DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, to wit:
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the second day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, and of the Independence of the United States of America the fiftieth, WILLIAM THEOBALD WOLFE TONE, of the said District, has deposited in this office the title of a Book, the right whereof he claims as Author, in the words following, to wit:
"Life of Theobald Wolfe Tone, founder of the United Irish Society, and Adjutant General and Chef de Brigade in the service of the French and Batavian Republics; written by himself, and continued by his Son: with his Political Writings, and Fragments of his Diary, whilst Agent to the General and Sub-committee of the Catholics of Ireland, and Secretary to the Delegation who presented their Petition to his Majesty George III. His Mission to France; with a complete Diary of his Negotiations to procure the aid of the French and Batavian Republics for the Liberation of Ireland; of the Expeditions of Bantry Bay, the Texel, and of that wherein he fell. Narrative of his Trial, Defence before the Court Martial, and Death. Edited by his Son, William Theobald Wolfe Tone; with a brief account of his own Education and Campaigns under the Emperor Napoleon. In two volumes. Victrix causa Diis placuit, sed victa Catoni. Pharsalia, Lib. 1, verse 128."
In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled "An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned;" and, also, to the act, entitled "An act supplementary to an act, entitled 'An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned,' and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints."
Comprising the Life, Works, and Journals, of Theobald Wolfe Tone, previous to his Mission to France.
PART II. Continuation, by the Editor, extending to the meeting of the
General Committee of the Catholics of Ireland, in December,
1792 PART III. Account of the proceedings of the General Committee of
the Catholics of Ireland; of the delegation which presented
their petition to the King, and of the bill which was passed for
their relief,
PART IV. Continuation, by the Editor, giving a rapid abstract of the
events of 1793, 1794, and 1795, and comprising a statement of
Mr. Tone's communications with Wm. Jackson, and agreement
with the Irish Government to depart from his country in volun-
tary exile, (written by himself)
PART V. Autobiography of Theobald Wolfe Tone, (continued) from
his voyage to America, in June, 1795, to his arrival in France,
in February, 1796,
N. B. Towards this period (October, 1791) Mr. Tone began to keep the regular series of his journals, but those of November and December, 1791, and January, February, March, April, May, and June, 1792, are lost. (See page 70, vol. 1.)
Journals of July, August, September, October, and November, 1792,
comprising the narrative of three journeys of Mr. Tone, to Bel-
fast and Connaught; and of sundry negotiations between the
Presbyterians of the North, Catholics of Dublin, and Whig
Leaders in Parliament
Selection of letters written to Mr. Tone, during the year 1792, com- prising letters of Richard Burke, Grattan, Lord Moira, Colonel Barry, and the United Irish Leaders in Belfast -
Notes and memorandums, taken during the sittings of the General
Committee of the Catholics of Ireland, in December, 1792, in-
structions to their Delegates, and their correspondence with
Mr. Dundas
Journal from the 21st January to the 8th February, 1793, after the re- turn of Mr. Tone from the Delegation of the Catholics of Ireland to his Majesty. (N. B. The journal of December, 1791, January, 1792, and all the remaining journals to the close of 1795, are, unfortunately, lost.) (See page 70, vol. 1.).
Notes and memorandums taken during the sittings of the General Com- mittee of the Catholics of Ireland, in April, 1793 Selection of letters written to Mr. Tone, during the year 1793, from the United Irish Leaders, Lord Moira and Todd Jones Statement of the situation of Ireland, written by T. W. Tone, and found on Jackson's arrest, in April, 1794
Selection of letters written to Mr. Tone, during the year 1795, at his
departure for America, and after his arrival in that country,
pressing him to hasten the French invasion
SPANISH WAR. An inquiry how far Ireland is bound, of right, to em-
bark in the impending contest, on the side of Great Britain, 1790,
(suppressed and bought up by the Irish Government) -
CATHOLICS. An argument on behalf of the Catholics of Ireland, in
which the present political state of that country, and the neces
sity of Parliamentary reform are considered; addressed to the
People, and more particularly to the Protestants of Ireland,
1791
DECLARATION and RESOLUTIONS of the Society of United Irish- men of Belfast, October, 1791 -
1792
ANSWER to "The Protestant Interest in Ireland Ascertained,” (never
before published)
VINDICATION of the Circular of the Catholic Sub-committee, in re-
ply to the Resolutions of the Grand Juries, in 1792
VINDICATION of the conduct and principles of the Catholics of Ire-
land, from the charges made against them by certain late Grand
Juries and other interested bodies in that country, published by
order of the Grand Committee of the Catholics of Ireland, as-
sembled at Dublin, on the 3d December, 1792, (to which are
annexed the six following tracts
.DECLARATION of the Catholics of Ireland. March 17, 1792
2. MODE of conducting the election of Delegates to the Catholic
Committee
5. PENAL LAWS, whose repeal is solicited therein
6. DEFENCE of the Sub-committee from the imputation of support.
ing the Defenders
REASONS why the question of Parliamentary reform has always failed
in the Irish Legislature (left unfinished and never yet published)
LETTER to the Editor of Faulkner's Journal, of Thursday, July 11,
1793, in reply to certain calumnies and assertions of the Chan-
cellor of Ireland, Lord Fitzgibbon (never yet published)
OSTATEMENT of the light in which the late act for the partial repeal
of the penal laws is viewed by the Catholics of Ireland
Pamphlets and essays, by Mr. Tone, before he entered the career of
Irish politics
Proposals and memorials, relative to the establishment of a military
colony in the Sandwich Islands, and liberation of South Ame-
rica, in 1790
Essays for the Political Club, formed in Dublin, 1790
1. Essay; on the English connection, 29th June, 1790
Essay; on the state of Ireland, in 1720
Essay; on the state of Ireland, in 1790
4. Essay; on the necessity of domestic union
5. Essay; A Liberty Weaver, on the Spanish war
Poem on the state of Ireland, by Sir Lawrence Parsons
PART I. Journal of 1796; comprising the negotiations of T. Wolfe Tone at Paris, with the Executive Directory, Ministry, and chief Gen- erals of the French Republic, (Carnot, Hoche, &c.) to engage them to assist in the liberation of Ireland; (during the months of February, March, April, May, June, July, August, and Sep. tember, 1796; and his appointment to the rank of Adjutant General and Chef de Brigade in the French army APPENDIX TO PART I. Containing two memorials on the present state of Ireland, delivered to the French Government, in February, 1796
PART III. Journal of 1797, during the period that General Tone was
attached to the army of Sambre et Meuse, under General Hoche,
in January, February, March, April, and May, 1797, to his re-
joining his family in Holland, on their arrival from America
APPENDIX TO PART III. Containing letters from General Tone to Mrs.
Tone, during and after this period
PART IV. Journal of 1797, during the period that General Tone was
attached to the Batavian army, and to that of Sambre et Meuse,
under Generals Hoche and Daendels, containing his negotia-
tions with the Batavian Republic, the diary of the Texel expe-
dition, from 8th July to 4th September, and its total failure,
from contrary winds, the new plans projected, and their failure
by the death of General Hoche, during the months of May, June,
July, August, and September, 1797
PART V. Journal of 1797 and 1798, during the time that General Tone was attached to the Armee d'Angleterre, under Gene-
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