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457.017
Title: A memorial and remonstrance, presented to the General Assembly of the state of Virginia, at their session in 1785, in consequence of a bill brought into that Assembly for the establishment of religion by law.
Creator(s): Madison, James, 1751-1836
Publication: [1786]
Subjects: Virginia -- Politics and government -- 1775-1865. | Freedom of religion -- Early works to 1800. | Church and state. | Freedom of religion.


160.048
Title: A sermon, delivered in Christ-Church, on the 21st day of June, 1786, at the opening of the convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church, in the states of New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and South-Carolina.
Creator(s): White, William, 1748-1836
Publication: [1786]


114.047
Title: An oration, delivered before the American Philosophical Society, held in Philadelphia on the 27th of February, 1786 : containing an enquiry into the influence of physical causes upon the moral faculty : By Benjamin Rush, M.D. and professor of chemistry in the University of Pennsylvania. [Four lines from Locke]
Creator(s): Rush, Benjamin, 1745-1813
Publication: [1786]
Subjects: Good and evil. | Free will and determinism.


380.002
Title: An act for establishing religious freedom, passed in the Assembly of Virginia in the beginning of the year 1786.
Creator(s): Virginia
Publication: 1786.
Subjects: Freedom of religion -- Virginia.


162.002
Title: Chronicon Ephratense. Enthaltend den Lebens-Lauf des ehrwürdigen Vaters in Christo Friedsam Gottrecht, Weyland Stiffters und Vorstehers des geistl. Ordens der Einsamen in Ephrata in der Graffschaft Lancaster in Pennsylvania. Zusam̄en getragen von Br. Lamech u. Agrippa. [Six lines of Scripture texts]
Creator(s): Miller, Johann Peter, 1710-1796
Publication: [1786]
Subjects: Beissel, Conrad, 1690-1768. | Ephrata Cloister. | Seventh-Day Baptists -- Pennsylvania.


397.015
Title: Voyage de Newport a Philadelphie, Albany, &c.
Creator(s): Chastellux, François Jean, marquis de, 1734-1788
Publication: [1781]
Subjects: United States -- Description and travel.


380.059
Title: Proces-verbaux des 15 & 28 Septembre 1786, relatifs a la réception du buste de M. le Marquis de La Fayette, a l'Hôtel-de-Ville de Paris.
Creator(s): Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
Publication: 1786.


442.025
Title: Investigation of the cause of that indistinctness of vision which has been ascribed to the smallness of the optic pencil : by William Herschel, LL.D. F.R.S. : Read at the Royal Society, June 22, 1786.
Creator(s): Herschel, William, Sir, 1738-1822
Publication: [1786]
Subjects: Telescopes -- Early works to 1800.


465.011
Title: Nouvelles recherches sur le vaisseau long des anciens, sur les voiles latines, et sur les moyens de diminuer les dangers que courent les navigateurs : leurs à l'Académie des belles-lettres, à la rentrée publique de Pâques, année 1786 : servant de suite à l'ouvrage qui a pour titre : Les navires des anciens, &c..
Creator(s): Le Roy, David, 1724?-1803
Publication: 1786
Subjects: Naval art and science -- Early works to 1800. | Ships -- Early works to 1800. | Art et science navals -- Ouvrages avant 1800. | Navires -- Ouvrages avant 1800. | Naval art and science. | Ships.


447.002
Title: Bailey's pocket almanac, being an American annual register, for the year of our Lord 1787 ...
Creator(s): Workman, Benjamin
Publication: [1786]
Subjects: Pennsylvania -- Registers.


105.016
Title: The resurrection of Jesus Christ considered and proved : and the consequent truth and divinity of the Christian system briefly illustrated : in a discourse, on I Corinthians, XV. 17 : addressed to the Second Congregational Church in the city of Newport, Rhode-Island, at the ordination of the Reverend William Patten to the evangelical ministry, and the pastoral office, over them : May 24, 1786 : by Levi Hart, A.M. Pastor of a church in Preston, Connecticut.
Creator(s): Hart, Levi, 1738-1808
Publication: 1786.
Subjects: Bristol (R.I. : Town) -- Church history. | Bristol (R.I. : Town) -- History.


465.006
Title: Maritime observations : in a letter from Doctor Franklin to Mr. Alphonsus Le Roy, member of several academies, at Paris.
Creator(s): Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | Le Roy, David, 1724?-1803
Publication: 1786
Subjects: Navigation. | Early works to 1800.


