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AMERICAN  POEMS^ 

SELECTED   and   ORIGINAL. 

VOL.  r. 

LITCHFIELD; 

PRINTED  BY 

C  O  L  L  I  E  R    AND    B  U  E  L, 

(THE  COPY-RIGHT  SECURED  AS  THE  ACT  DIRECTS.) 

Item  No.  37. 


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PUBLICATIONS 

of 

THOMAS   COLLIER 

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1784-1808 


LITCHFIELD 

THE  LITCHFIELD  HISTORICAL  SOCIETY 

1933 


Copyright,  1933,  by  Samuel  H.  Fisher. 


In  memory  of 

HENRY  AUGUSTIN  BEERS 

JVho  first  aroused  an  interest 

in  the  achievements  of  this 

Printer  of  Litchfield 


FOREWORD 


THOMAS  COLLIER  was  born  on  the  twentieth 
day  of  February,  1761,  and  died  on  the  eleventh 
day  of  March,  1 842.  After  serving  an  appren- 
ticeship with  the  Boston  News  Letter  under  the  manage- 
ment of  his  forceful  aunt,  Margaret  Green  Draper,  he 
left  Boston  during  the  Revolution  for  Connecticut  and 
for  several  years  was  a  journeyman  printer  in  Norwich 
and  New  Haven.  In  the  former  place,  when  nineteen 
years  old,  he  married  Elizabeth  Stockwell,  a  girl  of  his 
own  age,  and  there  his  first  two  children  were  born. 

With  little  capital  and  much  ambition,  Collier, 
with  a  fellow  printer,  William  Copp,  in  1784,  set  up  a 
press  in  Litchfield,  Connecticut.  Here  until  1808  he 
conducted  his  printing  establishment  and  published 
the  Litchfield  Monitor  and  American  Advertiser^  a  four- 
page  weekly,  which,  in  spite  of  many  vicissitudes,  some 
lapses,  and  a  number  of  changes  in  size,  survived  for 
twenty-three  years.  The  title  of  the  paper  was  often 
varied.  Nearly  thirty  changes  were  made  and  at  least 
eleven  different  headings  appeared  at  the  beginning  of 
the  weekly.  These  ranged  all  the  way  from  such  elabo- 
rate forms  as  The  Weekly  Monitor  and  Litchfield  Town 
and  County  Recorder  (December  5, 1786),  Weekly  Moni- 
tor and  Litchfield  Advertiser  (April  27,  1789)  and  Litch- 
field Monitor;  and  Agricultural  Register  (June  10,  1795) 
through  the  more  modest  titles  of  Collier  s  Litchfield 


viii  Foreword 

Weekly  Monitor  (January  7,  1788)  and  The  Farmer's 
Monitor  (March  16,  1800)  to  such  simple  ones  as 
Weekly  Monitor  (November  17,  1789)  and  The  Moni- 
tor (February  28,  1798).  The  headings  were  sometimes 
ornamented  with  emblems,  such  as  a  spread  eagle  or  an 
allegorical  representation  of  agriculture,  with  the  words 
"Venerate  the  Plough."  This  latter  embellishment 
and  the  references  to  farmers  in  the  title  called  forth 
the  caustic  remark  of  a  rival  editor  that  Collier's  in- 
terest in  agriculture  was  noticeable  chiefly  during  the 
winter  months  when  wood  and  other  produce  were 
scarce ! 

Apparently  Collier  reveled  in  thus  varying  the 
titles  of  the  Monitor  and  it  must  have  added  a  cer- 
tain zest  to  its  readers  on  the  arrival  of  the  weekly  post 
to  find  a  new  caption  at  the  top  of  the  front  page. 

During  his  life  in  Litchfield,  Collier  saw  the  place 
grow  from  one  of  relative  insignificance  to  one  of  con- 
siderable importance.  By  1810  it  became  the  fourth 
town  in  the  State  in  population.  Politically  it  was  out- 
standing. In  the  year  1797  both  Oliver  Wolcott,  Sr., 
the  Governor  of  the  State,  and  Andrew  Adams,  the 
Chief  Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Errors,  lived  in 
Litchfield  and  died  there  within  a  few  days  of  each 
other.  Uriah  Tracy,  at  that  time  one  of  the  two  United 
States  Senators  from  Connecticut,  came  from  the 
same  place,  as  did  John  Allen,  one  of  the  then  seven 
Connecticut  Representatives  in  Congress  (at  that 
time  elected  at  large),  while  Oliver  Wolcott,  Jr.,  was 
Secretary  of  the  Treasury  in  the  cabinet  of  President 
Adams. 

Educationally  Litchfield  became  well  known.  The 
Law  School  founded  by  Tapping  Reeve  (later  a  Chief 
Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Connecticut)   and 


Foreword  ix 

carried  on  by  James  Gould,  attracted  hundreds  of 
students  from  all  parts  of  the  Union  and  sent  forth 
men  trained  in  its  traditions  to  fill  important  posts  in 
the  national  and  state  governments.  The  Female 
Academy  conducted  by  Miss  Sarah  Pierce  had  almost 
as  wide  a  reputation.  A  prosperous  and  discriminating 
public  was  thus  offered  to  a  publisher. 

The  partnership  of  Collier  and  Copp  lasted  but  a 
year  and  thereafter  Collier  took  over  the  manage- 
ment of  the  press  alone.  Until  1787  his  books  and 
pamphlets  had  crude  paper  covers.  More  permanent 
leather  or  wooden  bindings  made  their  appearance 
when  Robert  Adam,  a  bookbinder,  settled  in  Litch- 
field and  especially  after  he  became  Collier's  second 
partner.  But  this  firm  was  also  short-lived  and  in  June, 
1789,  much  discouraged,  Collier  suspended  opera- 
tions until  he  could  make  better  financial  arrange- 
ments. The  sale  of  his  house  and  other  assistance 
ultimately  enabled  him  to  resume  publishing  in  No- 
vember of  that  year,  and  again,  for  a  time,  he  con- 
ducted the  establishment  by  himself  until  he  associated 
with  him  David  Buel,  a  prosperous  local  merchant  and 
innkeeper.  This  co-partnership  was  more  successful 
and  survived  for  more  than  four  years,  during  which 
time  a  new  press  was  purchased  and  several  improve- 
ments were  inaugurated. 

For  nine  years,  from  March  i,  1796,  Collier  was 
sole  proprietor  of  his  establishment  and  with  his  lim- 
ited income  he  brought  up  and  educated  a  large  fam- 
ily. In  1805  he  joined  with  him  as  junior  partner  his 
eldest  son,  Thomas  Green  Collier,  then  a  young  man 
of  twenty-one. 

The  opening  years  of  the  nineteenth  century,  when 
intense  political  partisanship  was  rampant,  were  hectic 


X  Foreword 

times  for  the  editor  of  the  Monitor.  He  was  a  vigorous 
champion  of  the  waning  cause  of  Federalism.  Backed 
by  a  powerful  group  of  residents  of  Litchfield,  he  de- 
voted his  energies  to  a  losing  fight  against  the  spread 
of  Republican  or  Democratic  principles.  He  added  to 
the  heading  of  his  weekly  the  significant  slogan,  "To 
stem  the  torrent  of  a  downward  age."  So  vigorous 
were  his  strictures  on  President  Jefferson  that  he  was 
indicted  by  the  grand  jury  and  brought  before  the 
United  States  Circuit  Court  to  answer  a  charge  of  libel 
presented  on  behalf  of  the  administration  at  Washing- 
ton. The  case  dragged  on  for  a  few  years  and  was  then 
dismissed.  An  interesting,  though  somewhat  preju- 
diced, account  of  this  litigation  is  contained  in  A  Let- 
ter to  the  President  of  the  United  States  by  "Hampden" 
published  in  1808. 

In  the  midst  of  all  their  troubles,  the  younger  Collier 
emigrated  to  Georgia  and,  a  year  or  so  later,  the  father, 
overwhelmed  by  legal  difficulties  and  financial  em- 
barrassments, left  Litchfield,  an  impoverished  and 
disappointed  man.  "A  gentleman  of  a  very  benevo- 
lent disposition,  of  the  purest  morals  and  an  entire  re- 
serve from  everything  like  intemperance^"  some  of  his 
local  admirers  and  supporters  described  him;  and  they 
added,  "His  incorruptible  integrity,  resolute  deter- 
mination and  unabating  industry,  rendered  his  paper  a 
most  formidable  obstacle  to  the  growth  of  democracy. 
Perhaps  no  one  thing  ever  contributed  more  to  pro- 
mote the  cause  of  truth  and  federalism  in  this  State 
than  the  Litchfield  Monitor. " 

While  residing  in  Litchfield,  Collier  undertook  two 
outside  ventures.  In  1800  he  established  a  printing 
office  in  Bennington,  Vermont,  with  William  Stock- 
well  (his  brother-in-law  or  nephew)  and  there  pub- 


Foreword  xi 

lished  for  a  few  months  The  Ploughman;  or.  Republican 
Federalist.  On  February  i,  1802,  the  enterprise  was 
abandoned  and  the  press  removed  to  Troy,  New  York. 
In  this  latter  town,  from  September  15,  1802,  until 
July  17,  1804,  Collier  published,  over  his  own  name, 
the  Troy  Gazette. 

During  the  quarter  of  a  century  of  his  activities, 
more  than  one  hundred  books  and  pamphlets  were 
issued  from  his  press.  They  touched  upon  many  sub- 
jects, for  the  publisher  had  a  catholic  taste.  Some  were 
books  of  adventure,  such  as  the  curious  Journal  of  the 
Adventures  of  Matthew  Bunn  and  the  story  of  Lent 
Munson.  Some  were  schoolbooks,  such  as  the  New 
England  Primer  and  A  System  of  Astronomy.  Some 
were  instructive  volumes  prepared  by  masculine 
theorists  for  the  benefit  of  the  feminine  portion  of  the 
community;  Fables  for  the  Female  Sex  and  The  Whole 
Duty  of  Woman  are  two  of  these.  Other  books  were 
translations  and  reprints  of  foreign  best-sellers  of  the 
eighteenth  century;  for  example,  Goethe's  Sorrows  of 
Werter  and  Gray's  Elegy  in  a  Country  Church  Yard.  A 
book  or  two  of  travel,  a  few  on  agricultural  subjects, 
and  at  least  one  of  a  military  nature  were  included  in 
the  list. 

Perhaps  the  outstanding  achievement  of  this  print- 
ing establishment  was  the  issuance  of  a  collection  of 
American  Poems  which  such  critics  as  Henry  A.  Beers 
call  the  earliest  American  anthology.  Another  note- 
worthy volume  was  the  Reports  of  Cases  adjudged  in 
the  Superior  Court  of  Connecticut,  said  to  be  the  first 
collection  of  law  reports  printed  in  this  country. 

Much,  however,  of  Collier's  output  consisted  of 
the  ordination  and  funeral  sermons,  and  the  flamboy- 
ant and  patriotic  orations  so  popular  at  the  time,  and, 


xii  Foreword 

last  but  not  least  in  value,  came  the  familiar  and  useful 
annual  almanacs. 

The  columns  of  the  newspaper  contained  adver- 
tisements of  many  of  these  publications  and  hence  the 
dates  of  their  first  appearance  may  be  fixed  and,  in  a 
number  of  instances,  the  original  prices  for  which  they 
were  offered  to  the  public  are  ascertainable.  The 
chronological  list  which  follows  purposes  to  include  the 
title-pages  of  all  his  known  publications,  where  exist- 
ing copies  of  books  or  pamphlets  have  been  found. 
Otherwise  descriptions  are  taken  from  the  Monitor  or 
other  sources  of  information.  References  to  libraries 
where  copies  of  publications  have  been  located  are 
added.  A  few  items  of  doubtful  authenticity  are  in- 
cluded, accompanied  by  brief  explanations. 

Many  of  the  items  are  listed  in  such  bibliographies 
as  the  American  Bibliography  of  Charles  Evans  and 
the  List  of  Books  Printed  in  Connecticut  1 709-1 800,  by 
James  Hammond  Trumbull,  while  most  of  the  alma- 
nacs are  to  be  found  in  the  Check  List  of  Connecticut 
Almanacs  1709-1850,  by  Albert  Carlos  Bates,  and  the 
Preliminary  Check  List  of  American  Almanacs  1639- 
1800,  by  Hugh  Alexander  Morrison.  In  such  instances, 
the  number  of  the  citation,  or  the  page  on  which  the 
item  is  to  be  found,  is  given. 

While  this  description  of  the  output  of  an  obscure 
Connecticut  printer  may  not  add  much  to  the  world's 
stock  of  knowledge,  it  must  be  remembered  that  he 
catered  to  educated  readers  of  some  literary  taste. 
Hence  the  list  of  his  works  may  help  to  refill  the  shelves 
in  the  library  of  a  well-to-do  man  of  that  time.  One 
can  almost  feel  the  glow  from  the  fire  on  the  great 
hearth  and  smell  the  sputtering  candle  on  the  stand,  as 
one  envisages  the  master  of  the  house,  comfortably 


Foreword  xiii 

ensconced  in  his  wing-chair,  perusing  the  latest  prod- 
uct from  the  press  of  Thomas  Collier. 

Whatever  may  be  its  value,  this  compilation  has 
proved  an  absorbing  excursion  into  the  field  of  bibliog- 
raphy. The  quest  for  existing  copies  of  the  products  of 
Collier's  printing  establishment  has  led  through  the 
highways  and  byways  of  libraries  and  bookstores 
where  unfailing  courtesy  and  ready  co-operation  have 
been  the  rule.  Professor  Charles  M.  Andrews  of  Yale 
University,  Mr.  Albert  C.  Bates  of  the  Connecticut 
Historical  Society,  Mr.  Clarence  S.  Brigham  of  the. 
American  Antiquarian  Society,  and  Dr.  Andrew  Keogh 
of  the  Yale  University  Library  have  been  generous  in 
advice  and  encouragement  to  an  amateur.  These  and 
the  officials  of  the  Library  of  Congress,  the  Boston 
Public  Library,  the  John  Carter  Brown  Library,  the 
Henry  E.  Huntington  Library,  and  the  New  York 
Public  Library  have  materially  aided  the  task  of  the 
compiler. 

SAMUEL  H.  FISHER 
Litchfield,  February  3, 1933. 


ABBREVIATIONS 

Libraries  in  which  Imprints  are  to  be  found  and  Bibliographies  in 
which  Imprints  are  cited. 

AAS.  American  Antiquarian  Society. 

Bates.         Check  List  of  American  Almanacs  1709-1850, 

Albert  Carlos  Bates.- 
BA.  Library  of  the  Boston  Athenaeum. 

BM.  Boston  Museum  of  Fine  Arts. 

BPL.  Public  Library  of  the  City  of  Boston. 

Brinley.      Catalogue  of  the  American  library  of  the  late 

Mr.  George  Brinley  of  Hartford,  Connecticut. 
BU.  Brown  University. 

CHS.  Connecticut  Historical  Society. 

Dep.  Int.   Department  of  the  Interior,  Bureau  of  Education. 
Evans.        American  Bibliography,  Charles  Evans. 
HEH.         Henry  E.  Huntington  Library. 
HU.  Harvard  University. 

JCB.  John  Carter  Brown  Library. 

LHS.  Litchfield  Historical  Society. 

LOC.  Library  of  Congress. 

MHS.         Massachusetts  Historical  Society. 
Morrison.  Preliminary   Check  List  of  American  Almanacs 

1 639-1 800,  Hugh  Alexander  Morrison. 
NHHS.      New  Haven  Colony  Historical  Society. 
NYPL.      New  York  Public  Library.   ^ 
SHF.  Samuel  H.  Fisher. 

Trumbull.  List  of  Books  Printed  in  Connecticut  1709-1800, 

James  Hammond  Trumbull. 
UTS.  Union  Theological  Seminary. 

UV.  University  of  Vermont. 

WL.  Watkinson  Library. 

WU.  Wesley  an  University. 

YU.  Yale  University. 


.* 


PARTNERS   OF   THOMAS    COLLIER 


WILLIAM  COPP 

December  21,  1784  to  December  12,  1785 

ROBERT  ADAM 

September  15,  1788  to  June  8,  1789. 

DAVID  BUEL 

January  11,  1792  to  March  i,  1796. 

THOMAS  GREEN  COLLIER 

March  i,  1805  to  September  3,  1806. 

WILLIAM  STOCKWELL 

At  Bennington — 1800  to  1802. 


This  ornament  was  used  on  the  title- 
pages  of  some  funeral  sermons, 
as  in  Item  No.  95. 


PUBLICATIONS    ON 
GENERAL    SUBJECTS 


'A  taste  of  every  sort  of  knowledge  is  necessary  to  form 

the  mind,  and  is  the  only  way  to  give  the  understanding 

its  due  improvement  to  the  full  extent  of  its  capacity.' 

Locke 

Quotation  on  the  title-page  of 
A  Short  System  of  Polite  Learning. 


This  ornament  was  often  used  on  title-pages, 
as  in  Item  No.  83. 


1785 

Morse,  Jedidiah.  (1761-1826). 

Geography  Made  Easy:  Being  a  short,  but  com- 
prehensive System,  of  that  useful  and  agreeable 
Science.  Calculated  particularly  for  the  use  and 
improvement  of  Schools  in  the  United  States.  By 
Jedidiah  Morse,  A.B. 

No  copy  located. 

Advertised  March  i,  1785  as  "Just  Published." 

While  studying  theology  with  Dr.  Jonathan  Ed- 
wards, the  author  wrote  this  treatise  which  was  pub- 
lished by  Meigs,  Bowen  and  Dana  in  New  Haven  in 
the  latter  part  of  1784.  The  advertisement  by  Collier 
may  relate  to  this  New  Haven  edition,  although  it 
follows  the  form  usually  employed  by  him  to  advertise 
his  own  publications. 

Rev.  Jedidiah  Morse  was  the  pastor  of  a  church  in 
Charlestown,  Massachusetts,  from  1789  to  1820.  He 
was  called  the  "Father  of  American  Geography"  and 
was  also  the  father  of  Samuel  Finley  Breese  Morse  of 
electro-magnetic  telegraph  fame. 

The  Indictment  and  Trial  of  Sir  Richard  Rum, 
A  person  of  noble  birth  and  extraction,  well  known 
both  to  rich  and  poor,  throughout  all  America, 
Who  was  accused  for  several  misdemeanours 
against  the  inhabitants  of  the  United  States,  viz. 
Killing  some,  wounding  others,  bringing  thousands 
to  Poverty,  and  many  good  families  to  utter  Ruin. 

No  copy  located. 


\.  Thomas  Collier  [^7^5 

Advertised  March  i,  1785  as  "Just  Published." 
Price  6d. 

Evans  lists  an  edition  of  this  pamphlet  published  by 
Meigs,  Bowen  and  Dana  of  New  Haven  in  1785,  to 
which  this  advertisement  may  refer. 

3  Chamberlain,  Thomas.  (1693-1748). 

England's  Timely  Remembrance;  /  or,  /  the 
Minister's  Preaching  his  own  /  Funeral  Sermon :  / 
Being  a  Warning  from  Heaven,  to  all  vile  Sinners 
on  /  Earth.  /  With  a  particular  Relation  of  many 
wonderful  /  Things  seen  by  the  /  Rev.  Mr.  Cham- 
berlain, in  a  Vision,  /  Just  before  his  Discease  [sic] ; 
the  precise  Time  of  which,  /  was  shewn  unto  him.  / 
[seven  skulls]  /  Litchfield:  /  Printed  by  Collier  and 
Copp.  / 
i9>^cm.,  pp.  8.  SHF. 

Advertised  April  12,  1785  as  "Just  Published." 

Rev.  Thomas  Chamberlain,  whose  self-spoken  fu- 
neral sermon  was  immediately  followed  by  his  tragic 
death,  as  recorded  in  this  pamphlet,  was  for  twenty 
years  minister  in  the  town  of  Covart,  near  Gloucester, 
England.  The  sermon  passed  through  many  editions. 

4  Charles    Philippe,    Count    D'Artois.    (1757- 
1836). 

An  /  Account  /  of  /  Count  D'Artois  and  his 
Friend's  /  Passage  /  to  the  /  Moon,  /  In  a  Flying 
Machine,  called,  /  An  Air  Balloon;  /  Which  was 
constructed  in  France,  and  from  /  which  Place 
they  ascended.  /  Giving  an  Account  of  the  Things, 
or  Objects,  /  they  had  a  View  of  in  the  Passage; 
and  like-  /  wise  the  Circumstances  of  their  landing 


A  N 

C  C  O  U  N  T 

O  F 

Count  U'Artois  and  his  Friend'' s 

PASSAGE 

TO    THE. 


In  a  Flying  Machine,  called. 
An  Air  Balloon ; 

Which  was  coni^rucled  in  France,  and  from 
which  Place  they  afcended. 

Giving  an  Account  of  the  Jkings,  or  OhjeBs^ 
they  had  a  View  of  in  the  Fajjage-,  and  like- 
wife  the  Cir  cum  fiances  of  their  landing  in 
that  Planet i  and  con'verjing  ivith  the  Inha- 
bitaiitS', — their  Language,  Manners,  Re- 
ligion, ^c. — With  many  ether  Things  very 
entertaining^  and  well  worth  the ,  Attention 
Oj  thoje  who  read  it. 

LITCHFIELD: 
Printed  BY     COLJLIER    and     CORP. 

Item  No.  4. 


3  Thomas  Collier  b-7^5 

in  /  that  Planet,  and  conversing  with  the  Inha-  / 
bitants; — their  Language,  Manners,  Re-  /  ligion, 
&c. — ^With  many  other  Things  very  /  entertaining, 
and  well  worth  the  Attention  /  of  those  who  read 
it.  /  [ornament]  /  Litchfield:  /  Printed  by  Collier 
and  Corp  [sic].  / 

igcm.,  pp.  33.  SHF. 

Advertised  July  5,  1785  as  "Just  Published."  Price 

IS. 

Charles  Philippe,  Count  D'Artois,  occupied  the 
throne  of  France  from  1824  to  1830  as  Charles  X. 

This  account  is  a  forerunner  of  De  la  Terre  a  la  Lune 
(1865)  by  Jules  Verne. 

A  reproduction  of  the  title-page  of  this  book  appears  on 
page  5. 

5  [LeRoy,  Pierre  Louis.] 

A  Narrative  of  the  extraordinary  Adventures  of 
four  Russian  Sailors,  who  were  cast  away,  and 
lived  Six  Years  on  the  Deserted  Island  of  East- 
Spitzbergen.  As  related  by  themselves. 

No  copy  located. 
8vo.,pp.  15. 

Advertised  July  19,  1785  as  "Just  Published." 

Evans,  No.  19058.  Brinley,  No.  8851. 

6  Champion,  Judah.  (1729-1810). 

A  /  Funeral  Sermon,  /  Preached  at  Northbury, 
March  4, 1785,  /  The  Day  of  the  Interment  of  the  / 
Reverend  Andrew  Storrs,  /  Pastor  of  the  Church  of 
Christ  there.  /  Who  departed  this  Life  on  Wednes- 
day, March  2,  1785,  /  in  the  50th  Year  of  his 
Age,  and  20th  of  his  Ministry.  /  [rule]  /  By  Judah 


Funeral  Sermon, 

\Preacbedatl^ORTiiBVRYy  March  ^,  ^7^5*] 

The  Day  of  the  Interment  of  the 

Reveref^d  Andrew  Storrs, 

\PaJor  of  the  Church  of  CHRIST  there \ 

[who  departed  this  Life  on  Wednefday,  March  2,  1785,1 
in  the  50th  Year  of  his  Age,  and  20th  of  his  Miniflry. 


By  JUD ah  champion,  A.  M 

iPaftor  of  the  firft  Church  of  CHRIST,  inLiTCHFiELD.I 


The  /hue et  Rememhrance  of  the  Jujlf 
Shall  Jlourijh  when  hejleeps  in  Duji. 


Pf.  112.6. 


LITCHFIELD: 
Printed  by  COLLIER  and  COPP. 


Item  No.  6. 


8  Thomas  Collier  [^7^5 

Champion,  A.M.  /  Pastor  of  the  first  Church  of 
Christ,  in  Litchfield.  /  [rule]  /  The  sweet  Remem- 
brance of  the  Just,  /  Shall  flourish  when  he  sleeps 
in  Dust.  /  Ps.  112.  6.  /  [ornament]  /  Litchfield:  / 
Printed  by  Collier  and  Copp.  /  [black  border]. 

19cm.,  pp.  16,  including  half  title-page;  17-19,  Appendix  con- 
taining Letter  from  Lemuel  Hopkins  relative  to  Mr.  Storrs* 
last  sickness.  lhs.  shf. 

Evans,  No.  18950.  Trumbull,  No.  448. 

Rev.  Judah  Champion,  a  vigorous  opponent  to 
Democracy,  was  minister  at  Litchfield  from  1753  till 
1797.  The  story  is  told  of  his  evidencing  his  antipathy 
to  Jefferson  by  a  prayer  that  the  Lord  would  bestow 
a  double  portion  of  His  grace  on  Thomas  Jefferson, 
"for  Thou  knowest  he  needs  it." 

The  subject  of  this  funeral  sermon.  Rev.  Andrew 
Storrs  (1735-1785)  was  pastor  at  Northbury  (now 
Waterbury),  Connecticut,  from  1765  until  his  death, 
and  Dr.  Lemuel  Hopkins,  the  brilliant  though  eccen- 
tric physician  who  so  graphically  described  Mr.  Storrs* 
last  illness,  was  one  of  the  so-called  Hartford  Wits,  and 
collaborated  in  the  composition  of  the  Anarchaid  and 
the  Echo.  He  wrote  the  satiric  Epitaph  on  a  Patient 
Killed  by  a  Cancer  ^ack.  For  many  years  he  prac- 
ticed medicine  in  Litchfield  until  he  removed  to  Hart- 
ford in  1784. 

