The Independent Reflector

William Livingston

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The Independent Reflector

Or, Weekly Essays on Sundry Important Subjects, More Particularly Adapted to the Province of New-York

William Livingston

Edited by: Milton M. Klein

Volume 7 in the series The John Harvard Library

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674184923

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Frontmatter Accessible Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Accessible Download PDF	v
INTRODUCTION Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	1
NOTE ON THE TEXT Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	51
Number I. The INTRODUCTION, or Design of this Paper Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	55
Number II. Remarks on the EXCISE; and the Farming it, shewn to be injurious to the Province Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	61
Number III. The Abuses of the ROAD, and CITY-WATCH Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	69
Number IV. The different Effects of an absolute and a limited Monarchy: The Glory of a Prince ruling according to Law, superior to that of an arbitrary Sovereign; with the peculiar Happiness of the BRITISH Nation Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	76
Number V. On the Importation of MENDICANT Foreigners Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	82
Number VI. A Vindication of the MORAVIANS, against the Aspersions of their Enemies Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	89
Number VII. A Proposal of some farther Regulations, for the speedier and more effectual Extinguishing of FIRES, that may happen in this City Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	96
Number VIII. A brief Consideration of NEW-YORK, with respect to its natural Advantages: Its Superiority in several Instances, over some of the neighbouring Colonies Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	103
Number IX. Public Virtue to be distinguished by public Honours: The Selling of Offices, which require Skill and Confidence, a dismal Omen of the Declension of a State Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	111
Number X. Remarks on a Petition, preferred to the Corporation in the Year 1748; lately revived, and now under Consultation Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	118
Number XI. The Authors Vindication of himself: The Treatment he has met with, scurrilous and unreasonable; with his Resolution to proceed; and the Disinterestedness of his Labours Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	128
Number XII. The Use and Importance of the Practice of PHYSIC; together with the Difficulty of the Science, and the dismal Havock made by Quacks and Pretenders Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	135
Number XIII. Of PARTY-DIVISIONS Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	143
Number XIV. [Remarks on the Water Lots, continued] Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	151
Number XV. The Controversy between the Independent Reflector, and his Adversaries, truly stated, and considered Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	157
Number XVI. Of the Transportation of Felons Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	164
Number XVII. Remarks on Our Intended COLLEGE Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	171
Number XVIII. A Continuation of the same Subject Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	178
Number XIX. The same Subject continued Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	184
Number XX. A farther Prosecution of the same Subject Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	191
Number XXI. Remarks on the COLLEGE continued Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	199
Number XXII. The same Subject continued and concluded in An ADDRESS to the Inhabitants of this Province Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	207
Number XXIII. Of PATRIOTISM Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	215
Number XXIV. Reasons for the farther regulating of Beef and Pork; together with the Necessity of an Act for the Inspection of Butter Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	221
Number XXV. Remarks on the EXCISE, resumed Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	228
Number XXVI. Remarks on our BILLS OF CREDIT, and COPPER-PENCE Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	235
Number XXVII. A PRAYER Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	242
Number XXVIII. On the Delays in CHANCERY Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	250
Number XXIX. Of the Extravagance of our FUNERALS Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	257
Number XXX. The Multiplicity of OATHS, and the Levity and Indecorum wherewith they are administered and taken, pernicious to Society Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	263
Number XXXI. Primitive CHRISTIANITY short and intelligible, modern CHRISTIANITY voluminous and incomprehensible Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	270
Number XXXII. Of ELECTIONS, and ELECTION-JOBBERS Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	278
Number XXXIII. A Discant on the Origin, Nature, Use and Abuse of Civil Government Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	285
Number XXXIV. Of the Veneration and Contempt of the CLERGY Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	292
Number XXXV. Of Abuses in the Practice of the LAW Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	299
Number XXXVI. The Absurdity of the civil Magistrate's interfering in Matters of Religion Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	306
Number XXXVIII. Of Passive Obedience and Non-Resistance Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	319
Number XXXIX. Further Reflections on the Doctrines of PASSIVE OBEDIENCE and NON-RESISTANCE, drawn from a Consideration of the Rights and Privileges of human Nature, and the due End and Extent of Government Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	328
Number XL. Of the Use, Abuse, and LIBERTY OF THE PRESS Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	336
Number XLI. A Defence of RIDICULE Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	345
Number XLII. The Importance of the Office of a Justice of Peace, with the Qualifications necessary for its due Discharge Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	352
Number XLIII. The Vanity of Birth and Titles; with the Absurdity of claiming Respect without Merit Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	359
Number XLIV. The Arguments in support of an ecclesiastical Establishment in this Province, impartially considered, and refuted Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	367
Number XLV. A Catalogue of sundry Grievances, which require immediate Redress Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	378
Number XLVl. Of CREEDS and SYSTEMS, together with the Author's own Creed Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	387
Number XLVII. Of CREDULITY Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	398
Number XLVIII. Of the WASTE of LIFE Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	404
Number XLIΧ. Of human Nature, the Immortality of the Soul, and whether it can exist without thinking Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	412
Number L. The Advantages of Education, with the Necessity of instituting Grammar Schools for the Instruction of Youth, preparatory to their Admission into our intended COLLEGE Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	419
Number LI. [On the College and the Clergy] Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	427
Number LII. The Consideration of the natural Advantages of New-York, resumed and concluded Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	433
APPENDIX I. PLANNED ADDITIONAL NUMBERS OF THE INDEPENDENT REFLECTOR Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	441
APPENDIX II. THE PROBLEM OF AUTHORSHIP OF THE INDEPENDENT REFLECTOR Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	446
APPENDIX III. THE INDEPENDENT REFLECTOR AND THE INDEPENDENT WHIG Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	450
Index Requires Authentication Accessible Download PDF	453

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Livingston, William and Klein, Milton M.. The Independent Reflector: Or, Weekly Essays on Sundry Important Subjects, More Particularly Adapted to the Province of New-York, Cambridge, MA and London, England: Harvard University Press, 2013. https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674184923

Livingston, W. & Klein, M. (2013). The Independent Reflector: Or, Weekly Essays on Sundry Important Subjects, More Particularly Adapted to the Province of New-York. Cambridge, MA and London, England: Harvard University Press. https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674184923

Livingston, W. and Klein, M. 2013. The Independent Reflector: Or, Weekly Essays on Sundry Important Subjects, More Particularly Adapted to the Province of New-York. Cambridge, MA and London, England: Harvard University Press. https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674184923

Livingston, William and Klein, Milton M.. The Independent Reflector: Or, Weekly Essays on Sundry Important Subjects, More Particularly Adapted to the Province of New-York. Cambridge, MA and London, England: Harvard University Press, 2013. https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674184923

Livingston W, Klein M. The Independent Reflector: Or, Weekly Essays on Sundry Important Subjects, More Particularly Adapted to the Province of New-York. Cambridge, MA and London, England: Harvard University Press; 2013. https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674184923

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Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Edition: Reprint 2014
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Front matter: 9
- Main content: 460
Illustrations
- Other: 1 Faks.
Keywords: HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA); HISTORY / General

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Published: October 1, 2013
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