1786

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Jefferson, Thomas. Letter to Jean Nicholas Demeunier. 24 Jan. 1786.

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Jefferson, Thomas. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Being His Autobiography, Correspondence, Reports, Messages, Addresses, and Other Writings, Official and Private, edited by H. A. Washington. Vol. 9, Cambridge University Press, 2011.

If we should ever get to Heaven, we shall find nobody to reproach us for being black, or being slaves.

Jupiter Hammon

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Hammon, Jupiter. "An Address to the Negroes in the State of New York." 24 Sept. 1786, New York, NY, USA.

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Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre [Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship]. Berlin: Johann Friedrich Unger, 1785-1786, bk. 7, ch. 5.

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Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. "Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship." Goethe: The Collected Works, edited and translated by Eric A. Blackall. Vol. 9, Princeton University Press, 1995, bk. 7, ch. 5.

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Burns, Robert. "Despondency: An Ode." Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect. Kilmarnock: John Wilson, 1786, I. 4.

I am not over-fond of resisting temptation.

William Beckford

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Beckford, William [published anonymously]. An Arabian Tale, From an Unpublished Manuscript, translated by Samuel Henley. London: J. Johnson, 1786.

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Beckford, William. Vathek, translated by Samuel Henley. Oxford University Press, 2013.

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Burns, Robert. "Epistle to James Smith." Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect. Kilmarnock: John Wilson, 1786, st. 16.

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Burns, Robert. "To James Smith." Robert Burns: Selected Poems, edited Carol Mcguirk. Penguin Classics, 1994, I. 16.

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Jones, William. Discourse on the history and culture of the Hindus. Third annual discourse before the Asiatic Society. 2 Feb. 1786, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

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Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre [Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship]. Berlin: Johann Friedrich Unger, 1785-1786, bk. 5, ch. 1.

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Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. "Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship." Goethe: The Collected Works, edited and translated by Eric A. Blackall. Vol. 9, Princeton University Press, 1995, bk. 5, ch. 1.

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Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus. Remark to Michael Kelly. c. 1786.

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Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus. Quoted in Reminiscences of Michael Kelly of the King's Theatre and Theatre Royal Drury Lane, written by Michael Kelly. Vol. 1, Cambridge University Press, 2011.

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Jefferson, Thomas. Letter to James Currie. 28 Jan. 1786.

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Jefferson, Thomas. "Letter to James Currie, 28 Jan. 1786." The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, edited by Julian P. Boyd. Vol. 9, Princeton University Press, 1954.

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Franklin, Benjamin. "The Morals of Chess." The Columbian Magazine, Dec. 1786.

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Franklin, Benjamin. "The Morals of Chess." Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography, Poor Richard, and Later Writings, edited by J. A. Leo Lemay. Library of America, 2005.