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COLONIAL AND EEVOLUTIONARY 
 BOOKS AND BROADSIDES 
 
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 TO BE SOLD AT UNRESTRICTED PUBLIC SALE 
 
 ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26th, 1917 
 AT 9: IS IN THE EVENING 
 
 UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF 
 
 THE AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION 
 
 AMERICAN ART GALLERIES 
 MADISON SQUARE SOUTH 
 NEW YORK CITY 
 
The original of this book is in 
 the Cornell University Library. 
 
 There are no known copyright restrictions in 
 the United States on the use of the text. 
 
 http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924029555475 
 
THE AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION 
 
 DESIGNS ITS CATALOGUES AND DIRECTS 
 
 ALL DETAILS OF ILLUSTRATION 
 
 TEXT AND TYPOGRAPHY 
 
ON PUBLIC EXHIBITION 
 AT THE AMERICAN ART GALLERIES 
 
 MADISON SQUARE SOUTH 
 ENTRANCE, 6 EAST 23rd STREET 
 BEGINNING, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22nd, 1917 
 AND CONTINUING UNTIL THE TIME OF SALE 
 
 COLONIAL AND REVOLUTIONARY 
 ' BOOKS AND BROADSIDES 
 
 TO BE SOLD AT UNRESTRICTED PUBLIC SALE 
 
 BY ORDER OF THE VARIOUS OWNERS 
 
 ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26th, 1917 
 AT 9:15 IN THE EVENING 
 
 AT THE AMERICAN ART GALLERIES 
 
By the UNITED STATES of America, 
 in Congrefs alTembled. 
 
 A PROCLAMATION, 
 
 Declaring the Ceflation of Arms, as well by Sea as by Land, agreed upon between the United 
 States of America and His Britannic Majefty j and enjoining the Obfervancc thereof 
 
 WHEREAS Provifional Articles were (igned at Paris, on the Thirtieth Day of November laft, between the Mjnillcrs Plenipoicniiary of the Untied 
 States of America, for treating of Peace, and the Mlnifter Plenipotentiary of HJs Britannic Majefty, to be infcried in and to conflirutc the Trear) of 
 Peace, propofed to be concluded between the United States of America and His Britannic Majefty, when Terms of Peace fhould be agreed upoji be- 
 tween their Moft ChrUlian and Britannic Majelliei ■ And whereas Preliminariei, for reftoring Peace between their Mofl Chriftian am! Briranmc Majeflics, \/cre 
 figned at Vcrfailles, on the Twentieth Day -of January laft, by the Miniften of ihcir Moft Chriftian and Britannic Maj'ftics . And whereas Preliminaries, for re- 
 ftoring Peace between (he faid King of Great-Britain and the King of Spain, were alfo figned at Veifaillej, on the fame Twentieth Day of January laft. 
 
 By. which faid Preliminary Articles it hath been agreed. That as foon as the fame were ratified, Holtihties between the faid Kings, i heir Kingdoms, Sratcs and 
 Subjefli, fhould ceafe in all Parts of the World j and it was farther agreed. Thai all Veftels and EfFefli that might be taken m ihe Channel and In the Nonh Seas, 
 after the Space of Twelve Days from the Ratification of the faid Prclimin»ry Articles, ftiould be reftored ; that the Term ihould be One Month from the Clianncl 
 and North Seas as far as the Canary Idandsinclufively, whether in the Ocean or the Mediterranean i Two Months from the faid Canary Iflands as far as die Equinoc- 
 ijal Line or Equator, and laftly. Five Months in all other Parts of the World, without any Exception, or more pa mcular Defer ipt ion of Time or Place: And 
 whereas it was declared, by the Minifter Plenipotentiary of the King of Great-Britain, In the Name and by tlie exprefs Order of the King hisMafter, on the faid 
 Twentieth Day of January lift, dial the faid United States of America, their SubjeAs and their PoftelTions, (hall be comprifed in the ^bove mentioned Sufpenfion of 
 Arms, at the fame Epochs, and in the fame Manner, as the Three Crowns above mentioned, their Subjefls and PolTenions refpeftively ■ upon Condition that, on 
 the Part and in the Name of the United States of America, a fimllar Declaradon Jhall be delivered, npreftly declaring their Aflent tg the faid Sufpenfion of Arms, 
 and containing an AITurance of the moft perfeft Reciprocity on their Part : Ajid wliereai die Minifters Plenipotentiary of thefc United States did, on the fame 
 Twentieth Day of January, in the Name and by the Authority of the faid United States, accept the faid Declaration, and declare, f hat ttle raid States ftiould caufc 
 all Hofdlities to ceafe againA His Britannic Majefty, hi) Subjeds and his PofrdTions, at the Terms and Epochs agreed upon between His faid Majelty the King of 
 Great-Britain, His Majefty the King of Frani:e, and His Majefty the King of Spain, fo and in the fame Manner as had been agreed upon between thofc 
 Three Crowns, and to produce the fame ERcfts: And whereas the Ratifications of the faid Preliminary Aniclei between their Moft Chriftian and Britannic Ma- 
 jeftjes were exchanged by their Minifters on the Third Day of February lafl', and between His Britannic Majefty and the King of Spain on the Ntnth Day of Fe- 
 bruary laft: And whereas it is Our Will and Pleafure, that the CelTation of Hoftilities between the United States of America xnd His Britannic Majefty 
 fhould be conformable to the Epochs fixed between their Moft ChrifUan and Britannic Majefties' 
 