391.010
Title: Twenty-six letters, upon interesting subjects, respecting the revolution of America : written in Holland, in the year 1780.
Creator(s): Adams, John, 1735-1826
Publication: [1786]
Subjects: United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.


114.018
Title: An enquiry into the effects of spirituous liquors upon the human body, and their influence upon the happiness of society, By Benjamin Rush, M.D. Professor of chemistry in the University of Philadelphia.
Creator(s): Rush, Benjamin, 1745-1813
Publication: [1784?]
Subjects: Alcohol -- Physiological effect.


449.008
Title: Observations on the importance of the American Revolution, and the means of making it a benefit to the world.
Creator(s): Price, Richard, 1723-1791
Publication: 1784
Subjects: United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783.


465.011
Title: Nouvelles recherches sur le vaisseau long des anciens, sur les voiles latines, et sur les moyens de diminuer les dangers que courent les navigateurs : leurs à l'Académie des belles-lettres, à la rentrée publique de Pâques, année 1786 : servant de suite à l'ouvrage qui a pour titre : Les navires des anciens, &c..
Creator(s): Le Roy, David, 1724?-1803
Publication: 1786
Subjects: Naval art and science -- Early works to 1800. | Ships -- Early works to 1800. | Art et science navals -- Ouvrages avant 1800. | Navires -- Ouvrages avant 1800. | Naval art and science. | Ships.


438.015
Title: Dissertations on government, the affairs of the bank, and paper-money : by the author of Common sense.
Creator(s): Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809
Publication: 1786.
Subjects: Political science. | Early works to 1800. | Paper money. | Early works to 1800.


465.006
Title: Maritime observations : in a letter from Doctor Franklin to Mr. Alphonsus Le Roy, member of several academies, at Paris.
Creator(s): Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | Le Roy, David, 1724?-1803
Publication: 1786
Subjects: Navigation. | Early works to 1800.


160.050
Title: A sermon, on the due celebration of the festival, appointed as a thankgiving for the fruits of the earth; preached in Christ-Church and St. Peter's, by the Rev. William White, D.D. and rector of the said churches, October 29, 1786, the day preceding his departure for England, to obtain episcopal consecration.
Creator(s): White, William, 1748-1836
Publication: [1786]


465.011
Title: Nouvelles recherches sur le vaisseau long des anciens, sur les voiles latines, et sur les moyens de diminuer les dangers que courent les navigateurs : leurs à l'Académie des belles-lettres, à la rentrée publique de Pâques, année 1786 : servant de suite à l'ouvrage qui a pour titre : Les navires des anciens, &c..
Creator(s): Le Roy, David, 1724?-1803
Publication: 1786
Subjects: Naval art and science -- Early works to 1800. | Naval art and science.


465.006
Title: Maritime observations : in a letter from Doctor Franklin to Mr. Alphonsus Le Roy, member of several academies, at Paris.
Creator(s): Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | Le Roy, David, 1724?-1803
Publication: 1786
Subjects: Navigation. | Early works to 1800.


434.002
Title: The Pennsylvania pocket almanack, for the year 1761. Calculated for the use of the province of Pennsylvania, and the neighbouring provinces.
Creator(s): Bradford, William, 1719-1791
Publication: [1760]
Subjects: Almanacs, English -- Early works to 1800.


337.005
Title: The peasant of Auburn, or, The emigrant, a poem.
Creator(s): Coombe, Thomas, 1747-1822
Publication: [1786?]
Subjects: Poor -- Poetry.


465.006
Title: Maritime observations : in a letter from Doctor Franklin to Mr. Alphonsus Le Roy, member of several academies, at Paris.
Creator(s): Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | Le Roy, David, 1724?-1803
Publication: 1786
Subjects: Navigation. | Early works to 1800.


415.015
Title: A sermon delivered in St. Paul's Church, on the 4th of July, 1786 : when the "form of prayer and thanksgiving to Almighty God, for the inestimable blessings of religious and civil liberty," was first used : by Samuel Magaw, D.D. Rector of St. Paul's in Philadelphia, and vice-provost of the University of Pennsylvania.
Creator(s): Magaw, Samuel, 1735-1812
Publication: [1786]


465.011
Title: Nouvelles recherches sur le vaisseau long des anciens, sur les voiles latines, et sur les moyens de diminuer les dangers que courent les navigateurs : leurs à l'Académie des belles-lettres, à la rentrée publique de Pâques, année 1786 : servant de suite à l'ouvrage qui a pour titre : Les navires des anciens, &c..
Creator(s): Le Roy, David, 1724?-1803
Publication: 1786.


