*F.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 I v. 8°. Vol. 2, no. 1 is entitled The Republican Rush-Light, and is not dated. No more was publishéd. 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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