 W E have thought fit to make known thf fame to the Citizens of thefe States, and We hereby ftriflly charge and command all Our Officer', both by Sea and 
 Land, and others, SubjeAi of thefe United States, to forbear all Afls of HoftUiiy, either by Sea or Land, againft His Britannic Majefly or his SubjcAs, from 
 and after the refpeAive Times agreed upon between their Moft Chriftian and Britannic Majefties is aforefaid. 
 
 And We do further requite all Governors and oihers, the Exeauive Powers of thefe United States refpeflively, to cr.ufc th;s Our I'.oclamation to bt 
 made public, to the End that the fame may be duly obferved within their feveral JurifdiAions. 
 
 DONE in Congrefs, at Philadelphia, this Eleventh Day of April, in- the Year of Our Lord One Thoufand 
 
 Seven Hundred and Eighty-three, and of Our Sovereignty and Independence the Seventh. 
 
 ELIAS BOUDINOT, Prefident. 
 Atteft. Charles Thomson, Sec'ry. 
 
 State of RHODE-ISLAND and PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS. 
 
 Providence, ApnJ aa, 1783. 
 rpH E preceding is a true Copy of the Original, lodged upon File in my Office, which is publiftied and tranfimtted to the fevcrat Towrv 
 Clerks by Order of his Excellency the Governor, diat the Erne may be nude known to the Inhabitants. 
 
 WITNESS, 
 
 PROVIDENCE: Printed by JOHN CARTER. 
 
 RHODE ISLAND BROADSIDE. 
 
 [See No. 17] 
 
ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF 
 
 COLONIAL AND REVOLUTIONARY 
 
 BOOKS, BROADSIDES AND 
 
 OTHER IMPORTANT AMERICANA 
 
 FROM VARIOUS COLLECTIONS 
 
 TO BE S^OLD WITHOUT RESERVE OR RESTRICTION 
 
 BY ORDER OF THE VARIOUS OWNERS 
 
 ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26th, 1917 
 
 AT 9:15 IN THE EVENING 
 
 THE SALE TO BE CONDUCTED BY 
 MR. THOMAS E. KIRBY AND HIS ASSISTANTS, OF 
 
 THE AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION, Managers 
 
 NEW YORK CITY 
 1917 
 
IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING THE LITER- 
 ARY PROPERTY HEREIN CATALOGUED 
 
 The books and broadsides consigned to the Association from various 
 sources, and herein catalogued, comprise important items relating to the Co- 
 lonial and Eevolutionary History of America, many of them of unusual his- 
 torical importance and great rarity, including items relating to Colonial Taxa- 
 tion and the Stamp Act, Early American Poetry, the Constitution of the 
 United States, French and Indian War, etc., rare New York, Massachusetts, 
 Rhode Island, and New Hampshire Broadsides, etc., and a few important items 
 of a later period, AVar of 1813, etc. Special attention should be called to the 
 following items, — 
 
 "American Woman's" Sentiments. Rare Revolutionary Broadside, 1780. 
 
