To Samuel Mather Reverend Sir, London, July 7. 1773. By a Line of the 4th. past, I acknowledged the Receipt of your Favour of March 18. and sent you with it two Pamphlets. I now add another, a spirited Address to the Bishops who opposed the Dissenter’s Petition. It is written by a Dissenting Minister…
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The Increase of Religious as Well as Civil Liberty
To William Marshall Reverend Sir, London, Feb. 14. 1773 I duly received your respected Letter of Oct. 30, and am very sensible of the Propriety and Equity of the Act passed to indulge your Friends in their Scruples relating to the Mode of Taking an Oath which you plead for so ably by numerous Reasons.…
Alas! Poor Mungo!
To Georgiana Shipley Dear Miss, London, Sept. 26. 1772 I lament with you most sincerely the unfortunate End of poor Mungo: Few Squirrels were better accomplish’d; for he had had a good Education, had travell’d far, and seen much of the World. As he had the Honour of being for his Virtues your Favourite, he…
Moral or Prudential Algebra
To Joseph Priestley Dear Sir, London Sept. 19. 1772 In the Affair of so much Importance to you, wherein you ask my Advice, I cannot for want of sufficient Premises, advise you what to determine, but if you please I will tell you how. When these difficult Cases occur, they are difficult chiefly because while…
Rivers Are Ungovernable Things
To Samuel Rhoads Dear Friend, London, Augt. 22. 1772 I think I before acknowledg’d your Favour of Feb. 29. I have since received that of May 30. I am glad my Canal Papers were agreable to you. If any Work of that kind is set on foot in America, I think it would be saving…