392.007
Title: A sermon preached before the Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the state of Virginia, on the twenty sixth of May, 1786 : by James Madison, D.D. president of the University of William and Mary, and professor of moral and natural philosophy.
Creator(s): Madison, James, 1749-1812
Publication: [1786]


465.006
Title: Maritime observations : in a letter from Doctor Franklin to Mr. Alphonsus Le Roy, member of several academies, at Paris.
Creator(s): Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | Le Roy, David, 1724?-1803
Publication: 1786.
Subjects: Early works to 1800.


317.004
Title: Advertisement of the expected return of the comet of 1532 and 1661 in the year 1788.
Creator(s): Maskelyne, Nevil, 1732-1811
Publication: [1786]
Subjects: Comets -- Early works to 1800.


380.054
Title: Notes on the state of Virginia : written in the year 1781, somewhat corrected and enlarged in the winter of 1782, for the use of a foreigner of distinction, in answer to certain queries proposed by him respecting 1. Its boundaries - - - page 1 2. Rivers - - - - 3 3. Sea ports - - - - 27 4. Mountains - - - 28 5. Cascades and caverns - - 33 6. Productions mineral, vegetable and animal - 41 7. Climate - - - 134 8. Population - - - 151 9. Military force - - - 162 10. Marine force - - - 165 11. Aborigines - - - 166 12. Counties and towns - - 191 13. Constitution - - - 193 14. Laws - - - 235 15. Colleges, buildings, and roads - 275 16. Proceedings as to tories - - 285 17. Religion - - - 287 18. Manners - - - - 298 19. Manufactures - - - 301 20. Subjects of commerce - - 304 21. Weights, Measures and Money - 311 22. Public revenue and expences - - 313 23. Histories, memorials, and state-papers - 322
Creator(s): Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
Publication: 1782–1784.
Subjects: Indians of North America -- Virginia. | Virginia.


394.010
Title: An essay towards illustrating the ancient history of the Britannic Isles; containing an explanation of the names Belgae, Scythae, Celtae, Brittanni, Albanich, Eirinnich, Caledonii, Siluri, &c. &c. Intended as a preface to a work entitled, A vindication of the ancient history of Ireland. By C. V.
Creator(s): Vallancey, Charles, 1721-1812
Publication: [1786]
Subjects: Celtic languages -- Etymology.


392.007
Title: A sermon preached before the Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the state of Virginia, on the twenty sixth of May, 1786 : by James Madison, D.D. president of the University of William and Mary, and professor of moral and natural philosophy.
Creator(s): Madison, James, 1749-1812
Publication: [1786]


442.013
Title: Catalogue of one thousand new nebulæ and clusters of stars: by William Herschel, LL.D. F.R.S. : Read at the Royal Society, April 27, 1786.
Creator(s): Herschel, William, Sir, 1738-1822
Publication: [1786]
Subjects: Nebulae -- Catalogs. | Stars -- Clusters -- Catalogs.


Title: Nouvelles recherches sur le vaisseau long des anciens, sur les voiles latines, et sur les moyens de diminuer les dangers que courent les navigateurs : leurs à l'Académie des belles-lettres, à la rentrée publique de Pâques, année 1786 : servant de suite à l'ouvrage qui a pour titre : Les navires des anciens, &c..
Creator(s): Le Roy, David, 1724?-1803
Publication: 1786
Subjects: Naval art and science -- Early works to 1800. | Ships -- Early works to 1800. | Art et science navals -- Ouvrages avant 1800. | Navires -- Ouvrages avant 1800. | Naval art and science. | Ships.


351.012
Title: Medical and philosophical commentaries : by a society of physicians in Edinburgh.
Creator(s): Duncan, Andrew, 1744-1828
Publication: 1774, 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, 1780, 1783, 1784, 1785, 1786.
Subjects: Medicine. | Periodicals.


412.020
Title: Erbauliche Lieder-Sammlung : zum gottesdienstlichen Gebrauch in den Vereinigten Evangelisch Lutherischen Gemeinen in Nord-America.
Creator(s): Helmuth, Justus Henry Christian, 1745-1825
Publication: 1786.
Subjects: Lutheran Church, Hymns. | Lutheran Church, Prayers and devotions. | Luther, Martin, 1483-1546. | Hymnals. | Hymns.