 [No. 14] 
 Barnaed (John). Sermon at the Ordination of Timothy Walker, Penne- 
 
 cock (Concord) New Hampshire. The Rare first issue of the First 
 
 Ordination Sermon preached in Concord. 1730. [No. 31] 
 Cookings (Major George). War, a heroic poem (French and Indian War). 
 
 Boston, 1762. [No. 73] 
 Dana (Samuel W.). Yale-College subject to the General Assembly. New 
 
 Haven, 1781. [No. 137] 
 Gaine (Hugh — New York Printer). Rare issue of the newspaper — "The 
 
 Mercury," printed on American made paper, in disregard of the Stamp 
 
 Act, 1765. [No. 38] 
 Hamilton (Alexander). Rare Broadside issued by the New York Society 
 
 of the Cincinnati, relating to his death, 1804. [No. 80] 
 Hamilton-Burr Election Broadside of unusual interest, 1804. [No. 84] 
 Last Royal Tax Warrant of Massachusetts Bay, 1774. Broadside. [No. 44] 
 Livingston (Brockholst). Democracy, a poem. New York, 1794. [No. 
 
 63] 
 Manifesto from the Press of James Rivington, New York, 1778. [No. 9] 
 Mather (Cotton). Reasonable Religion. Rare First Issue. Boston, 1700. 
 
 The first copy to be sold at public sale in America. [No. 104] 
 Mathew's Address to the Earl of Carlisle. New York, Rivington, 1778. [No. 
 
 11] 
 New Hampshire Imprint. Governor Wentworth's Commission. Printed 
 
 by Daniel and Robert Fowle, Portsmouth, circa 1767. The first copy 
 
 appearing at public sale in America, and probably unique. [No. 107] 
 
 New Jersey Proprietory Lands. Instructions to the Surveyor General, 1747. 
 [No. Ill] 
 
 New York Merchants. Petition to the Earl of Carlisle, and others, regard- 
 ing American Shipping. [No. 3] 
 
 Proclamation relating to the Cession of Arms, 1783. The Rare Rhode Island 
 Issue, The first to appear at public sale in America. [No. 17] 
 
 Provincial Congress. Broadside, 1775. The last official publication issued 
 from Boston, three days before the Battle of Lexington. [No. 4] 
 
 Rowland (Daniel S.). Historical Remarks. Providence, 1779. [No. 13] 
 
 Sarin's Dictionary of Books relating to America. Complete set. All pub- 
 lished. In the original parts, as issued. [No. 130] 
 
Conditions of Sale 
 
 1. Any bid which is merely a nominal or fractional advance may be rejected by 
 the auctioneer, if, in his judgment, such bid would be likely to afEect the sale in- 
 juriously. 
 
 2. The highest bidder shall be the buyer, and if any dispute arise between 
 two or more bidders, the auctioneer shall either decide the same or put up for 
 re-sale the lot so in dispute. 
 
 3. Payment shall be made of all or such part of the purchase money as 
 may be required, and the names and addresses of the purchasers shall be given 
 immediately on the sale of every lot, in default of which the lot so purchased 
 shall be immediately put up again and re-sold. 
 
 Payment of that part of the purchase money not made at the time of sale, 
 shall be made within ten days thereafter, in default of which the undersigned may 
 either continue to hold the lots at the risk of the purchaser and take such action 
 as may be necessary for the enforcement of the sale, or may at public or private 
 sale, and without other than this notice, re-sell the lots for the benefit of such pur- 
 chaser, and the deficiency (if any) arising from such re-sale, shall be a charge 
 against such purchaser. 
 
 4. Delivery of any purchase will be made only upon payment of the total 
 amount due for all purchases at the sale. 
 
 Deliveries will be made on sales days between the hours of 9 A. M. and 1 P. M., 
 and on other days — except holidays — between the hours of 9 A. M. and 5 P. M. 
 
 Delivery of any purchase will be made only at the American Art Galleries, or 
 other place of sale, as the case may be, and only on presenting the bill of purchase. 
 