A  reproduction  of  the  title-page  of  this  book  appears  on 

7- 


7  Norton,  Elijah,  (i 741-1797). 

Fools  in  their  Folly  /  the  most  /  Dangerous 
Companions.  /  [parallel  rule]  /  By  Elijah  Norton, 
of  Guilford.  /  [parallel  rule]  /  "Answer  not  a  Fool 
according  to  his  Folly,  lest  thou  be  like  /  unto 
him.  /  "Answer  a  Fool  according  to  his  Folly,  lest 


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he  be  wise  in  /  his  own  Conceit.  /  "Fools  make  a 
mock  at  Sin.  Fools  despise  Wisdom  and  In-  / 
struction. "  Proverbs.  /  "Folly  is  set  in  great  Dig- 
nity. The  Heart  of  the  wise  is  in  /  the  House  of 
mourning;  but  the  Heart  of  Fools  is  in  the  House 
of  /  Mirth."  Ecclesiastes.  /  [ornament]  /  Litch- 
field: /  Printed  by  Collier  and  Copp,  for  the  Au- 
thor. /  [rule]  /  M,DCC,LXXXV.  / 

19cm.,  pp.  24.  SHF. 

Evans,  No.  19147.  Trumbull,  No.  1192. 

The  design  of  this  sermon  is  stated  on  page  5  to  be: 
"I.  To  shew  when  fools  may  be  said  to  be  in  their 
folly;  and  point  out  the  danger  of  being  in  their  com- 
pany at  such  times. 

"II.  Urge  and  enforce  the  obligations  all  are  under 
(especially  young  people)  to  shun  and  avoid  the  com- 
pany of  fools,  when  they  are  thus  in  their  folly." 


1787 

[[Sherman,  Josiah.]  (1734-1789). 

A  /  Sermon  /  to  /  Swine:  /  From  /  Luke  xv.  16.  / 
"And  he  fain  would  have  filled  his  /  Belly  with  the 
Husks  that  the  Swine  /  did  eat. "  /  Containing,  /  A 
concise,  but  sufficient  Answer,  to  /  General  Allen's  / 
Oracles  of  Reason.  /  [rule]  /  By  Common  Sense,  A. 
yi.  I  [parallel  rule] /Litchfield: /Printed  by  Thomas 
Collier,  near  the  Court-  /  House.  1787.  / 

19cm.,  pp.  40.  JCB.    LOG.    UV. 

Advertised  March  19,  1787  as  "To-morrow  will  be 
published."  Price  6d. 

Evans,  No.  20707.  Trumbull,  No.  1355. 


lo  Thomas  Collier  [1787 

Rev.  Josiah  Sherman,  who  attempted  to  answer 
Allen's  arguments,  was  pastor  at  Goshen,  Connecticut, 
from  1783  to  1789. 

Reason,  the  only  Oracle  of  Man  by  General  Ethan 
Allen,  the  hero  of  Ticonderoga,  appeared  in  1784, 
published  by  Haswell  and  Russell  of  Bennington, 
Vermont.  It  stirred  up  a  heated  controversy  through- 
out the  country  because  of  its  atheistic  attitude. 

The  manuscript  of  Allen's  book  was  first  offered  to 
Hudson  and  Goodwin,  of  Hartford,  publishers  of  a 
number  of  his  earlier  political  pamphlets,  but  they 
hesitated  to  defy  the  powerful  Congregational  Church. 

9  Sherman,  Josiah.  (1734-1789). 

Christ  the  true  victim  and  conqueror.  /  [dotted 
rule]  /  A  History  of  the  War,  /  In  which  the  Son  of 
God  engaged  with  all  the  powers  /  of  darkness, 
concerning  the  righteousness  of  God  as  /  moral 
Governor — ^How  it  commenced;  and  how  he  /  de- 
cided it,  by  being  made  a  victim  and  sacrifice  in  / 
the  devil's  kingdom;  by  means  of  which,  he  con- 
quer- /  ed  and  destroyed  God's  enemies — made 
Atonement  /  for  sin — paid  the  price  of  our  ran- 
som— merited  the  /  kingdom  of  the  universe  to 
himself — and  redeemed  /  multitudes  to  God  out  of 
every  nation.  /  [rule]  /  By  Josiah  Sherman,  A.M.  / 
[rule]  /  Published  at  the  desire  of  the  Hearers.  / 
[rule]  /  '  Which  immense  debt  we  owe  to  God,  and 
have  nothing  to  pay.'  /  "Christ  obtains  the  bene- 
fits men  have  through  Him,  by  a  proper  /  merit  of 
condignity;  and  a  true  purchase  by  an  equivalent. " 
/  President  Edwards.  /  [dotted  rule]  /  Litchfield:  / 
Printed  by  T.  Collier,  in  the  South  End  of  the 
Court-House.  / 
iSJ^cm.,  pp.  66.  BA.  Yu. 


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Advertised  October  8,  1787  as  "To-morrow  will  be 
published." 

Evans,  No.  20704.  Trumbull,  No.  1362. 

10  Sherman,  Josiah.  ( 1 734-1 789). 

The  /  History  /  of  /  Melchizedek,  /  King  of 
Salem.  /  And  of  /  Redemption  /  by  /  Jesus  Christ, 
/  King  of  Righteousness  and  Peace.  /  [rule]  /  By 
Josiah  Sherman,  A.M.  /  Pastor  of  the  Church  in 
Goshen.  /  [rule]  /  "  Melchizedek,  that  wonderous 
Priest  /  That  King  of  high  Degree,  /  That  holy 
Man  who  Abra'm  blest,  /  Was  but  a  Type  of  thee." 
Dr.  Watts.  /  [ornament]  /  Litchfield:  /  Printed  by 
T.  Collier,  a  few  Rods  West  of  the  Court-House.  / 

l8>^Cm.,  pp.  28.  AAS.  JCB.  YU. 

Advertised  October  22,  1787. 
Evans,  No.  19987.  Trumbull,  No.  1361. 

11  Sherman,  Josiah.  ( 1 734-1 789). 

The  Nature  of  Moral  Agency.  In  which  is  made 
to  appear  from  scripture  and  reason,  that  God  is  in 
no  sense  the  maker,  creator  or  author  of  that  mode 
of  exercise  called  sin,  or  moral  evil,  either  by  his 
decrees,  efficiency,  commands  or  by  tempting  his 
creatures  with  evil. 

No  copy  located. 

Advertised  October  22,  1787. 

Evans,  No.  20705. 

12  [Sherman,  Josiah.]  (i  734-1 789). 

Oracles  of  Reason,  /  As  formed  by  the  Deists, 
are  Husks  /  for  Deistical  and  Heathen  /  Swine: 


12  Thomas  Collier  [1787 

But  the  Truths  of  the  /  Gospel  are  Bread  for  God's 
Chil-  /  dren.  /  [rule]  /  A  /  Concise,  but  plain  An- 
swer, /  To  Gen.  Allen's  /  Oracles  of  Reason:  / 
shewing  the  /  Unreasonableness  of  them,  and  the 
Principles  /  of  the  Deists,  Arians,  Socinians  and 
Uni-  /  versalists,  and  the  Excellency  of  the  /  Holy 
Bible;  as  containing  a  most  refined  /  System  of 
Morality;  and  the  wisest,  easiest  and  /  best  Meth- 
od for  the  Salvation  of  Sinners  that  can  be  /  de- 
vised or  desired.  /  [rule]  /  The  Great  Doctrines  of  / 
Substitution,  Vicarious  Sufferings,  /  and  Atone- 
ment, are  here  explained.  /  [rule]  /  By  Common 
Sense.  /  [rule]  /  "Cast  not  your  pearls  before 
Swine,  /  lest  they  trample  them  under  their  /  feet 
and  turn  again  and  rend  you. "  /  Theanthropos.  / 
[rule]  /  Litchfield:  Printed  by  T.  Collier.  / 
i7>^cm.,  pp.  40.  uv. 

Advertised  October  22,  1787. 
Evans,  Na  20706.  Brinley,  No.  2537. 


1788 

13  Hart,  Levi.  (173 8-1 808). 

The  /  Important  Objects  /  of  the  /  Evangelical 
Ministry  /  considered;  /  and  /  Brief  Hints  sug- 
gested for  the  Improvement  of  the  /  Christian 
Preacher,  /  That  his  Labour  may  not  be  in  Vain.  / 
In  a  /  Discourse  at  the  Ordination  /  of  the  /  Rev. 
Mr.  Amos  Chase,  /  To  the  gospel  Ministry,  and 
pastoral  Office,  over  the  second  Church  /  in  Litch- 
field, June  27th,  1787.  /  [rule]  /  By  Levi  Hart, 
A.M.  /  Pastor  of  a  Church  in  Preston.  /  [rule]  / 


789] 


Thomas  Collier  13 


"Yea  doubtless,  and  I  count  all  things  but  loss, 
for  the  excel-  /  lence  of  the  knowledge  of  Christ 
Jesus  my  Lord. "  /  Philip,  iii.  8.  /  [dotted  rule]  / 
Litchfield:  /  Printed  by  Thomas  Collier,  M.DCC. 
LXXXVIIL  / 

20cm.,  pp.  26,  including  half  title-page.  jcb.  nypl.  shf. 

Advertised  March  lo,  1788  as  "Just  Published." 

Evans,  No.  21 133.  Trumbull,  No.  802. 

Rev.  Levi  Hart  served  as  pastor  in  Preston  (now 
Jewett  City)  Connecticut,  from  1762  until  his  death. 
He  was  a  Trustee  of  Dartmouth  College  and  later  a 
Fellow  of  Yale  College.  His  son-in-law,  Rev.  Amos 
Chase,  at  whose  ordination  this  sermon  was  delivered, 
was  pastor  of  the  second  church  in  Litchfield  until 
1 8 14,  and  conducted  a  school  in  South-Farms  (now 
Morris),  Connecticut. 

1789 

14  Blair,  John.  (1720-1771). 

Essays,  /  on,  /  First,  the  Nature,  Uses,  and 
Sub-  /  jects  of  the  Sacraments  of  the  /  New  Testa- 
ment. /  Second,  on  Regeneration,  where-  /  in  the 
Principle  of  spiritual  Life,  /  thereby  implanted,  is 
particularly  /  considered.  /  Third,  on  the  Nature 
and  Use  of  /  the  Means  of  Grace.  /  By  John  Blair, 
A.M.  /  Pastor  of  the  Church  of  Goodwill,  (alias  / 
Wallkill)  in  the  State  of  New- York.  /  Go  ye  there- 
fore and  teach  all  Nations,  baptizing  /  them  in  the 
Name  of  the  Father,  and  of  the  Son,  and  /  of  the 
Holy  Ghost.  Mat.  28.  19.  /  For  as  often  as  ye  eat 
this  Bread,  and  drink  this  Cup,  /  ye  do  shew  the 
Lord's  Death  till  he  come.  /  i  Cor.  11.  26.  /  And 


14  Thomas  Collier  [1789 

you  hath  he  quickened  who  were  dead  in  Tres-  / 
passes  and  Sins.  Ephes.  2.  i.  /  What  Advantage 
then  hath  the  Jews?  Or  what  Pro-  /  fit  is  there  of 
Circumcision?  Much  every  way:  Chiefly  /  because 
that  unto  them  were  committed  the  Oracles  of  / 
God.  Rom.  3.  I.  2.  /  Litchfield:  /  Re-printed  by 
Collier  and  Adam.  / 

17cm.,  pp.  103;  half  binding.  loc.  shf. 

Advertised  March  2,  1789  as  "Just  Published." 

Evans,  No.  21694. 

Rev.  John  Blair,  the  author  of  these  Essays,  in  1767 
became  Professor  of  Divinity  at  the  College  of  New 
Jersey  (Princeton),  and  acted  as  head  of  that  institu- 
tion until  the  arrival  from  England  of  the  newly- 
.  elected  President,  Dr.  John  Witherspoon. 

15  Kirby,  Ephraim.  (1757-1804). 

Reports  /  of  /  Cases  /  adjudged  in  the  /  Su- 
perior Court  /  of  the  /  State  of  Connecticut.  / 
From  the  Year  1785,  to  May  1788;  /  with  some  / 
Determinations  /  in  the  /  Supreme  Court  of  Er- 
V  rors.  /  [rule]  /  By  Ephraim  Kirby,  Esquire.  / 
[rule]  /  Litchfield:  Printed  by  Collier  &  Adam.  / 
M,DCC,LXXXIX.  / 

20cm.,  pp.  (i-viii),  456,  also  23  pages  containing  A  Table  of  the 
Principal  Matters,  i  page  of  Errata  and  5  pages  of  Subscribers' 
Names;  full  leather  binding.      aas.  chs.  lhs.  nypl.  yu.  shf. 

Advertised  April  13,  1789  as  "Just  Published." 
Price  ^3.00. 

Evans,  No.  21914.  Trumbull,  No.  941. 

This  first  collection  of  law  reports  published  in 
America  was  edited  by  Major  Ephraim  Kirby,  an  at- 
torney of  Litchfield.  Kirby  was  active  in  politics  and 


REPORTS 


O  F 


CASES 

ADJUDGED     IN     THE 

SUPERIOR    COURT 

OF     THE 

State  of  ConneBicut. 

From  the  Year  1785,  to  May   1788; 
with   some 

DETERMINATIONS 

I  N     T  H  E 

SUPREME   COURT  OF   ERRORS. 


By  EPHRAIM  KIRBY,  Esquire. 


LITCHFIELD:  Printed  by  COLLIER  ^  ADAM. 

M,DCC,LXXX1X. 

Item  No.  15. 


i6  Thomas  Collier  [1789 

was  several  times  the  unsuccessful  Democratic  candi- 
date for  the  Governorship  of  the  State.  Appointed  by- 
President  Jefferson  as  Judge  of  the  newly  organized  ter- 
ritory of  New  Orleans,  he  died  at  Fort  Stoddard,  Mis- 
sissippi, on  the  way  to  his  post. 

A  reproduction  of  the  title-page  of  this  book  appears  on 
page  15. 

16  Goethe,  Johann  Wolfgang  von.  (1749-1832). 

The  /  Sorrows  /  of  /  Werter.  /  A  /  German 
Story.  /  Taeder  cseeli  convexa  tueri.  / — ^To  each  his 
sufferings. — /  Gray.  (Ode  to  Adversity)  /  [rule]  / 
Vol.  I.  /  [rule]  /Litchfield,  (Connecticut)  /Printed 
by  Thomas  Collier.  /  M.DCC.XXXIX  [sic].  / 
—Vol.  II.  [. . .]  M,DCC,LXXXIX.  / 

15cm.,  Vol.  L,  pp.  94;  Vol.  IL,  pp.  97;  bound  together. 

AAS.   CHS.  JOB.   YU. 

Advertised  December  22,  1789  as  "Just  Published." 

EvanSjl^o.  21859. 

James  Dodsley,  the  London  printer,  in  1780  paid 
forty  pounds  to  Richard  Graves  for  the  copyright  of 
the  English  translation.  It  is  uncertain  whether  Graves 
was  the  actual  translator  or  acted  merely  as  an  agent  in 
this  transaction. 

17  [Hawkesworth,  John.]  (1715-1773). 

Almoran  /  and  /  Hamet.  /  An  /  Oriental  Tale.  / 
In    two    volumes.   /  [rule]   /  Vol.    I.   /  [rule]    / 
Litchfield:   /  Re-printed   by   Thomas    Collier.   / 
M.DCC.LXXXIX.  / 
—Vol.  IL 

15cm.,  Vol.  L,  pp.  97,  with  Dedication  to  the  King  signed  by 
John  Hawkesworth;  Vol.  IL,  pp.  105;  bound  together.       aas. 


1789] 


Thomas  Collier  17 


Advertised  December  22,  1789  as  "Just  Published." 

Evans,  No.  21 881.  Trumbull,  No.  264. 

This  tale  by  the  Kentish  school-teacher  relates  the 
adventures  of  the  twin  sons  of  Solyman,  "  the  mighty 
and  the  wise,"  ruler  of  Persia.  They  both  loved  Al- 
meida, daughter  of  Abdallah,  the  Ambassador  of  Cir- 
cassia,  and  after  various  tribulations,  in  the  end  virtue 
was  triumphant,  and  the  deserving  Hamet  wedded  the 
fair  Almeida. 

18  D'Arnaud,  Francois  Thomas  Marie  de  Bacu- 
lard.  (1718-1805). 

Fanny,  or  the  Happy  Repentance.  From  the 
French  of  M.  D'Arnaud. 

No  copy  located. 

Advertised  December  22,  1789  as  "Just  Published." 
Evans,  No.  23 13 1. 

19  Sermons  /  to  the  /  Rich  and  Studious,  /  on  / 
Temperance  /  and  /  Exercise.  /  With  a  /  Dedica- 
tion to  Dr.  Cadogan.  /  [rule]  /  By  a  Physician.  / 
[rule]  /  'Turgidus  hie  epulis,  atque  albo  ventre 
lavatur,  /  'Gutture  sulphureas  lente  exhalante 
mephites.  /  'Sed  tremor  inter  vina  subit,  calidum- 
que  triental  /  'Excudit  e  manibus,  dentes  cre- 
puere  retecti,  /  'Uncta  cadunt  laxis,  tunc  pulmen- 
taria  labris,  /  'Hinc  Tuba — Candelae. — /  Persii 
Satyra  III.  /  'Vitam  sub  Dio — agat.  /  Hor.  Lib. 
III.  Ode  II.  /  [rule]  /  London  printed;  /  Lichfield 
[sic] :  Reprinted  by  T.  Collier.  / 

i6cm.,  pp.  71.  jcB. 

Advertised  December  22,  1789  as  "Just  Published." 

Evans,  No.  23758. 


i8  Thomas  Collier  [^7^9 

20  M'Donald,  Alexander,  (i 752-1 792). 

The  /  Youth's  Assistant:  /  Being  a  plain,  easy, 
and  comprehensive  /  Guide  to  Practical  /  Arith- 
metic. /  Containing,  /  All  the  Rules  and  Exam- 
ples necessary  for  /  such  a  Work,  viz.  /  Numera- 
tion— Simple  Ad-  /  dition.  Subtraction,  Mul-  / 
tiplication  and  Division — Division  of  Weights  and 
/  Measures — Reduction  of  /  several  Denomina- 
tions—  /  The  single  and  double  Rules  /  of  Three — 
Tare  and  Trett  / — Practice — Simple  Inte-  /  rest — 
Assurance — Brokage/ — Commission — Discount — 
/  Equation  of  Payments — /  Barter — ^Loss  and 
Gain  — /  Single  and  double  Fellow-  /  ship — 
Reduction,  Additi-  /  on.  Subtraction,  Multipli-  / 
cation,  &  Division  of  Vul-  /  gar  Fractions — ^Nota- 
ti-  /  on.  Addition,  Subtraction,  /  Multiplication, 
Division,  /  and  Reduction  of  Decimal  /  Fractions 
^  — The  Rule  of/Three — Simple  and  Com-/pound  In- 
terest in  Decimal /Fractions. /The  second  Edition. 
/  [rule]  /  By  Alexander  M'Donald.  /  [rule]  /  Litch- 
field: Printed  by  T.  Collier.  /  M,DCC,LXXXIX. 
/  (With  the  Priviledge  [sic]  of  Copy-Right.)  / 

i6cni.,  pp.  103,  including  2  pages  Dedication,  i  page  Preface 
and  2  pages  Recommendations;  half  binding. 

AAS.  HU.  JCB.   (impf.)   NYPL.  SHF. 

Advertised  December  22,  1789  as  "Just  Published." 

Evans,  No.  21928.  Trumbull,  No.  1048. 

The  author  was  a  teacher  in  the  academy  at  Nor- 
wich, Connecticut,  and  the  first  edition  of  this  book 
was  published  by  John  Trumbull  of  that  place  in  1785. 

21  Hazard,  Joseph.  (1757-18 1 7). 

Juvenile  /  Poems,  /  on  a  /  Diversity  of  Subjects. 


1790]  Thomas  Collier  19 

/  [rule]  /  By  Joseph  Hazard.  /  [rule]  /  Litchfield, 
(Connecticut)  /  Printed  by  Thomas  Collier,  for  the 
Author.  /  M.DCC.LXXXIX.  / 

20cm.,  pp.  46.  LOC. 

Evans,  No.  21882. 

Rev.  Joseph  Hazard,  the  author  of  these  poems,  was 
minister  at  Southold,  Long  Island,  from  1797  to  1806. 

1790 

11  Mackenzie,  Henry.  (1745-1831). 

The  /  Man  /  of  /  Feeling.  /  [rule]  /  The  Third 
American  Edition.  /  [rule]  /  Litchfield:  /  Re- 
printed by  /  Thomas  Collier,  in  the  /  Court- 
House.  / 

15cm.,  pp.  210.  AAS.   (impf)  NYPL. 

Advertised  March  23,  1790  as  "Just  Published." 

Evans,  No.  23528. 

The  Man  of  Feelings  the  most  popular  work  of  this 
Scottish  novelist,  was  published  anonymously  in  1771. 
Two  American  editions,  previous  to  this  one  published 
by  Collier,  appeared  in  Philadelphia.  The  author  was 
Attorney  for  the  Crown  and  Comptroller  of  the  Taxes 
for  Scotland. 

23  Gregory,  John.  (1724-1773). 

A  Father's  Legacy  to  his  Daughters. 

No  copy  located. 

Advertised  March  23,  1790  as  "Just  Published." 

This  much  printed  work  of  a  famous  Scottish  physi- 
cian went  through  many  editions  in  this  country  after 
its  first  appearance  in  Great  Britain  in  1774. 


20  Thomas  Collier  [1790 

24  Andre,  John.  (1751-1780). 

The  /  Cow  Chace.  /  In  three  /  cantos.  /  Written 
in  the  year  1780,  /  By  Major  John  Andre,  /  Ad- 
jutant-General to  the  British  Army,  /  in  North- 
America,  /  A  few  weeks  previous  to  his  capture  by 
/  the  Americans.  /  Litchfield:  /  Re-printed  by 
Thomas  Collier.  / 
1 6cm.,  pp.  I  a.  AAS. 

Advertised  March  30, 1790  as  "This  day  Published." 
Price  4d. 

The  Cow  ChacCy  a  parody  on  Chevy  Chase^  and  pub- 
lished on  the  occasion  of  General  Wayne's  attack  on 
the  Refugees'  Block-House  on  the  Hudson,  appeared 
in  three  successive  parts  in  New  York;  the  last  on  the 
day  of  the  capture  by  the  American  forces  of  Andre 
during  his  negotiations  with  Benedict  Arnold. 

In  his  advertisement,  Collier  quotes  the  last  stanza 
of  Canto  III,  as  follows: 

''And  now  Vve  clos'd  my  epic  strain^ 
I  tremble  as  I  shew  it, 
Lest  this  same  warrio-drover,  Wayne, 
Should  ever  catch  the  poetT 


25  Cumstock,  Abel. 

A  /  New-Year-Gift;  /  shewing  the  /  Invalidity  / 
of/  Infant  Baptism.  /  [rule]  /  By  Abel  Cumstock,  of 
Warren.  /  [rule]  /  Litchfield:  /  Printed  by  Thomas 
Collier,  in  the  Court-House.  /  M,DCC,XC.  / 
1 6cm.,  pp.  47.  NYPL.  (impf.) 

Evans,  No.  22437. 

The  author  was  a  deacon  of  the  church  in  Warren, 
Connecticut,  a  town  adjoining  Litchfield. 


ijgi]  Thomas  Collier  21 

26  Day,  Jeremiah.  ( 1 737-1 806). 

The  /  Divine  Right  /  of  /  Infant  Baptism,  / 
Concisely  proved  from  the  Holy  Scriptures;  /  and 
Objections  answered.  /  A  /  Sermon,  /  delivered  / 
by  Jeremiah  Day,  A.M.  /  Pastor  of  the  Church  of 
New-Preston.  /  (Published  by  Request.)  /  What 
advantage  then  hath  the  Jew?  or  what  profit  is  / 
there  of  circumcision  ?  Much  every  way.  /  St.  Paul.  / 
[rule]  /  Litchfield:  /  Printed  by  Thomas  Collier, 
in  the  South  End  of  the  /  Court-House.  /  1790.  / 
20cm.,  pp.  43,  including  half  title-page. 

AAS.  CHS.  HU.   (impf.)   UTS.  YU.  SHF. 

Evans,  No.  22449.  Trumbull,  No.  561. 

This  reply  to  the  arguments  advanced  in  the  pre- 
ceding item  was  delivered  by  the  minister  in  the  ad- 
joining town  of  Washington  (of  which  New  Preston  is  a 
part).  Rev.  Jeremiah  Day  was  pastor  of  the  church  at 
New  Preston,  Connecticut,  from  1770  until  his  death. 
His  eldest  son,  also  named  Jeremiah,  became  Presi- 
dent of  Yale  College  in  18 17. 

I79I 

27  Benham,  Asahel.  (1754-1803). 

Federal  Harmony:  Containing  in  a  familiar 
Manner,  the  Rudiments  of  Psalmody;  Together 
with  a  Collection  of  Church  Music.  (Most  of  which 
are  entirely  new). 

No  copy  located. 

Advertised  January  24,  1791  as  "Just  Published." 
Price  3/9. 

Abel  Morse  of  New  Haven  printed  an  edition  of  the 
Federal  Harmony  in  1790,  and  a  second  edition  in  1792. 
The   advertisement   by   Collier  may  relate    to    this 


22  Thomas  Collier  [1791 

first  New  Haven  edition  although  it  follows  the  form 
usually  used  for  his  own  publications. 

Asahel  Benham  was  a  resident  of  Wallingford,  Con- 
necticut. 


28  [Dodsley,  Robert.]  (i 703-1 764). 

The  /  Chronicle  /  of  the  /  Kings  of  England, 
/  from  the  Reign  of  /  William  the  Conqueror, 
/  (First  King  of  England)  down  to  his  present  / 
Majesty  /  George  the  Third:  /  Containing  a 
true  /  History  of  their  Lives,  /  and  the  /  Charac- 
ter /  Which  they  severally  sustained,  whether  in  / 
Church  or  State,  in  the  Field,  or  in  /  Private  Life.  / 
By  the  late  Dr.  Franklin.  /  The  Third  American 
Edition.  /  [rule]  /  Litchfield:  /  Re-printed  by 
Thomas  Collier,  1791.  / 
1 6cm.,  pp.  99;  full  leather  binding.  lhs.  shf. 

