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Author: Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791.
Title: The miscellaneous essays and occasional writings of Francis Hopkinson, Esq. Volume I[-III].
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Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791.
Philadelphia:: Printed by T. Dobson, at the Stone-House, no 41, Second Street., M,DCC,XCII. [1792]
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Poems -- 1792.
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CONTENTS VOLUME I.
MISCELLANEOUS ESSAYS.
TO THE PUBLISHER OF THE PENNSYLVANIA MAGAZINE.
For the Pennsylvania Magazine. AN IMPROVED PLAN OF EDUCATION.
CONSOLATION FOR THE OLD BACHELOR.
THE OLD BACHELOR, No VI.
THE BACHELOR, No. VIII.
ON MOTTOS.
THE AMBIGUITY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
ON ADVERSITY.
A REVERY.
A PRETTY STORY: Written in the year 1774.
CHAP. I.
CHAP. II.
CHAP. III.
CHAP. IV.
CHAP. V.
CHAP. VI.
CHAP. VII.
A PROPHECY: Written in 1776.
TRANSLATION OF A LETTER, WRITTEN BY A FOREIGNER ON HIS TRAVELS.
A POLITICAL CATECHISM: Written in 1777.
A LETTER TO LORD HOWE. [December 1776.]
A LETTER TO JOSEPH GALLOWAY, ESQ. [Published in 1778.]
TWO LETTERS [Published in 1776.]
letter
letter
A LETTER TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEW JERSEY GAZETTE. [January 1778.]
AN ANSWER TO GENERAL BURGOYNE'S PROCLAMATION.
For the Pennsylvania Packet.
to the reader
ADVERTISEMENT.
BOOKS.
PLAYS.
MAPS AND PRINTS.
PHILOSOPHICAL APPARATUS.
PATENT MEDICINES.
A REPLY: IN MR. RIVINGTON's OWN STILE.
INTELLIGENCE EXTRAORDINARY.
A SUMMARY OF SOME LATE PROCEEDINGS IN A CERTAIN GREAT ASSEMBLY.
FOR THE PENNSYLVANIA PACKET.
TO THE PEOPLE.
A DESCANT ON ADRIAN'S Assertion, that a grand jury is nothing more than a legal machine, subject to the direction and controul of the court.
A NEW GAME WITH CARDS FOR THE IM|PROVEMENT OF ORTHOGRAPHY.
OBSERVATION.
SOME ACCOUNT OF A NEWLY DISCOVERED AND MOST COMMODIOUS METHOD OF WRITING; WHEREBY AN AUTHOR OF LITTLE OR NO GENIUS WILL BE ENABLED TO EXPRESS HIMSELF WITH MECHANICAL PRO|PRIETY. INVENTED AND FIRST MADE KNOWN BY A. B. GENT.
A SAMPLE OF GOOD WRITING.
For the Pennsylvania Gazette.
DESCRIPTION OF A MACHINE FOR MEASURING A SHIP's WAY THROUGH THE SEA.
IMPROVEMENT OF THIS MACHINE.
AN IMPROVED METHOD OF QUILLING A HARPSICHORD.
REMARKS.
DESCRIPTION OF A CANDLE-CASE.
OBSERVATION.
FULL AND TRUE ACCOUNT OF A TERRIBLE UPROAR WHICH LATELY HAPPENED IN A VERY EMINENT FAMILY.
A REMARKABLE HISTORICAL FACT, Mentioned in the records of the empire of CHINA, to be found in the great library of the royal city of PEKING, vol. 3458: translated from the original, by an English gentleman who resided many years in that country, and now first published in the English language.
SOME ACCOUNT OF A NEW WORK ENTITLED DIALOGUES OF THE DEAD.
DIALOGUE III.
MODERN LEARNING: EXEMPLIFIED BY A SPECIMEN OF A COLLEGIATE EXAMINATION.
METAPHYSICS.
LOGIC.
NATURAL PHILOSOPHY.
MATHEMATICS.
ANATOMY.
SURGERY, AND THE PRACTICE OF PHYSIC.
CHEMISTRY.
AN ADDRESS TO THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. HELD AT PHILADELPHIA, FOR PROMOTING USEFUL KNOWLEDGE: (Delivered January 16, 174.)