 Delivery may be made, at the discretion of the Association, of any purchase 
 during the session of the sale at which it was sold. 
 
 5. Shipping, boxing or wrapping of purchases is a business in which the 
 Association is in no wise engaged, and will not be performed by the Association 
 for purchasers. The Association will, however, afford to purchasers every facility 
 for employing at current and reasonable rates carriers and packers ; doing so, how- 
 ever, without any assumption of responsibility on its part for the acts and charges 
 of the parties engaged for such service. 
 
 6. Storage of any purchase shall be at the sole risk of the purchaser. Title 
 passes upon the fall of the auctioneer's hammer, and thereafter, while the Asso- 
 ciation will exercise due caution in caring for and delivering such purchase, it 
 will not hold itself responsible if such purchase be lost, stolen, damaged or 
 destroyed. 
 
 Storage charges will be made upon all purchases not removed within ten days 
 from the date of the sale thereof. 
 
 7. Guarantee is not made either by the owner or the Association of the cor- 
 rectness of the description, genuineness or authenticity of any lot, and no sale will 
 be set aside on account of any incorrectness, error of cataloguing, or any imper- 
 fection not noted. Every lot is on public exhibition one or more days prior to its 
 sale, after which it is sold "as Is" and without recourse. 
 
 The Association exercises great care to catalogue every lot correctly, and will 
 give consideration to the opinion of any trustworthy expert to the effect that any 
 lot has been incorrectly catalogued, and, in its judgment, may either sell the 
 lot as catalogued or make mention of the opinion of such expert, who thereby 
 would become responsible for such damage as might result were his opinion with- 
 out proper foundation. SPECIAL NOTICE. 
 
 Buying or bidding by the Association for responsible parties on orders trans- 
 mitted to it by mail, telegraph or telephone, will be faithfully attended to without 
 charge or commission. Any purchase so made will be subject to the above Condi- 
 tions of Sale, which cannot in any manner be modified. The Association, however 
 in the event of making a purchase of a lot consisting of one or more books for a 
 purchaser who has not, through himself or his agent, been present at the exhibition 
 or sale, will permit such lot to be returned within ten days from the date of sale 
 and the purchase money will be returned, if the lot in any material manner differs 
 from its catalogue description. 
 
 Orders for execution by the Association should be written and given with 
 such plainness as to leave no room for misunderstanding. Not only should the lot 
 number be given, but also the title, and bids should be stated to be so much 
 for the lot, and when the lot consists of one or more volumes of books or objects 
 of art, the bid per volume or piece should also be stated. If the one transmitting 
 the order is unknown to the Association, a deposit should be sent or reference 
 submitted. Shipping directions should also be given. 
 
 * ?l''^!'^u'^°?i.^^ ."* ^^^ catalogue of any sale, or any session thereof, will be 
 furnished by the Association at a reasonable charge. 
 
 AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION, 
 
 American Art Galleries, 
 Madison Square South, 
 
 New York Oity. 
 
IMMEDIATELY PRECEDIXG THE 8ALE OF THE BOOKS AND 
 BROADSIDES HEREIN GATALOGITED,' THE NOTABLE COLLEC- 
 TION OP THE LATE FREDERICK B. MoGUIRE, OF WASHINGTON, 
 D. C, CONSISTING OP HISTORICAL AUTOGRAPHS, MAINLY THE 
 CORRESPONDENCE OP PRESIDENT MADISON, AVILL BE DIS- 
 POSED OF AT UNRESTRICTED PUBLIC SALE: COMMENCING AT 
 8:00 O'CLOCK. 
 
 At The American Art Galleries 
 
 madison square south, new york 
 
 UNRESTRICTED PUBLIC SALE BY ORDER OF THE VARIOUS 
 CONSIGNORS 
 
 ON MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 26th 
 
 AT, OR ABOUT 9:15 O'CLOCK 
 
 1. AoDfiEss and Recommendation to the States, by The United States in 
 
 Congress assembled, pp.62. 8vo, half mottled calf, gilt top, uxcut. 
 