360.029
Title: Révolution de l'Amérique : par M. l'abbé Raynal, auteur de l'Histoire philosophique et politique des etablissemens, et du commerce des Européens dans les deux Indes.
Creator(s): Raynal, abbé 1713-1796, (Guillaume-Thomas-François)
Publication: 1781.


455.023
Title: Medicinisch-praktische Bibliothek. 1. Bd., 1.-3 Stück.
Creator(s): Michaelis, Christian Friedrich, 1754-1814
Publication: 1785, 1786.
Subjects: Medicine


394.019
Title: Survey of the lakes of Killarney.
Creator(s): Vallancey, Charles, 1721-1812
Publication: 1786.


171.014
Title: Osservazioni pratiche intorno alla lue venerea...
Creator(s): Cirillo, Domenico, 1739-1799
Publication: 1783.
Subjects: Syphilis. | Medicine -- Early works to 1800. | Sexually transmitted diseases. | Medicine.


358.011
Title: Mémoire sur le premier drap de laine superfin du cru de la France : lu à la rentrée publique de l'Académie Royale des Sciences, le 21 avril 1784.
Creator(s): [Académie royale des sciences (France)]
Publication: 1784.
Subjects: Wool fabrics -- France. | Woolen goods -- France. | Wool fabrics. | Woolen goods.


351.010
Title: Heads of lectures on the theory and practice of medicine.
Creator(s): Duncan, Andrew, 1744-1828
Publication: 1776.
Subjects: Medicine -- Outlines, syllabi, etc.


405.002
Title: Analyse des eaux thermales de Vinay avec des observations sur les insectes microscopiques qui y sont contenus ainsi que dans leurs mousses, par M. Fontana.
Creator(s): Fontana, Felice, 1730-1805
Publication: 1786


329.001
Title: A treatise on courts martial : containing, I. remarks on martial law, and courts martial in general : II. the manner of proceeding against offenders : to which is added, an essay, on military punishments and rewards : by Stephen Payne Adye, first lieut. in the Royal Regiment of Artillery.
Creator(s): Adye, Stephen Payne, -1794
Publication: 1769.
Subjects: Courts-martial and courts of inquiry -- Early works to 1800. | Courts-martial and courts of inquiry -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800. | Military discipline -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800. | Military law -- Commentaries -- Early works to 1800.


Title: An inquiry into the original state and formation of the earth : deduced from facts and the laws of nature : to which is added an appendix, containing some general observations on the strata in Derbyshire : with sections of them, representing their arrangement, affinities, and the mutations they have suffered at different periods of time : intended to illustrate the preceding inquiries, and as a specimen of subterraneous geography.
Creator(s): Whitehurst, John, 1713-1788
Publication: [1778]
Subjects: Geology -- Early works to 1800.


171.017
Title: Riflessioni intorno alla qualità delle acque nella concia de' cuoi.
Creator(s): Cirillo, Domenico, 1739-1799
Publication: 1786.


397.006
Title: Discours en vers adresse aux officiers et aux soldats des differentes armees americaines : por M. David Humphreys, colonel au service des Etats-Unis, & aide-de-camp de son excellence le general Washington : imprime pour la premiere fois a New-Haven, dans le Connecticut.
Creator(s): Chastellux, François Jean, marquis de, 1734-1788
Publication: 1786.
Subjects: United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Poetry.


408.002
Title: Geography epitomized : or, a tour round the world : being a short but comprehensive description of the terraqueous globe : attempted in verse, (for the sake of memory;) and principally designed for the use of schools : by an American.
Creator(s): Davidson, Robert, 1750-1812
Publication: [1784]
Subjects: Geography -- Poetry.


459.012
Title: A familiar introduction to the study of electricity.
Creator(s): Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804
Publication: 1768.
Subjects: Electricity. | Early works to 1850.


382.014
Title: Regulations for the order and discipline of the troops of the United States. Part I.
Creator(s): United States. War Office. Inspector General's Office
Publication: 1779
Subjects: Military art and science -- Soldiers' handbooks.


114.013
Title: Directions for the use of the mineral water and cold bath, at Harrogate, near Philadelphia.
Creator(s): Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813
Publication: 1786.
Subjects: Harrogate (Pa.) -- Description and travel. | Baths, Cold. | Mineral waters -- Pennsylvania -- Harrogate.