ACCOUNT OF A WORM IN A HORSE'S EYE. (Read in the Philosophical Society, Sept. 26, 1783.)
AN OPTICAL PROBLEM, PROPOSED TO MR. RITTENHOUSE, AND SOLVED BY HIM.
MR. RITTENHOUSE'S ANSWER.
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CONTENTS. VOLUME II.
ORATIONS, WRITTEN FOR, AND AT THE REQUEST OF YOUNG GENTLEMEN OF THE UNIVERSITY, AND DELIVERED BY THEM AT PUBLIC COMMENCEMENTS IN THE COLLEGE HALL.
speech
ON PEACE, LIBERTY, AND INDEPENDENCE.
☞ AT a public commencement in the university, an argument was held for and against the practice of DUELLING; the following speech was written for the young gentleman who took the defensive side.
ON PUBLIC SPEAKING.
ON THE LEARNED LANGUAGES.
A REPLY TO THE FOREGOING SPEECH.
☞ THE following lines were written for a young gentleman, who was to take his degrees at a public commencement; but the professors would not permit him to deliver them.
ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NEW CONSTITUTION FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
For the Pennsylvania Packet.
TO THE FREEMEN OF PENNSYLVANIA.
A WORD OF ADVICE: OR THE PENNSYLVANIA ASSEMBLYMAN'S VADE-MECUM.
OBSERVATIONS ON THE BILL ENTITLED "AN ACT FOR AMENDING THE PENAL LAWS OF THIS STATE."
For the Pennsylvania Packet.
A SUIT IN THE HIGH COURT OF HONOUR.
A LETTER TO THE REV. DOCTOR WHITE, RECTOR OF CHRIST CHURCH AND ST. PETER'S ON THE CONDUCT OF A CHURCH ORGAN.
SURVEYING.
For the Pennsylvania Packt.
A LETTER FROM A GENTLEMAN IN AMERICA, TO HIS FRIEND IN EUROPE, ON WHITE-WASHING.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE COLUMBIAN MAGAZINE.
THE COBLER. No I.
FOR THE PENNSYLVANIA PACKET.
OBSERVATIONS OF A FOREIGNER ON THE JURY TRIALS OF ENGLAND. COMMUNICATED IN A LETTER TO HIS FRIEND.
THE REMARKS OF UNCOMMON SENSE ON A LATE PAMPHLET ENTITLED DISSERTATIONS ON GOVERNMENT, THE AFFAIRS OF THE BANK, &c. BY THE AUTHOR OF COMMON SENSE. 1785.
A SPECIMEN OF A MODERN LAW-SUIT. OR THE CONDUCT OF A COURT OF JUSTICE DISPLAYED; INTENDED AS A MODEL FOR A NEW BOOK OF MODERN REPORTS: IN THE STYLE OF THE YEAR 1786. IN SPECULO.
THE PREFACE.
SPECIMEN OF A MODERN LAW-SUIT. THE CASE STATED.
essay
THE NEW ROOF.
FROM THE INDEPENDENT GAZETTEER OJULY 29, 1787.
THE NEW ROOF: A SONG FOR FEDERAL MECHANICS.
AN INTERCEPTED LETTER FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE CENTINEL, TO HIS FRIEND IN COUNTY.
OBJECTIONS TO THE PROPOSED PLAN OF A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR THE UNITED STATES, ON GENUINE PRINCIPLES.
SOME THOUGHTS ON THE DISEASES OF THE MIND; WITH A SCHEME FOR PURGING THE MORAL FACULTIES OF THE GOOD PEOPLE OF PENNSYLVANIA. QUITE NEW AND VERY PHILOSOPHICAL.
description of celebration
AN ACCOUNT OF THE GRAND FEDERAL PROCESSION. PERFORMED AT PHILADELPHIA ON FRIDAY THE 4th OF JULY 1778.
I.
II.
III. INDEPENDENCE.
IV.
V. FRENCH ALLIANCE.
VI.
VII. DEFINITIVE TREATY OF PEACE.
VIII.
IX.
X.
XI. CONVENTION OF THE STATES.
XII.