^  Advertised  August  24,  1791  as  "This  Day  Pub- 
lished." Price  1/6  for  subscribers;  1/9  for  non-sub- 
scribers. 

Evans,  No.  23331. 

This  interesting  little  history  originally  appeared  in 
1740  as  the  work  of  "Nathan  Ben  Saadi."  Later  it  was 
attributed  to  Dodsley  but,  because  of  its  literary  wit 
and  force,  Lord  Chesterfield  is  usually  credited  with  its 
authorship.  An  amusing  paragraph  in  the  Chronicle 
relating  to  Queen  Elizabeth,  stating  that  "her  minis- 
ters were  just,  her  counsellors  were  sage:  her  captains 
were  bold,  and  her  maids  of  honor  ate  beef  steaks  for 
breakfast"  appears  to  be  the  basis  for  this  conclusion. 

Evans  questions  whether  Dr.  Franklin,  who  died  the 
previous  year,  was  named  by  Collier  as  the  author  of 
this  book  through  misinformation  or  a  desire  to  create 
a  market  for  its  sale. 


17  9 1]  Thomas  Collier  23 

29  [MacGowan^  John,]  (i 726-1 790). 

Priestcraft  defended.  A  sermon  occasioned  by 
the  expulsion  of  six  young  gentlemen  from  the 
University  of  Oxford.  For  praying,  reading,  and 
expounding  the  Scriptures.  Flumbly  dedicated  to 
Mr.  V[icel  C[hancello]r  and  the  H[ea]ds  of  H[ouse]s. 
By  their  humble  servant,  the  Shaver.  Supposed  to 
be  written  by  the  late  Dr.  Franklin. — The  19th 
edition. 

No  copy  located. 

i6mo.,  pp.  30. 

Evans,  No.  23526.  v 

Rev.  John  MacGowan,  after  working  as  a  weaver 
and  as  a  baker,  became  a  preacher,  first  in  the  Metho- 
dist Church  and  later  in  the  Baptist  Church.  His  ser- 
mons were  popular  and  some  of  his  books  went  through 
many  editions.  The  above  discourse  was  occasioned  by 
the  expulsion  of  some  students  from  Oxford  for  singing 
and  expounding  the  Scriptures  in  a  manner  displeasing 
to  the  authorities. 

Why  this  satirical  sermon  is  credited  to  Benjamin 
Franklin  is  unknown.  Evans  points  out  that  this  is  the 
second  instance  in  this  year  in  which  Collier  wrongly 
made  use  of  the  name  and  fame  of  Franklin  to  bolster 
up  the  sale  of  pseudonymous  works. 

30  A  /  Discourse  /  on  /  Popular  Magic:  /  or  / 
Simon  Magus  /.delineated.  /  [4  lines  of  quotation] 
/  Printed  at  the  Asylum,  in  the  Year  1791.  / 

No  copy  located. 

i6mo.,  pp.  ID.  Cards  in  chs.  and  nypl. 

The  evidence  is  quite  inconclusive  that  this  is  a 
Collier  item. 


24  Thomas  Collier  [1792 

1792 

31  Haynes,  Lemuel.  ( 1 753-1 833). 

The  Character  and  Work  of  a  Spiritual  /  Watch- 
man Decribed  [sic].  /  [parallel  rule]  /  A  /  Sermon, 
/  delivered  at  /  Hinesburgh,  /  February  23, 1791.  / 
At  the  /  Ordination  /  of  the  /  Rev.  Reuben  Par- 
merlee.  /  [parallel  rule]  /  By  Lemuel  Haynes,  / 
Pastor  of  a  Church  in  Rutland.  /  [parallel  rule]  / 
Litchfield,  (Connecticut)  /  Printed  by  Collier  and 
Buel.  / 

I5^Cm.,  pp.  22.  AAS.  JCB. 

Evans,  No,  23437. 

Rev.  Lemuel  Haynes  was  a  mulatto  servant  who  en- 
listed in  the  Continental  Army  and  after  the  war  edu- 
cated himself  for  the  ministry.  He  preached  for  two 
years  in  Torrington,  Connecticut,  and  from  1788,  for 
thirty^  years,  was  minister  in  Rutland,  Vermont. 

The  copy  of  this  ordination  sermon  belonging  to  the 
American  Antiquarian  Society  contains  manuscript 
notes  by  the  author. 

32  Chase,  Amos.  ( 1 757-1 849). 

The  /  Master's  Few  Hints  /  to  his  Pupils,  / 
Whom  he  would  conduct  by  a  short,  entertaining  / 
and  easy  road,  to  such  an  acquaintance  with  /  the 
more  useful  part  of  /  English  Grammar,  /  As  that, 
after  the  faithful  application  of  a  few  weeks,  / 
They  may  be  able  to  express  their  thoughts  in  / 
Draughts,  Letter- Writing,  &c.  /  With  ease,  and 
even  with  propriety,  as  to  /  Grammatical  Con- 
struction. /  [ornament]  /  Collected  for  the  use  of 
his  school  by  Amos  /  Chase,  A.M.  Pastor  of  the 


1792] 


Thomas  Collier  2^ 


second  church  in  /  Litchfield.  /  "To  give  to  the 
young  man  knowledge  and  discretion."  /  Solomon. 
/  [ornament]  /  Litchfield:  /  Printed  by  Collier  and 
Buel.  / 
1 6cm.,  pp.  27.  AAS.  (impf.) 

Advertised  February  15,  1792  as  "Just  Published." 
Price  6d. 

Evans,  No.  26761.  Trumbull,  No.  456. 

Rev.  Amos  Chase,  whose  ordination  sermon  is  item 
No.  13,  was  a  graduate  of  Dartmouth  College  of  the 
class  of  1780.  He  conducted  a  school  at  South-Farms 
(now  Morris),  then  the  southern  part  of  the  town  of 
Litchfield. 

;}2  Chase,  Amos.  ( 1 757-1 849). 

On  /  Female  Excellence.  /  Or,  a  /  Discourse,  /  in 
which  /  Good  Character  in  Women  /  is  described; 
/  and  the  Worth  and  Importance  of  such  Cha-  / 
racter,  contemplated,  by  /  Amos  Chase,  A.M.  / 
Pastor  of  the  second  Church  in  Litchfield.  /  Oc- 
casioned by  the  Death  of  his  Wife;  /  And  deliv- 
ered at  Litchfield,  South-Farms,  on  Lord's  Day,  / 
March  6th,  1791.  /  "Give  her  of  the  works  of  her 
hands."  /  Solomon.  /  [rule]  /  Litchfield:  /  Printed 
by  Collier  and  Buel.  /  M.DCC.XCIL  / 

19cm.,  pp.  24.  AAS.  JCB.  SHF. 

Evans,  No.  24187.  Trumbull,  No.  455. 

The  young  wife  whose  death  inspired  this  sermon 
was  Rebecca,  the  daughter  of  Rev.  Levi  Hart.  She 
married  November  30,  1788  and  died  February  25, 
1 79 1,  in  her  twenty-sixth  year. 

Her  husband  was  apparently  popular  with  the 
women  of  his  congregation,  for,  several  years  later,  the 


26  Thomas  Collier  [1792 

Monitor  of  May  i6,  1798,  records  a  visit  from  sixty  fe- 
male friends  and  parishioners  to  their  minister  and 
their  presentation  of  seventy  run  of  yarn.  "In  the 
course  of  the  decent  and  cordial  socialities  of  the  after- 
noon, the  ladies  were  entertained  by  their  pastor  with  a 
sermon  adapted  to  the  occasion  from  these  words, 
Genesis  xxxi,  43, — 'What  can  I  do,  this  day,  unto  these 
my  daughters?' 

34  Backus,  Charles.  (1749-1803). 

The  Faithful  Ministers  of  Jesus  Christ  /  Re- 
warded. /  [rule]  /  A  /  Sermon,  /  delivered  at  the  / 
Ordination  /  of  the  /  Rev.  Azel  Backus,  /  to  the 
/  Pastoral  Care  /  of  the  /  Church  in  Bethlem,  / 
April  6,  1791.  /  [rule]  /  By  Charles  Backus,  A.M. 
/  Pastor  of  the  Church  in  Somers.  /  [rule]  / 
Litchfield:  /  Printed  by  Collier  and  Buel.  / 

20cm.,  pp.  26.  AAS.  CHS.  JOB.  LHS.  LOC.  NYPL.  UTS.  VU.  SHF. 

Evans,  No.  23141.  Trumbull,  No.  293. 

Rev.  Charles  Backus  was  graduated  from  Yale  Col- 
lege in  1769  and  after  studying  theology  under  Rev. 
Levi  Hart,  became  pastor  of  the  church  in  Somers, 
Connecticut,  from  1774  until  his  death.  He  maintained 
a  theological  school  in  his  house  for  a  number  of  years 
and,  as  a  result,  delivered  many  ordination  sermons, 
several  of  which  were  printed.  Rev.  Azel  Backus  was 
his  nephew. 

i,c,   [Wilkinson,  Edward.]  (1727-1809). 

Wisdom.  A  Poem. 

No  copy  located. 

Advertised  March  14, 1792  as  "This  day  Published." 
Price  4>^d. 

Collier,  in  his  advertisement,  pertinently  suggests 


1793]  Thomas  Collier  27 

that  "Wisdom  was  never  offered  cheaper;  and  he  ought 
ever  to  lack  of  it,  who  can  refuse  the  head  and  heart  a 
gem  of  so  much  value." 

26  Gregory,  John.  (1724-1773). 

A  Father's  Legacy  to  his  Daughters.  By  the  late 
Dr.  Gregory. 

No  copy  located. 

Advertised  August  8,  1792  as  "This  Day  Published. 
Printed  on  a  new  type  and  page  proper  for  the  pocket." 
Price  9d. 

An  earlier  edition  was  advertised  in  1790;  see  item 
No.  23. 

1793 

37  [Smith,  Elihu  Hubbard.]  (1771-1798). 

American  Poems,  /  Selected  and  Original.  / 
[ornament]  /  Vol.  I.  /  [rule]  /  Litchfield:  /  Printed 
by  /  Collier  and  Buel.  /  [rule]  /  (The  Copy-right 
secured  as  the  Act  directs.)  / 

1 8cm.,  pp.  i-viii,  including  Preface  and  Contents,  304;  also  6 
pages  of  a  List  of  Subscribers  and  i  page  of  Errata;  full  leather 
binding.  aas.  lhs.  nypl.  yu.  shf. 

Advertised  July  17,  1793  as  "This  day  Published. 
Those  who  subscribe  for  six  books,  will  be  entitled  to  a 
seventh — gratis."  Price  ^i.oo. 

Evans,  No.  25104.  Trumbull,  No.  270. 

This  dull  collection  of  verse  is  largely  devoted  to  the 
poems  of  the  Hartford  Wits;  Barlow,  Hopkins,  Hum- 
phreys, Trumbull,  Dwight,  Alsop  and  Smith.  The 
publishers  in  their  preface  stated,  "  Should  the  Volume, 
now  published,  meet  with  that  success  which  the  value 
of  the  Poems  it  contains  seems  to  warrant,  it  is  the  in- 
tention of  the  Publishers  to  add  another."  In  spite  of 


28  Thomas  Collier  [^79 3 

the  long  list  of  subscribers,  the  venture  was  not  re- 
munerative and  no  second  volume  appeared. 

The  editor,  Dr.  Elihu  Smith,  was  born  in  Litchfield 
and  after  graduation  from  Yale  College  in  1786,  at  the 
age  of  fifteen,  spent  a  couple  of  years  with  Rev.  Timo- 
thy Dwight  (later  President  of  Yale  College)  at  Green- 
field Hill,  where  he  absorbed  much  of  Dr.  Dwight's  in- 
terest in  literature.  He  then  studied  medicine  under  his 
father,  and  settled  at  Wethersfield,  Connecticut,  as  a 
practicing  physician,  in  179 1.  Here  he  became  associat- 
ed with  the  Hartford  Wits.  From  1793,  he  practiced 
in  New  York,  and  died  there  during  a  yellow  fever 
epidemic,  a  victim  to  his  loyalty  to  a  professional  friend. 

Smith  was  also  the  author  of  an  operetta  entitled 
Edwin  and  Angelina,  which  was  produced  in  New  York 
on  December  19,  1796. 

The  title-page  of  this  book  is  reproduced  as  the  frontis- 
piece to  the  present  volume. 

38  The,  Christian  (Economy,  translated  from  the 
Original  Greek  of  an  old  Manuscript,  found  in  the 
Island  of  Patmos,  where  St.  John  wrote  his  book  of 
the  Revelations. 

No  copy  located. 

Advertised  October  2,  1793  as  "This  Day  Pub- 
lished." 

This  popular  work  went  through  a  number  of  edi- 
tions before  being  published  by  Collier. 


1794 

39  Burroughs,    Eden    (1738-18 13)    and   Ester- 
brooks. 
A  /  Faithful  /  Narrative  /  of  the  wonderful  / 


1794] 


Thomas  Collier  29 


Dealings  of  God  /  towards  /  Polly  Davis,  /  Of 
New-Gran tham,  in  the  state  of  New-Hampshire.  / 
Taken  from  her  own  mouth,  /  And  confirmed  by 
the  testimony  of  several  Witnesses,  /  of  established 
and  approved  veracity,  who  were  /  present  with 
her  through  the  scenes  of  distress,  /  and  that  sud- 
den and  surprising  recovery  /  contained  in  the  fol- 
lowing account; — /  taken  as  above,  Sept.  12th, 
1792.  /  [rulel  /  By  the  Rev.  Mr.  Burroughs,  of 
Hanover,  /  and  the  Rev.  Mr.  Esterbrooks,  of 
New-  /  Grantham.  /  [rule]  /  Springfield  Printed:  / 
Reprinted  in  Litchfield,  and  at  Benning-  /  ton.  / 
1 6cm.,  pp.  12.  LHs. 

Advertised  April  2,  1794  as  "This  day  Published." 
Price  4j4d. 

Evans,  No.  24166. 

This  Narrative  contains  a  gruesome  and  detailed  de- 
scription of  two  violent  illnesses  of  Polly  Davis,  as  well 
as  an  account  of  her  visions  and  her  ultimate  conver- 
sion and  recovery.  A  hymn  from  Watts,  referred  to  by 
her,  appears  at  the  end: 

"Now  let  our  pains  be  all  forgot 
Our  hearts  no  more  repine; 
Our  sufferings  are  not  worth  a  thought 
Lordy  when  compared  with  thine." 

The  first  edition  of  the  Narrative  was  published  in 
Springfield  in  1792. 

Rev.  Eden  Burroughs  became  minister  in  Hanover, 
New  Hampshire  in  1771,  after  a  pastorate  of  eleven 
years  at  Killingly,  Connecticut.  He  was  a  Trustee  of 
Dartmouth  College  in  1792,  and  was  the  father  of  the 
notorious  adventurer  and  counterfeiter,  Stephen  Bur- 
roughs (1765-1840). 


30  Thomas  Collier  [17  94 

40  Winches ter^  Elhanan.  (i 751-1797). 

The  /  Universal  Restoration,  /  exhibited  in  / 
Four  Dialogues  /  between  /  a  Minister  and  his 
Friend;  /  comprehending  /  The  substance  of  sev- 
eral real  conversations  which  /  the  author  had 
with  various  persons,  in  /  America  and  Europe,  / 
on  that  interesting  subject;  /  chiefly  designed  / 
Fully  to  state,  and  fairly  to  answer  the  most  com- 
mon /  objections  that  are  brought  against  it  from  / 
the  Scriptures.  /  [rule]  /  By  Elhanan  Winchester.  / 
[rule]  /  London  Printed:  /  Litchfield,  /  Re-printed 
by  Collier  and  Buel.  /— D,DCC,XCIV  [sic].—/ 

I5^cm.,  pp.  i-xv,  including  a  Preface  and  Letters;  220;  full 
leather  binding.  aas.  chs.  job.  nypl.  yu.  shf. 

Advertised  April  2,  1794,  "Proposal  for  printing. 
Those  who  subscribe  for  six  copies  will  be  entitled  to  a 
seventh — and  gentlemen  who  procure  twelve  signers 
and  become  responsible  for  payment,  will  be  presented 
with  a  finish'd  volume."  Price  3/9. 

Advertised  May  28,  1794  as  "For  Sale." 

Evans,  No.  28 11 5. 

Rev.  Elhanan  Winchester  founded  a  Universalist 
church  in  Philadelphia  in  178 1,  and  from  1787  until 
1794  was  a  successful  preacher  in  England.  He  died  in 
Hartford,  Connecticut. 

The  Universal  Restoration  first  appeared  in  London 
in  1788  and  was  reprinted  in  several  places  in  America. 

41  Pratt,  Samuel  Jackson.  (1749-1814). 

The  Sublime  and  Beautiful  of  Scripture:  Being 
twenty-nine  Essays  on  Select  Passages  of  Sacred 
Composition. 

No  copy  located. 


1794]  Thomas  Collier  31 

.Advertised  April  2,  1794,  "Proposal  for  Printing  .  .  . 
A  list  of  subscribers'  names  will  be  annexed  to  the 
work."  Price  3/9. 

No  advertisement  of  the  publication  of  this  item  by- 
Collier  has  been  found.  Probably  the  proposed  printing 
was  abandoned  from  lack  of  support. 

42  Blakeslee,  Enos. 

A  /  System  /  of  /  Astronomy;  /  wherein  the  / 
Copernican  System  /  is  refuted,  /  And  the  Earth 
demonstrated  to  be  a  Body  at  Rest,  /  and  the  Sun, 
Moon  and  Stars  to  revolve  about  it.  /  By  Enos 
Blakeslee.  /  Psalm  xciii.  I. — "The  World  is  stab- 
lished  that  /  it  cannot  be  moved."  /  I  Esdrass  iv. 
34. — "Swift  is  the  Sun  in  his  /  Course,  for  he  com- 
passeth  the  whole  Heavens  round  /  about,  and 
fetcheth  his  Course  again  to  his  own  /  Place  in  one 
Day."  /  Ecclesiasticus  xliii. — "Great  is  the  Lord 
that  /  made  it  (the  Sun)  and  at  his  Command  it 
runneth  /  hastily."  /  [rule]  /  Litchfield:  /  Printed 
by  Collier  and  Buel.  /  [Copy-right  secured  to  the 
Author.]  / 

i6cni.,  pp.  88  and  plates.  job.  loc. 

Evans,  No.  26678. 

43  The  /  New-England  /  Primer  /  improved  /  For 
the  more  easy  attaining  the  true  /  Reading  of  Eng- 
lish. /  To  which  is  added,  /  the  /  Assembly  of  Di- 
vines Catechism  /  With  other  useful  and  pleasing 
Matter.  /  [parallel  rule]  /  Litchfield  /  Printed  by 
Collier  &  Buel,  1794. 

lOCm.,  pp.  (58).  AAS. 

Evans,  No.  27366. 


32  Thomas  Collier  [^795 

1795 

44  Osgood,  David.  (1747-1822). 

The  Wonderful  Works  of  God  are  to  be  remem- 
bered. 

No  copy  located. 
i2mo.,pp.  24. 

Advertised  February  ii,  1795;  "j|@°°  The  very 
excellent,  and  much  admired  Sermon  of  Mr.  Osgood, 
delivered  at  Medford  (Massachusetts)  on  the  day  of 
the  last  annual  Thanksgiving  [November  20, 1794]  will 
compose  a  part  of  the  Monitor  for  perhaps  two  weeks." 

Advertised  February  18,  1795  as  "This  Day  Pub- 
lished." Price  6d. 
Trumbull,  No.  1209. 

Rev.  David  Osgood,  a  graduate  of  Harvard  College 
in  the  class  of  1771,  was  for  fifty  years  preacher  at 
Medford,  Massachusetts.  He  was  a  zealous  Federalist 
and  this  sermon  occasioned  by  an  appeal  to  the  Ameri- 
can people  by  Genet,  the  French  Minister  to  the 
United  States,  was  a  strong  partisan  document  which 
passed  through  many  editions. 

45  Harriet,  or  the  Vicar's  Tale.  The  short  and  sim- 
ple annals  of  the  poor.  Gray.  Jl@^  An  affecting 
and  well-written  Tale,— (the  Characters  taken 
from  Nature) — calculated  to  move  the  Passions, 
to  soften  &  amend  the  Heart.  Adaptable  to  the 
capacities  of  children;  and  yet  a  rich  and  pleasant 
pastime  for  the  letter'd  and  full-grown  Rational  of 
six  feet  high. 

No  copy  located. 

Advertised  March  25,1795  as"ThisDayPubhshed." 
Price  6d.,  on  white  paper,  stitch'd  and  cover'd,  or  ^}4d. 
on  blue. 


1795] 


Thomas  Collier  33 


46  Holly,  Israel.  ( 1 728-1 809). 

Old  Divinity  Preferable  to  /  Modern  Novelty.  / 
[parallel  rule]  /  The  Second  Part.  /  [rule]  /  Further 
Demonstrating  /  the  /  Folly  and  Absurdity  /  of 
that  Doctrine  /  which  asserts  that  /  God  Creates 
Sin.  /  In  a  Letter  to  a  Friend.  /  By  Israel  Holly, 
V.D.M  /  Those  who  will  not  be  reasoned  out  of 
their  Errors,  /  let  them  be  shamed  out  of  them.  / 
[rule]  /  Litchfield,  printed  by  Collier  &  Buel,  1795./ 
i8>^cm.,  pp.  32.  Loc.  YU. 

Advertised  March  25,  1795  as  "This  day  ready  for 
Sale."  Price  pd. 

Evans,  No.  28849.  Trumbull,  No.  850. 

Rev.  Israel  Holly  was  pastor  at  Suffield,  Connecti- 
cut. The  first  part  of  this  essay  was  published  by  T.  & 
S.  Green  of  New  Haven  in  1780. 


47  Steuben,  Baron  F.  W.  A.  H.  F.  von.  (1730- 

1794)- 

Steuben's  Regulations  for  the  Troops  of  the 
United  States,  with  plates. 

No  copy  located. 

Advertised  March  25,  1795  as  "For  Sale  at  this 
Office." 

Baron  von  Steuben,  an  officer  trained  under  Fred- 
erick the  Great,  assisted  the  Continental  Army  as  a 
volunteer  from  1777  to  178 1.  He  was  Inspector  General 
or  drill  master,  and  was  also  a  member  of  the  court- 
martial  which  tried  Major  John  Andre.  After  the  war, 
he  lived  at  Steubenville,  New  York,  where  he  died. 

There  is  little  evidence  that  these  Regulations  were 
printed  by  Collier  as  they  were  advertised  for  sale  only. 


34  Thomas  Collier  [^795 

A  number  of  Regulations  were  issued  by  various  pub- 
lishers, such  as  Hudson  and  Goodwin  of  Hartford  in 
1782.  An  earlier  edition  was  published  in  Philadelphia 
in  1779. 


48  Osgood,  David.  (1747-1 822). 

A  /  Discourse  /  delivered  /  February  19th, 
1795 :  /  the  day  set  apart  by  the  /  President,  /  for  a 
/  General  Thanksgiving  /  Through  the  United- 
States.  /  [rule]  /  By  David  Osgood,  A.M.  /  Pastor 
of  the  Church  in  Medford.  /  [rule]  /  Published  at 
the  Request  of  the  Hearers.  /  [rule]  /  Litchfield, 
(Connecticut)  /  Re-printed  by  Collier  and  Buel.  / 

15cm.,  pp.  24.  AAS,  CHS.  JCB,  YU.  SHF. 

Advertised  April  i,  1795  as  "This  Day  Published." 
Price  9d. 

Evans,  No.  29249. 

This  Thanksgiving  was  proclaimed  by  President 
Washington  because  of  the  prospect  of  peace  in  Europe. 

49  Manual  /  Exercise  /  and  /  Evolutions  /  of  the  / 
Cavelry  [sic].  /  As  practised  in  the  late  American 
Army.  /  Materially  corrected  and  amended,  from  / 
the  Hartford  and  Worcester  editions,  /  by  an  able 
and  experienced  Officer,  for  the  use  of  Cavelry 
[sic]  of  /  this  and  other  States.  /  Printed  at  Litch- 
field, by  Collier  &  Buel.  / 

No  copy  located. 

i6mo.,  pp.  39.  Card  in  chs. 

Advertised  June  24,  1795  as  "This  Day  published." 
Price  is. 

Evans,  No.  29777. 


1796]  Thomas  Collier  35 

50  A  /  Constitution  /  of  the  /  Consociation  /  of  the 
/  Southern  District  /  in  /  Litchfield  County.  / 
[ornamental  lines  at  top  and  bottom] 

1 6cm.,  pp.  8.  CHS. 

Extract  from  the  Minutes  of  a  meeting  held  June  2, 
1795  at  Roxbury;  signed  by  Amos  Chase,  Scribe. 

5 1  The  /  Constitution  /  of  the  /  Associated  Churches, 
/  in  the  /  Southern  District  of  the  County  of 
Litchfield,  /  in  the  State  of  Connecticut.  /  Adopted 
by  the  Consociation,  at  their  Sessions  at  /  Litch- 
field, on  the  2ist  Day  of  Oct.  A.D.  1795  / 

15cm.,  pp.  8.  CHS. 

Recorded  and  examined  by  Amos  Chase,  Register. 
The  Constitution  was  reprinted  in  1828  at  Litchfield 
by  S.  S,  Smith. 

1796 

52  Pope,  Alexander.  (168 8-1 744). 

An  Essay  on  Man:  In  four  epistles.  To  Henry  St. 
John  Bolingbroke. 

No  copy  located. 

Advertised  February  10,  1796  as  "For  Sale  at  this 
Oflice."  Price  is. 