330.006
Title: An introduction and notes, on Mr. Bird's method of dividing astronomical instruments : to which is added, a vocabulary of English and French technical terms.
Creator(s): Ludlam, William, 1717-1788
Publication: 1786.


Title: An inquiry into the original state and formation of the earth : deduced from facts and the laws of nature : to which is added an appendix, containing some general observations on the strata in Derbyshire : with sections of them, representing their arrangement, affinities, and the mutations they have suffered at different periods of time : intended to illustrate the preceding inquiries, and as a specimen of subterraneous geography.
Creator(s): Whitehurst, John, 1713-1788
Publication: [1778]
Subjects: Geology -- Early works to 1800.


366.005
Title: Observations on the properties and effects of coffee.
Creator(s): Moseley, Benjamin, 1742-1819
Publication: [1785]
Subjects: Coffee -- Early works to 1800.


367.020
Title: Vie de M. Turgot.
Creator(s): Condorcet, Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de, 1743-1794
Publication: [1786]


114.049
Title: A plan for the establishment of public schools and the diffusion of knowledge in Pennsylvania : to which are added thoughts upon the mode of eduction, proper in a republic. Addressed to the legislature and citizens of the state.
Creator(s): Rush, Benjamin, 1745-1813
Publication: [1786]
Subjects: Public schools -- Pennsylvania. | Education -- United States.


389.004
Title: A circular letter from His Excellency General Washington, to the several states, called his legacy, being his last public communication.
Creator(s): Washington, George, 1732-1799
Publication: [1783]


362.052
Title: Réflexions sur le phlogistique, pour servir de développement à la théorie de la combustion et de la calcination, publiée en 1777.
Creator(s): Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent, 1743-1794
Publication: 1783.
Subjects: Chemistry -- Early works to 1800. | Phlogiston -- Early works to 1800.


179.003
Title: First lines of the practice of physic, for the use of students in the University of Edinburgh. By William Cullen, M.D. Vol. I.
Creator(s): Cullen, William, 1710-1790 | Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813
Publication: [1777]
Subjects: Medicine -- Practice -- Early works to 1800. | Medicine -- Early works to 1800.


365.002
Title: La vie et les mémoires.
Creator(s): Tournon, Alexandre, 1760?-1794
Publication: 1786.
Subjects: Balloonists -- Biography. | Balloonists. | Pilâtre de Rozier, Jean-François, 1754-1785.


459.071
Title: Defences of the history of the corruptions of christianity : containing I. A reply to the animadversions in the monthly review for June, 1783. II : Letters to Dr. Horsley, Part I : III : Remarks on the monthly review of the letters to Dr. Horsley, Part : I : IV : Letters to Dr. Horsley : Part II : III : By Joseph Priestley.
Creator(s): Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804
Publication: 1783-1786.
Subjects: Unitarianism -- Early works to 1800.


433.009
Title: Traité d'anatomie comparée, par Alexandre Monro ... Publié par son fils, Alexandre Monro …
Creator(s): Sue, Jean Joseph, fils, 1760-1830
Publication: 1786.
Subjects: Anatomy, Comparative.


114.046
Title: On the different species of mania.
Creator(s): Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813
Publication: 1786.


342.007
Title: Observations on Mr Pitt's plan, for the reduction of the national debt.
Creator(s): Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816
Publication: [1786]
Subjects: Debts, Public -- Great Britain. | Debts, Public -- England. | Sinking-funds -- Great Britain.


476.021
Title: A socratic discourse on truth and faithfulness : in which the nature, extent, and obligation, together with the various branches and subordinations of these moral duties are explained, illustrated, and enforced by examples : being the sequel to A father's instructions.
Creator(s): Percival, Thomas, 1740-1804
Publication: [1781]
Subjects: Moral education.


362.049
Title: Recueil de memoires et d'observations sur la formation & sur la fabrication du salpêtre.
Creator(s): Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent, 1743-1794
Publication: 1779.
Subjects: Saltpeter -- Early works to 1800. | Nitric acid -- Early works to 1800.


179.008
Title: Synopsis nosologiæ methodicæ.
Creator(s): Cullen, William, 1710-1790
Publication: [1769]
Subjects: Nosology.


360.018
Title: Histoire philosophique et politique des établissemens & du commerce des européens dans les deux Indes [Texte imprimé]
Creator(s): Raynal, Guillaume-Thomas (1713-1796) 
Publication: 1770.
Subjects: Colonies -- Administration -- Histoire Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet. | Colonisation -- Amérique.


