Works in the Collection

(1748-1816) Born in Scotland. A lawyer by profession and Judge of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. His principal work was the political satire Modern Chivalry, or the Adventures of Captain Farrago and Teague O'Regan.

Works in the EAF Collection

Modern Chivalry: Containing the Adventures of Captain John Farrago, and Teague O'Regan, His Servant, Part I, Volumes 1-3 (1792)

Modern Chivalry: Containing the Adventures of Captain John Farrago, and Teague O'Regan, His Servant, Volume IV (1792)

Modern Chivalry: Containing the Adventures of a Captain, &c. Part II, volume 1 (1804-5)

Modern Chivalry: Containing the Adventures of a Captain, &c. Part II, Volume 2 (1804-5)

Modern Chivalry: Containing the Adventures of Captain John Farrago, and Teague O'Regan, His Servant, Part II, Volume 4 (1804-5)

Nineteenth-Century Biographies:

From Oscar Fay Adams, A Dictionary of American Authors (1901)

From Samuel Austin Allibone, A Critical Dictionary of English Literature (1900)

From Evert A. Duyckinck, Cyclopaedia of American Literature (1856)