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RNYG.781.236
31 Oct 1781:24 (531)
James Rivington, Has imported in the English Fleet just
arrived, the following articles.
. . . .[27 lines listing canteens, camp trunks,
mathematical instruments, reading glasses, water colours,
candles, chess boards, cutlery,] English Books . . . .[16
lines of books on the military, natural history, history,
etc.]
Also the following French Books.
Voltaire's Works complete, in 40 volumes. Tales of
Fontaine. The Jewish Spy. Moliere's Works, . . . [3 lines]
Common Prayer Book in French, entitled Liturgie, . . . [10
lines of letters, histories, travel books, Rousseau] The
whole Works of Moliere, all his Comedies, . . . [14 lines of
books of campaigns, Voltaire, Don Quixote, etc.] Boccace's
Novels, and Tasso's Jerusalem, in Italian.
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