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Buckingham, Joseph Tinker, editor

The ordeal: a critical journal of politicks and literature

Boston: published by J. T. Buckingham, 1809. 8vo, 26 issues, all published, complete in one volume, pp. iv, 412; text block only, and without the original printed wrappers; ex-Redwood Library, Newport with old rubberstamp on first title page, and a few internal pages; library rules pasted on final leaf; some spotting; good. No more were published after the 26th number, with the editor citing a tepid public response as reason for the discontinuation. Scant notice in Mott. Sabin 57468; American Imprints 18298. Item #58630

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