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Scope and Contents Contains: On Novelty; On Slavery in the United States; On the Population of the United States Number and increase of the inhabitants of Pennsylvania; Funerals at different times in Philadelphia; Of Friends Meetings in England and America; Friends Meetings in England and Mortality & numbers of Friends in Philadelphia; Funerals in Philadelphia; Probable number of Friends in Philadelphia and its Environs; Census of Philadelphia (from Paulson's Gazette, 1801); Extract from the annual...

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Contains: Latin translations in verse; "Forbidden Fruit;" "On the Violation of Civil Order...;" "On Wisdom;" "A Pastoral Elogium [?];" "To those who Enquire my Age;" "To Those who ask me about my Country;" "The Voice of Nature."

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Contains some of Proud's observations, along with extracts of Psalms, poetry, and other writings he found noteworthy. Includes "Of My Leaving Eng. and Arrival at Philada.;" "Of the Great Changes in Penna." - includes an original poem; "Part of a Letter to John Wilson lately arrived in Phila. - with Vorsos on my Ago;" "Reflections on Human Nature compared with that of a Fly which disturbed the author in a warm summer day."

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Contains: Latin translations, poetry, letter extract, and other miscellaneous papers. Also includes "On the Violation of Public Order, especailly that of the Present Government of Penna., etc. by Usurpers. Written by R.P., Phila., Jan 30, 1776" - 30 lines of verse, with numerous notes; an original poem of 11 stanzas written when he first entertained thoughts of visiting America.

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Translated from Greek and Latin, also including "The Yellow Fever in Philadelphia in 1799." Heavy paper cover with copper-plate view "Rural Cottage." Includes "Notes on Part of a Publication in Fenno's Paper of May 1, 1799 upon the original of the Yellow Fever which appeared in the United States of America;" this referring chiefly to Philadelphia.

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Contains a number of translations of documents that Robert Pround found interesting (mostly translated from Latin and French(. Among these is "Translation from the Latin of A Poem entitled Encomium Pensylvaniee, written and inscribed to James Logan, July 2 1728 by Thomas Makin..." (80 lines and some translation), and "Done on the banks of the Pensawkin, New West Jersey, 1779.

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Contains Latin and Greek poetry, with some translations. Also includes a short original poem in English.

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The first leaf is missing, but it also includes "A Description of the Month of May" and "The Concert of Birds."