JOHN ADAMS (1735-1826) and
ABIGAIL SMITH ADAMS (1744-1818) 395
Letters 397
THOMAS JEFFERSON (1743-1826) 412
The declaration of independence 414
first inaugural address 416
Notes on the state of virginia 419
[A southerner on slavery] 419
letter to Dr. benjamin rush [the christian deist] 421
letter to John Adams [The true aristocracy] 423
OLAUDAH EQUIANO (1745-?-1797?) 427
The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano 429
Chapter 2[Horrors of a slave ship] 429
Chaoter 3[Travels from virginia to england] 433
Chapter 7 [He purchases his freedom] 435
PHILLIS WHEATLEY (1753?-1784) 437
To the university of cambridge, in New-England 438
On being brought from Africa to America 439
On the death of the reverend Mr. George Whitefield 439
An Hymn to the evening 440
To S. M. a young African painter, on seeing his works 441
To his excellency general Washington 442
THE FEDERALIST (1787-1788) 443
The federalist No. 1 [Alexander Hamilton] 444
The federalist No. 10 [James Madison] 446
PHILIP FRENEAU (1752-1832) 451
To sir Toby 453
To the memory of the brave americans 454
On Mr. Paine's rights of man 455
The wild honey suckle 456
The indian burying ground 457
On a honey bee 458
To a caty-did 459
On the universality and other attributes of the God of nature 461
JOEL BARLOW (1754-1812) 461
The hasty-pudding 463
Advice to a raven in russia 471
ROYALL TYLER (1757-1826) 473
The contrast 474