 Philadelphia: Printed, 1783. Boston: Re-printed, 1783 
 
 Fine copy of a rare edition. Contains extract from Benjamin Franlc- 
 
 lin's letter, Passy, December 23, 1782 ; Washington's Newburgh Address, 
 
 March 18, 1783, and other items of importance. 
 
 2. American Commerce During the Revolution. To their Excellencies, 
 
 the Earl of Carlisle, Sir Henry Clinton, and William Eden, Es- 
 quire, his Majesty's Commissioners. The Petition of the Mer- 
 chants AND Traders of the City oj? New York. pp. 3 (without 
 signatures or pagination). 8vo, half levant morocco. 
 
 [New York, probably printed by James Rivington, end of 1778 
 or early in 1779] 
 
 Apparently unknown to all bibliogkapheks, and of great rarity. 
 The Petition is signed by William Watson, as President, and contains the 
 answer to the Commissioners. Watson, who was one of the principal 
 merchants in New York City at this time, remained in the city during the 
 occupation of the British troops. 
 
 The Proclamation is lengthy, occupying almost two of the three pages, 
 and is signed by all three Commissioners. — ". . . We, therefore, in order 
 to encourage the importation of stores and provisions for the use of 
 thix fit II and of Rhode-fsland . . . see convenient to suspend, and do 
 hereby suspend so much of the aforesaid act of parliament . . for 
 prohibiting all trade and intercourse with certain colonies . . . to the 
 ports of Neiv-Yorl; and Newport in Rhode-Island," etc. 
 
 3. American Revolution. Boston Pout Covenant, 1774. Broadside. 
 
 We the Subscribers . . . having taken into our serious consideration 
 the Precarious state of the liberties of North-America, and more 
 especially the present distressed condition of this insulted province, 
 embarrassed as it is by the several acts of the British parliament 
 . . . among which is the act for blocking up the harbour of Bos- 
 ton . . . Do, in the presence of God, solemnly and in good faith. 
 
Sale Monday Evening, February 26th 
 
 [No. 3 — Continued^ 
 
 covenent and engage with each other, 1st, That from henceforth 
 we will suspend all commercial intercourse with the said island 
 of Great Britain, until the said act . . . shall be repealed . . . 
 2ly, . . . we do in like manner solemnly covenant, that we will 
 not buy, purchase, or consume, or suffer any person ... to purchase 
 or consume, in any manner whatever, any goods, wares, or merchan- 
 dise, which shall arrive in America from Great Britain . . . | 
 1 leaf. Small folio. [Boston, 1774] 
 
 The bake original issue op this non-importation agreement. 
 
 Important Historical item. This agreement, entered into by all patri- 
 otic citizens of the day, was a direct answer to the British Act of Parlia- 
 ment, blocking up the Harbor of Boston, which act was the direct result 
 of the earlier Stamp acts, which led to the Boston Tea Party, and finally 
 culminated in open hostilitle.s. It is one of the most important Pre- 
 Revolutionary agreements, in answer to the severest of the measures 
 adopted by Great Britain against the Port of Boston. 
 
 4. Ameeican Eevolution. Pbovincial Conghess. Broadside, 1775. In 
 
 Provincial Congress, Cotrgress, April 15, 1775. Whereas it has 
 pleased the righteous Sovereign of the Universe ... to suffer the 
 Plots of wicked men on both Sides of the Atlantiek, who for many 
 Years have incessantly laboured to sap the Foundation of our 
 public Liberties, so far to succeed; that we see the New-England 
 Colonies reduced to the ungrateful Alternative of a tame Submis- 
 sion to a State of absolute Vassalage to the Will of a despotic 
 Minister — or of preparing themselves speedily to defend, at the 
 Hazard of Life, the unalienable Eights of themselves and Posterity 
 against the avowed Hostilities of the Parent State, who openly 
 threaten to wrest them from their Hands by Fire and Sword . . . 
 Eesolved . . . That Thursday the Eleventh Day of May next be 
 set apart as a) Day of Public Humiliation . . . By Order of the 
 Provincial Congress, John Hancock, President. Small folio. 
 
