• Medientyp: E-Book
  • Titel: The monster of monsters : a true and faithful narrative of a most remarkable phaenomenon lately seen in this metropolis; to the great surprize and terror of His Majesty's good subjects: humbly dedicated to all the virtuosi of New-England. By Thomas Thumb, Esq. [One line i Latin five lines from Milton]
  • Beteiligte: Thumb, Thomas [VerfasserIn]; Brandon, Benjamin [Sonstige Person, Familie und Körperschaft]; Church, Benjamin [Sonstige Person, Familie und Körperschaft]; Mayhew, Jonathan [Sonstige Person, Familie und Körperschaft]; Waterhouse, Samuel [Sonstige Person, Familie und Körperschaft]
  • Erschienen: [Boston]: [Printed [by Zechariah Fowle], in July 1754
    Online-Ausg.: Farmington Hills, Mich: Cengage Gale, 2009
  • Umfang: Online-Ressource (24p); 8°
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Schlagwörter: Satire, English Early works to 1800 ; Massachusetts Politics and government To 1775
  • Reproduktionsreihe: Eighteenth Century Collections Online
  • Art der Reproduktion: Online-Ausg.
  • Hersteller der Reproduktion: Farmington Hills, Mich: Cengage Gale, 2009
  • Reproduktionsnotiz: Electronic reproduction; Available via the World Wide Web
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  • Anmerkungen: "Samuel Waterhouse is supposed to be the author, as it is known he made use of the same pseudonym in 1760. It has also been attributed to Benjamin Church (1734-1778). In the copy in the possession of the Boston Athenaeum is written in contemporary handwriting: The supposed authors Benj. Brandon & Rev.d Dr. [Jonathan] Mayhew."--Evans. The attribution to Church is rejected in Sibley's Harvard graduates
    A satire arising from a bill debated in the Massachusetts General Court for laying an excise on wine and spirituous liquors retailed and consumed within the province. It was ordered by the General Court to be burnt by the common hangman
    English Short Title Catalog, W17096
    Evans, 7332
    Printed by Zechariah Fowle. Fowle's brother Daniel was arrested on suspicion of involvement in the publication of the work. Cf. Thomas, Isaiah. The history of printing in America, 1970, p. 126-132
    Reproduction of original from British Library