| Other author/creator | Chalmers, George, 1742-1825. |
| Other author/creator | Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804. |
| Other author/creator | Rationalis. |
| Other author/creator | Smith, William, 1727-1803. |
| Other author/creator | Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 dedicatee. |
| Series |
Early American imprints. First series ; no. 43000. ^A478749
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| General note | Attributed to James Chalmers by T.R. Adams. Erroneously attributed to William Smith, George Chalmers, Alexander Hamilton, and others. |
| General note | Dedicated to John Dickinson. |
| General note | Three states noted by Adams, in addition to the four states without the Additions. Cf. his "Authorship and printing of Plain truth by 'Candidus.'" Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America 49 (1955): 230-248. Another state, not mentioned in Adams, has 98-135, [3] p. at end. Pages [137-138] have "The printer to the public ..." and a bookseller's advertisement. |
| General note | "The printer to the public: on the freedom of the press."--p. [1-2]. With a bookseller's advertisement, p. [2]. |
| General note | Includes also a critique of Common sense, signed Rationalis, and Cato's [i.e., William Smith's] second letter to the people of Pennsylvania. |
| General note | "Additions to Plain truth ... written by the author of Plain truth ..."--[9], 98-136 p. at end, with separate title page, p. [7]. |
| General note | Bookseller's advertisements, p. 96, 136. |
| References |
Bristol B4190 |
| References |
Bristol B4191 |
| References |
Bristol B4192 |
| References |
Shipton & Mooney 43000 |
| References |
Shipton & Mooney 43001 |
| References |
Shipton & Mooney 43002 |
| References |
Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 3345 |
| References |
Adams, T.R. Amer. pamphlets, 208c |
| Other forms | Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic 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. 43000). |
| Reproduction note | Electronic 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. 43001). |
| Reproduction note | Electronic 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. 43002). |
| Genre/form | Booksellers' advertisements Pennsylvania Philadelphia. |
