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Contents

[William Smith]

Dispute about the Tragedy of Douglas, The American Magazine and Monthly Chronicle for the British Colonies, vol. 1, no. 5 (February 1758), pp. 20

Anonymous

Personal Slavery Established, By the Suffrages of Custom and Right Reason: Being a Full Answer to the Gloomy and Visionary Reveries, of All the Fanatical and Enthusiastical Writers on that Subject (Philadelphia, [1773]); selection from pp. 1819.

[Alexander Hamilton]

The Farmer Refuted: or, A more Impartial and Comprehensive View of the Dispute between Great-Britain and the Colonies, Intended as a Further Vindication of the Congress: In Answer to a Letter from A. W. Farmer, Intitled A View of the Controversy Between Great-Britain and her Colonies: Including a Mode of Determining the Present Disputes Finally and Effectually, &c (New York, 1775); selection from pp. 1, 1113, 18.

Republicus

Observations on the Liberty of the Press, humbly offered to the perusal of not only the Political Fathers and Guardians of this Commonwealth, but to every sincere Friend to Religion and Liberty, and to the Promoters and Well-wishers of Arts and Sciences throughout the United States of America; which the disinterested Author hopes will be read with the utmost of Attention, from The American Monitor, or the Republican Magazine, vol. 1, no. 1 (October 1785), pp. 37.

John Adams

A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America, against the attack of M. Turgot in his letter to Dr. Price, dated the twenty-second day of March, 1778, 3 vols (Philadelphia, 1787); Letter LIV. LOCKE, MILTON, and HUME,; selection from vol. 1, pp. 36971.

Robert Fulton

Mr. Fultons Communication, in Albert Gallatin, Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the Subject of Public Roads and Canals; Made in Pursuance of a Resolution of Senate, of March 2, 1807 (Washington, 1808); selection from pp. 108109, 12023.

Thomas Ewell

Preface and Notes to Philosophical Essays on Morals, Literature, and Politics, By David Hume, Esq. To Which is Added the Answer to his Objections to Christianity, By the Ingenious Divine Dr. Campbell. Also, An Account of Mr. Humes Life, an original Essay, and a few Notes, 2 vols (Georgetown, D.C. and Philadelphia, 1817); Preface, from vol. 1, pp. viixvii; Notes, from vol. 1, pp. 80, 2312, 5213; vol. 2, pp. 1247, 475.

S.N. and R.

Genius and Passion, The Portico, a Repository of Science and Literature, vol. 3, no. 2 (February 1817), pp. 1216; Remarks addressed to the author of the Essay on Genius and Passion, in the last number of the Portico, The Portico, vol. 3, no. 3 (March 1817), pp. 22932;

Passion the Soul of Genius (in Reply to R.), The Portico, vol. 3, no. 4 (April 1817), pp. 297303;

Reply to the Essay, entitled Genius, the soul of Passion. Addressed to S., The Portico, vol. 3, no. 5 (May 1817), pp. 3736.

Anonymous

For the National Register. Memorandums for an Essay against Luxury [and] Extract from an Essay On Refinement in the Arts. By one David Hume, The National Register, A Weekly Paper: Containing a Series of Important Public Documents, and Proceedings of Congress, vol. 4 (2 August 1817), pp. 667.

[Jared Sparks]

Art. VIII. 1. An Oration pronounced at Cambridge, before the Phi Beta Kappa Society, August 27, 1824. By Edward Everett. Published by Request. 8vo. pp. 67. Boston. 2. An Oration delivered at Plymouth, December 22, 1824. By Edward Everett. Boston. 8vo. pp. 73. Cummings, Hilliard and Co, The North American Review, vol. 21, no. 47 (April 1825), pp. 41740; selection from pp. 41819.

[Edward Everett]

Art. VII. The Prospect of Reform in Europe. L Avenir. Par M.J.L. de Sismondi. Extrait de la Revue Encyclopdique. Paris. 1830, The North American Review, vol. 33, no. 72 (July 1831), pp. 15490; selection from p. 189.

James Dana

An Examination of the late Reverend President Edwardss Enquiry on Freedom of the Will; More especially the Foundation Principle of his Book, with the Tendency and Consequences of the Reasoning therein contained (Boston, 1770); selection from pp. vi, 6971, 126, Appendix, pp. 1316, 139.

H.

Remarks upon Humes Essay on Miracles; more especially upon the Arguments advanced in the first part of this Essay, The Theological Magazine, or Synopsis of Modern Religious Sentiment. On a New Plan, vol. 2 (September/October 1796), pp. 4254.

Timothy Dwight

The Nature, and Danger, of Infidel Philosophy, exhibited in Two Discourses, addressed to the Candidates for the Baccalaureate, in Yale College (New Haven, 1798); selection from pp. 2932.

S.

The Celebrated Objection of Mr. Hume to the Miracles of the Gospel, The Assemblys Missionary Magazine; or Evangelical Intelligencer, vol. 1, no. 4 (April 1805), pp. 1826.

Samuel Stanhope Smith

A Comprehensive View of the Leading and Most Important Principles of Natural and Revealed Religion (New-Brunswick, 1815); selection from pp. 819.

Anonymous

Art. I Philosophical Essays; to which are subjoined, Copious Notes, Critical and Explanatory, and a Supplementary Narrative; with an Appendix. By James Ogilvie. Philadelphia. 1816. 8vo. pp. 413, The Analectic Magazine, vol. 9 (January 1817), pp. 132; selection from pp. 629.

[Edward Tyrrel Channing]

Philosophical Essays; to which are subjoined, copious Notes, critical and explanatory, and a Supplementary Narrative; with an Appendix. By James Ogilvie. 8vo. pp. 416. Philadelphia: John Conrad. 1816, The North American Review, vol. 4, no. 12 (March 1817), pp. 378408; selection from pp. 401402.

Ezra Stiles Ely

Conversations on the Science of the Human Mind (Philadelphia, 1819); selection from pp. 1719.

Anonymous

The Rev. Dr. Channings Discourse on the Evidences of Revealed Religion, The Unitarian Miscellany and Christian Monitor, vol. 1, no. 5 (May 1821), pp. 21322; selection from pp. 21417.

[Samuel Gilman]

Art. XXII. Inquiry into the Relation of Cause and Effect. By Thomas Brown, M. D. F. R. S. Edinburgh, &c. Professor of Moral Philosophy in the University of Edinburgh. Third edition. Edinburgh, 1818. 8vo, pp. 569, The North American Review, vol. 12, no. 2 (April 1821), pp. 395432; selection from pp. 3956, 41930.

Frederick Beasley

A Search of Truth in the Science of the Human Mind, Part First (Philadelphia, 1822); selection from Book I: Chapter IV. The opinions of Mr. Hume on Cause and Effect, pp. 3145; Chapter V. The opinions of other authors upon Cause and Effect, pp. 4754, 5882; Chapter VI.