Miscellaneous Essays: Containing among a Variety of Other Artices

1830. CAREY, Mathew. Miscellaneous Essays: Containing among a Variety of Other Articles, History of the Yellow Fever, which Prevailed in Philadelphia in the Year 1793; Containing a Full Account of Its Rise, Progress, & Termination, with Various Anecdotes Illustrative of the State of Society; Review of the Evidence of the Pretended General Conspiracy of the Roman Catholics of Ireland, to Massacre all the Protestants Who Would not Join with Them, on the 23d of October, 1641; Reflections on the Subject of Emigration from Europe, with a View to a Settlement in the United States, Containing a Brief Sketch of the Moral & Political State of This Country; Essays on the Public Charities of Philadelphia, intended to Vindicate the Benevolent Societies of this City from the Charge of Encouraging Idleness; A Brief View of the Policy of the Founders of the Colonies of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, West Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and Carolina, as Regards Liberty of Conscience; Critical Remarks on the Tragedy of Hamlet, Vindication of Sterne from the Charge of Plagiarism &c &c. Phila.: Printed for Carey & Hart, 1830. 1st ed. iv,472pp. Contemporary 3/4 black morocco and marbled boards, raised spine bands, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. Front hinge tender, else a very good or better copy. Presentation inscription from the author at head of the title page: "Presented to Mrs. Leslie as a mark of respect & Esteem By the Author." Carey's son Henry married Martha Leslie in 1819. This is a collection of some of Carey's most effective essays, including his account of the Yellow Fever epidemic in Philadelphia, his defenses of Irish Catholics and of immigrants to the United State, and his account of public societies (he was a founder of the American Philosophical Society and the Hibernian Society).