A dialogue, between a southern delegate, and his spouse, on his return from the grand Continental congress. A fragment, inscribed to the married ladies of America, by their most sincere, and affectionate friend, and servant, Mary V.V. [pseud.]

Contributor:

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 (supposed author); Rivington, James, 1724-1802 (printer)

Name:

V., Mary V.

Timespan:

Revolution, 1775-1783

Date:

1774

Language:

English

Provenance:

Payne, Benjamin Charnock, Captain, ?-1793 (inscription) (Culture Class Collection copy)

Publisher:

Printed [by James Rivington?]

Subject:

United States. -- Continental Congress; History

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

books; poems; dialogues; satires (literary genre); Humor

Physical Description:

14 pages, 2 unnumbered pages; 20 cm

Geographic Subject:

United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Humor; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Poetry; United States

Related Place:

United States -- New York -- New York.

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

"'This tract, which is in verse, is supposed to have been written by Jefferson.' Manuscript note in J.B. Chandler's copy."--Sabin, Bibl. amer., v. 5, p. 393.; Apparently a Tory satire on Congress. It is improbable that Jefferson had anything to do with it.; Signatures: [A]⁴ B⁴ (B4 blank); Culture Class Collection copy has "Captain Payne Royal Irish Reg*." ms. inscription on title page.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Rare Book Collection, AC7 A100 774d

Collection:

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania); American Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)