1790 in literature

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The year 1790 in literature involved some significant events and new books.

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June 9 - "Philadelphia Spelling Book" by John Barry becomes the first book to be copyrighted in the United States.
The very literary Thomas de Mahay, Marquis de Favras (1744-1790), was arrested by the radicals of the French Revolution and charged with plotting to help King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette escape the country. Convicted of treason, de Mahay was handed his official death sentence by the court clerk. The Marquis read the paper and shaking his head in disgust said: "I see that you have made three spelling mistakes."
Thomas Warton is succeeded as Poet Laureate of Great Britain by Henry James Pye.

Samuel Ayscough - An Index to the Remarkable Passages and Words Made Use of by Shakespeare, the first Shakespeare concordance ever published
James Bruce - Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile
Edmund Burke - Reflections on the Revolution in France
29 November (first edition) - Mary Wollstonecraft - A Vindication of the Rights of Men
Jean Paul - Leben des vergnügten Schulmeisterlein Maria Wutz