Evans,  No.  31023. 

^2,  Wolcott,  Oliver.  ( 1 726-1 797). 

[State  Seal]  /  By  the  Honourable  /  Oliver  Wol- 
cott  Esquire,  /  Lieutenant  Governor  and  Com- 
mander in  Chief  of  the  State  of  Connecticut.  /  A 
Proclamation.  /  .  .  .  appoint  Thursday,  the  Four- 
teenth Day  of  April  next,  to  be  observed  as  a  Day 


36  Thomas  Collier  [^79^ 

of  /  Puplick  [sic]  Humiliation,  Fasting,  and  Prayer 
to  Almighty  God,  throughout  this  State; . . .  Given 
under  my  hand  in  Litchfield  this  i6th  day  of 
March,  in  the  Year  of  our  Lord  One  thousand 
seven  hundred  and  nine-  /  ty-six,  and  in  the 
twentieth  Year  of  the  Independence  of  the  United 
States  of  America.  /  Oliver  Wolcott,  /  By  his 
Honour's  Command,  /  George  Wyllys,  Secretary.  / 
Broadside,  fol.  chs. 

Oliver  Wolcott  was  the  son  of  Governor  Roger  Wol- 
cott. He  was  graduated  from  Yale  College  in  1747,  was 
sheriff  of  Litchfield  County,  and  a  signer  of  the  Decla- 
ration of  Independence.  He  became  Governor  of  Con- 
necticut in  1796  and  died  in  office.  During  the  Revolu- 
tion, the  leaden  equestrian  statue  of  George  the  Third 
in  Bowling  Green,  New  York,  was  pulled  down  and 
transported  to  the  Wolcott  home  in  Litchfield  where  it 
was  melted  and  the  lead  cast  into  bullets  to  be  used  by 
the  American  forces. 


54  Moore,  Samuel.  (1736-18 10). 

An  Accurate  /  System  /  of  /  Surveying;  /  in 
which  is  contained,  /  I.  Decimal  Fractions,  in  a 
plain,  concise,  /  and  easy  Manner.  /  II.  The  Ex- 
traction of  the  Square-Root.  /  III.  Plane  Trigonom- 
etry, rectangular  and  /  oblique.  /  IV.  An  Exact 
Method  to  cast  up  the  Con-  /  tents  of  Lands.  /  V. 
Field  Surveying.  /  The  Whole  being  performed 
without  the  Use  of  Scale  and  /  Compasses,  or  a 
Table  of  Logarithms.  In  which  /  is  given,  some 
Account  of  the  Variation  of  /  the  Needle,  and  the 
Causes  of  its  /  Attraction.  /  [rule]  /  By  Samuel 
Moore.  /  [rule]  /  Litchfield:  /  Printed  by  T.  Collier. 


796] 


Thomas  Collier  37 


— [pointer  ornament]  Copy-right  /  secured  to  the 
Author.  /  D,DCC,XCVI  [sic]  .  / 

23cm.,  pp.  i-x,  including  title-page,  Preface  and  Introduction, 
2  pages  of  Recommendations,  i  page  of  Errata,  131,  and  i  page 
of  tables;  full  leather  binding.  aas.  lhs.  loc.  nypl,  shf. 

Advertised  September  7,  1796  as  "This  day  Pub- 
lished." 

Evans,  No.  30810.  Trumbull,  No.  1 1 17. 

Samuel  Moore,  a  resident  of  Salisbury,  Connecticut, 
was  born  in  Litchfield  and  is  said  to  have  been  a  dis- 
tinguished mathematician.  His  treatise  on  Surveying 
is  claimed  to  be  the  first  American  work  on  the  subject. 

SS  Griswold,  Alexander  Viets.  (1766-1843). 

A  /  Sermon,  /  Preached  at  the  Funeral  of  /  Mr. 
Charles  Prindle,  /  At  Harwinton,  Sept.  13th,  A.D. 
1795.  /  [parallel  rule]  /  By  Alexander  V.  Griswold. 
/  [parallel  rule]  /  i  Thes.  IV.  13.  14.  /  But  I  would 
not  have  you  to  be  ignorant,  brethren,  /  concerning 
them  which  are  asleep,  that  ye  sorrow  not,  /  even 
as  others  which  have  no  hope.  For  if  we  believe  / 
that  Jesus  died  and  rose  again,  even  so  them  also 
which  /  sleep  in  Jesus,  will  God  bring  with  Him.  / 
[ornament]  /  Printed  at  Litchfield, — M.DCC. 
XCVL  / 

20cm.,  pp.  17.  CHS.  YU. 

Evans,  No.  30520.  Trumbull,  No.  781. 

The  Right  Reverend  Alexander  Viets  Griswold  was 
consecrated  at  Trinity  Church,  New  York,  May  29, 
181 1,  as  the  first  Bishop  of  the  Eastern  Diocese  com- 
prising the  New  England  States  outside  of  Connecticut. 
From  1794  until  1804  he  served  the  several  parishes  of 
Plymouth,  Harwinton  and  "Litchfield,  Connecticut. 


38  Thomas  Collier  [^79^ 

56  Bunn,  Matthew. 

A  /  Journal  /  of  the  /  Adventures  /  of  Matthew 
Bunn,  /  A  Native  of  Brookfield,  Massachusetts,  / 
Who  enhsted  with  Ensign  John  TiUinghast,  of 
Provi-  /  dence,  in  the  year  1 791,  on  an  Expedition 
into  the  /  Western  Country;  — was  taken  by  the 
Savages,  and  /  made  his  escape  into  Detroit  the 
30th  of  April,  1792.  /  Containing  /  A  very  circum- 
stantial Account  of  the  cru-  /  el  Treatment  he 
suffered  while  in  Cap-  /  tivity,  and  many  of  the 
Customs  of  /  the  Savages,  which  have  never  /  be- 
fore appeared  in  print.  /  [rule]  /  Published  by  the 
particular  Request  of  a  Number  of  /  Persons  who 
have  seen  the  Manuscript.  /  [rule]  /  Providence 
printed:  /  Litchfield,  /  Re-printed  by  Thomas  Col- 
lier. /— D,DCC,XCVI  [sic].—/ 

20cm.,  pp.  24.  JCB,  NYPL.  YU. 

Evans, JSfo.  30136,  Trumbull,  No.  421.  Brinley,  No.  470. 

An  edition  was  printed  in  Providence  by  Bennett 
Wheeler  in  1796. 

57  Welles,  Noah.  (171 8-1776). 

A  /  Vindication  /  of  the  /  Validity  and  Divine 
Right  /  of  /  Presbyterian  Ordination,  /  as  set  forth 
in  /  Dr.  Chauncy's  Sermon  at  the  /  Dudleian  Lec- 
ture, /  and  /  Mr.  Welle's  [sic]  Discourse  upon  the  / 
Same  Subject.  /  In  Answer  to  the  Exceptions  /of/ 
Mr.  Jeremiah  Leamimg  [sic],  contained  in  his  late  / 
Defence  of  the  Episcopal  Government  /  of  the 
Church.  /  By  Noah  Welles,  A.M.  /  Pastor  of  the 
first  Church  in  Stanford  [sic].  /  "But  be  ye  not 
called  Rabbi;  for  one  is  your  Mas-  /  ter,  even 
Christ,  and  all  ye  are  Brethren."  /  Matt,  xxiii.  8.  / 


1797] 


Thomas  Collier  39 


"Feed  the  Flock  of  God, — neither  as  being  Lords  / 
over  God's  Heritage."  I  Pet.  v.  2.  3.  /  Re-printed 
at  Litchfield,  by  T.  Collier.  / 

aocm.,  pp.  189.  AAs.  CHS.  yu, 

Evans,  No.  31609. 

Rev.  Noah  Welles,  after  graduation  from  Yale  Col- 
lege in  1 74 1,  for  a  few  years  conducted  the  Hopkins 
Grammar  School  in  New  Haven.  He  later  became 
pastor  of  the  church  in  Stamford,  and  a  Fellow  of  Yale 
College.  He  died  from  jail  fever  contracted  while  act- 
ing as  chaplain  to  British  prisoners  in  the  Revolution. 

Rev.  Jeremiah  Leaming,  one  of  the  leading  early 
figures  of  the  Episcopal  church  in  the  United  States, 
shortly  after  his  graduation  from  Yale  College  in  1745, 
was  sent  to  England  where  he  was  ordained  priest.  He 
became  rector  of  the  church  in  Norwalk,  Connecticut, 
in  1758  but  his  church  was  burned  by  the  British  in 
their  invasion  of  the  State  in  1779.  From  1784  to  1790 
he  had  a  parish  in  Stratford,  Connecticut. 

The  controversy  between  Welles  and  Leaming  con- 
sisted principally  of  a  sermon  by  Welles  printed  in 
1763  to  which  Leaming  took  exception  in  a  Defence  of 
the  Episcopal  Government  of  the  Church  printed  in  1766. 
The  above  Vindication  of  the  Validity  and  Divine  Right 
of  Presbyterian  Ordination  is  Welles'  answer. 


1797 

58  [Ruddock,  Samuel  A.] 

Valuable  Tables,  for  rendering  the  value  of  Fed- 
eral Money  easy  and  intelligible;  and  likewise  for 
computing  interest  in  Dollars,  Dimes,  Cents  and 
Mills. 

No  copy  located. 


4-0  Thomas  Collier  b-797 

Advertised  January  4,  1797  as  "For  Sale."  Price 
4>^d. 

Evans,  No.  31 134. 

The  dollar  was  adopted  as  the  monetary  unit  by  the 
United  States  in  July,  1785,  although  the  English  sys- 
tem was  in  practical  use  for  many  years  later  as  is 
shown  by  the  prices  quoted  in  this  list. 

59  Barbauld,  Anna  Letitia  Aikin.  (1743-1825). 

Mrs.  Baubauld's  Admired  Hymns  &  Lessons  in 
Prose  for  Children. 

No  copy  located. 

Advertised  February  22,  1797  as  "This  day  Pub- 
lished." 

Price  gd.,  (pp.  40), 

Collier  spells  the  name  "Baubauld"  but  the  adver- 
tisement undoubtedly  relates  to  the  work  of  Mrs.  Anna 
Letitia  Aikin  Barbauld  which  went  through  many  edi- 
tions in  the  United  States  and  was  translated  into 
several  European  languages.  Mrs.  Barbauld  was  an 
English  authoress  of  considerable  learning  and  some 
repute,  whose  first  volume  of  poems  was  published  in 
1773.  She  established  a  school  in  Palgrave,  Suffolk, 
where  she  wrote  the  Hymns  in  Prose  for  Children. 

60  Watson,  Richard.  (1737-1816). 

An  /  Apology  /  for  the  /  Bible,  /  in  a  /  Series  of 
Letters,  /  addressed  to  /  Thomas  Paine,  /  Author 
of  a  Book  entitled,  "The  Age  of  /  Reason,  Part  the 
Second,  being  an  /  Investigation  of  True  and  / 
Fabulous  Theology.  /  [parallel  rules]  /  By  R. 
Watson,  D.D.F.R.S.  /  Lord  Bishop  of  Landaff 
[sic],  and  Regius  Professor  /  of  Divinity  in  the 


1797] 


Thomas  Collier  41 


University  of  /  Cambridge.  /  [parallel  rules]  /  Re- 
printed at  Lichfield  [sic],  by  T.  Collier.  /  1797.  / 
15cm.,  pp.  230;  full  leather  binding.  aas.  jcb.  nypl.  shf. 

Advertised  May  17,  1797  as  "This  day  published." 
Price  3s. 

Advertised  December  5,  1797,  "We  hope  every  head 
of  family  and  every  person  of  sentiment,  will  become 
purchasers; — that  Religion,  Morals  and  the  Printer, 
may  live." 

Evans,  No.  33156. 

The  versatile  Bishop  of  Llandaff,  who  served  Cam- 
bridge University  as  Professor  of  Chemistry  and  later 
as  Regius  Professor  of  Divinity,  wrote  ^n  Apology  for 
the  Bible  about  1796.  It  proved  to  be  the  most  popular 
of  his  writings  and  was  eagerly  read  in  America,  where 
the  author  was  much  esteemed.  Yale  College  awarded 
him  an  honorary  degree  in  1797. 

The  Age  of  Reason  by  Thomas  Paine  appeared  in 
1794  and  the  second  part,  written  during  his  imprison- 
ment, was  published  shortly  after  his  release  in  1795. 


61   [Jaudon,  Daniel,] 

A  Short  /  System  /  of  /  Polite  Learning:  /  being 
a  concise  /  Introduction  /  to  the  /  Arts  and  Sci- 
ences. /  Adapted  for  Schools.  /  A  taste  of  every 
sort  of  knowledge  is  ne-  /  cessary  to  form  the  mind, 
and  is  the  only  way  /  to  give  the  understanding  its 
due  improve-  /  ment  to  the  full  extent  of  its  capac- 
ity. /  Locke.  /  [ornament]  /  London  Printed:  / 
Litchfield  Re-printed  by  Thomas  Collier.  / 
M,DCC,XCVII.  / 

I4>^cm.,  pp.  112;  half  leather  binding.  aas.  shf. 


42  Thomas  Collier  b-797 

Advertised  April  i,  1795,  "Proposal  for  re-printing 
by  Subscription  ...  is  6d  (or  25  cents)  single,  and  a 
seventh  gratis  to  those  who  subscribe  for  six.  London 
copy  of  this  book  is  mark'd  at  3s  gd." 

Advertised  December  13,  1797  as  "Just  Published." 

Evans,  No.  32316.  Trumbull,  No.  1369. 

This  work  comprises  a  brief,  comprehensive  survey 
of  the  arts  and  sciences,  including  theology,  philoso- 
phy, mathematics,  geography  and  mythology,  in  the 
form  of  questions  and  answers. 

62  [Griswold,  Alexander  Viets.]  (1766-1843). 

A  /  Short  Sketch,  /  of  the  /  Life  /  of  /  Mr.  Lent 
Munson.  /  [rule]  /  "Honor  and  shame  from  no 
condition  rise;  /  Act  well  your  part; — there  all  the 
honor  lies."  /  [rule]  /  Litchfield:  /  Printed  by 
Thomas  Collier.  / 

20cm.,  pp.  8.  BPL. 

When  ten  years  old.  Lent  Munson  (1768-1796)  en- 
listed in  the  Continental  Army  as  a  musician.  He  re- 
enlisted  after  the  war  in  the  newly  created  American 
forces  and  on  October  17,  1793,  was  taken  by  the  Indi- 
ans in  an  engagement  near  Fort  Washington.  After 
months  of  captivity,  he  escaped,  and  after  tedious 
wanderings,  succeeded  in  reaching  his  home.  He  aban- 
doned his  military  career  and  took  to  the  sea  but,  dur- 
ing a  voyage  to  the  West  Indies,  was  captured  by  the 
French  and  died  a  prisoner  on  the  Island  of  St.  Croix. 

62  Griswold,  Alexander  Viets.  (1766-1843). 

A  /  Discourse,  /  delivered  at  /  Harwinton,  on 
the  5th  day  of  January,  1797,  /  occasioned  by  the  / 
Death  /  of  /  Mr.  Lent  Munson.  /  [double  rule]  / 


1797] 


Thomas  Collier  43 


By  Alexander  V.  Griswold,  /  Rector  of  St.  Mark's 
Church,  Harwinton.  /  [double  rule]  /  "The  Time 
is  Short." — I  Cor.  vii.  29.  /  [parallel  rule]  /  Litch- 
field: /  Printed  by  T.  Collier.  M.DCC.XCVII.  / 

20cm.,  pp.  16.  BPL. 

Evans,  No.  32215. 

64  Prindle,  Chauncey.  (1753-1833). 

A  /  Discourse,  /  delivered  in  /  Christ's  Church 
in  Watertown,  /  On  Friday,  March  3,  1797,  /  at 
the  /  Funeral  /  of  /  Mr.  Ethel  Porter.  /  [double 
rule]  /  By  Chauncy  [sic]  Prindle,  A.M.  /  Rector  of 
said  Church.  /  [double  rule]  /  Litchfield:  /  Printed 
by  Tho.  Collier.  / 

1 6cm.,  pp.  30.  jcB. 

Evans,  No.  32723. 

Rev.  Chauncey  Prindle  became  Episcopal  rector  of 
Christ's  Church,  Watertown,  Connecticut,  in  1788  at 
a  salary  of  thirty  pounds  a  year.  He  resigned  this 
charge  in  1 804. 

65  IMorris,  James.  (1752-1820). 

Mr.  Morris's  /  Farewell  Address  /  To  his  Pu- 
pils, /  Delivered  at  Litchfield,  (South-  /  Farms,) 
at  the  Close  of  his  /  School,  March  9th,  1797.  / 
Published  by  their  Request.  /  'Tis  Virtue,  not 
rolling  Suns,  the  Mind  /  matures."  Young.  / 
[rule]  /  Litchfield:  /  Printed  by  T.  Collier.  / 

1 6cm.,  pp.  18;  including  list  of  pupils — 25  "gentlemen"  and 
12  "ladies."  lhs. 

James  Morris,  shortly  after  his  graduation  from 
Yale  College  in  1775  enlisted  in  the  Continental  Army 


44  Thomas  Collier  [i797 

as  an  Ensign,  and  had  a  varied  and  distinguished  ca- 
reer throughout  the  war  from  which  he  emerged  as  a 
Captain.  He  settled  in  his  native  town  of  Litchfield  and 
about  1790  established  a  seminary  in  South-Farms 
(now  Morris),  which  during  its  existence  prepared 
about  sixty  young  men  for  college  and  had  among  its 
pupils  John  Brown  of  Osawatomie. 

He  was  the  author  of  A  Statistical  Account  of  Several 
Towns  in  the  County  of  Litchfield,  published  in  New 
Haven  in  181 1. 


66  Griswold,  Alexander  Viets.  (1766-1843). 

A  /  Discourse  /  delivered  at  /  Litchfield,  in  the 
society  of  Northfield,  /  on  the  /  12th  day  of 
March  1797;  /  occasioned  by  the  /  Death  /  of  / 
Mrs.  Lucy  Blakslee,  /  the  Wife  of  /  Mr.  David 
Blakslee.  /  [rule]  /  By  Alexander  V.  Griswold.  / 
[rule]  /  Printed  at  Litchfield,  by  T.  Collier.  / 

2ICm.,  pp.  18.  CHS.  LHS. 

67  Rockwell,  Samuel.  ( 1 759-1 836). 

An  /  Oration,  /  delivered  at  the  /  Celebration  / 
of  /  American  Independence,  /  At  Salisbury,  / 
Fourth  July,  Ninety-Seven.  /  By  Dr.  Samuel 
Rockwell.  /  Published  at  the  Request  of  the  Com- 
mittee. /  Litchfield:  /  Printed  by  T.  Collier.  / 

llCrCl.,  pp.  16.  LOC.  NYPL.  YU. 

Evans,  No.  32775.  Trumbull,  No.  1306. 

The  Weekly  Monitor  of  July  12,  1797  reported  that 
"At  Salisbury  1500  persons  assembled  and  an  Ora- 
tion, ingenious  and  happily  adapted,  by  Dr.  Rockwell, 
preceded  the  military  and  other  exercises,  and  a  sump- 
tuous Feast." 


797] 


Thomas  Collier  45 


Dr.  Samuel  Rockwell,  after  serving  in  the  Conti- 
nental Army,  entered  Yale  College  but  soon  left  that 
institution  to  study  medicine  under  Dr.  Lemuel  Hop- 
kins. He  settled  in  Sharon  and  resided  there  the  rest  of 
his  life  except  five  years  spent  in  Salisbury. 

68  Beach,  Jesse. 

An  /  Oration,  /  delivered  at  /  Mason's  Hall,  in 
Derby,  /  Aug.  29,  1797.  /  At  the  Request  of  / 
Solomon's  Chapter  of  Royal  Arch  /  Masons.  /  In 
commemoration  oY  the  /  Death  of  a  Brother,  /  the 
Rev.  Edward  Blakeslee.  /  By  Jesse  Beach.  / 
Printed  at  Litchfield,  by  T.  Collier.  / 
i6cm.j  pp.  16.  CHS. 

69  [Day,  Thomas.]  (1777-1 855). 

The  /  Suicide.  /  A  /  Dialogue  /  Exhibited  on  the 
Stage  at  the  Public  /  Commencement  /  of  /  Yale- 
College,  /  Sept.  13th,  M.DCC.XCVH.  /  Litch- 
field :  Printed  by  T.  Collier.  / 

19cm.,  pp.  20.  BU.  LOC.  YU. 

EvanSj  No.  32019.  Trumbull,  No.  562. 

This  dialogue  in  blank  verse  involves  a  dramatic  dis- 
cussion of  the  morality  of  suicide.  There  are  three 
scenes.  Abraham  Bellamy  disinherits  his  son  Alphonso 
because  of  the  boy's  worldly  ways.  A  friend,  Orville, 
persuades  the  father  to  forgive  his  son  and  goes  to  tell 
Alphonso  of  this  change  in  his  fortunes.  The  second 
scene  discloses  Alphonso  about  to  kill  himself  when 
Orville  arrives  and  argues  with  him.  The  discussion  be- 
comes somewhat  theological  but  is  nevertheless  emo- 
tional and  histrionic.  In  the  last  scene,  the  father,  Abra- 
ham, is  quite  overcome  by  the  receipt  of  a  letter  from 
his  son  telling  of  his  intention  to  commit  suicide,  but 


46  Thomas  Collier  1^797 

he  is  suddenly  relieved  by  the  arrival  of  Orville  bring- 
ing Alphonso  well  in  body  and  mind. 

The  parts  were  played  by  members  of  the  graduat- 
ing class  of  1797;  the  son,  Alphonso,  by  the  author;  the 
father,  Abraham,  by  Bethel  Judd,  later  principal  of  the 
Episcopal  Academy  at  Cheshire,  Connecticut,  and  the 
friend,  Orville,  by  William  Benedict.  After  graduation, 
two  of  the  performers.  Day  and  Benedict,  attended  the 
Litchfield  Law  School  conducted  by  Judge  Reeve. 
Day,  who  was  a  son  of  Rev.  Jeremiah  Day,  later  prac- 
ticed law  in  Hartford  and  was  for  many  years  the  re- 
porter of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Errors  of  Connecticut. 

The  Commencement  exercises  at  this  time  occurred 
in  September  at  the  end  of  the  summer  term,  and  were 
immediately  followed  by  a  six  weeks'  vacation. 

70  On  the  Ordination  of  Deacons.  [The  substance 
of  certain  manuscripts  read  before  the  North  As- 
sociation of  Litchfield  County,  27  September  1797.] 
i7>^cm.,  pp.  II.  AAs. 
Evans,  No.  31969.  Trumbull,  No.  1191. 

While  Evans  credits  this  to  Collier,  Trumbull  merely 
lists  it  without  comment.  The  type  and  form  indicate 
a  later  date  than  1797.  It  is  probably  not  a  Collier 
item. 

71  Wolcott,  Oliver.  (1726-1797). 

By  His  Excellency  /  Oliver  Wolcott,  esq.  /  Gov- 
ernor and  Commander  in  Chief  of  the  State  of 
Connecticut,  /  A  Proclamation.  /  .  .  .  appoint  Fri- 
day, the  Fourteenth  Day  of  April  next,  to  be  ob- 
served as  a  day  of  public  /  Humiliation,  Fasting 
and  Prayer,  throughout  this  State.  .  .  .  Given  at 
Litchfield,  this  seventeenth  Day  of  March,  in  the 
Year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  seven  hundred  / 


1798]  Thomas  Collier  47 

and  ninety  seven,  and  of  the  Independence  of  the 
United  States  of  America  the  twenty-first.  /  Ohver 
Wolcott.  /  By  his  Excellency's  Command,  /  Sam- 
uel Wyllys,  Secretary.  / 

Broadside,  fol.  chs. 

Evans,  No.  31975. 

Evans,  No.  31976,  lists  another  Thanksgiving  Day 
proclamation  by  Governor  Wolcott  as  a  Collier  item, 
but  the  only  copy  located  was  printed  in  New  Haven. 

1798 

72  Martinet,  Johannes  Florentius.  (i 729-1 795). 

The  /  Catechism  of  Nature.  /  For  the  use  of  / 
Children.  /  [double  rule]  /  By  Dr.  Martinet,  / 
Professor  of  Philosophy  at  Zutphen.  /  [double 
rule]  /  Translated  from  the  Dutch.  /  [double  rule]  / 
London  printed:  /  Reprinted  at  Litchfield,  by  T. 
Collier.  / 

ii>^cm.,  pp.  105.  CHS. 

Advertised  January  24,  1798  as  "Just  Published." 
Price  17c. 

The  translation  by  John  Hall  was  published  in  Phila- 
delphia as  early  as  1791. 

73  Backus,  Azel.  (1765-18 1 7). 

A  /  Sermon,  /  delivered  at  the  /  Funeral  /  of  / 
His  Excellency  /  Oliver  Wolcott,  /  Governor  of  the 
State  of  Connecticut;  /  who  died  /  ist  December 
1797.  /  [rule]  /  By  Azel  Backus,  A.M.  /  Pastor  of 
the  Church  in  Bethlem.  /  [rule]  /  Interlectum  est 
quid  intersit  inter  lenitatem  conciona-  /  torum,  & 


48  Thomas  Collier  [1798 

animum  vere  popularem,  saluti  /  populi  consulen- 
tem.  /  Cicero.  /  [parallel  rule]  /  Printed  at  Litch- 
field, by  T.  Collier.  / 

1 8cm.,  pp.  23.  AAS.  JCB.  LHS.  NYPL.  UTS.  YU.  SHF. 

Advertised  January  31,  1798  as  "For  Sale  at  this 
Office." 

Evans,  No.  31 761.  Trumbull,  No.  291. 