 [Boston: Edes and Gill, 1775] 
 
 An extremely interesting Broadside. This is the last official publica- 
 tion by the Continental Congress, issued from the press in Boston. Three 
 days after, the Battle of Lexington took place, and the Congress was 
 obliged to flee to Watertown, from which place its future Proclamations 
 were issued. No copy listed in Book-Prices Current as sold in Amer- 
 ica. Evans locates but two copies. 
 
 The people are exhorted to pray for a Union of the American Colonies, 
 a restoration of the invaded liberties and the opening of the eyes of the 
 people of Great Britain and the present ruler, George the Third. 
 
 [See EejDroduction] 
 
 5. Amebican Eevolution. Battle of Concokd. Broadside, 1775. A 
 
 Bloody Butchery by the British Troops; or, the Eunaway Fight of 
 the Eegulars. Being the Particulars of the Victorious Battle fought 
 at and near Concord, situated Twenty Miles from Boston, in the 
 Province of the Massachusetts Bay, in New-England, between Two 
 Thousand Eegular Troops, belonging to his Britannic Majesty, and 
 a few Hundred Provincial Troops, belonging to the Province of 
 
^ In Provincial Congrefs^ 
 
 Concord, ^pril \<^^ ^IIS' 
 
 TTyITERE.4S it has pJcafid the ri^tcous Sovcrd^u of the Unherfi, w ji/Jl 
 
 yjr Itidi^Njtiofi agamji //« hhn ofa'Peo^li hii^bUpd iv'ith ineJiimabU T^rtW- 
 
 /egcs, chii and religious ^ fo f^ff^f^ the Thts o/ivkked Men on.it^bSuieiof' 
 
 the Atlanicikf •whofor ^nany Tea's kavtincejfantty laboured to fap the Foundation 
 
 '/f}f our pnbTK Liberties, fo fir fofi^cetd'^ that "^ve fic-ilje New-England G?jW« 
 reduced to the uu^ratejtd AUenmtive of a tame Sitlnuffion to a State of abfofkU 
 Vaffahge to the fi^iU of a defpotk Minifier~-or of preparing themfdva jpecddy to 
 defendy at the Hazard ofLAfe^ the tmalieaebk Rights of thtmfilvss and "Pofterity, . 
 etmnji the-avotpcd Hofiiliiiet of J^Beir^'J^ayatt- State; -a'H epmfy thrmiins f^xif^ejl- ' 
 
 . wem from their Maitds by Fire and Stmed. 
 
 In Circumfiilnces dark as tbcfejt bcc&nes us, as Men aadChrifiians, to refieci 
 that, whilft every prudent Aicajure /hoid he taken to ivard off' the impending J^'^^- 
 ■mentSt or prepare to a8 a proper Tart under th^w ivhen they cotne ; at the fame 
 Time, t^Qn^^encenfiiJi be ■wdh-heldfromjhe Means ivevfe ; and repofed .Qnh on 
 thatGOD who rules m tGe Armies of Heaven^ and without ivhoje Ble£ing the hefi 
 '■ 'hmaan Coimfcls ere but F«folifi'sai/s--^nd dU created To-wer Vamty ; 
 
 It is the Happinefs of his Church that, ixhen the Towers of Earth and Ifellcom- 
 line apainfi it, and tbofe tvIjo- Jbotdfi be Ntttfittg Fathr^ become its Pcrfecutors — 
 .then he Throne of Grace is offhe eaftefi 4c<e^s — and its Appeal, thither isgracioupy 
 irn'itedby the Father of Meniet, viho Isf^ajfured it, 'ihat wlienhi? Children ask, 
 Bread he will not give them a Stone ; tyt.-w.., - :..V,.... 
 
