Noah Webster - A Collection of Essays and Fugitiv Writings

The honorable John Adams, Esq. Vice President of the United States, 2 copies.

The hon. Pierce Butler, Esq. – Senators in Congress.

The hon. Charles Carrol, Esq.

The hon. William Few, Esq.

The hon. Benjamin Hawkins, Esq.

The hon. John Henry, Esq.

The hon. Ralph Izard, Esq.

The hon. William Samuel Johnson, Esq.

The hon. Samuel Johnston, Esq.

The hon. Rufus King, Esq.

The hon. Robert Morris, Esq.

The hon. George Read, Esq.

Hon. Jonathan Trumbull, Esq. – Representativs in Congress.

Jeremiah Wadsworth, Esq.

Nathaniel W. Appleton, Physician, Boston.

John Allen, Esq. Attorney at Law, Litchfield.

Isaac Baldwin, Esq. Clerk of Court, Litchfield.

Isaac Baldwin, jun. Esq. Attorney, do.

Mrs. Ruthy Barlow, Greenfield.

Mr. Jesse Benedict, Fairfield.

Mr. Isaac Bronson, Hartford.

Mr. Caleb Bull, do.

Mr. James Burr, do.

Jonathan Brace, Esq. Attorney, Glanstenbury.

David Burr, Esq. Attorney, Fairfield.

Barna Bidwell, Esq. Attorney, New Haven.

John Bird, Esq. Attorney, Salisbury.

Peter Colt, Esq. Treasurer of Connecticut, Hartford.

Mr. John M'Curdy, Merchant, do.

Richard M'Curdy, Esq. Attorney, Lyme.

John Caldwell, Esq. Alderman of the City of Hartford.

Mr. John Chenevard, jun. Hartford.

Hon. John Chester, Esq. Judge of the County Court, Wethersfield.

Thomas Chester, Esq. Attorney, Wethersfield.

Edward Carrington, Physician, Milford.

Reverend Henry Channing, New London.

Joshua Coit, Esq. Attorney, do.

Mr. Lynde M'Curdy, Merchant, Norwich.

Messieurs Coit and Lathrop, Merchants, do.

Mason F. Cogswell, Physician and Surgeon, Hartford.

Reverend John Clarke, Boston.

Samuel W. Dana, Esq. Attorney, Middleton.

David Daggett, Esq. Attorney, New Haven.

Mr. Benadam Dennison, Norwich.

Pierpont Edwards, Esq. Attorney for Connecticut District, New Haven.

Mr. Thomas Fanning, Norwich.

William Greenleaf, Esq. Boston.

Chauncey Goodrich, Esq. Attorney, Hartford.

Elizur Goodrich, Esq. Attorney, New Haven.

Gideon Granger, jun. Esq. Attorney, Suffield.

Gaylord Griswold, Esq. Attorney, Windsor.

His Excellency Samuel Huntington, Esq. Governor of Connecticut.

Lemuel Hopkins, Physician, Hartford.

Mr. Asa Hopkins, Druggist, do.

Uriel Holmes, Esq. Attorney, New Hartford.

Colonel Ebenezer Huntington, Merchant, Norwich.

Mr. Joseph Howland, do.

Mr. Andrew Huntington, Merchant, do.

Mr. Levi Huntington, do.

David Hull, Physician, Fairfield.

William Hillhouse, Esq. Attorney, New Haven.

Captain Pliny Hillyer, Granby.

Samuel Henshaw, Esq. Northampton.

Jonathan Ingersoll, Esq. Attorney, New Haven.

William Judd, Esq. Attorney, Farmington, 2 copies.

John Coffin Jones, Esq. Boston.

Mr. Isaac Kibby, Merchant, Enfield.

Ephraim Kirby, Esq. Attorney, Litchfield.

Mr. Joshua King, Ridgefield.

Lynde Lord, Esq. Sheriff of Litchfield County, Litchfield.

Reverend Jedidiah Morse, Charlestown.

William Moseley, Esq. Attorney, Hartford.

Samuel Marsh, Esq. Attorney, Litchfield.

Mr. John Morgan, Merchant, Hartford.

Mr. William Marsh, do.

Eneas Munson, jun. Physician, New Haven.

Ashur Miller, Esq. Attorney, Middleton.

George R. Minot, Esq. Attorney, Boston.

Hon. Roger Newberry, Esq. Judge of the County Court, Windsor.

Mr. Jacob Ogden, Merchant, Hartford.

Harrison Gray Otis, Esq. Attorney, Boston.

Ralph Pomeroy, Esq. Controller of the Treasury, Hartford.

Enoch Perkins, Esq. Attorney, Hartford.

Mr. Nathaniel Patten, Merchant, Hartford, 3 copies.

Colonel Joshua Porter, Judge of the County Court, Salisbury.

Jonas Prentice, jun. Esq. New Haven.

Colonel Noah Phelps, Symsbury.

Giles Pettibone, Esq. Norfolk.

Hon. Jesse Root, Esq. Judge of the Superior Court, Hartford.

Nathaniel Rosseter, Esq. Guilford.

Ephraim Root, Esq. Attorney, Hartford.

Tapping Reeve, Esq. Attorney, Litchfield.

Reverend Nathan Strong, Hartford.

Thomas Y. Seymour, Esq. Attorney, do.

Mr. Isaac Sanford, Goldsmith, do.

Reuben Smith, Esq. Litchfield.

Daniel Sherman, Esq. Chief Judge of County Court, Woodbury.

General Heman Swift, Cornwall.

Lewis B. Sturgis, Esq. Attorney, Fairfield.

Mr. James Smedley, do.

Zephaniah Swift, Esq. Windham.

John Trumbull, Esq. State Attorney for Hartford County.

Uriah Tracy, Esq. Attorney, Litchfield.

Nathaniel Terry, jun. Esq. Attorney, Enfield.

Mr. Thomas Tisdale, Merchant, Hartford.

The Hon. Oliver Walcott, Esq. Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut, Litchfield.

John Williams, Esq. Attorney, Wethersfield.

William Williston, Esq. Attorney, Symsbury.

Mr. Joseph Williams, Norwich.

Mr. Ashbel Wells, Merchant, Hartford.

Alexander Wolcott, Esq. Attorney, Windsor.

Mr. Thomas Walley, Merchant, Boston.

Thomas Welsh, Physician, Boston.

The Author.

Hartford, June, 1790 .

The following Collection consists of Essays and Fugitiv Peeces, ritten at various times, and on different occasions, az wil appeer by their dates and subjects. Many of them were dictated at the moment, by the impulse of impressions made by important political events, and abound with a correspondent warmth of expression. This freedom of language wil be excused by the frends of the revolution and of good guvernment, who wil recollect the sensations they hav experienced, amidst the anarky and distraction which succeeded the cloze of the war. On such occasions a riter wil naturally giv himself up to hiz feelings, and hiz manner of riting wil flow from hiz manner of thinking .

Most of thoze peeces, which hav appeered before in periodical papers and Magazeens, were published with fictitious signatures; for I very erly discuvered, that altho the name of an old and respectable karacter givs credit and consequence to hiz ritings, yet the name of a yung man iz often prejudicial to hiz performances. By conceeling my name, the opinions of men hav been prezerved from an undu bias arizing from personal prejudices, the faults of the ritings hav been detected, and their merit in public estimation ascertained.