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Oaths

1800 Subjects: Politics and government Forms: Essays Printing and Publishing Status: New edition Translation Status: Partial English Philadelphia URL

Authors of source text

John Obadiah Justamond

Contributions

John Obadiah Justamond
translator
Mathew Carey
publisher

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is derivative of
A philosophical and political history of the settlements and trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies. Translated from the French by J. Justamond, M.A. translation
is other edition
Oaths has other edition
is part of
The school of wisdom, or, American monitor. Containing a copious collection of sublime and elegant extracts, from the most eminent writers, on morals, religion & government

Notes

p. 192-193. Short fragment from Raynal about the inherent defects of the system of oath taking, which lead to perjury. Taken from Justamond's translation of Histoire des deux Indes. The same fragment was published earlier by Eaton in Hog's wash and by Symonds in The manual of liberty.