459.061
Title: An history of early opinions concerning Jesus Christ, compiled from original writers; proving that the Christian church was at first Unitarian.
Creator(s): Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804
Publication: [1786]


3.017
Title: Information to those who would remove to America.
Creator(s): Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
Publication: 1784.
Subjects: United States -- Emigration and immigration.


339.002
Title: An essay on portable furnaces, respectfully presented to the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, by their Secretary.
Creator(s): More, Samuel, -1799
Publication: 1786.


447.010
Title: The Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia almanack and ephemeris, for the year of our Lord, 1788 ...
Creator(s): Workman, Benjamin
Publication: [1787]


355.005
Title: The natural history of many curious and uncommon zoophytes, collected from various parts of the globe by the late John Ellis, Esq. F. R. S. soc. reg. upsal. soc. author of the natural history of english corallines, and other works : systematically arranged and described by the late Daniel Solander, M. D. F. R. S. &c. : with sixty-two plates engraven by principal artists.
Creator(s): Ellis, John, 1710?-1776
Publication: [1786]
Subjects: Sponges. | Cnidaria. | Ctenophora.


405.014
Title: Lettera II di Felice Fontana [al signore Ingen-Housz, sopra la decomposizione dell'acqua].
Creator(s): Fontana, Felice, 1730-1805
Publication: 1786


476.011
Title: Moral and literary dissertations, on the following subjects : 1. on truth and faithfulness : 2. on habit and association : 3. on inconsistency of expectation in literary pursuits : 4. on a taste for the general beauties of nature : 5. on a taste for the fine arts : 6. on the alliance of natural history, and philosophy, with poetry : to which are added a tribute to the memory of Charles de Polier, Esq. and an appendix.
Creator(s): Percival, Thomas, 1740-1804
Publication: [1784]
Subjects: Moral education. | Conduct of life.


362.041
Title: Prix extraordinaire proposé par l'Académie royale des sciences, pour l'année 1788.
Creator(s): Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent, 1743-1794
Publication: 1786.
Subjects: Glass manufacture -- Chemistry. | Awards -- France.


204.002
Title: A short introduction to Latin grammar, for the use of the University and Academy of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia.
Creator(s): Davidson, James, 1732-1809
Publication: [1781]
Subjects: Latin language -- Grammar.


455.007
Title: D. Wilhelm Withering's Abhandlung vom rothen Fingerhut und dessen Anwendung in der praktischen Heilkunde vorzüglich bey der Wassersucht und einigen andern Krankheiten.
Creator(s): Michaelis, Christian Friedrich, 1754-1814
Publication: 1786.


394.023
Title: A vindication of the ancient history of Ireland; wherein is shown : I. the descent of the old inhabitants from the Phæno-Scythians of the East : II. the early skill of the Phæno-Scythians, in navigation, arts, and letters : III. several accounts of the ancient Irish bards, authenticated from parallel history, sacred and profane. &c. &c. &c. &c. : the whole illustrated by notes and remarks ON Each Chapter : by Col. Charles Vallancey, L. L. D. Fellow of the Royal Society, and of the Societies of Antiquaries of London, Edinburgh, and Perth: Member of the Royal Irish Academy, and of the Phil. Soc. of Philadelphia, &c.
Creator(s): Vallancey, Charles, 1721-1812
Publication: 1786.
Subjects: Ireland -- Antiquities. | Ireland -- History -- To 1172.


459.060
Title: An essay on the gift of tongues, proving that it was not the gift of languages : in a letter to a friend.
Creator(s): Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804
Publication: 1786.
Subjects: Language and languages.


88.005
Title: State of Pennsylvania : An act, to appoint a representation for the city of Philadelphia and the several counties in this commonwealth in proportion to the number of taxable inhabitants in each for the ensuing seven years.
Creator(s): Mifflin, Thomas, 1744-1800
Publication: [1786]
Subjects: Law -- Pennsylvania. | Representative government and representation -- Pennsylvania. | Pennsylvania -- Politics and government -- 1775-1865.


