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The invention of letters : a poem, written at the request of the president of Harvard University, and delivered, in Cambridge, on the day of annual commencement, July 15, 1795. / By Thomas Paine, A.M.

Author/creator Paine, Robert Treat, 1773-1811
Other author/creatorWashington, George, 1732-1799 dedicatee.
Other author/creatorHarvard University.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoBoston : Printed [by Alexander Martin] for the subscribers, July 27, 1795.
Description15 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 20 cm (4to)
Supplemental Content Evans Digital Edition
Subject(s)
Series Early American imprints. First series ; no. 29270. ^A478749
General noteDedicated to George Washington.
General noteThe "second edition" (Evans 29271) was printed from substantially the same setting of type, and names Martin as printer.
General note"Errata."--p. 15.
References Evans 29270
Other formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 29270).
Genre/formPoems 1795.

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