Rev.  Azel  Backus,  whose  ordination  sermon  is  item 
No.  34,  followed  the  distinguished  divine.  Dr.  Joseph 
Bellamy,  in  the  pastorate  of  the  church  in  Bethlehem, 
Connecticut.  He  conducted  a  school  for  the  prepara- 
tion of  young  men  for  college.  Because  of  a  sermon 
denouncing  President  Jefferson  as  an  atheist,  he  was 
prosecuted  in  the  United  States  Circuit  Court  for 
Connecticut.  A  Letter  to  the  President  of  the  United 
States  (see  page  x  of  the  Foreword)  contains  an  ac- 
count of  the  suit.  Elected  the  first  President  of  Hamil- 
ton College  of  Clinton,  New  York,  he  was  inducted 
into  office  in  December,  18 12. 

74  [Wilkinson,  Edward.]  (1727-1809). 

Wisdom  /  A  /  Poem  /  Wisdom  sprang  from  the 
Supreme  Being  /  and  by  that  Wisdom  He  over- 
comes Evil.  /  By  Wisdom,  Peace  and  Plenty 
flourish  /  in  cities  and  civil  societies;  and,  /  by  its 
means,  private  men  /  may  be  enabled  to  enjoy  / 
domestic  happiness.  /  By  a  Quaker,  (or  Friend) 
of  R.  Island.  /  The  second  Litchfield  edition.  / 
1798.  / 

I2cm.,  pp.  24.  CHS. 

Advertised  March  7,  1798  as  "This  excellent  little 
work  has  been  twice  printed  at  this  office,  and  is  worth 
its  weight  in  silver."  Price  4^d. 

The  earlier  edition  is  item  No.  35. 


THE 


WHOLE  DUTY 


OF 


WOMAN. 


A  nettttEdttion, 


With  confiderable  Improvements. 


London  Printed  t 

Reprinted  at  JLiichfield,  by  T- Collier. 


Item  No.  75. 


50  Thomas  Collier  [1798 

75  [Kenrick,  William.]  (1725-1779). 

The  /  Whole  Duty  /  of  /  Woman.  /  [rule]  /  A 
new  Edition.   /  [rule]   /  With  considerable  Im- 
provements.  /   [rule]   /  London  Printed:  /  Re- 
printed at  Litchfield,  by  T.  Collier.  / 
9>^cm.,  pp.  106.  SHF, 

Advertised  March  7,  1798  as  "This  day  Pubhshed." 
Price  IS.  bound  in  red  leather  or  gd.  in  half  binding. 

This  booklet,  in  imitation  of  The  Economy  of  Human 
Life,  contains  a  series  of  admonitions  under  such  head- 
ings as  Affectation,  Curiosity,  Elegance,  Frugality, 
Modesty,  Marriage,  and  Widowhood,  in  Biblical  verse, 
like  that  of  the  Book  of  Proverbs;  for  example,  "As 
the  way  of  a  Serpent  in  the  Grass,  or  a  Traveller  o'er 
the  Waste,  in  a  dark  night,  so  the  ways  of  Man  are 
dangerous  and  hard  to  find  out." 

A  reproduction  of  the  title-page  of  this  book  is  shown  on 
page  49. 

76  [Dodsley,  Robert.]  ( 1 703-1 764). 

The  /  Economy  /  of  /  Human  Life.  /  In  two 
parts.  /  Translated  from  an  Indian  Manuscript,  / 
written  /  By  a  Bramin.  /  [rule]  /  Reprinted  at 
Litchfield,  by  T.  Collier.  / 
I2cm.,  pp.  185;  board  binding.  lhs. 

Advertised  June  20,  1798  as  "This  day  Published." 
Price  25  cents  or  1/6  in  plain  binding. 

The  first  edition  of  this  work  came  out  in  1750  and 
was  for  some  time  attributed  to  Dodsley,  but  has  long 
been  considered  to  have  been  written  by  the  Earl  of 
Chesterfield. 

Part  I  describes  the  duties  that  relate  to  man,  con- 
sidered as  an  individual,  while  Part  II  relates  to  man 
as  a  social  being. 


1798]  Thomas  Collier  51 

77  Buel,  Ebenezer.  (1713-1801). 

Index  /  to  the  /  Holy  Bible;  /  which  the  Scrip- 
tures may  be  found  with  much  greater  Facility,  / 
and  by  Means  of  which  (its  curious  and  excellent 
Contents  /  coming  more  immediately  under  the 
Eye)  we  shall  /  be  excited  to  examine  the  Sacred  / 
Volume  with  more  Pleasure  /  and  Avidity,  not  / 
only  as  /  Christians,  but  as  Admirers  of  Simplicity 
and  fine  Writing.  /  Printed  at  the  Desire  and  Ex- 
pence  of  Mr.  Ebenezer  Buel,  /  aged  86,  /  For  the 
Benefit  of  his  Posterity,  and  the  general  Good.  / 
Printed  at  Litchfield,  by  T.  Collier.  / 

20cm.,  pp.  (28).  LHS. 

Advertised  August  i,  1798  as  "For  Sale."  Price  gd. 

Ebenezer  Buel  was  the  son  of  John  Buel,  one  of  the 
original  settlers  of  Litchfield. 

This  Index  is  little  more  than  a  listing  of  the  chap- 
ters of  the  several  books  of  the  Bible  with  their  sub- 
ject matter. 

78  Smith,  John  Cotton.  (1765-1845). 

An  /  Oration,  /  pronounced  at  Sharon,  /  on  the  / 
Anniversary  /  of  /  American  Independence,  /  4th 
of  July,  1798.  /  [double  rule]  /  By  John  C.  Smith.  / 
[double  rule]  /  Published  at  the  Request  of  the 
Committee.  /  [cut  of  eagle]  /  Printed  at  Litchfield 
by  T.  Collier.  / 

20cm.,  pp.  23.  AAS.  NYPL.  YU.  SHF. 

Advertised  August  15,  1798  as  "For  Sale."  Price  9d. 

Trumbull,  No.  1388. 

John  Cotton  Smith  in  1783  was  graduated  from  Yale 
College  with  honors  and  later  practiced  law  in  Sharon, 


52  Thomas  Collier  [1798 

Connecticut.  At  the  time  of  this  address  he  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  General  Assembly.  He  was  United  States 
Representative  from  Connecticut  for  six  years,  from 
1800,  and  in  1 8 12  became  Governor  of  the  State. 

The  Monitor  of  July  ii,  1798  describes  this  address 
as  "An  Oration  by  John  C.  Smith,  Esq.  in  which  the 
disorganizing  principles  of  the  French  Revolution  were 
traced  to  their  true  source,  and  their  horrid  tendency 
painted  in  striking  colours,  with  an  animating  exhor- 
tation to  resist  those  principles  and  to  support  our  na- 
tional sovereignty  and  Independence,"  and  adds  that 
it  "was  received  by  the  audience  with  that  engaged 
attention  which  was  at  once  an  high  eulogium  on  the 
performance  of  the  Speaker  and  the  patriotic  princi- 
ples of  the  hearers." 

A  reproduction  of  the  title-page  of  this  book  appears  on 


79  Gould,  James.  (1770-183 8). 

An  /  Oration,  /  pronounced  at  Litchfield,  /  on 
the  /  Anniversary  /  of  the  /  Independence  /  of  the 
/  United  States  of  America,  /  in  the  year  M,DCC, 
XCVIII.  /  By  James  Gould.  /  [monogram  T  C  in 
circle]  /  Printed  by  T.  Collier.  / 

20cm.,  pp.  32.  AAS.  LHS.  NYPL.  YU.  SHF. 

Advertised  August  15, 1798  as  "For  Sale."  Price  9d. 

Trumbull,  No.  767. 

Graduated  from  Yale  College  in  1791,  James  Gould 
was  tutor  in  that  institution  from  1793  to  1795.  He 
studied  law  in  the  Litchfield  Law  School  and  upon  the 
appointment  of  Tapping  Reeve  to  the  bench,  Gould 
became  associated  with  him  in  the  conduct  of  the 
school.  From  1820,  until  it  was  discontinued  in  1833, 
he  was  its  sole  proprietor.  Gould  was  for  two  years. 


AN 


ATI 


PRONOUNCED  at  SHARON, 

ON  THE 

ANNIVERSARY 

OF 

AMERICAN  INDEPENDENCE, 

4h  of  JULY,  1798, 


BY  JOHN  C.  SMITI-L 


PUBLISHED  AT  THE  RE<iyEST  OF  THE  COMMITTEE. 


PHINTED  AT  LITCHFIELD  BY  T.  COLLIER, 
Item  No.  78. 


54  Thomas  Collier  [1798 

from  1 8 16,  a  Judge  of  the  Supreme  Court,  and  in  1832 
published  a  text-book  on  pleading.  His  wife  was  the 
eldest  daughter  of  Senator  Uriah  Tracy. 

"A  correct  and  spirited  Oration,"  the  Monitor  of 
July  II,  1798,  characterizes  this  effort,  "strongly  en- 
forcing the  necessity  of  uniting  in  defence  of  our  civil 
and  religious  institutions,  against  the  perfidious  de- 
signs of  France,  and  of  restless  demagogues  among  our- 
selves,— ingeniously  descriptive  of  the  miseries  at- 
tendant upon  the  despotic  governments  of  Asia,  and 
the  atheistic,  anarchial  government  of  France."  The 
paper  adds:  "Perfect  harmony  and  good  order  pre- 
vailed; and  while  every  one  partook  of  the  general  joy, 
no  one  was  seen  to  dishonour  himself  or  the  day  by  in- 
temperance." 

80  Day,  Thomas.  (1777-1855). 

An  /  Oration,  /  on  /  Party  Spirit,  /  pronounced 
before  the  /  Connecticut  Society  /  of  /  Cincinnati, 
/  convened  at  Hartford,  for  the  /  Celebration  /  of  / 
American  Independence,  /  on  the  /  4th  of  July, 
1798.  /  [double  rule]  /  By  Thomas  Day.  /  [double 
rule]  /  Printed  at  Litchfield  by  T.  Collier.  / 

20Cni.,  pp.  28.  NYPL.  YU.  SHF. 

Advertised  August  15,  1798  as  "For  Sale."  Price  gd. 
Trumbull,  No.  c^G^^. 

81  Pettibone,  Augustus.  (1766-1847). 

An  /  Oration,  /  pronounced  at  Norfolk,  /  on  the 
Anniversary  /  of  /  American  Independence,  / 
Fourth  of  July,  /  1798.  /  [double  rule]  /  By  Au- 
gustus Pettibone.  /  [double  rule]  /  Published  by 
Request.  /  [monogram  T  C  in  circle  ]/  Printed  at 
Litchfield,  by  T.  Collier,  /  1798.  / 


798] 


Thomas  Collier  55 


aicm.,  pp.  16.  CHS. 

Trumbull,  No.  1245. 

Augustus  Pettibone  received  his  legal  training  at  the 
Litchfield  Law  School  and  practiced  in  Norfolk.  He 
was  Chief  Judge  of  the  County  Court  from  1 8 1 2  till 
1831. 

82  Woodward,  Israel  Beard.  (1767-1810). 

American  Liberty  and  Independence.  /  [orna- 
ment] /  A  /  Discourse,  /  delivered  at  /  Watertown, 
/  on  the  /  Fourth  of  July,  /  1798.  /  [rule]  /  By  the 
Rev.  Israel  B.  Woodward,  A.M.  /  [rule]  /  [mono- 
gram T  C  in  circle]  /  Printed  at  Litchfield  by  T. 
Collier.  / 

21  cm.,  pp.  26.  CHS.  HEH. 

Trumbull,  No.  1708. 

Rev.  Israel  B.  Woodward  was  graduated  from  Yale 
College  in  1789  and  from  1792  until  his  death  was 
minister  at  Wolcott,  Connecticut. 

83  JMoore,  Edv^ard.  (17 12-1757). 

Fables  /  for  the  /  Female  Sex.  /  [rule]  /  By  Mr. 
Edward  Moore.  /  Author  of  the  World,  &c.  / 
[rule]  /  [cut  of  compass]  /  — Reprinted  at  Litch- 
field, by  T.  Collier. — / 

Il^^Cm.,  pp.  120.  AAS.  SHF. 

Advertised  August  15, 1798  as  "This  day  published." 
Price  17  cents  in  half  binding. 

The  popular  collection  of  poems  by  the  English 
author,  Edward  Moore,  went  through  many  editions 
in  this  country. 

Somewhat  in  the  style  of  Aesop,  the  poet  offers  his 


56  Thomas  Collier  [1798 

readers  advice  against  woman's  frailties  in  a  number 
of  fables.  The  Nightingale  and  Glow-worm;  The  Wolf, 
the  Sheep  and  the  Lamb;  The  Goose  and  the  Swans; 
and  The  Spider  and  the  Bee  are  a  few  of  his  titles. 

84  The  Art  of  Cheese-Making,  taught  from  Actual 
Experiments;  by  which  more  Butter  and  Cheese 
may  be  made  from  the  same  quantity  of  milk. 

No  copy  located. 

1 6cm.,  pp.  16, 

Advertised  September  12,  1798  as  "For  Sale  at  this 
Office." 

85  Doddridge,  Philip.  (1702-175 1 ). 

A  Plain  and  Serious  Address  to  the  Master  of  a 
Family  on  the  Important  Subject  of  Family  Re- 
ligion.— By  P.  Doddridge,  D.D. 

No  copy  located. 

Advertised  November  28, 1798  as  "Just  Published." 
Price  9d. 

86  Learning,  Jeremiah.  (17 1 7-1 804). 

Dissertations  /  upon  /  Various  Subjects,  /  which 
may  be  well  worth  the  attention  of  /  Every  Chris- 
tian; /  and  /  Of  Real  Service  to  the  Sincere  In- 
quirer after  /  True  Religion.  /  [dotted  rule]  /  By 
Jeremiah  Teaming,  A.M.  /  Rector  of  Christ's 
Church,  in  Stratford.  /  [dotted  rule]  /  Ye  know  the 
truth;  the  truth  shall  make  you  free.  /  [ornament]  / 
Re-printed  by  T.  Collier,  in  Litchfield.  /  1798.  / 

21cm.,  pp.  72.  SHF. 

Trumbull,  No.  963. 


1799]  Thomas  Collier  ^'•j 

87  Learning,  Jeremiah.  (17 1 7-1 804). 

An  /  Essay  /  on  /  Conversion.  /  By  Jeremiah 
Learning.  /  Late  Rector  of  Christ's  Church,  in  / 
Stratford.  /  When  thou  art  converted,  strengthen 
thy  /  Brethren.  /  Jesus  Christ.  /  Reprinted  at 
Litchfield,  1798,  from  the  5th  edition.  / 

14cm.,  pp.  8.  CHS. 

1799 

88  [Peddle,  Mrs. ] 

Rudiments  of  Taste.  In  a  series  of  Letters  from  a 
Mother  to  her  Daughters. 

No  copy  located. 

Advertised  June  26,  1799  as  "Just  Published."  Price 

IS. 

89  Goldsmith,  Oliver,  (i 728-1 774). 

The  Deserted  Village. 

No  copy  located. 

Advertised  November  6,  1799  as  "This  day  pub- 
lished." Price  4^d. 

90  Dana,  James.  (1735-1812). 

Christianity  the  Wisdom  of  God.  /  A  /  Sermon,  / 
Preached  October  17,  1798,  /  at  the  /  Ordination  / 
of  the  /  Rev.  Dan  Huntington,  /  to  the  /  Pastoral 
Care  of  the  first  Church  and  Society  in  /  Litchfield, 
Connecticut.  /  By  James  Dana,  D.D.  /  Pastor  of 
the  first  congregational  Church  in  New-Haven.  / 
Litchfield:  /  Printed  by  Thomas  Collier.  /  1799.  / 
22cm.,  pp.  30,  including  half  tide-page. 

AAS,  JCB.  LHS.  LOC.  NYPL.  UTS.  YU.  SHF. 

Trumbull,  No.  554. 


^8  Thomas  Collier  [^799 

Rev.  James  Dana,  a  graduate  of  the  class  of  1753  of 
Harvard  College,  was,  in  1758,  ordained  minister  at 
Wallingford,  Connecticut,  in  opposition  to  the  New 
Haven  Consociation,  and  became  the  storm  center  of 
the  so-called  Wallingford  controversy.  From  1789 
until  1805,  he  was  pastor  of  the  First  Church  of  New 
Haven. 

Rev.  Dan  Huntington,  after  his  graduation  from 
Yale  College  in  1794,  was  successively  tutor  at  Wil- 
liams College  for  two  years  and  at  Yale  College  for  two 
years.  He  was  minister  of  the  First  Church  at  Litch- 
field for  ten  years  and  later  retired  to  Hadley,  Mas- 
sachusetts, where  he  had  charge  of  the  Hopkins  Acad- 
emy. 

Since  he  was  a  decided  Federalist,  he  was  attacked 
by  the  American  Mercury  of  Hartford,  the  leading  Re- 
publican organ  in  Connecticut,  for  some  of  his  utter- 
ances, but  in  retaliation,  he  recovered  a  verdict  of 
1 1 000  against  Major  Elisha  Babcock,  the  publisher  of 
the  paper. 

91  A  /  Small  Collection  /  of  /  Questions  &  An- 
swers, /  from  various  authors.  /  [ornamental  rule]  / 
[monogram  T  C  in  circle]  /  [ornamental  rule]  / 
Litchfield:  /  Printed  by  Thomas  Collier,  /  1799.  / 

17cm.,  pp.  15.  WL.  SHF. 

This  little  pamphlet  is  devoted  chiefly  to  matters  of 
pronunciation,  grammar  and  geography.  It  ends  with 
the  patriotic  statement  that  the  Revolutionary  War 
was  terminated  "to  the  honor  and  glory  of  the  United 
States,  and  the  shame  and  disgrace  of  the  British  na- 
tion." 

92  [Ogden,  John  Cosins.]  ( 1 751-1800). 

A  /  Tour,  /  Through  /  Upper  and  Lower  Cana- 
da. /  [rule]  /  By  a  Citizen  of  the  United  States.  / 


1799] 


Thomas  Collier  59 


[rule]  /  Containing,  /  A  View  of  the  present  State 
of  Religion,  Learn-  /  ing.  Commerce,  Agriculture, 
Colonization,  /  Customs  and  Manners,  among  the 
/  English,  French,  and  Indian  /  Settlements.  / 
[ornament]  /  Printed  at  Litchfield,  (according  to 
Act  of  Congress)  /  1799.  / 

i6cm.j  pp.  119;  full  leather  binding.  aas.  loc.  nypl.  shf. 

Trumbull,  No.  1208.  Brinley,  No.  124. 

The  latter  part  of  this  book  (pages  91  to  119),  con- 
tains an  anonymous  letter,  dated  New  York,  20th  Nov. 
1794,  "from  a  Gentleman  to  his  Friend,  Descriptive  of 
the  Different  Settlements,  in  the  Province  of  Upper 
Canada"  which  the  author  of  the  Toz^r  subjoins  because 
of  its  valuable  information  "and  the  very  respectable 
character  of  the  Author." 

Rev.  John  Cosins  Ogden  was  rector  of  the  Episcopal 
church  in  Portsmouth,  New  Hampshire,  after  gradua- 
tion from  the  College  of  New  Jersey  in  1770.  He  married 
Mary,  the  daughter  of  General  David  Wooster,  of  New 
Haven,  where  he  resided  for  fifteen  years.  He  was  also 
the  brother-in-law  of  Hon.  Pierpont  Edwards,  one  of 
the  leading  Democrats  in  the  State. 

Ogden  had  a  strong  controversial  turn  of  mind  and, 
because  of  his  Episcopalian  and  Democratic  leanings, 
has  been  credited  with  three  pamphlets  bitterly  attack- 
ing Yale  College,  President  Timothy  Dwight,  and  the 
Congregational  Church  in  Connecticut.  All  were  printed 
anonymously  and  without  the  name  of  the  publisher  or 
place  of  printing.  It  has  been  presumed  that  Collier 
published  one  or  more  of  these  pamphlets  because,  at 
this  time,  the  Tour  was  appearing  with  the  Litchfield 
imprint. 

An  Appeal  to  the  Candid,  upon  the  Present  State  of 
Religion  and  Politics  in  Connecticut  (17cm.,  pp.  23),  a 
diatribe  against  the  college,  was  issued  in  1798.  In  the 


6o  Thomas  Collier  [^799 

following  year  came  Friendly  Remarks  to  the  People  of 
Connecticut,  upon  their  College  and  Schools  (19cm.,  pp. 
42).  Trumbull,  No.  737,  credits  this  pamphlet  to  Litch- 
field but  the  booklet  contains  a  thinly-veiled,  unfavour- 
able allusion  to  Benjamin  Tallmadge,  a  leading  citizen 
of  Litchfield  and  one  of  the  little  coterie  of  Federalist 
backers  of  Collier. 

The  third  pamphlet,  A  View  of  the  Calvinistic  Clubs 
in  the  United  States  (i6cm.,  pp.  23),  refers  to  the  con- 
troversy of  Rev.  Stanley  Griswold  of  New  Milford  with 
the  Litchfield  South  Association. 


1800 

93  Gray,  Thomas.  (17 16-1771). 

An  /  Elegy  /  written  in  a  /  Country  Church 
Yard  /  By  Mr.  Gray.  /  The  curfew  tolls  the  knell 
of  parting  day,  /  The  lowing  herd  winds  slowly 
o'er  the  lea,  /  The  ploughman  homeward  plods 
his  weary  way,  /  And  leaves  the  world  to  darkness 
and  to  me.  /  Re-printed  at  T.  Collier's  Office, 
Litchfield.  /  1799.  / 
i2>^cm.,  pp.  8.  CHS. 

Advertised  January  i,  1800.  This  poem,  "the  sub- 
limity of  which  has  immortalized  the  Poet, — is  this 
day  published."  Price  3d. 

94  Morris,  James.  ( 1 752-1 820). 

An  /  Oration,  /  delivered  in  South-Farms,  in 
Litchfield,  /  February  22,  1800,  /  Commemora- 
tive of  the  Death  /  of  /  Gen.  George  Washington,  / 
Who  died  December  14th,  1799,  in  the  68th  Year  / 
of  his  Age.  /  [heavy  rule]  /  By  James  Morris,  Esq.  / 
[heavy  rule]  /  "We  all  must  die,  and  turn  to  dust,  / 


i8oo]  Thomas  Collier  6i 

"Though  Man  is  mortal,  God  is  just."  /  [heavy 
rule]  /  Printed  at  Litchfield,  by  T.  Collier.  / 

22cm.,  pp.  29,  including  half  title-page,  and  request  of  com- 
mittee for  printing.  aas.  jcb.  loc.  nypl.  shf. 

Advertised  March  26, 1800  as  "On  Hand."  Price  9d. 

Trumbull,  No.  1 125. 


95  Griswold,  Stanley.  (1763-18 1 5). 

A  /  Funeral  Eulogium,  /  pronounced  at  /  New- 
Milford,  /  on  the  /  Twenty-second  of  February,  / 
1800;  /  being  the  day  recommended  by  Congress 
for  /  publicly  testifying  respect  to  the  /  memory  of 
/  George  Washington.  /  Being  also  his  Birth-Day. 
/  By  Stanley  Griswold,  Pastor  of  a  Church  in  / 
New-Milford.  /  [cut  of  basket]  /  Printed  at  Litch- 
field, by  T.  Collier.  / 

21  cm.,  pp.  24.  AAS.  JOB.  LOG.  NYPL. 

Trumbull,  No.  785. 

The  author  of  the  Eulogium  had  an  interesting  and 
varied  career  as  minister,  editor,  senator  and  judge. 
Upon  graduation  from  Yale  College  in  1786,  while 
teaching  school  in  Norwich,  Connecticut,  he  began  the 
study  of  theology.  In  1790  he  became  the  colleague  of 
Rev.  Nathanael  Taylor  in  the  pastorate  of  the  church 
of  New  Milford,  Connecticut.  An  able  speaker,  with 
good  voice  and  fine  appearance,  he  became  a  popular 
preacher,  but  his  liberal  theological  views  and  his  lean- 
ing toward  Jeffersonian  doctrines  in  politics  soon 
brought  him  into  conflict  with  his  fellow  ministers  in 
the  Litchfield  South  Consociation.  Having  retired 
from  the  pulpit  in  1802,  he  became  an  editor  in  Wal- 
pole.  New  Hampshire,  but  in  1805,  President  Jeflferson 
gave  him  a  political  appointment  in  the  newly  or- 


62  Thomas  Collier  [1800 

ganized  territory  of  Michigan.  From  there  he  emi- 
grated to  Ohio  where  he  was  appointed  by  the  Gover- 
nor to  the  United  States  Senate  in  1809.  A  year  later 
he  became  Judge  of  the  United  States  Court  for  the 
Northwestern  Territory. 

A  correspondence  between  him  and  Rev.  Dan  Hunt- 
ington in  1 801  was  later  printed  as  a  political  docu- 
ment. 

96  [Home,  Henry.]  (1696-1782). 

A  /  Letter  /  from  a  /  Blacksmith  /  to  the  / 
Ministers  and  Elders  /  of  the  /  Church  of  Scot- 
land. /  In  which  the  Manner  of  Public  Worship  in  / 
that  Church  is  considered;  its  Incon-  /  veniencies 
[sic]  and  Defects  pointed  out;  /  and  Methods  for 
removing  them  /  humbly  proposed.  /  Be  not  rash 
with  thy  mouth,  and  let  not  thine  heart /be  hasty  to 
utter  anything  before  God:  for  God  /  is  in  Heaven, 
and  thou  upon  Earth :  therefore  let  /  thy  words  be 
few.  Eccl.  V.  2.  /  I  will  pray  with  the  Spirit,  and  I 
will  pray  with  the  /  Understanding  also.  I.  Cor. 
xiv.  15.  /  London  Printed:  /  Reprinted,  (for  Sub- 
scribers) by  T.  Collier,  /  Litchfield,  — 1800./ 
i6cin.,  pp.  78.  The  last  page  is  signed  "A.  T.  Blacksmith." 

AAS.  CHS. 

Advertised  September  3,  1800  as  "Just  Published." 

