robert Bell, in Third-Street, MDCCLXXIV. [1774]

Publication year

1774

ESTC No.

W28701

Grub Street ID

338888

Description

x,241,[1]p. ; 12⁰

Note

Letters 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 John Dunlap in the same year.

Errors in paging: p. 123, 213 misnumbered 132, 132.

Uncontrolled note

Signatures: pi?(-pi1) A-M? [N]? O-V? [X]1 (E2, E3 missigned A2, A3)

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