XIII. THE CONSTITUTION.
XIV.
XV.
XVI.
XVII.
XVIII.
XIX.
XX.
XXI.
XXII.
XXIII.
XXIV.
XXV.
XXVI.
XXVII.
XXVIII.
XXIX.
XXX.
XXXI. THE MARINE SOCIETY.
XXXII. THE FEDERAL SHIP UNION,
BOAT BUILDERS.
SAIL MAKERS.
SHIP CARPENTERS.
SHIP JOINERS.
ROPE-MAKERS AND SHIP-CHANDLERS.
MERCHANTS AND TRADERS.
TRADES AND PROFESSIONS.
XXXIII. CORDWAINERS.
XXXIV. COACH PAINTERS.
XXXV. CABINET AND CHAIR MALERS.
XXXVI. BRICK MAKERS.
XXXVII. HOUSE, SHIP, AND SIGN PAINTERS.
XXXVIII. PORTERS.
XXXIX. CLOCK AND WATCH-MAKERS.
XL. FRINGE AND RIBBAND WEAVERS.
XLI. BRICK-LAYERS.
XLII. TAYLORS.
XLIII. INSTUMENT-MAKERS, TURNERS, WINDSOR-CHAIR-MAKERS, AND SPINNING-WHEEL MAKERS.
XLIV. CARVERS AND GILDERS.
XLV. COOPERS.
XLVI. PLANE MAKERS.
XLVII. WHIP AND CANE MAKERS.
XLVIII. BLACK-SMITHS, WHITE SMITHS, AND NAILORS.
XLIX. COACH MAKERS.
L. POTTERS.
LI. HATTERS.
LII. WHEEL WRIGHTS.
LIII. TIN-PLATE WORKERS.
LIV. SKINNERS, BREECHES MAKERS, AND GLOVERS.
LV. TALLOW CHANDLERS.
LVI. VICTUALLERS.
LVII. PRINTERS, BOOK-BINDERS, AND STATIONERS.
LVIII. SADLERS.
LIX. STONE-CUTTERS.
LX. BREAD AND BISCUIT-BAKERS.
LXI. GUN-SMITHS.
LXII. COPPER-SMITHS.
LXIII. GOLD-SMITHS, SILVER-SMITHS, AND JEWELLERS.
LXIV. DISTILLERS.
LXV. TOBACCONISTS.
LXVI. BRASS FOUNDERS.
LVII. STOCKING MANUFACTURERS.
LXVIII. TANNERS AND CURRIERS.
LXIX. UPHOLSTERERS.
LXX. SUGAR REFINERS.
LXXI. BREWERS.
LXXII. PERUKE MAKERS AND BARBER SUR|GEONS.
LXXIII. ENGRAVERS.
LXXIV. PLAISTERERS.
LXXV. BRUSH-MAKERS.
LXXVI. STAY-MAKERS.
LXXVII.
LXXVIII.
LXXIX.
LXXX.
LXXXI.
LXXXII.
A BAND OF MUSIC.
LXXXIII.
LXXXIV.
LXXXV.
LXXXVI.
LXXXVII.
LXXXVIII.
ORATION.
TOASTS.
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CONTENTS. VOLUME III.
JUDGMENTS IN THE ADMIRALTY OF PENNSYLVANIA.
[A. D. 1779.] TUCKER, QUI TAM versus THE SHIP POLE.
TUCKER, QUI TAM versus THE SLOOP WILLIAM.
BOYD AND CARTER versus THE SCHOONER JEMIMA.
HOUSTON versus THE BRIG CHARMING NANCY.
HALESKAMP, versus THE SWIFT's BOAT, AND THREE NEGROES.
YOUNG, versus THE SLOOP HAERLEM.
GAMBLE versus THE SLOOP TERRIBLE.
FALLIAGE, & ALI. versus THE SCHOONER HOPE.
HARRIDAN versus THE SLOOP OF WAR HOPE.
RICE versus TAYLOR.
GEDDES versus THE GOLDEN ROSE.
DUCATUR versus THE SCHONER DESIRE.
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(1780.) MONTGOMERY vesus. WHARTON, AND OTHERS, OWNERS OF THE SHIP GENERAL GREENE.
