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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."

L. S.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the public seal of my office, the day and year aforesaid.

EDMUND I. LEE,

Clerk of the District of Columbia.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

FRONTISPIECE-From a drawing by Mrs. Tone, wife of the Editor, and

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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)

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PART V. Autobiography of Theobald Wolfe Tone, (continued) from
his voyage to America, in June, 1795, to his arrival in France,
in February, 1796,

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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.)

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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

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ANSWER to "The Protestant Interest in Ireland Ascertained," (never
before published)

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