Porcupine's political censor, for December, 1796. Containing, remarks on the debates in Congress, particularly on the timidity of the language held towards France. Also, a letter to the infamous Tom Paine, in answer to his brutal attack on the federal Constitution, and on the conduct and character of General Washington.

All titles

• Porcupine's political censor, for December, 1796. Containing, remarks on the debates in Congress, particularly on the timidity of the language held towards France. Also, a letter to the infamous Tom Paine, in answer to his brutal attack on the federal Constitution, and on the conduct and character of General Washington.
• Political censor. 1796-12
• Political censor, for December, 1796.

People / Organizations

• William Cobbett (Author)

Imprint

Philadelphia: Published by William Cobbett, opposite Christ's Church. Price, one quarter of a dollar, [1797]

Publication year

1797-1797

ESTC No.

W31220

Grub Street ID

341622

Description

64p. ; 8⁰

Note

Issued as the eighth title in some copies of: Cobbett, William. Porcupine's works. Vol. II. Philadelphia, Cobbett, [1797-1798] (Evans 30233 and Evans 31948). Also issued separately (Evans 30228; Gaines 26c; Gaines 26d).

For a discussion of the two states of the separate issue, see Gaines 26c-d. Only Gaines 26c is found in the collected Porcupine's works.

Dated [1796] by Evans; [1797] by Gaines. No copy with the plate called for by Evans is known to exist.

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Signatures: [A]1 B-H? I?(-I4)