This  book  was  formerly  credited  to  Rev.  John 
Witherspoon  but  is  now  deemed  to  be  the  work  of  the 
Scottish  judge  known  as  Lord  Kames,  a  voluminous 
writer  on  legal  and  philosophical  subjects. 

97  A  /  Specimen  /  of  the  /  Confession  of  Faith,  / 
and  /  Covenant  Engagements,  /  Upon  which,  for 
Substance,  the  Members  of  /  the  several  conso- 


i8oo]  Thomas  Collier  63 

ciated  Churches,  in  /  Connecticut,  unite  and  prac- 
tice: /  and  in  a  form,  /  Corresponding  to  those 
which  are  in  con-  /  stant  Use  amongst  us,  at  the 
Admission  of  /  New  Members.  /  Litchfield,  A.D. 
1800./ 

15cm.,  pp.  7.  CHS. 

This  document  is  signed  "Amos  Chase,  Pastor  of 
the  Second  Church  in  Litchfield." 


98  Lee,  Chauncey.  (1763-1842). 

The  Tree  of  Knowledge  of  Polit-  /  ical  Good  and 
Evil.  /  [rule]  /  A  /  Discourse,  /  delivered  at  /  Cole- 
brook,  /  on  the  /  Twenty-fourth  Anniversary  /of/ 
American  Independence.  /  July  4th,  1 800.  /  [paral- 
lel rules]  /  By  Chauncey  Lee,  A.M.  /  Pastor  of  a 
Church  in  Colebrook.  /  [parallel  rules]  /If  thou 
hadst  known,  even  thou,  in  this  thy  day,  /  the 
things  which.belong  unto  thy  peace !  /  Jesus  Christ. 
/  [ornamental  rule]  /  Bennington:  /  Printed  by  T. 
Collier,  and  Company.  /  1 800.  / 

2ICm.,  pp.  31.  AAS.  SHF. 

Although  admitted  to  the  Bar,  after  a  year  or  so  of 
practice.  Rev.  Chauncey  Lee  abandoned  the  law  in 
1789  and  entered  the  pulpit.  He  was  minister  in  Sun- 
derland, Vermont,  for  a  few  years,  and  from  1800,  for 
twenty-eight  years,  pastor  at  Colebrook,  Connecticut. 

99  [Daggett,  David.]  (1764-185 1). 

Three  Letters  /  to  /  Abraham  Bishop,  Esquire,  / 
containing  /  some  strictures  on  his  /  Oration,  / 
pronounced  in  the  White  Meeting-House,  on  /  the 
evening  preceding  the  /  Public  Commencement,  / 


64  Thomas  Collier  [1800 

September  M,DCCC,  /  With  some  Remarks  on 
his  Conduct  at  the  late  /  Election.  /  [rule]  /  By 
Connecticutensis.  /  [rule]  /  "Likewise  also  these 
filthy  dreamers,  despise  dominion  /  and  speak  evil 
of  dignities,  /  Raging  waves  of  the  sea  foaming  out 
their  own  shame,  /  And  their  mouth  speaketh 
great  swelling  words."  /  Jude,  part  of  8th,  13th  and 
1 6th  verses.  /  [rule]  /  Hartford  printed:  /  Ben- 
nington,— Re-printed  by  Collier  &  Stockwell.  / 

2ICm.,  pp.  2^.  SHF. 

David  Daggett  was  an  outstanding  Federalist.  After 
graduation  from  Yale  College  in  1783,  he  taught  in  the 
Hopkins  Grammar  School  in  New  Haven,  and  held  the 
office  of  College  Butler  while  pursuing  his  legal  studies. 
He  was  in  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  for  many 
years,  and  became  United  States  Senator  from  Con- 
necticut for  a  six-year  term  in  18 13.  He  served  as 
Chief  Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Errors  in  Con- 
necticut from  1832  until  he  reached  the  age  limit  of 
seventy  years. 

A  brilliant  controversialist,  he  crossed  swords  with 
many  of  the  leading  Democrats  of  the  State.  One  of 
these  was  Abraham  Bishop  who,  in  somewhat  spec- 
tacular manner,  at  Commencement  time  in  September, 
1800,  pronounced  an  oration  in  New  Haven  entitled 
Connecticut  Republicanism — An  Oration  on  the  Extent 
and  Power  of  Political  Delusion.  This  was  answered  by 
Daggett  in  the  Three  Letters^  printed  by  Collier,  and  by 
Noah  Webster,  the  lexicographer,  a  classmate  of 
Bishop,  in  a  pamphlet,  A  Rod  for  the  FooVs  Back. 

Daggett  was  also  one  of  the  counsel  in  the  litigation 
in  the  United  States  Circuit  Court  for  Connecticut  in 
which  Collier,  Tapping  Reeve  and  Azel  Backus  were 
involved.  (See  the  Foreword,  page  x). 

Judge  Daggett  was  the  father  of  nineteen  children. 


i8oi]  Thomas  Collier  65 

1801 

100  Griswold,  Stanley.  (1763-1815). 

The  good  Man's  Prospects  in  the  Hour  of  / 
Death; — and  his  Voice  from  the  World  /  beyond. 
/  [ornamental  rule]  /  Two  /  Discourses,  /  deliv- 
ered at  /  New-Milford,  /  Dec.  14th,  1800.  / 
Being  the  Sabbath  next  after  the  decease  of  / 
The  Rev.  Nathanael  Taylor,  /  Late  Pastor  of  the 
First  Church  of  Christ  in  said  /  New-Milford.  / 
[heavy  rule]  /  By  Stanley  Griswold,  /  late  Col- 
league-Pastor with  the  deceased.  /  [heavy  rule]  / 
[rule]  /  Published  at  the  Request  of  the  Society.  / 
[rule]  /  Litchfield:  Printed  by  T.  Collier. — iBoi.  / 

2ICm.,  pp.  32.  AAS.  CHS.  YU.  SHF. 

Rev.  Nathanael  Taylor  (1722-1800)  was  minister 
in  New  Milford,  Connecticut,  from  1747  until  his 
death.  He  was  a  Fellow  of  Yale  College. 

loi  Pettibone,  Sereno.  (1778-1826). 

An  /  Oration,  /  Delivered  at  Norfolk,  /  at  the  / 
Celebration  /  of  /  American  Independence,  /  6th 
July,  1 801.  /  [rule]  /  By  Sereno  Pettibone.  /  [rule] 
/  Published  by  Request.  /  [rule]  /  Litchfield: 
Printed  by  T.  Collier.  / 

22cm.,  pp.  20.  AAS.  NYPL.  SHF 

Sereno  Pettibone,  a  younger  brother  of  Augustus 
Pettibone,  after  graduation  from  Williams  College  in 
1800,  studied  at  the  Litchfield  Law  School,  and  prac- 
ticed in  his  native  town  of  Norfolk,  Connecticut. 

102  Marsh,  Truman.  (1768-1851). 

An  /  Exhortation  to  Early  Piety;  /  A  /  Ser- 


66  Thomas  Collier  [i8oi 

mon,  /  delivered  at  the  Funeral  of  /  Mr.  Na- 
thaniel Bosworth,  /  Who  departed  this  Life, 
Sept.  1 8,  1801.  /  [rule]  /  By  Truman  Marsh,  / 
Rector  of  St.  Michael's  Church,  Litchfield.  / 
[rule]  /  Litchfield:  /  Printed  by  Thomas  Collier.  / 
1801./ 

ajCm.,  pp.  32.  AAS.  SHF. 

Rev.  Truman  Marsh  was  born  in  Litchfield  and 
graduated  from  Yale  College  in  1786.  After  nine  years 
of  rectorship  in  New  Milford,  Connecticut,  he  ac- 
cepted a  call  in  1799  to  St.  Michael's  Parish  in  his 
native  town.  He  resigned  in  1830  but  continued  to 
live  in  Litchfield  until  his  death. 

Nathaniel  Bosworth  "By  his  last  Will  or  Testa- 
ment, has  given  One  Hundred  Pounds  for  the  purpose 
of  procuring  a  Bell  for  the  New  Church  lately  erected 
in  the  town  of  Litchfield." 

1803 

103  Tracy,  Uriah.  (175 5-1 807). 

To  the  /  Freemen  of  Connecticut,  [caption 
title],  [signed:  Uriah  Tracey  [sic]j  Litchfield,  6th 
September  1803.] 

22cm.,  pp.  16.  LOC.  SHF. 

Valedictorian  of  the  class  of  1778  at  Yale  College, 
student  at  the  Litchfield  Law  School,  and  a  promi- 
nent Federalist  politician,  Uriah  Tracy  held  various 
offices  in  the  county  and  state.  He  served  as  United 
States  Representative  from  Connecticut  from  1793 
until  1796,  when  he  became  United  States  Senator. 
He  died  in  office  and  was  the  first  person  to  be  buried 
in  the  Congressional  burying  ground  in  Washington. 
While  he  was  an  intense  partisan,  his  political  stric- 
tures were  relieved  by  a  ready  wit. 


1805]  Thomas  Collier  67 

The  above  address  was  in  answer  to  an  address  on 
behalf  of  the  Democrats,  written  by  his  classmate, 
Alexander  Wolcott. 


1804 

104  Minor,  Thaddeus.  (1747-1832). 

The  /  Experienced  /  Bee- Keeper;  /  or,  /  a 
short  treatise  /  on  the  /  Management  of  Bees;  / 
Founded  on  Facts  and  long  Experience :  /  Where- 
in is  Described,  /  Their  nature  and  kind,  and  how 
to  manage  them.  /  When  they  swarm,  how  to 
place  them.  /  How  to  take  care  of  them  through 
the  winter.  /  How  to  feed  them.  /  How  to  destroy 
their  enemies.  /  How  to  unite  swarms.  /  How  to 
manage  them  when  robbers  attack  them.  / 
How  to  form  a  double  hive.  /  How  to  preserve 
honey;  together  with  some  of  its  /  qualities  and 
uses.  /  [row  of  seven  crosses]  /  By  Thaddeus 
Minor,  of  Woodbury,  (Con.)  /  [row  of  seven 
crosses]  /  Printed  at  T.  Collier's  Office,  Litchfield, 
/  1 804.  /  [Copy-right  secured.]  / 
ly^cm.j  pp.  21.  Loc. 

1805 

105  Essay  /  on  the  /  Subject  of  Education;  /  to- 
gether with  a  few  /  Propositions,  of  a  Practical 
Nature,  /  To  be  adopted  by  our  respective 
Churches,  /  for  the  purpose  of  /  Promoting 
Moral  and  Religious  Knowledge  among  /  the 
rising  Generation.  /  Written  at  the  Request,  and 
published  by  the  Desire  of  the  South  Con-  / 


68  Thomas  Collier  [1805 

sociation  of  Litchfield  County.  /  Litchfield:  / 
Printed  by  T.  Collier  &  Son,  two  doors  West  of 
the  Court-House.  / 
22cm.,  pp.  26.  Dep.  Int. 

The  Committee  which  made  the  above  report  con- 
sisted of  Rev.  Joshua  Williams,  Rev.  Amos  Chase, 
Rev.  Ebenezer  Porter  and  James  Morris,  and  the 
Consociation  which  accepted  the  report,  June  6, 
1805,  was  presided  over  by  Rev.  Jeremiah  Day  as 
Moderator. 

1808 

106  Fowler,  Abraham.  (1745-18 1 5). 

A  /  Sermon,  /  delivered  at  /  Columbia,  De- 
cember 16,  1807.  /  On  account  of  /  Deacon 
Gideon  Hotchkiss.  /  Who  died  September  3, 
1807,  in  the  ninety  first  /  year  of  his  age.  / 
[double  rule]  /  By  the  Rev.  Abraham  Fowler, 
A.M.  /  Pastor  of  the  Church  at  Milton.  /  [triple 
rule]  /  Litchfield:  /  Printed  by  T.  Collier.  / 
1808./ 

21  cm.,  pp.  16.  CHS.  LHS.  SHF. 

Rev.  Abraham  Fowler  was  pastor  of  the  church  at 
Milton,  part  of  Litchfield,  for  six  years,  from  1807. 
He  later  occupied  the  pulpit  of  the  church  of  Colum- 
bia (now  Prospect),  Connecticut,  until  his  death. 


LIST    OF    ALMANACS 


No  one  who  would  penetrate  to  the  core  of  early  Amer- 
ican literature,  and  would  read  in  it  the  secret  history  of 
the  people  in  whose  minds  it  took  root,  and  from  whose 
minds  it  grew,  may  by  any  means  turn  away  in  lofty  literary 
scorn  from  the  Almanack — most  despised,  most  prolific, 
most  indispensable  of  books,  which  every  man  uses,  and  no 
man  praises;  the  very  quack,  clown,  pack-horse,  and  Pariah 
of  modern  literature;  the  supreme  and  only  literary  neces- 
sity even  in  households  where  the  Bible  and  the  newspaper 
are  still  undesired  or  unattainable  luxuries. 

MosES  CoiT  Tyler. 


This  ornament  was  sometimes  used  in  the  heading  of  the  "Monitor 

and  on  the  title-page  of  an  almanac, 

as  in  Item  No.  A^. 


1786 

Ai  Judd,  Eben  W.  (1761-1837). 

An  /  Astronomical  Diary  /  or  /  Almanack,  / 
For  the  Year  of  our  Lord  Christ,  /  1786.  /  Being 
the  second  after  Bissextile,  or  Leap- Year.  /  Cal- 
culated for  the  Meridian  of  /  Litchfield,  /  Lati- 
tude 41  Degrees  45  Minutes  North;  /  But  will 
serve,  without  sensible  Error,  for  all  the  Towns  in 
/  Connecticut,  and  the  adjacent  Parts.  /  Con- 
taining what  is  usually  necessary  for  such  a  Com- 
position. /  [rule]  /  By  Eben  W.  Judd,  /  Student 
of  Mathematicks  under  /  Dr.  Joseph  Perry.  / 
[rule]  /  Litchfield:  /  Printed  by  Collier  and  Copp.  / 
i7>^cm.,  pp.  (18).  CHS. 

Evans,  No.  19052.  Trumbull,  No.  138.  Bates,  p.  49.  Mor- 
rison, p.  18. 

Little  is  known  of  Eben  Warner  Judd  except  that 
he  was  a  surveyor  and  may  have  studied  medicine. 
He  removed  to  Middlebury,  Vermont,  about  1800 
and  died  there. 


1787 

A2  Judd,  Eben  W.  (1761-1837). 

An  /  Almanack,  /  For  the  Year  of  our  Lord 
Christ  /  1787.  /  Being  the  third  after  Leap  Year. 
/  Calculated  for  the  Meridian  of  /  Litchfield  / 
Lat.  41  Deg.  45  Min.  North:  /  But  will  serve  for 


72  Thomas  Collier  [1787 

all  the  Towns  in  Connecticut,  /  and  the  adjacent 
parts.  /  Containing  what  is  usually  necessary  for 
such  a  Composition.  /  By  Eben  W.  Judd,  /  Stu- 
dent with  /  Dr.  Joseph  Perry.  /  Litchfield:  / 
Printed  by  Thomas  Collier.  / 
17cm.,  pp.  (24).  NYPL.  (impf.)  YU.  (impf.) 

Evans,  No.  19741.  Trumbull,  No.  139.  Bates,  p.  51.  Mor- 
rison, p.  19. 


A3  Judd,  Eben  W.  (1761-1 837). 

Judd's  Sheet  Almanack,  for  the  Year  1787. 

No  copy  located. 

Broadside,  fol. 

Advertised  January  2,  1787  as  "This  day  pub- 
lished, Judd's  Sheet  Almanack  for  the  Year  1787." 

Evans,  No.  19742.  Bates,  p.  51. 

1788 

A4  Judd,  EbenW.  (1761-1837). 

Judd's  Sheet  Almanack  For  the  Year  1788. 

No  copy  located. 

Advertised  January  7,  1788  as  "Judd's  (very  con- 
venient) Sheet  Almanack  For  the  Year  1788,  May 
be  had  (just  published)  at  this  Office." 

A5  Judd,  Eben  W.  (1761-1837). 

Judd's  /  Connecticut  /  Almanack,  /  for  the  / 
Year  of  our  Lord  /  1788;  /  Being  Bissextile  or 
Leap  Year;  /  and  the  /  Twelfth  of  American  In- 


1789] 


Thomas  Collier  73 


dependence.  /Lat.  41.  Deg.  45  Min.  North.  /  [cut 
with  legend  "Venerate  the  Plough"]  /  Lichfield 
[sic] :  Printed  by  Tho,  Collier.  / 

14cm.,  pp.  (36).  AAS.  BPL.   (impf.)   CHS.  SHF. 

Evans,  No.  20437.  Trumbull,  No.  140,  Bates,  p.  53.  Mor- 
rison, p.  19. 

1789 

a6  Judd,  Eben,  W.  (1761-1837). 

The  /  Connecticut  /  Almanack,  /  for  the  / 
Year  of  our  Lord  /  1789.  /  First  after  Bissextile 
or  Leap-Year.  /  Calculated  for  the  /  Meridian  of 
Litchfield;  /  Lat.  41  Deg.  45  Min.  North.  /  By 
Eben  W,  Judd,  Mathemat.  /  [ornament]  / 
Litchfield:  /  Printed  by  Collier  and  Adam.  / 
i7>^cm.,  pp.  (24).  CHS.  (impf.) 

Evans,  No.  21 179.  Trumbull,  No.  141.  Bates,  p.  54.  Mor- 
rison, p.  20. 

1790 

A7  Ames,  Philomath  N.  [Pseudonym.] 

American  &  Litchfield-County  Almanack  for 
the  Year  of  our  Lord  M,DCC,XC. 

No  copy  located. 

Evans,  No.  21654.  Trumbull,  No.  143.  Bates,  p.  ^^.  Mor- 
rison, p.  20. 

The  author  could  not  be  the  famous  Dr.  Nathaniel 
Ames  who  published  almanacs  regularly  in  the  middle 
of  the  eighteenth  century,  for  he  died  in  1764.  His 
son,  also  named  Nathaniel,  continued  the  almanacs 
until  1775  V4^hen  he  formally  abandoned  the  field. 


74  Thomas  Collier  [1790 

Several  spurious  issues  of  almanacs  with  the  name  of 
Ames  as  the  author  appeared  afterwards.  Bates  sug- 
gests that  Judd  may  have  published  almanacs  both 
under  his  own  name  and  under  the  pseudonym  of  N. 
Ames. 

a8  Judd,EbenW.  (1761-1837). 

The  /  Connecticut,  Massachusetts,  /  New- 
York  and  Vermont,  /  Almanack  /  For  the  Year 
of  our  Lord  /  1790;  /  Second  after  Bissextile,  or 
Leap-Year.  /  Calculated  for  the  Meridian  of 
Litchfield,  /  Lat.  41  Deg.  45  Min.  North  /  [rule]  / 
Eben  W.  Judd.  /  [cut  of  eagle]  /  Litchfield: 
Printed  by  T.  Collier.  / 

17cm.,  pp.  (24).  BPL.  (impf.)  CHS.  (impf.) 

Bates,  p.  56. 


I79I 

A9  Ames,  Philomath  N.  [^Pseudonym.] 

The  /  American  /  Almanack,  /  for  the  Year  of 
our  Lord  /  M,DCC,XCL  /  Being  the  Third  after 
Leap  Year.  /  Containing,  /  (Besides  the  usual 
Astronomical  Calculations,)  /  The  Whistle,  a 
true  /  story,  by  Dr.  Franklin.  /  A  variety  of 
pleasing  /  Anecdotes,  &c.  from  /  Lord  Bacon's 
works — /  Poetical  extracts,  grave  /  and  hu- 
mourous, viz.- — /  On  God's  omnipotence  / — 
Philosophy — Descrip-  /  tion  of  Human  Life — / 
Woman's  Tongue  com-  /  pared — Giant  angling 
/ — Suicide— Giles  Jolt;  /  (or,  the  influence  of  Sir 
/  Richard  upon  the  brain)  / — ^Humphrey  Gub- 
bin's  /  Courtship,  (adapted  to  /  'render  social  all 


I79I] 


Thomas  Collier  75 


coy  /  'Maidens  and  dull  old  /  'Bachelors)  &c.  &c. 
— /  'Likewise,  the  Weight  /  'and  Value  of  Coins — 
/  'Six  and  seven  per  cent.  /  'Interest  Tables — 
Courts  /  'Freemens  Meetings — /  'General  de- 
scription of  /  'America — Also,  an  ap-  /  'proved 
method  to  pre-  /  'serve  the  fine  flavour  of  / 
'Butter,  and  prevent  its  /  'growing  rancid — Dr.  / 
'Buchan's  Ointment  of  /  'Sulphur  for  the  Itch — / 
&c.  &c.  &c.  /  Philomath  N.  Ames,  Esq.  /  Pro- 
fessor of  Astronomy  and  Natural  Philosophy  in 
the  /  College  at  Berlin.  /  Calculated  for  the  meri- 
dian of  Lichfield  [sic],  /  lat.  41  deg.  45  min, 
north.  /  Lichfield  [sic] :  Printed  by  T.  Collier.  / 

17cm.,  pp.  (24).  AAS.  NYPL. 

Evans,  No.  22313.  Trumbull,  No.  144.  Bates,  pp.  57-58. 
Morrison,  p.  20. 

This  almanac  has  the  following  interesting  intro- 
duction: 

"To  whom  it  may  Concern. 

"The  multiplicity  of  very  urgent  business  last  year 
unfortunately  prevented  a  group  of  materially  im- 
portant Predictions.  Many  of  our  good  friends  and 
customers  were  grievously  disappointed,  that  cal- 
culations of  the  Weather  were  excluded.  This  year, 
we  have  laboured  abundantly; — The  Stars  and 
Planets  are  unusually  propitious: — so  far,  indeed, 
that  we  venture  peremptorily  &  affirm,  rather  than 
deal  in  may-he^ s  and  perhap's,  that  it  will  rain,  snow, 
thunder,  hail,  be  cloudy,  clear  etc.  as  expressed  in 
each  calendar  page.  It  may  be,  that  some  of  our  Pre- 
dictions, and  perhaps  all  will  fail.  For  in  the  instance 
of  the  Weather,  we  find  Stars  and  Planets  wonder- 
fully capricious, — However,  should  the  good  woman 
meet  disaster  on  washing  days, — young  maidens  on 
nuptial  days  or  Valentine — and  old  maids  and  ma- 


76  Thomas  Collier  U791 

trons  on  Sundays, — having  a  new  fashioned  head 
dress  etc.  quite  ruined: — or  sweethearts  prevented 
from  fulfilling  their  appointments, — and  all  in  Con- 
sequence of  a  mischievous  Storm^  when  sunshine  was 
predicted, — our  Readers  must  attribute  the  great 
evil  entirely  to  the  Planets  (certainly  the  Author  is 
not  in  fault) — But  alas  for  the  Printer — tho'  No- 
body^ s  to  blame!" 


A 10  Ames,  Philomath  N.  [Pseudonym.] 

The  American,  and  Litchfield-County  Al- 
manack for  the  Year  1791.  Calculated  in  the 
Planet  Luna,  by  that  celebrated  Astronomer, 
Philomath  N.  Ames,  Esq. 

No  copy  located. 

Advertised  November  8,  1790  as  "This  day  Pub- 
lished." 

Bates,  p.  58. 

All  Solomon,  Nathan  Ben.  [Pseudonym.] 

The  American  Almanack,  For  the  Year  1791. 
By  Nathan  Ben  Solomon,  Professor  of  Astrono- 
my and  Natural  Philosophy  in  the  College  at 
Jerusalem.  Calculated  for  the  Meridian  of  Litch- 
field; ... 

Copy  offered  in  a  sale  catalogue. 

Advertised  October  25,  1790  as  "Next  Wednesday 
will  be  Published  and  ready  for  Sale." 

An  almanac  published  in  New  Haven  in  1786  "by 
Nathan  Ben  Salomon,  X.Y.Z.  educated  at  Jerusalem  " 
is  attributed  to  Judd  by  Bates;  hence,  the  pseudonym 
in  this  Litchfield  almanac  may  also  be  that  of  Judd. 


1792]  Thomas  Collier  77 

1792 

All  Strong,  Nehemiah.  ( 1 729-1 807). 

An  /  Astronomical  /  Diary,  Calendar,  /  or  / 
Almanac,  /  For  the  Year  of  our  Lord  /  1792.  / 
And  from  the  Creation  of  the  World  574 1 :  /  And, 
till  July  4th,  the  i6th  of  American  /  Independ- 
ence. /  Being  Bissextile,  or  Leap- Year.  /  Where- 
in are  contained,  /  All  Things  requisite  to  such  a 
Composition.  /  Adapted  to  the  Horizon  and 
Meridian  of  /  Litchfield;  /  Lat.  41  Deg.  45  Min. 
North.  /  But  will  serve  indifferently  for  all  the 
Towns  /  in  Connecticut,  and  the  adjacent 
States.  /  [parallel  rule]  /  By  Nehemiah  Strong.  / 
[parallel  rule]  /  Litchfield:  Printed  by  T.  Collier.  / 

17cm.,  pp.  (24).  CHS.  LHS.  NYPL. 

Evans,  No.  23807.  Trumbull,  No.  145.  Bates,  p.  60.  Mor- 
rison, p.  21. 

A  graduate  of  Yale  College  of  the  class  of  1755  and 
a  tutor  at  the  same  college  for  three  years,  Nehemiah 
Strong  studied  theology  and  after  a  somewhat  dis- 
couraging pastorate  at  Turkey  Hills  (now  the  town  of 
East  Granby),  Connecticut,  accepted  the  Professor- 
ship of  Mathematics  and  Natural  Philosophy  at  Yale 
in  1770,  which  he  held  until  178 1. 

He  probably  began  making  calculations  for  al- 
manacs as  early  as  1775,  but  it  was  not  until  1778 
that  the  printers  of  the  Connecticut  almanac  an- 
nounced Strong  as  the  author  of  their  publication. 
From  that  time  until  his  death  his  name  was  identi- 
fied with  various  almanacs  published  in  Hartford, 
New  Haven  and  Litchfield. 

