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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
EditionThe second edition.
Publication InfoBoston : Printed by Alexander Martin, no. 42. Cornhill, August, 1795.
Description16 pages ; 19 cm (4to)
Supplemental Content Evans Digital Edition
Subject(s)
Series Early American imprints. First series ; no. 29271. ^A478749
General noteDedicated to George Washington.
General notePrinted from substantially the same setting of type as the first edition (Evans 29270), with imprint: Boston: Printed for the subscribers. July 27, 1795. Two errors on p. 7 have been corrected, and p. 13-16 have been reimposed.
References Evans 29271
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. 29271).
Genre/formPoems 1795.

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