 Therefore, in Compliance with t!ic lau'aiblc Pra^licc of tfie. People of GOD m all 
 Ages,. with humble, UcBsrd to the Steps of Di«ine Provjo/ncc I'owanis ihii opprclTcd, 
 , * iihKaicnett and endailgercd People, ,and cfpfcially .rriOHtdfence ,(6 the Commind jof 
 IcK^^in, zliit hmis ai to call CK him in rhr Ds; e/" Trt>iit/k,^^ ■ 
 
 DESOLVED, Tint it btr.aod iicrcby is recommcnJtil lo itiegood People of ihtsCotdfljf »' ■ 
 -**• of ttU Dpnomingtions, That.THURSD.lY ilie lilfcvfeijthDiy of Afaj.netrbis .fet apMB ■':; 
 as s Day of PuWic Hiitniliation, Failing am" t'rayer ; that a toial AHfttnericft ' from fcrwfit'-' 
 IjLborfttul, Recreation be obfen-ed, and atl : !uir fLligioli; Affembtics fjlcnitil/ convened, i&'. 
 hbmble ihcmfctvee before GOD iind<:r the }'eavy liidgments fcU anst feared, toconfefs. the-' 
 Sins tbat have dcfcrveil them, to implore the po/givcnefs of all our Trflnfgrefliotis, and s 
 Spirit of Repentance and Reformation — and a Ulcmng tm the Hufbmdry, MariufaJbires, and- 
 other lawful EmploymcnK of this Peopit; ; And elpctiaUy khxt the Union of the Americart ,^ 
 CoIo\li« in Dcfcnccof their Rights (for which hith<;>ro we defirc io''ihankAlhiighiy GOD)" 
 may be prefervcil.andcoofirmcd,— that the P^ovlocial aoj efpccially the Cpwioental .COw- :-; 
 CRIMES, may be dircflrd to ftich Meafares as GOD wi'i countenance.— Th« the People i 
 of Ortat-britain, and their Hutcrs, may h»ve, their E>«s tpeti'd to difccrq,-. the- Thing* that . 
 fliall [ttftkc for the Peace df the Nation and all its Connexions- — -And ifesi ArtKRiCA tnayv,- 
 foon behold a gracious Inierpofition of Heaviin,for the Itedrpfi of her many Gtievanccs, IM 
 RcfloiatioD pf all her iovaded Liberties, -add their Security lo ibe latcO Ocoerations. 
 
 By Order of the Trovtncial Cotmef. 
 
 JOHN HANCOCK, Prefident, 
 
 PROVINCIAL CONGRESS OF MASSACHUSETTS 
 
 Rare Revolutionary Broadside. 
 
 [See No. 4] 
 
Sale Monday Evening, February 26th 
 
 [Xo. 5 — Continued] 
 
 Massachusetts-i\Iay, which lasted from Sunrise to Sunset the Nine- 
 teenth of April, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy-five, 
 when it was decided greatly in favor of the latter . . . now pub- 
 lished in this cheap form at the request of the friends of the 
 deceased . . . it is tlje desire that every Householder in America 
 . . . may be possessed of the same . . . as a perpetual memorial 
 of that important event, on which, perhaps, may depend the future 
 Freedom and Greatness of the Common-wealth of America. Printed 
 within mourning borders. At the top are forty cofRns, with the 
 names of the fallen. Large folio, ilatted, badly torn, both in folds 
 and at edges, several letters missing, some of which have been 
 supplied in manuscript. Sold with all faults, not retiirnable. 
 
 Salem: Printed and Sold by E. Russell [1775] 
 
 Excessively rare. An item op great historical importa>!ce, being 
 
 the first authentic accoxtxt of the battle priniteij in broadside form, 
 
 and the first in which the name "common-wealth of america" 
 
 APPEARS. 
 
 G. Amekicax EEvOLUTioy. Broadside, 1775. Colony of Massachusetts- 
 Bay. Henry Gardner, Esquire; Treasurer and Eeceiver-Geueral 
 for the said Colony ... By Virtue of an Act of the Great and 
 General Court or Assembly of the Colony of the Massachusetts- 
 Bay . . . Begun ... at AA'atertown . . . the Xineteenth Day 
 of July, 1775, and . . . continued by Adjournment to . . . the 
 Twentieth Day of September following, entitled, An Act for ap- 
 portioning and assessing a Tax of Forty six Thousand Pounds, 
 upon the several Towns . . . [then follows details as to collection.] 
 Signed in the autograph of Henry Gardner. Folio, small tears 
 in old folds. [Watertown: Printed by B. Edes, 1775] 
 
 A BARE Revolutionary tax warrant. Unknown to Evans. No copy 
 
 EECOEDED IN BoOK-PrICES CURENT AS SOLD IN AMERICA. 
 