For  several  years  he  kept  a  private  academy  for 
boys  in  New  Milford,  Connecticut. 


yS  Thomas  Collier  U793 

1793 

A13  Strong,  Nehemiah.  ( 1 729-1 807). 

An  Astronomical  /  Diary,  Kalendar,  /  or  / 
Almanack,  /  for  the  Year  of  our  Lord  /  1793.  / 
And  from  the  creation  of  the  world  5742.  /  And, 
from  the  4th  of  July,  the  17th  of  /  American  In- 
dependence. /  Being  the  first  after  Bissextile,  or 
Leap- Year.  /  Adapted  to  the  Horizon  and  Merid- 
ian of  Litchfield,  41  deg.  45  min.  North.  /  But 
will  serve  for  all  the  adjacent  States.  /  [rule]  / 
By  Nehemiah  Strong,  Esq.  /  Late  Professor  of 
Mathematics  and  Na-  /  tural  Philosophy  in  Yale 
College.  /  [double  rule]  /  Litchfield:  /  Printed  by 
Collier  and  Buel.  / 
i6>^cm.,  pp.  (24).  AAS.  CHS.  (impf.)  yu. 

Evans,  No.  24826.  Trumbull,  No.  146.  Bates,  p.  62.  Mor- 
rison, p.  22. 

The  American  Antiquarian  Society  has  two  edi- 
tions of  this  almanac  with  variations  in  the  last  page. 

1794 

A14  Strong,  Nehemiah.  ( 1 729-1 807). 

Strong's  /  Connecticut  and  New- York  /  Al- 
manack, /  for  the  Year  of  our  Lord,  /  1794;  / 
And  from  the  Creation  of  the  World  5743. — And 
/  after  the  4th  of  July,  the  i8th  of  A.  Independ- 
ence. /  Being  the  second  after  Leap- Year.  / 
In  which  is  Contained,  /  All  Things  proper  for 
such  a  Composition.  /  Calculated  for  the  Merid- 
ian &  Horizon  of  Lichfield  [jzV],  /  but  will  serve 
for   all   the   adjacent   States.    /   By  Nehemiah 


1795] 


Thomas  Collier  79 


Strong,  Esq.  /  Late  Professor  of  Mathematics 
and  Natural  Philoso-  /  phy  in  Yale-College.  / 
The  world's  a  book,  writ  by  th'eternal  art  /  Of 
the  great  Author;  printed  in  man's  heart;  /  'Tis 
falsely  printed,  tho'  divinely  penn'd,  /  And  all 
the  errata  will  appear  at  the  end.  /  Litchfield: 
Printed  by  Collier  and  Buel.  / 

17cm.,  pp.  (24).  BPL.  CHS.  LHS.  MHS.  NHHS,  YU, 


1795 

A15  Strong,  Nehemiah.  ( 1 729-1 807). 

The  /  Connecticut,  Massachusetts,  New- York, 
and,  /  Vermont  /  Almanack,  /  for  the  Year  of  our 
Lord,  /  1795;  /  And  from  the  Creation  of  the 
World,  5744;  /  and  the  19th  Year  of  Ame.  Inde- 
pendence: /  Being  the  third  after  Bissextile,  or 
Leap-Year.  /  Wherein  is  contained,  /  Besides  the 
usual  Calculations,  a  pleasing  va-  /  riety  of  useful 
and  interesting  Matter.  /  Nature!  great  Parent! 
whose  unceasing  hand  /  Rolls  round  the  Seasons 
of  the  changeful  year,  /  How  mighty,  how  majes- 
tic, are  thy  works !  /  With  what  a  pleasing  dread 
they  swell  the  soul !  /  Ye  too,  ye  winds !  that  now 
begin  to  blow,  /  In  what  far  distant  region  of  the 
sky,  /  Hush'd  in  deep  silence,  sleep  ye,  when  'tis 
calm?  /  By  Nehemiah  Strong,  Esq.  /  [rule]  / 
Litchfield,  (Connecticut)  /  Printed  by  Collier 
and  Buel.  / 

17cm.,  pp.  (20).  AAS.  CHS.  LHS.  LOC. 

Evans,  No.  27757.  Trumbull,  No,  147.  Bates,  p.  65.  Mor- 
rison, p.  23, 

In  the  Litchfield  Monitor  of  December  31,  1794,  ap- 


8o  Thomas  Collier  b-795 

peared  a  letter  from  Strong  vigorously  repudiating  an 
almanac  "printed  at  Springfield  in  Boston  State,  by  a 
certain  Mr.  Gray,"  (probably  Edward  Gray,  pub- 
lisher of  the  Hampshire  Chronicle  from  1793  to  1796) 
"under  the  title  of  Strong's  Almanack."  The  writer 
added  "If  any  person,  however,  by  the  name  of 
Strong,  shall  appear  and  vouchsafe  to  recognize  the 
authority  of  said  Almanack,  I  will  very  readily  re- 
tract my  present  censure  as  to  the  Imposture.^* 

1797 

A16  Strong,  Nehemiah.  (1729-1807). 

An  /  Astronomical  Diary,  Calendar,  /  or  /  Al- 
manack, /  for  the  Year  of  our  Lord,  /  1797;  /  And 
from  the  Creation  of  the  World  5746;  /  And,  (till 
the  4th  of  July)  the  21st  of  /  American  Inde- 
pendence. /  Being  the  first  after  Leap- Year.  / 
Adapted  to  the  Horizon  and  Meridian  of  Litch- 
field. /  [rule]  /  By  N.  Strong,  /  Late  Professor  of 
Natural  Philosophy,  etc.  in  Yale-College.  /  [rule] 
/  "At  thirty,  man  suspects  himself  a  fool;  / 
"Knows  it  at  forty,  and  reforms  his  plan;  /  "At 
fifty,  chides  his  infamous  delay;  /  "Pushes  his 
prudent  purpose  to  resolve;  /  "In  all  the  mag- 
nanimity of  thought  /  "Resolves  and  re-solves, — 
then  dies  the  same."  /  [parallel  rule]  /  Printed 
and  Sold  at  Litchfield:  by  T.  Collier  /  Wholesale 
and  Retail.  / 

19cm.,  pp.  (24).  LHS.  YU. 

1799 

A17  Stafford,  John  Nathan,  Jun. 

An  /  Almanack,  /  for  the  Year  /  1799.  /  Being 


i8o2]  Thomas  Collier  8i 

the  third  after  Leap- Year.  /  [rule]  /  By  John 
Nathan  Stafford,  Jun.  /  [rule]  /  Whate'er,  O 
Time,  thy  ravage  can  withstand  ?  /  All  soon  must 
yield  to  the  destructive  hand,  /  The  seas  will 
waste,  the  Heavens  in  smoke  decay,  /  Rocks  fall 
to  dust,  and  mountains  melt  away.  /  To  die  is 
Nature's  law  to  all  mankind;  /  The  earth  will 
melt,  and  'leave  no  wreck  behind !'  /  [cut  of  eagle] 
/  Printed  at  Litchfield  by  T.  Collier,  and  sold  /  by 
the  thousand,  gross,  dozen  or  single.  / 

ly^^Cm.,  pp.  (24).  AAS.  LHS,  NYPL. 

Bates,  p.  70.  Morrison,  p.  24. 

1802 

A18  San  ford,  Joel. 

An  /  Astronomical  Diary,  /  or,  /  Almanack,  / 
for  the  Year  of  our  Lord,  /  1802;  /  And  from  the 
Creation  of  the  World  5751,  and  till  the  /  4th  of 
July  the  26th  of  American  Independence;  being  / 
the  second  after  the  Completion  of  the  Eight- 
eenth /  Century,  or  the  Sixth  after  Bissextile,  or  / 
Leap- Year.  /  Calculated  for  Lat.  41  >^  North 
Long.  73^  West;  but  will  /  serve  for  any  Part  of 
Vermont,  Massachusetts,  /  New- York,  and  Con- 
necticut. /  [parallel  rule]  /  The  Astronomical 
Calculations  by  /  Joel  Sanford,  /  Pupil  of  the 
celebrated  Nehemiah  Strong,  late  Professor  /  of 
Mathematics  and  Natural  Philosophy  in  Yale- 
College  /  [parallel  rule]  /  Bennington,  (Vermont) 
/  Printed  by  Collier  &  Stockwell,  and  Sold  by  the 
/  Dozen,  Thousand,  or  Single.  / 

l8cm.,  pp.  (20).  AAS.  LHS. 


82  Thomas  Collier  [1803 

1803 

A19  Hutchins,  John  Nathan,  Jun. 

Hutchins's  /  New- York,  Vermont,  Massachu- 
setts, and  Connecticut  /  Almanack,  /  for  the 
year  /  1 803 ;  /  Being  the  seventh  after  Bissextile, 
or  Leap-Year;  /  And,  'till  4th  July,  /  the  twenty- 
seventh  year  of  American  Independence.  /  Con- 
taining, /  The  true  Places  and  Aspects  of  the 
Planets;  the  ri-  /  sing  and  setting  of  the  Sun;  the 
rising,  setting,  and  /  southing  of  the  Moon;  Lu- 
nations, Conjunctions,  /  Eclipses,  rising  and 
setting  of  the  Planets,  Variation  /  of  Sun  and 
Clock,  Tide-Table,  Courts,  &c.  Toge-  /  ther  with 
a  Census  of  the  United  States,  taken  ac-  /  cording 
to  act  of  Congress;  Tables  of  Interest,  &c,  /  valu- 
able Receipts;  grave  and  humourous  Remarks;  / 
Anecdotes,  Poetry,  &c.  &c.  /  The  Astronomical 
Calculations  by  Isaac  Rice.  Adapted  to  /  the  lat. 
of  43  degrees  North,  and  a  meridian  74  degrees 
West  /  of  the  Observatory  at  Greenwich.  /  "The 
Glorious  orbs  which  Heaven's  bright  host  com- 
pose; /  The  imprison'd  sea  that,  restless,  ebbs  and 
flows;  /  The  fluctuating  field  of  hquid  air,  /  With 
all  the  curious  meteors  hovering  there;  /  And  the 
wide  regions  of  the  land — proclaim  /  The  Power 
Divine  that  rais'd  the  mighty  frame."  /  Troy, 
(N.Y.)  Printed  by  T.  Collier,  at  the  Gazette 
Office,  corner  /  of  River  and  State  Streets.  / 

i7>^cm.,  pp.  (24).  AAs. 

Hutchins  was  a  prolific  publisher  of  almanacs  in  the 
latter  part  of  the  eighteenth,  and  early  years  of  the 
nineteenth,  century. 


1804]  Thomas  Collier  83 

1804 

A20  Beers,  Andrew,  Philomath. 

Beers's  /  New- York,  Vermont,  Massachusetts, 
and  /  Connecticut  /  Almanack,  /  for  the  Year  of 
our  Lord  /  1804:  /  Being  Bissextile,  or  Leap- 
Year,  and  the  28th  /  of  American  Independence. 
/  Containing  /  A  great  variety  of  Curious,  Use- 
ful, and  Entertain-  /  ing  Matter.  /  [row  of  loz- 
enges] /  By  Andrew  Beers,  Philom.  /  [row  of 
lozenges]  /  Troy,  (N.Y.)  Printed  and  sold  by 
Thomas  Collier,  River-Street  /  [asterism]  /  Great 
allowance  to  those  who  purchase  by  the  quan- 
tity. / 
1 6cm.,  pp.  (32).  LHs.  wu. 


INDEX 


ACCOUNT  of  Count  UArtois  and  his  Friend's  Passage  to  the  Moon,  An,  4; 
^  reproduction  of  title-page,  J. 
Accurate  System  of  Surveying,  An,  by  Samuel  Moore,  2(>- 
Adam,  Robert,  bookbinder  and  partner  of  Thomas  Collier,  ix  and  xv. 
Adams,  Andrew,  Chief  Justice  of  Connecticut,  viii. 
Adams,  John,  President  of  the  United  States,  viii. 
Age  of  Reason,  The,  by  Thomas  Paine,  answered,  40  and  41. 
Allen,  Ethan,  author  o(  Reason,  the  only  Oracle  of  Man,  9,  10,  and  12. 
Allen,  John,  United  States  Representative  from  Connecticut,  viii. 
Almanacs,  69  to  83. 

Almoran  and  Hamet,  by  John  Hawkesworth,  16. 
Alsop,  Richard,  one  of  the  Hartford  Wits,  27. 
American  Bibliography ,  by  Charles  Evans,  xii. 
American  Liberty  and  Independence,  by  Israel  Woodward,  e,:^. 
American  Mercury,  Hartford  newspaper,  58. 
American  Poems,  edited  by  Elihu  Smith,  mentioned,  xi;  listed,  27;  reproduction 

of  title-page,  frontispiece. 
Ames,  Nathaniel,  author  of  Almanacs,  73. 
Ames,  Philomath  N.,  reputed  author  oi  Almanacs  for  1790  and  1791,  73,  74,  and 

76. 
Andre,  John,  author  of  The  Cow  Chace,  20;  court-martial  of,  ^i- 
Apology  for  the  Bible,  An,  by  Richard  Watson,  40. 
Appeal  to  the  Candid,  An,  attributed  to  John  Cosins  Ogden,  59. 
Arnold,  Benedict,  negotiations  with  John  Andre,  20. 
Art  of  Cheese-Making,  The,  56. 
Astronomy,  A  System  of,  by  Enos  Blakeslee,  31. 

BABCOCK,  ELISHA,  publisher  of  the  ^»zmr««Mi?ri:«ry,  58. 
Backus,  Azel,  sermon  at  ordination  of,  26;  author  of  A  Sermon  delivered 

at  the  Funeral  of .  .  .  Oliver  Wolcott,  47;  biographical  note,  48;  indicted  in 

United  States  Court,  48  and  64. 
Backus,  Charles,  author  of  The  Faithful  Ministers  of  Jesus  Christ  Rewarded,  26; 

biographical  note,  26. 
Baptism,  sermons  on  Infant,  20  and  21. 
Barbauld,  Anna   Letitia  Aikin,  authoress  of  Admired  Hymns  and  Lessons  in 

Prose  for  Children,  40;  biographical  note,  40. 
Barlow,  Joel,  one  of  the  Hartford  Wits,  27. 

Bates,  Albert  Carlos,  a.\ith.0T  oi  Check  List  of  Connecticut  Almanacs  1 709-1 850,  xii. 
Beach,  Jesse,  author  of  An  Oration  . .  .In  commemoration  of  the  Death  of . . .  Rev. 

Edward  Blakeslee,  45. 
Bee-Keeper,  The  Experienced,  by  Thaddeus  Minor,  67. 


88  Index 

Beers,  Andrew,  author  of  an  Almanac  for  1804,  83. 

Beers,  Henry  Augustin,  dedication  to,  v;  critic,  xi. 

Bell  for  St.  Michael's  Church,  contributed  by  Nathaniel  Bosworth,  66. 

Bellamy,  Joseph,  pastor  of  the  church  in  Bethlehem,  48. 

Benedict,  William,  actor  in  The  Suicide,  46. 

Benham,  Asahel,  author  oi  Federal  Harmony ,  21 ;  biographical  note,  22. 

Bible,  Index  to  the  Holy,  compiled  by  Ebenezer  Buel,  51. 

Bibhographies,  List  of,  xiv. 

Bishop,  Abraham,  Three  Letters  to,  63;  author  of  Connecticut  Republicanism,  64. 

Blair,  John,  author  of  Essays,  13;  biographical  note,  14. 

Blakeslee,  Edward,  oration  in  commemoration  of,  45. 

Blakeslee,  Enos,  author  ol  A  System  of  Astronomy,  31. 

Blakslee,  David,  husband  of  Lucy,  44. 

Blakslee,  Lucy,  sermon  at  the  funeral  of,  44. 

Bolingbroke,  Henry  St.  John,  dedication  to,  35. 

Boston  News  Letter,  conducted  by  Margaret  Green  Draper,  vii. 

Bosworth,  Nathaniel,  sermon  at  the  funeral  of,  66. 

Brown,  John,  one  of  the  pupils  of  James  Morris,  44. 

Buel,  David,  partner  of  Thomas  Collier,  ix  and  xv. 

Buel,  Ebenezer,  compiler  of  Index  to  the  Holy  Bible,  51;  biographical  note,  51. 

Buel,  John,  father  of  Ebenezer  Buel,  51. 

Bunn,  Matthew,  author  of  ^  Journal  of  the  Adventures  of  Matthew  Bunn,  38. 

Burroughs,  Eden,  co-author  of  A  Faithful  Narrative  of  the  Wonderful  Dealings  of 

God  towards  Polly  Davis,  28;  biographical  note,  29. 
Burroughs,  Stephen,  son  of  Eden  Burroughs,  29. 

CADOGAN,  Dr.,  dedication  to,  17. 
Canada,  A  Tour  through  Upper  and  Lower,  attributed  to  John  Cosins  Ogden, 

58- 
Catechism  of  Nature,  The,  by  Johannes  Florentius  Martinet,  47. 
Cavalry,  Manual  Exercise  and  Evolutions  of  the,  34. 
Chamberlain,  Thomas,  author  of  England's  Timely  Remembrance,  4;  biographical 

note,  4. 
Champion,  Judah,  author  of  A  Funeral  Sermon. .  .of  the  Reverend  Andrew  Starrs, 

6;  biographical  note,  8. 
Character  and  Work  of  a  Spiritual  Watchman  Described,  The,  by  Lemuel  Haynes, 

24. 
Charles  X,  see  Charles  Philippe,  Count  D'Artois,  6. 
Chase,  Amos,  sermon  at  ordination  of,  12;  biographical  notes,  13  and  25;  author 

of  The  Master  s  Few  Hints  to  his  Pupils,  24,  and  of  On  Female  Excellence,  25 ; 

"Scribe,"  35;  "Register,"  35;  signer  of^  Specimen  of  the  Confession  of  Faith, 

63;  member  of  committee  to  draft  an  Essay  on  Education,  68. 
Chase,  Rebecca  Hart,  sermon  at  the  funeral  of,  25;  biographical  note,  25. 
Chauncy,  Dr.,  reference  to  his  Sermon  at  the  Dudleian  Lecture,  38. 
Check  List  of  Connecticut  Almanacs  1 709-1 850,  by  Albert  Carlos  Bates,  xii. 


Index  89 


Cheese-Making,  The  Art  of,  56. 

Chesterfield,  Philip  Dormer  Stanhope,  Earl  of,  accredited  author  of  The  Chronicle 

of  the  Kings  of  England,  11,  and  of  The  Economy  of  Human  Life,  50. 
Chevy  Chase,  parody  on,  see  The  Cow  Chace,  20. 
Christ  the  true  victim  and  conqueror,  by  Josiah  Sherman,  10. 
Christian  (Economy,  The,  28. 

Christianity  the  Wisdom  of  God,  by  James  Dana,  57. 

Chronicle  of  the  Kings  of  England,  The,  attributed  to  Robert  Dodsley,  22. 
Collier,  Thomas,  birth,  death,  apprenticeship  and  marriage,  vii;  sole  proprietor 

of  printing  establishment,  ix;  litigation  against,  x  and  64;  description  of,  x; 

in  Bennington,  Vermont,  x,  and  Troy,  New  York,  xi;  partners,  list  of,  xv. 
Collier,  Thomas  Green,  son  and  partner  of  Thomas  Collier,  ix  and  xv. 
"Common  Sense,"  see  Josiah  Sherman,  9  and  12. 
"Connecticutensis,"  see  David  Daggett,  64. 
Constitution  of  the  Associated  Churches  in  the  Southern  District  of  the  County  of 

Litchfield,  The,  2S- 
Constitution  of  the  Consociation  of  the  Southern  District  in  Litchfield  County,  A,  2S' 
Copp,  William,  printer  and  partner  of  Thomas  Collier,  vii  and  xv. 
Cow  Chace,  The,  by  John  Andre,  20. 
Cumstock,  Abel,  author  ol  A  New-Year-Gift,  20;  biographical  note,  20. 

DAGGETT,  DAVID,  accredited  author  of  Three  Letters  to  Abraham  Bishop, 
63;  biographical  note,  64;  counsel  in  litigation  against  Collier,  64. 
Dana,  James,  author  oi  Christianity  the  Wisdom  of  God,  57;  biographical  note,  58. 
D'Arnaud,  Frangois  Thomas  Marie  de  Baculard,  author  of  Fanny,  or  the  Happy 

Repentance,  17. 
D'Artois,  Charles  Philippe,  Count,  author  of  An  Account  of  Count  D'Artois  and 

his  Friend's  Passage  to  the  Moon,  4;  biographical  note,  6. 
Davis,  Polly,  A  Faithful  Narrative  of  the  Wonderful  Dealings  of  God  towards,  by 

Eden  Burroughs  and  Esterbrooks,  29. 
Day,  Jeremiah,  author  of  The  Divine  Right  of  Infant  Baptism,  21;  biographical 

note,  21 ;  father  of  Thomas  Day,  46;  Moderator  of  the  South  Consociation,  68. 
Day,  Jeremiah,  President  of  Yale  College,  son  of  Rev.  Jeremiah  Day  of  New 

Preston,  21. 
Day,  Thomas,  accredited  author  of  The  Suicide,  45;  biographical  note,  46;  author 

of  An  Oration,  .  .  .  before  the  .  .  .  Society  of  Cincinnati  .  .  .  at  Hartford,  .  .  . 

4th  of  July,  1798,  54. 
Deacons,  On  the  Ordination  of,  46. 
Deserted  Village,  The,  by  Oliver  Goldsmith,  57. 

Discourse, . . .  at  the  Funeral  of  Mr.  Ethel  Porter,  A,  by  Chauncey  Prindle,  43. 
Discourse  delivered  February  igth,  1795,  A,  by  David  Osgood,  34. 
Discourse, . . .  occasioned  by  the  Death  of  Mr.  Lent  Munson,  A,  by  Alexander  Viets 

Griswold,  42. 
Discourse  . . .  occasioned  by  the  Death  of  Mrs.  Lucy  Blakslee,  A,  by  Alexander  Viets 

Griswold,  44. 


90  Index 


Discourse  on  Popular  Magic,  A,  23. 

Dissertations  upon  Various  Subjects,  by  Jeremiah  Learning,  56. 

Divine  Right  of  Infant  Baptism,  The,  by  Jeremiah  Day,  21. 

Doddridge,  Philip,  author  of  A  Plain  and  Serious  Address,  56. 

Dodsley,  James,  printer  in  London,  16. 

Dodsley,  Robert,  accredited  author  of  The  Chronicle  of  the  Kings  of  England,  22, 

and  of  The  Economy  of  Human  Life,  50. 
Draper,  Margaret  Green,  manager  of  the  Boston  News  Letter,  vii. 
Dwight,  Timothy,  one  of  the  Hartford  Wits,  27;  instructor  of  Elihu  Smith,  28; 

President  of  Yale  College,  28  and  59. 

ECONOMY  of  Human  Life,  The,  attributed  to  Robert  Dodsley,  50. 
Educational  Books: 

Accurate  System  of  Surveying,  An,  36. 

Catechism  of  Nature,  The,  47. 

Essay  on  the  Subject  of  Education,  67. 

Geography  Made  Easy,  3. 

Master's  Few  Hints  to  his  Pupils,  The,  24. 

New-England  Primer,  The,  31. 

Short  System  of  Polite  Learning,  A,  41. 

Small  Collection  of  Questions  &  Answers,  A,  ^S, 

System  of  Astronomy,  A,  2i- 

Valuable  Tables,  for  rendering  the  value  of  Federal  Money  easy  and  intelligible,  39. 

Youth's  Assistant,  The,  18. 
Edwards,  Jonathan,  theological  instructor  of  Jedidiah  Morse,  3. 
Edwards,  Pierpont,  brother-in-law  of  John  Cosins  Ogden,  59. 
Elegy  written  in  a  Country  Church  Yard,  An,  by  Thomas  Gray,  mentioned,  xi; 

listed,  60. 
Elizabeth,  Queen,  referred  to  in  The  Chronicle  of  the  Kings  of  England,  22. 
England,  The  Chronicle  of  the  Kings  of,  attributed  to  Robert  Dodsley,  22. 
England's  Timely  Remembrance,  by  Thomas  Chamberlain,  4. 
Essay  on  Conversion,  An,  by  Jeremiah  Leaming,  57. 
Essay  on  Man,  An,  by  Alexander  Pope,  35. 
Essay  on  the  Subject  of  Education,  67. 
Essays,  by  John  Blair,  13. 
Esterbrooks,  co-author  of  A  Faithful  Narrative  of  the  Wonderful  Dealings  of  God 

towards  Polly  Davis,  28. 
Evans,  Charles,  author  oi  American  Bibliography,  xii. 
Exhortation  to  Early  Piety,  An,  by  Truman  Marsh,  65. 
Experienced  Bee-Keeper,  The,  by  Thaddeus  Minor,  67. 

FABLES  for  the  Female  Sex,  by  Edward  Moore,  mentioned,  xi;  listed,  55. 
Faithful  Ministers  of  Jesus  Christ  Rewarded,  The,  by  Charles  Backus,  26. 
Faithful  Narrative  of  the  Wonderful  Dealings  of  God  towards  Polly  Davis,  A,  by 
Eden  Burroughs  and  Esterbrooks,  28. 


Index  91 


Fanny,  or  the  Happy  Repentance,  by  Frangois  Thomas  Marie  de  Baculard 

D'Arnaud,  17. 
Farewell  Address  To  his  Pupils,  by  James  Morris,  43. 
Father's  Legacy  to  his  Daughters,  A,  by  John  Gregory,  19  and  27. 
Federal  Harmony ,  by  Asahel  Benham,  21. 
Female  Academy,  conducted  by  Miss  Sarah  Pierce,  ix. 
Female  Excellence,  On,  by  Amos  Chase,  25. 
Fools  in  their  Folly,  by  Elijah  Norton,  8. 
Fourth  of  July  Orations: 

By  Thomas  Day,  54. 

