Literature of the Early Republic Author:Edwin H. Cady, ed A selection of letters, essays, poetry, and literary criticism by American authors between 1765 and 1815. Authors include Jefferson, Paine, Washington, Hamilton, Madison, Lorenzo Dow, Benjamin Franklin, Philip Freneau and Noah Webster, grouped in 3 sections: "The making of the Republic", "Patterns of life and thought in America", and "A nation... more »al literary culture". Edited and with an introduction by Edwin H. Cady.« less