Periodicals. English.
**H 84.34 Rush-Light, The. By Peter Porcupine [pseud. of William Cobbett]. Vol. 1, no. 1-6; vol. 2, no. 1. 15th Feb. 1800 — [1801 ?]. New-York. Cobbett. 1800. 7 nos. in Iv. 8°. Vol. 2, no, 1 is entitled The Republican Rush-Light, and is not dated. No more was published. Pp. 17-20 are missing from vol. 1, no. 1. Cobbett was sued for slander by Benjamin Rush and others for statements made in his magazine called Peter Porcupine’s Gazette. In the Rush-Light the attack upon Dr. Rush is renewed. The last two numbers relate to the political history and political economy of the United States. [This work is kept on the Special Libraries Floor.]
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This card wad Printed at the Boston Public Library, October 24, 1906. G1442—PegBVicalse Cobbett, Willa 7€2-1835.—Rush, Benjamin.1 746-1813. — United States. Pol. hist. — United States. Pol. econ.