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233 Jean-Jacques Rousseau, from Discourse upon the Origin and Foundation of the
Inequality Among Mankind
233 Benjamin Franklin, from A Narrative of the Late Massacres in Lancaster County
233 Pierre Marie Franois de Pagesy, from Travels Round the World in the Years
1767-1771
233 SENECA AND CHEROKEE ORAL HISTORY
236 The Unseen Helpers
238 Hemp-carrier
239 SAMSON OCCOM (1723-1792)
240 from A Sermon, Preached at the Execution of Moses Paul, an Indian
248 PHILLIS WHEATLEY (cs. 1754-1784)
249 On the Death of the Rev. Mr. George Whitefieldd, 1770
251 On Being Brought from Africa to America
251 To S. M. a Young African Painter, on Seeing His Works
252 To His Excellency General Washington
254 RELATED VOICES
THOMAS JEFFERSON
Notes on the State of Virginia, 1787 [On Phillis Wheatly]
257 The Literature of the New Republica 1776-1836
Introduction
258 The Literature of Persuasion
259 Making Thirteen Clocks Tick Together
260 Cultivating New Meanings
261 The Quest for Literary Independence
262 Westward the Course of Empire
263 Printing and the Reading Public
265 Frontiers of Literature
267 The Prospects of an American Literature
268 The Makings of American Literature
271 European Models and the American Landscape
273 THOMAS JEFFERSON (1743-1826)
275 The Declaration of Independence as Adopted by Congress
Notes on the State of Virginia
277 from Query V: Cascades
[Natural Bridge]
278 from Query VI: Productions Mineral, Vegetable, and Animal
[Rebuttal to Count Buffon]