JUDGMENT.
THE GOLDEN ROSE.
DUCATUR. versus THE BRIG NYMPH.
JUDGMENT.
KEMP versus THE SLOOP SARAH.
WALKER versus THE ALBION.
FREDERICK PHILE versus THE BRIG ACTIVE, AND HER CARGO.
JUDGMENT.
JOB PRAY, & ALI. versus THE BRIG RECOVERY.
YOUNG versus THE SLOOP TWO FRIENDS.
PATRICK MAHOON & AL. versus THE BRIG GLOCESTER.
PRINGLE AND SHEE vresus THE ELIZABETH.
DIXNEUF versus LACAZE.
(1781.) MILLER versus THE RESOLUTION.
ARGUMENT.
JUDGMENT.
CASSEN versus THE TRISTRAM SHANDY.
JUDGMENT.
ROBESON versus THE AMELIA.
JUDGMENT.
NICHOLAS HAINEY vesus. THE TRISTRAM SHANDY AND DIMSDALE.
JUDGMENT.
M'GEE versus THE FANNY.
WILLIS versus THE BRIG YORK.
GIBBS versus THE TWO FRIENDS.
CLINTON versus THE BRIG HANNAH AND SHIP GENERAL KNOX.
PIERRE DE MOITEZ versus THE SOUTH CAROLINA.
KEMP versus THE EXPERIMENT.
PATRICK MAHOON, & ALI. versus THE LADY MARGARET.
JUDGMENT ON THE MERITS.
M'CULLOCH versus THE SHIP LETHE.
BRICE AND WOODROFF versus THE NANCY.
JUDGMENT.
SHAW versus THE LETHE.
JUDGMENT.
(1784.) DRAY, & AL. versus THE COLLIER.
SILAS TALBOT versus THE OWNERS OF THE BRIGS ACHILLES, PATTY, AND HIBERNIA.
DEAN, AND OTHERS, versus JOHN ANGUS CAPTAIN OF THE HIBERNIA
DEAN, AND OTHERS, versus JOHN ANGUS. JUDGMENT ON THE MERITS.
LIEBART, BAES, DURDEYN, & Co. versus THE SHIP EMPEROR.
TURNBULL, AND OTHERS, versus. THE SHIP ENTERPRIZE.
EDWARD FORBES versus THE BRIG HANNAH: ANDREW HODGE, RESPONDENT.
MANUEL SAGAS DE CANIZARES versus THE SANTISSIMA TRINIDAD. JUAN JOSEPH DE AGUIRE PEREZ, Respondent.
JOHN SMITH versus WILLIAM LEARD.
PAUL ANDERSON, & AL. versu JAMES FORBES, LATE MASTER OF THE DOLPHIN.
CHARLES MORAN versus ALEXANDER BAUDOIN.
JOHN THYBOUT versus ALEXANDER BAUDOIN.
POEMS ON SEVERAL SUBJECTS.
TO THE REV. MR. WILLIAM SMITH, ON HEARING HIS SERMON UPON THE DEATH OF Mr. WILLIAM THOMAS MARTIN.
ODE ON MUSIC.
SONG.
TO MISS —, ON HER KIND ASSISTANCE IN THE VOCAL PARTS OF AN ORATORICAL EXERCISE, PERFORMED AT THE COLLEGE OF PHILADELPHIA.
TO THE MEMORY OF MR. WILLIAM WILLCOCKS, A BELOVED FRIEND.
HERMITAGE, A POEM, INSCRIBED TO MR. JACOB DUCHÉ, JUN.
ADVICE TO AMANDA.
AN EPIGRAM. ON THE DEATH OF A FAVOURITE LAP DOG.
L'ALLEGRO.
IL PENSEROSO.
A MORNING HYMN.
AN ELEGY. ON THE DEATH OF MRS. JANE WILCOCKS.
VERSES Inscribed to the officers of the 35th regiment on their embarkation for the expedition against Louisbourg.
SONG.
ON THE LATE SUCCESSFUL EXPEDITION AGAINST LOUISBOURG.