431.010
Title: Mémoire pour le comte de Cagliostro : contentant l'etat de la question, sa confession, son interrogatoire, la réfutation de la partie du mémoire de la comtesse de la Motte le concernant, et sa requé‚te pour demander l'élargissement de son épouse expirante.
Creator(s): Gérard, Conrad Alexandre, 1729-1790
Publication: 1786.
Subjects: Diamond Necklace Affair -- France -- 1785. | Euro Tracts -- 1786. | La Motte, Jeanne de Saint-Rémy de Valois, comtesse de, 1756-1791 -- Trials -- litigation -- etc. | Cagliostro, Alessandro, conte di, 1743-1795 -- Trials -- litigation -- etc. | Rohan-Guémené, Louis-René-édouard, prince de, 1734-1803.


447.009
Title: The New Pennsylvania almanac, for the year of our Lord, 1787.
Creator(s): Workman, Benjamin
Publication: [1786]


447.006
Title: Father Tammany's almanac, for the year of our Lord 1786 ... by a son of Tammany.
Creator(s): Workman, Benjamin
Publication: [1785]


405.013
Title: Lettera di Felice Fontana al cavaliere Lorgna [su un nuovo apparato per tentare la decomposizione dell' acqua].
Creator(s): Fontana, Felice, 1730-1805
Publication: 1786


476.005
Title: A father's instructions to his children : consisting of tales, fables, and reflections; designed to promote the love of virtue, a taste for knowledge, and an early acquaintance with the works of nature.
Creator(s): Percival, Thomas, 1740-1804
Publication: 1775


441.002
Title: Experiments and observations on animal heat, and the inflammation of combustible bodies : being an attempt to resolve these phaenomena into a general law of nature.
Creator(s): Crawford, Adair, 1748-1795 | Crell, Lorenz Florenz Friedrich von, 1744-1816
Publication: [1779]
Subjects: Animal heat. | Heat -- Early works to 1800.


459.082
Title: Experiments and observations relating to various branches of natural philosophy; with a continuation of the observations on air.
Creator(s): Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804
Publication: 1779.
Subjects: Chemistry -- Early works to 1800.


229.004
Title: Predikan på kongl. wasa-ordens första dubbnings-dag, den 17 Julii 1772, hållen uti kongl. slotts- kyrkan, och, på allernådigste befallning, til trycket lemnad.
Creator(s): Wrangel, Carl Magnus, -1786
Publication: 1772


61.020
Title: State of the accounts of David Rittenhouse, Esq. treasurer of Pennsylvania : from January 1785, till January 1786.
Creator(s): Pennsylvania. Treasury
Publication: [1790]
Subjects: Finance, Public -- Pennsylvania. | Internal revenue -- Pennsylvania.


442.057
Title: Remarks on the new comet : by William Herschel, LL.D. F.R.S. : Read at the Royal Society, Nov. 16, 1786.
Creator(s): Herschel, William, Sir, 1738-1822
Publication: [1787]
Subjects: Comets -- 1786.


459.104
Title: The rudiments of English grammar; adapted to the use of schools : with observations on style.
Creator(s): Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804
Publication: [1761]
Subjects: English language -- Grammar -- Early works to 1800. | English language -- Grammar -- 1500-1800.


73.016
Title: Letters to a nobleman, on the conduct of the war in the middle colonies.
Creator(s): Galloway, Joseph, 1731-1803
Publication: 1779.
Subjects: Middle Atlantic States -- History -- Revolution.


450.008
Title: The Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia almanack and ephemeris, for the year of our Lord, 1782 ... Calculated for the meridian of Baltimore-Town, lat. 39 deg. 30 min. north, and long. 4 hours and 59 min. west, from the observatory at Greenwich; but may, withou sensible error, serve all the adjacent states
Creator(s): Ellicott, Andrew, 1754-1820
Publication: [1781]


415.012
Title: A prayer, delivered in St. Paul's church, Philadelphia, on Wednesday, 27th December, 1786 : being the anniversary of St. John the Evangelist : after the proper divine service of the day, and before the sermon to the Honorable fraternity of the free and accepted masons of Pennsylvania.
Creator(s): Magaw, Samuel, 1735-1812
Publication: 1787.
Subjects: Prayer. | Anniversary address.