By  James  Gould,  52. 

By  Chauncey  Lee,  63. 

By  Augustus  Pettibone,  54. 

By  Sereno  Pettibone,  65. 

By  Samuel  Rockwell,  44. 

By  John  Cotton  Smith,  51. 

By  Israel  Woodward,  55. 
Fowler,  Abraham,  author  ol  A  Sermon,  .  .  .  On  account  of  Deacon  Gideon  Hotch- 

kiss,  68;  biographical  note,  68. 
Franklin,  Benjamin,  erroneously  accredited  with  the  authorship  of  The  Chronicle 

of  the  Kings  of  England,  22,  and  oi  Priestcraft  Defended,  23. 
Freemen  of  Connecticut,  To  the,  by  Uriah  Tracy,  66. 

Friendly  Remarks  to  the  People  of  Connecticut,  upon  their  College  and  Schools,  at- 
tributed to  John  Cosins  Ogden,  60. 
Funeral  Eulogium, . . .  testifying  respect  to  the  memory  of  George  Washington,  A,  by 

Stanley  Griswold,  61. 
Funeral  Sermon,  .  .  .  of  the  Reverend  Andrew  Starrs,  A,  by  Judah  Champion,  6; 

reproduction  of  title-page,  7. 
Funeral  Sermons  and  Orations: 

On  Edward  Blakeslee,  by  Jesse  Beach,  45. 

On  Lucy  Blakslee,  by  Alexander  Griswold,  44. 

On  Nathaniel  Bosworth,  by  Truman  Marsh,  65. 

On  Thomas  Chamberlain,  by  himself,  4. 

On  Rebecca  Hart  Chase,  by  Amos  Chase,  25. 

On  Gideon  Hotchkiss,  by  Abraham  Fowler,  68. 

On  Lent  Munson,  by  Alexander  Griswold,  42. 

On  Ethel  Porter,  by  Chauncey  Prindle,  43. 

On  Charles  Prindle,  by  Alexander  Griswold,  37. 

On  Andrew  Storrs,  by  Judah  Champion,  6. 

On  Nathanael  Taylor,  by  Stanley  Griswold,  65. 

On  George  Washington,  by  James  Morris,  60. 

On  George  Washington,  by  Stanley  Griswold,  61. 

On  Oliver  Wolcott,  by  Azel  Backus,  47. 


92  Index 


GEN£T,  EDMOND  CHARLES,  French  Minister  to  the  United  States,  32. 
Geography  Made  Easy,  by  Jedidiah  Morse,  3. 

George  the  Third,  statue  of,  transported  to  Wolcott  home,  36. 

Goethe,  Johann  Wolfgang  von,  author  of  The  Sorrows  of  fVerter,  xi  and  16. 

Goldsmith,  Oliver,  author  of  The  Deserted  Village,  57. 

Good  Man's  Prospects  in  the  Hour  of  Death,  The,  by  Stanley  Griswold,  65. 

Gould,  James,  conducted  Litchfield  Law  School,  ix;  author  oi  An  Oration, .  ,  ,  at 
Litchfield, . .  .  M,DCC,XCVIII,  52;  biographical  note,  52. 

Graves,  Richard,  possible  translator  of  The  Sorrows  oj  Werter,  16. 

Gray,  Edward,  printer  at  Springfield,  Mass.,  80. 

Gray,  Thomas,  author  ol  An  Elegy  written  in  a  Country  Church  Yard,  xi  and  60. 

Green,  T.  &  S.,  publishers  in  New  Haven,  n^'^. 

Gregory,  John,  author  ol  A  Father's  Legacy  to  his  Daughters,  19  and  27. 

Griswold,  Alexander  Viets,  author  of  A  Sermon  Preached  at  the  Funeral  of  Mr, 
Charles  Prindle,  37;  biographical  note,  37;  accredited  author  of  A  Short 
Sketch  of  the  Life  of  Mr.  Lent  Munson,  42;  author  of  A  Discourse,  .  .  .  occa- 
sioned by  the  Death  of  Mr.  Lent  Munson,  42,  and  of  A  Discourse,  .  .  ,  occa- 
sioned by  the  Death  of  Mrs.  Lucy  Blakslee,  44. 

Griswold,  Stanley,  controversy  of,  60;  author  oi  A  Funeral  Eulogium, . . .  testify- 
ing respect  to  the  memory  of  George  Washington,  61;  biographical  note,  61; 
author  of  The  Good  Man's  Prospects  in  the  Hour  of  Death,  65. 

HALL,  JOHN,  translator  of  The  Catechism  of  Nature,  47. 
"Hampden,"  author  of  ^  Letter  to  the  President  of  the  United  States,  x. 

Harriet,  or  the  Vicar's  Tale,  32. 

Hart,  Levi,  author  of  The  Important  Objects  of  the  Evangelical  Ministry  considered, 
12;  biographical  note,  13;  father  of  Rebecca  Hart  Chase,  25;  theological 
instructor  of  Charles  Backus,  26. 

Hartford  Wits,  8,  27  and  28. 

Haswell  and  Russell,  printers  at  Bennington,  Vt.,  10. 

Hawkesworth,  John,  author  oi  Aim  or  an  and  Hamet,  16, 

Haynes,  Lemuel,  author  of  The  Character  and  Work  of  a  Spiritual  Watchman 
Described,  24;  biographical  note,  24. 

Hazard,  Joseph,  author  oi  Juvenile  Poems,  18;  biographical  note,  19. 

History  of  Melchizedek,  The,  by  Josiah  Sherman,  11. 

Holly,  Israel,  author  of  Old  Divinity  Preferable  to  Modern  Novelty,  23\  biographi- 
cal note,  23- 

Home,  Henry,  Lord  Kames,  accredited  author  oi  A  Letter  from  a  Blacksmith,  62; 
biographical  note,  62. 

Hopkins,  Lemuel,  Letter  of,  8;  biographical  note,  8;  one  of  the  Hartford  Wits, 
8  and  27;  medical  instructor  of  Samuel  Rockwell,  45. 

Hotchkiss,  Gideon,  sermon  at  the  funeral  of,  68. 

Hudson  and  Goodwin,  printers  in  Hartford,  Conn.,  10  and  34. 

Humphreys,  David,  one  of  the  Hartford  Wits,  27. 

Huntington,  Dan,  sermon  at  the  ordination  of,  57;  biographical  note,  58;  cor- 
respondence with  Stanley  Griswold,  62. 


Index  93 


Hutchins,  John  Nathan,  Jun.,  compiler  of  an  Almanac  for  1803,  82. 
Hymns  &  Lessons  in  Prose  for  Children,  Admired,  by  Anna  Letitia  Aikin  Bar- 
bauld,  40. 

IMPORTANT  Objects  of  the  Evangelical  Ministry  considered.  The,  by  Levi 
Hart,  12. 
Index  to  the  Holy  Bible,  compiled  by  Ebenezer  Buel,  51. 
Indictment  and  Trial  of  Sir  Richard  Rum,  The,  3. 

JAUDON,  DANIEL,  accredited  author  oiA  Short  System  of  Polite  Learning,  41 . 
Jefferson,  Thomas,  strictures  on,  x;  prayer  for,  8;  appointment  of  Kirby,  16; 
sermon  denouncing,  48;  appointment  of  Stanley  Griswold,  61. 
Journal  of  the  Adventures  of  Matthew  Bunn,  A,  by  Matthew  Bunn,  mentioned,  xi; 

listed,  38. 
Judd,  Bethel,  actor  in  The  Suicide,  46. 

Judd,  Eben  Warner,  author  of  Almanac  for  1786,  71;  Almanac  for  1787,  71; 
Sheet  Almanac  for  1787,  72;  Almanac  for  1788,  72;  Sheet  Almanac  for  1788, 
72;  Almanac  for  1789,  73;  Almanac  for  1790,  74;  supposed  author  oi  Almanac 
for  1791,  by  Nathan  Ben  Solomon,  76;  biographical  note,  71. 
Juvenile  Poems,  by  Joseph  Hazard,  18. 

KAMES,  Lord,  see  Henry  Home,  62. 
Kenrick,  William,  accredited  author  of  The  Whole  Duty  of  Woman,  50. 
Kirby,  Ephraim,  author  of  Reports  of  Cases  adjudged  in  the  Superior  Court  of 
Connecticut,  14;  biographical  note,  14. 

LAW  School,  Litchfield,  founded,  viii;  references  to  students  of,  46,  52,  55, 
J  65  and  66. 

Leaming,  Jeremiah,  biographical  note,  39;  controversy  over  A  Defence  of  the 
Episcopal  Government  of  the  Church,  39;  author  oi  Dissertations  upon  Various 
Subjects,  K16,  and  of  An  Essay  on  Conversion,  57. 

Lee,  Chauncey,  author  of  The  Tree  of  Knowledge  of  Political  Good  and  Evil,  63; 
biographical  note,  G^- 

LeRoy,  Pierre  Louis,  accredited  author  of  A  Narrative  of  the  extraordinary  Ad- 
ventures of  four  Russian  Sailors,  6. 

Letter  from  a  Blacksmith,  A,  attributed  to  Henry  Home,  Lord  Kames,  62. 

Letter  to  the  President  of  the  United  States,  A,  by  "Hampden,"  x  and  48. 

Libraries,  List  of,  xiv. 

List  of  Books  Printed  in  Connecticut  1 709-1 800,  by  James  Hammond  Trumbull, 
xii. 

Litchfield,  growth  of,  viii. 

"  ACGOWAN,  JOHN,  accredited  author  of  Priestcraft  Defended,  23;  bio- 
graphical note,  23. 

Mackenzie,  Henry,  author  of  The  Man  of  Feeling,  19;  biographical  note,  19. 
M'Donald,  Alexander,  author  of  The  Youth's  Assistant,  18;  biographical  note,  18. 
Magic,  A  Discourse  on  Popular,  23. 


94  Index 


Man  of  Feeling,  The,  by  Henry  Mackenzie,  19. 

Manual  Exercise  and  Evolutions  of  the  Cavalry,  34. 

Marsh,  Truman,  author  ai  An  Exhortation  to  Early  Piety,  65;  biographical  note, 

66. 
Martinet,  Johannes  Florentius,  author  of  The  Catechism  of  Nature,  47. 
Masons,  Solomon's  Chapter  of  Royal  Arch,  45. 
Master  s  Few  Hints  To  his  Pupils,  The,  by  Amos  Chase,  24. 
Meigs,  Bowen  and  Dana,  printers  in  New  Haven,  3  and  4. 
Melchizedek,  The  History  of,  by  Josiah  Sherman,  11. 
Minor,  Thaddeus,  author  of  The  Experienced  Bee-Keeper,  67. 
Monitor,  The,  titles  of,  vii. 

Moon,  An  Account  of  Count  UArtois  and  his  Friend's  Passage  to  the,  4. 
Moore,  Edward,  author  oi  Fables  for  the  Female  Sex,  55. 
Moore,  Samuel,  author  oi  An  Accurate  System  of  Surveying,  36;  biographical  note, 

37- 

Morris,  James,  author  oi  Farewell  Address  To  his  Pupils,  43;  biographical  note, 
43;  author  of  An  Oration,  .  .  .  Commemorative  of  the  Death  of  Gen.  George 
Washington,  60;  member  of  committee  to  draft  an  Essay  on  the  Subject  of 
Education,  68. 

Morrison,  Hugh  Alexander,  author  of  Preliminary  Check  List  of  American  Al- 
manacs 1639-1800,  xii. 

Morse,  Abel,  printer  in  New  Haven,  21. 

Morse,  Jedidiah,  author  oi  Geography  Made  Easy,  3;  biographical  note,  3. 

Morse,  Samuel  Finley  Breese,  son  of  Jedidiah  Morse,  3. 

Munson,  Lent,  A  Short  Sketch  of  the  Life  of,  xi  and  42;  A  Discourse, . . .  occasioned 
by  the  Death  of,  42, 

Music, 

Admired  Hymns  &  Lessons  in  Prose  for  Children,  40. 
Federal  Harmony,  21. 

NARRATIVE  of  the  extraordinary  Adventures  of  four  Russian  Sailors,  A, 
attributed  to  Pierre  Louis  LeRoy,  6. 
"Nathan  Ben  Saadi,"  pseudonym  for  the  author  of  The  Chronicle  of  the  Kings  of 

England,  11. 
Nature  of  Moral  Agency,  The,  by  Josiah  Sherman,  11. 
New-England  Primer,  The,  mentioned,  xi;  listed,  31. 
New-Year-Gift,  A,  by  Abel  Cumstock,  20. 
Norton,  Elijah,  author  oi  Fools  in  their  Folly,  8. 

OGDEN,  John  Cosins,  accredited  author  of  A  Tour  Through  Upper  and 
Lower  Canada,  58;  An  Appeal  to  the  Candid,  upon  the  Present  State  of  Re- 
ligion and  Politics  in  Connecticut,  59;  Friendly  Remarks  to  the  People  of  Con- 
necticut, upon  their  College  and  Schools,  60;  A  View  of  the  Calvinistic  Clubs  in 
the  United  States,  60;  biographical  note,  59. 
Old  Divinity  Preferable  to  Modern  Novelty,  by  Israel  Holly,  23- 


Index  95 


Oracles  of  Reason,  by  "  Common  Sense,"  1 1. 

Oracles  of  Reason,  by  Ethan  Allen,  see  Reason,  the  only  Oracle  of  Man,  9, 10  and  12. 
Oration, . . .  at  Hartford, . . .  4/I1  of  July,  1798,  by  Thomas  Day,  54. 
Oration, . . .  at  Litchfield, .  . .  in  the  year  M,DCC,XCVIII,  by  James  Gould,  5a. 
Oration, . . .  at  Norfolk, . . .  Fourth  of  July,  1798,  by  Augustus  Pettibone,  54. 
Oration, . . .  at  Norfolk, . .  .6th  July,  1 801,  by  Sereno  Pettibone,  65. 
Oration, . ..  At  Salisbury, . . .  Fourth  July,  Ninety-Seven,  by  Samuel  Rockwell,  44. 
Oration,  .  .  .  at  Sharon,  .  .  .  4th  of  July,  1798,  by  John  Cotton  Smith,  51;  repro- 
duction of  title-page,  53. 
Oration,  .  .  .  Commemorative  of  the  Death  of  Gen.  George  Washington,  by  James 

Morris,  60. 
Oration, . .  ,  In  commemoration  of  the  Death  of ...  the  Rev.  Edward  Blakeslee,  by 

Jesse  Beach,  45. 
Ordination  of  Deacons,  On  the,  46. 
Ordination  Sermons: 

By  Charles  Backus,  26. 

By  James  Dana,  57. 

By  Levi  Hart,  12. 

By  Lemuel  Haynes,  24. 
Osgood,  David,  author  of  The  Wonderful  Works  of  God  are  to  be  remembered,  32; 
biographical  note,  32;  SMthoT  oi  A  Discourse  delivered  February  igth,  1795,34. 

PAINE,  THOMAS,  author  of  The  Age  of  Reason,  40. 
Parmerlee,  Reuben,  sermon  at  the  ordination  of,  24. 
Peddle,  Mrs.,  accredited  authoress  oi Rudiments  of  Taste,  57. 
Perry,  Joseph,  mathematical  instructor  of  Eben  W.  Judd,  71  and  72. 
Pettibone,  Augustus,  author  of  An  Oration,  .  .  .  at  Norfolk,  .  .  .  Fourth  of  July, 

1798,  54;  biographical  note,  55. 
Pettibone,  Sereno,  author  oi  An  Oration,  .  .  .  at  Norfolk,  .  .  .  6th  July,  1801,  65; 

biographical  note,  65. 
Pierce,  Sarah,  conducted  Female  Academy,  ix. 

Plain  and  Serious  Address  to  the  Master  of  a  Family,  A,  by  Philip  Doddridge,  56. 
Ploughman,  The,  published  by  Thomas  Collier,  xi. 
Poetry: 
American  Poems,  27, 
Cow  Chace,  The,  20. 
Deserted  Village,  The,  57. 

Elegy  written  in  a  Country  Church  Yard,  An,  60. 
Fables  for  the  Female  Sex,  SS- 
Juvenile  Poems,  18. 
Suicide,  The,  45. 
Wisdom.  A  Poem,  26  and  48. 
Pope,  Alexander,  author  oi  An  Essay  on  Man,  35. 

Porter,  Ebenezer,  member  of  committee  to  draft  an  Essay  on  the  Subject  of  Edu- 
cation, 68. 


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Index 


Porter,  Ethel,  discourse  at  funeral  of,  43. 

Pratt,  Samuel  Jackson,  author  of  The  Sublime  and  Beautiful  of  Scripture,  30. 

Preliminary  Check  List  of  American  Almanacs  1639-1800,  by  Hugh  Alexander 

Morrison,  xii. 
Priestcraft  Defended,  attributed  to  John  MacGowan,  23. 
Prindle,  Charles,  sermon  at  funeral  of,  37. 
Prindle,  Chauncey,  author  of  A  Discourse, .  .  .  at  the  Funeral  of  Mr.  Ethel  Porter, 

43;  biographical  note,  43. 
Proclamation,  A,  by  Oliver  Wolcott,  for  Thanksgiving,  1796,  35;  for  Fast  Day, 

1797,  46. 


Q! 


UESTIONS  &  Answers,  A  Small  Collection  of,  58. 


REASON,  the  only  Oracle  of  Man,  by  Ethan  Allen,  10. 
Reeve,  Tapping,  founder  of  Law  School,  viii,  46;  appointed  to  the  bench, 

52;  litigation  against,  64. 
Regulations  for  the  Troops  of  the  United  States,  by  Baron  von  Steuben,  2)'i- 
Reports  of  Cases  adjudged  in  the  Superior  Court  of  Connecticut,  by  Ephraim  Kirby, 

mentioned,  xi;  listed,  14;  reproduction  of  title-page,  15. 
Rice,  Isaac,  astronomical  calculator  oi  Hutchins" s  Almanac  for  1803,  82. 
Rockwell,  Samuel,  author  of  An  Oration,  .  .  .  At  Salisbury,  .  .  .  Fourth  July, 

Ninety-Seven,  44;  biographical  note,  44. 
Ruddock,  Samuel  A.,  accredited  author  of  Valuable  Tables  for  rendering  the  value 

of  Federal  Money  easy  and  intelligible,  39. 
Rudiments  of  Taste,  attributed  to  Mrs.  Peddle,  57. 
Rum,  Sir  Richard,  The  Indictment  and  Trial  of,  3. 

SANFORD,  JOEL,  author  of  an  Almanac  for  1802,  8i. 
Sermon  delivered  at  the  Funeral  of .  .  .  Oliver  Wolcott,  A,  by  Azel  Backus,  47. 
Sermon,  on  account  of  Deacon  Gideon  Hotchkiss,  A,  by  Abraham  Fowler,  68. 
Sermon,  Preached  at  the  Funeral  of  Mr.  Charles  Prindle,  A,  by  Alexander  Viets 

Griswold,  37. 
Sermon  to  Swine,  A,  by  "Common  Sense,"  9. 
Sermons  to  the  Rich  and  Studious,  17. 
Sherman,  Josiah,  author  of  Christ,  the  true  victim  and  conqueror,  10;  The  History 

of  Melchizedek,  ii;  The  Nature  of  Moral  Agency,  ii;  accredited  author  of 

Oracles  of  Reason,  ii;  A  Sermon  to  Swine,  9;  biographical  note,  10. 
Short  Sketch  of  the  Life  of  Mr.  Lent  Munson,  A,  attributed  to  Alexander  Viets 

Griswold,  mentioned  xi;  listed,  42. 
Short  System  of  Polite  Learning,  A,  attributed  to  Daniel  Jaudon,  4I. 
Small  Collection  of  Questions  &  Answers,  A,  ^S. 

Smith,  Elihu  Hubbard,  editor  o(  American  Poems,  27;  biographical  note,  28. 
Smith,  John  Cotton,  author  of  An  Oration,  .  .  .  at  Sharon,  .  .  .  4th  of  July,  1798, 

51;  biographical  note,  51. 


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Smith,  S.  S.,  printer  at  Litchfield,  35. 

"Solomon,  Nathan  Ben,"  reputed  author  of  an  Almanac  for  1791,  76. 

Sorrows  of  Werter,  The,  by  Johann  Wolfgang  von  Goethe,  mentioned,  xi;  listed, 
16. 

Specimen  of  the  Confession  of  Faith,  A,  62. 

Stafford,  John  Nathan,  Jun.,  reputed  author  of  an  Almanac  for  1799,  80. 

Steuben,  Baron  F.  W.  A.  H.  F.  von,  author  oi  Regulations  for  the  Troops  of  the 
United  States,  33;  biographical  note,  23- 

Stockwell,  Elizabeth,  wife  of  Thomas  Collier,  vii. 

Stockwell,  William,  partner  of  Thomas  CoUier  at  Bennington,  Vt.,  x  and  xv. 

Storrs,  Andrew,  sermon  at  the  funeral  of,  6;  biographical  note,  8. 

Strong,  Nehemiah,  author  oi  Almanacs  for  1792,  77;  1793,  78;  1794,  78;  1795,  79; 
1797,  80;  biographical  note,  77;  repudiates  Almanac  for  1795,  80;  astronomi- 
cal instructor  of  Joel  Sanford,  81. 

Sublime  and  Beautiful  of  Scripture,  The,  by  Samuel  Jackson  Pratt,  30. 

Suicide,  The,  attributed  to  Thomas  Day,  45. 

Surveying,  An  Accurate  System  of,  by  Samuel  Moore,  36. 

System  of  Astronomy,  A,  by  Enos  Blakeslee,  mentioned,  xi;  listed,  31. 

TABLES,  for  rendering  the  value  of  Federal  Money  easy  and  intelligible,  at- 
tributed to  Samuel  A.  Ruddock,  39. 

Tallmadge,  Benjamin,  allusion  to,  60. 

Taylor,  Nathanael,  pastor  at  New  Milford,  61;  sermon  at  the  funeral  of,  65;  bi- 
ographical note,  65. 

Thanksgiving  Sermons,  32  and  34. 

Three  Letters  to  Abraham  Bishop,  by  "  Connecticutensis,"  63. 

Tillinghast,  John,  enlisted  with  Matthew  Bunn,  38. 

Tour  Through  Upper  and  Lower  Canada,  A,  attributed  to  John  Cosins  Ogden,  58. 

Tracy,  Uriah,  senator  from  Connecticut,  viii;  father-in-law  of  James  Gould,  54; 
author  of  To  the  Freemen  of  Connecticut,  66;  biographical  note,  66. 

Tree  of  Knowledge  of  Political  Good  and  Evil,  The,  by  Chauncey  Lee,  62. 

Troy  Gazette,  published  by  Thomas  Collier,  xi. 

Trumbull,  James  Hammond,  author  of  List  of  Books  printed  in  Connecticut  1 709- 
1800,  xii. 

Trumbull,  John,  one  of  the  Hartford  Wits,  27. 

Trumbull,  John,  printer  in  Norwich,  18. 


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NIVERSAL  Restoration,  The,  by  Elhanan  Winchester,  30. 


VAL  UABLE  Tables,  for  rendering  the  value  of  Federal  Money  easy  and  intel- 
ligible, attributed  to  Samuel  A.  Ruddock,  39. 
View  of  the  Calvinistic  Clubs  in  the  United  States,  A,  attributed  to  John  Cosins 

Ogden,  60. 
Vindication  of  the  Validity  and  Divine  Right  of  Presbyterian  Ordination,  A,  by 
Noah  Welles,  38. 


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WASHINGTON,  GEORGE,  proclamation  by,  34;  commemorative  ad- 
dresses on  the  death  of,  60  and  61. 

Watson,  Richard,  author  oi  An  Apology  for  the  Bible,  40;  biographical  note,  41. 

Wayne,  Anthony,  attack  by,  in  Chevy  Chase,  20. 

Webster,  Noah,  answer  to  Abraham  Bishop,  64. 

Welles,  Noah,  author  of  A  Vindication  of  the  Validity  and  Divine  Right  of  Pres- 
byterian Ordination,  38;  biographical  note,  39. 

Wheeler,  Bennett,  printer  in  Providence,  38. 

Whole  Duty  of  Woman,  The,  attributed  to  William  Kenrick,  mentioned,  xi; 
listed,  50;  reproduction  of  title-page,  49. 

Wilkinson,  Edward,  accredited  author  oi  Wisdom.  A  Poem,  26  and  48. 

Williams,  Joshua,  member  of  committee  to  draft  an  Essay  on  the  Subject  of  Edu- 
cation, 68. 

Winchester,  Elhanan,  author  of  The  Universal  Restoration,  30;  biographical  note, 

3°- 

Wisdom.  A  Poem,  attributed  to  Edward  Wilkinson,  26  and  48. 

Witherspoon,  John,  President  of  Princeton  College,  14  and  62. 

Wolcott,  Alexander,  answered  by  Uriah  Tracy,  67. 

Wolcott,  Oliver,  Jr.,  Secretary  of  the  Treasury,  viii. 

Wolcott,  Oliver,  Sr.,  Governor  of  Connecticut,  viii;  Proclamation  of,  for  1796,  35; 
biographical  note,  ^^'i  Proclamation  of,  for  1797,  46;  sermon  at  the  funeral 
of,  47. 

Wolcott,  Roger,  father  of  Ohver  Wolcott,  Sr.,  36. 

Woman,  The  Whole  Duty  of,  attributed  to  William  Kenrick,  mentioned,  xi;  listed, 
50;  reproduction  of  title-page,  49. 

Wonderful  Works  of  God  are  to  be  remembered.  The,  by  David  Osgood,  32. 

Woodward,  Israel  Beard,  author  oi  American  Liberty  and  Independence,  55;  bio- 
graphical note,  55. 

Wooster,  David,  father-in-law  of  John  Cosins  Ogden,  59. 

Wyllys,  George,  Secretary  of  State  in  Connecticut,  36. 

Wyllys,  Samuel,  Secretary  of  State  in  Connecticut,  47. 


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