A PROLOGUE
A PROLOGUE IN PRAISE OF MUSIC—SPOKEN BY MR. HALLAM, At a play given for purchasing an organ for the college-hall in Philadelphia.
CHARITY, A POEM. Delivered by the author at a public commencement in the college of Philadelphia, May 1, 1760.
DESCRIPTION OF A CHURCH.
TO CELIA, ON HER WEDDING DAY.
A PARAPHRASE, ON THE 107th PSALM.
AN ELEGY. SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF JOSIAH MARTIN, ESQ. JUN. WHO DIED IN THE ISLAND OF ANTIGUA, JUNE 1762.
AN EPITAPH. FOR AN INFANT.
DISAPPOINTED LOVE. RECITATIVE.
AN EXERCISE: Containing a DIALOGUE and ODE, sacred to the memory of his late gracious majesty GEORGE II.—Performed at the public commencement in the College of Philadelphia, May 1761.
THE ODE.
AN EXERCISE; Containing a DIALOGUE and ODE, on the accession of his pre|sent gracious majesty GEORGE III.—Performed at a public commencement in the College of Philadelphia, May, 1762.
THE ODE.
AN ODE Designed a public commencement in the college of Philadelphia.
SCIENCE; A POEM.
DEDICATION. To the Trustees, Provost, Vice Provost, &c.
SCIENCE; A POEM.
A MORNING HYMN
AN EVENING HYMN.
TO ROSALINDA, ON HER BIRTH DAY.
TO ROSALINDA▪ ON HER BIRTH DAY.
TO ROSALINDA, ON HER BIRTH DAY.
EXTEMPORE VERSES FROM THE TOP OF MOUNT PARNASSUS, A LOFT HILL IN LANCASTER COUNTY.
DIRTILLA, A POEM.
A SENTIMENT: Occasioned by a conversation with Mr. P— M—, one of the principal men among the Christian Society, called DUNKARS, at EPHRATA, in the province of PENNSYLVANIA.
THE TREATY; A POEM, Humbly inscribed to the honourable THOMAS and RICHARD PENN, proprietors of the province of Pennsylvania.
AN ELEGY SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF MRS. ANN GRAEME, AND HUMBLY INSCRIBED TO MRS. ANN STEDMAN AND MISS ELIZA GRAEME, SURVIVING DAUGHTERS OF THE DECEASED: As a testimony of his sincere affection and regard by their much obliged Friend, FRANCIS HOPKINSON.
VERSES Wrote in a blank book which once belonged to Mr. Shenstone the poet, and was given by the Lord Bishop of Worcester.
TO A VERY YOUNG LADY.
AN ODE Set to Music on Mrs. B—'s Birth Day.
THE HUMBLE PETITION Of the D•cks, and nettles Hartlebury Farm, to the Lord ishop of Worcester.
To MYRTILLA.
TO MYRTILLA.
AN EVENING AT SEA.
VERSES Wrote near the Conclusion of a very tedious Voyage.
TO DELIA, WROTE ON A LEAF IN HER POCKET-BOOK.
SONG.
TO MYRTILLA. THE NEST.
THE WASP.
TO T— M—, ESQ.
TO THE MEMORY OF MRS. MARY M'KEAN.
THE EPITAPH.
POLITICAL BALLADS, WRITTEN IN THE YEAR 1777. Date Obolum Bellesario.
THE BATTLE OF THE KEGS.
A CAMP BALLAD.
THE TOAST.
The BIRDS, the BEASTS, and the BAT. A FABLE.
THE MOST GRACIOUS ADDRESS OF ADMIRAL COLLIER AND GENERAL TRYON TO THE PEOPLE OF CONNECTICUT.— JULY, 1779.
IN MEMORY OF MR. JAMES BREMNER.
SONG I.
SONG II.
SONG III.
SONG IV.
SONG V.
SONG VI.
SONG VII.
SONG VIII.
AN ORATION, WHICH MIGHT HAVE BEEN DELIVERED TO THE STUDENTS IN ANATOMY, ON THE LATE RUPTURE BETWEEN THE TWO SCHOOLS IN THIS CITY.
AN ORATION, WHICH MIGHT HAVE BEEN DELIVERED, &c.