73.024
Title: A reply to the observations of Lieut. Gen. Sir William Howe, on a pamphlet, entitled Letters to a nobleman : in which his misrepresentations are detected, and those letters are supported, by a variety of new matter and argument : to which is added, an appendix, containing, I. a letter to Sir William Howe upon his strictures on Mr. Galloway’s private character : II. a letter from Mr. Kirk to Sir William Howe, and his answer : III. a letter from a committee to the President of the Congress, on the state of the rebel army at Valley Forge, found among the papers of Henry Laurens, Esq. : by the author of Letters to a nobleman.
Creator(s): Galloway, Joseph, 1731-1803
Publication: [1780]
Subjects: Middle Atlantic States -- History -- Revolution. | Middle Atlantic States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783. | United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- British forces.


459.007
Title: A description of A new chart of history, containing a view of the principal revolutions of empire, that have taken place in the world.
Creator(s): Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804
Publication: 1769.
Subjects: World history.


163.001
Title: Arbustrum Americanum : the American grove, or, an alphabetical catalogue of forest trees and shrubs, natives of the American United States, arranged according to the Linnaean system : containing, the particular distinguishing characters of each genus, with plain, simple and familiar descriptions of the manner of growth, appearance, &c. of their several species and varieties : also, some hints of their uses in medicine, dyes, and domestic oeconomy : compiled from actual knowledge and observation, and the assistance of botanical authors.
Creator(s): Marshall, Humphry, 1722-1801
Publication: [1785]
Subjects: Botany -- United States. | Botany, Medical. | Shrubs -- United States. | Trees -- United States.


229.001
Title: Dissertatio theologica De tentatione Christi in deserto.
Creator(s): Wrangel, Carl Magnus, -1786
Publication: 1757.
Subjects: Hochschulschrift.


67.002
Title: Letter to the president and supreme executive council; Philadelphia, Nov. 20, 1786.
Creator(s): Shippen, Edward, 1729-1806
Publication: 1853.


417.007
Title: Extrait d'une lettre ... sur une pendule peu commune de son invention.
Creator(s): Magalhães, João Jacinto de, 1722-1790
Publication: [n.d.]
Subjects: Pendulum.


61.005
Title: Der Gantz neue verbesserte nord-americanische calender, des 1776sten Jahres Christi ... berechnet vornemlich nach der pennsylvanischen Himmels-Gegend, dabey aber in angrenzenden landschaften ohne merklichen unterschied zu gebrauchen...
Creator(s): Himmels-Bewunderer, Gottlieb
Publication: [1775]


229.002
Title: Tanckar om företrädet wetenskaper emellan ... af Johan Ihre, ... samt Carl M. Wrangel, framförde ... d. 10 Aug. 1752 ...
Creator(s): Wrangel, Carl Magnus, -1786
Publication: (s.d.)


454.005
Title: An explanation of the map which delineates that part of the federal lands, comprehended between Pennsylvania west line, the rivers Ohio and Sioto, and Lake Erie : confirmed to the United States by sundry tribes of Indians, in the treaties of 1784 and 1786, and now ready for settlement.
Creator(s): Cutler, Manasseh, 1742-1823
Publication: [1787]
Subjects: Ohio -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800. | Northwest, Old -- History -- 1775-1865. | Pennsylvania -- Description and travel. | Pennsylvania -- Maps.


61.017
Title: State of the account of David Rittenhouse, Esq. treasurer of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania : from January, 1786, till January, 1787.
Creator(s): Pennsylvania. Treasury
Publication: [1790]
Subjects: Internal revenue -- Pennsylvania. | Finance, Public -- Pennsylvania.


231.002
Title: Histoire naturelle, générale et particuliére, avec la description du Cabinet du roy.
Creator(s): Bexon, Gabriel Léopold Charles Amé (1747-1784)
Publication: 1749-1804
Subjects: Zoologie


229.003
Title: Theses de tentatione Christi Matth. IV,1.-11 [et] Lucae IV. 1-13.
Creator(s): Wrangel, Carl Magnus, -1786
Publication: 1757.
Subjects: Hochschulschrift.


228.017
Title: Rön om spannemåls-bristens ärsättjande medelst qwickrot, framgifwit til allmän nytta.
Creator(s): Bergius, Peter Jonas, 1730-1790
Publication: 1757.
Subjects: Grain -- Sweden. | Quitch-grass -- Sweden. | Grain. | Quitch-grass.


61.018
Title: State of the accounts of David Rittenhouse, Esq. treasurer of Pennsylvania, from 1st January till 1st November 1787 : including his continental and state money accounts for the year 1786.
Creator(s): Pennsylvania. Treasury
Publication: [1790]
Subjects: Finance, Public -- Pennsylvania. | Internal revenue -- Pennsylvania.