1790-1799

One percent standard: 40,000 copies

(Authors color-coded by nation of origin/publication: United States, France, Ireland)


1791

Charlotte Temple, Susanna Rowson

(Mott & Hart. First American edition: 1794)

1791-1792

The Rights of Man, Thomas Paine

(Mott, "better" seller, & Hart.)

1794

Autobiography, Benjamin Franklin

(Mott & Hart. First published in the French in 1791; translations from the French published in England in 1793 and in the United States in 1794; first American edition from the original manuscript: 1818)

The Age of Reason, Thomas Paine

(Mott & Hart.)

1795

The Ruins, Constantin Volney

(Mott & Hart. Published in French in 1791; translated into English in 1795; first American edition: 1795)

1796

Children of the Abbey, Regina Marie Roche

(Mott. First American edition: 1798)

1797

The Coquette, Hannah Foster

(Mott & Hart.)