 7. Amehicax Revolution. Beoadisde. A Xew Song. To the Tune of 
 the British Grenadier. Small folio, inlaid. 
 
 X.p., n.d., probably circa 1777-1778 
 
 Original issue of a popular Revolutionary song. Very scarce. 
 
 A Poetical production of 12 stanzas, each of four lines, In praise of 
 Washington and the valor of the Colonists, reading in part, — 
 "Your diirk unfathom' d Councils — our locukest Heads defeat, 
 Our Children rout your Ariiiics — our Boats destroii your Fleet; 
 And to compleat the dire Disgrace, coop'd tip within a Totcn, 
 You live the Scorn of all our Hosts, the Slaves of Washington." 
 
 "Fir'd ivith the great Idea — Our Fathers Shades irou'd rise, 
 To viciv the stern contention — the Gods desert their Skies; 
 And Wolfe, midst Hosts of Heroes, superior lending low; 
 Cry out with eager Transport, well done brave Washington." 
 
 "Proud France should view ivith Terror, and haughty Spain should fear, 
 While every Warlike Nation, icould court Alliance here; 
 And George (his Minions trembling round) dismounted from his Throne, 
 Pay Homage to America, and glorious Washi)igton." 
 
Sale Monday Evening, February 26th 
 
 8. AiiEHicAN Eevolutiox. Maine Militia. -Broadside, 1778. A Eeturn 
 
 of the Company of the Kigiment of Militia in the County of . . . 
 Small folio. N.p., circa 1778 
 
 Printed Muster Roll, with blank spaces filled in : being the return of 
 the Second Company of the Third Regiment of the Militia in the County 
 of York, Maine, at this time under the jurisdiction of Massachusetts. 
 Nathan Ericson, captain. The writing is very faint, and almost illegible. 
 
 9. Ameeicax Eevolutiox. The following Paper is reprinted in New- York 
 
 by Authority, with the Eemarks subjoined to it. By the Congress 
 of the United States of America. Manifesto, pp. 4 (2 leaves). 
 8vo, half levant morocco, gilt top. 
 
 [New York, probably printed by James Eivington, during 1778] 
 Evans locates but one copy of this extkemely rare book. It com- 
 mences, — "These United States, having been driven to hostilities by the 
 oppresive and tyrannous measures of Great-Britain; having been com- 
 pelled to commit the essential rights of man to the decision of arms; 
 and having been at length forced to shake off a yoke which has grown 
 too burthensome to bear, they declare themselves free and independent," 
 etc. The foregoing is signed by Charles Thompson, and was printed as 
 a separate broadside, by Duulap, in Philadelphia. Following this portion 
 is a denunciation of Congress and the friends of liberty, in favor of 
 Great Britain, by an anonymous writer. — ". . . It is not true that the 
 measures of Oreat-Britain towards her Colonies have been tyrannical, 
 or if they will be tyrannous . . . It is not true that the tvar in America 
 has been conducted loith cruelty, on the part of his Majesty's troops 
 . . . it was always proposed to reclaim, not to subjugate North- 
 America," etc. 
 
 10. Am'Eeican Eevolutiox. Keteltas (Abraham). Eeflections on Extor- 
 
 tion, shewing the Nature, Malignity, and Fatal Tendency- of that 
 Sin to Individuals and Communities. Displayed and enforced in 
 a Sermon preached at Newbury-Port, February 15th, 1778. pp. 38. 
 12mo, half polished morocco, gilt top. 
 
 Newbury-Port: Printed and sold by J. Mycall, 1778 
 This earnest discourse which was delivered in full sympathy with the 
 revolutionary spirit of the Colonies, reads in part as follows, — ". . . 
 //, instead of trying to gain by Extortion, General Washington had been 
 properly supported, it is probable the enemy troiild not have been now 
 in Philadelphia," etc. 
 
 11. American Eevolution. Mathews' Address to the Earl of Carlisle, 
 
 [Caption title.] At a late Meeting of the Merchants of this city, 
 it was represented that the Inhabitants were particularly desirous 
 of expressing the high sense they entertained of the merit of his 
 jMajesty's Commissions and to explain their sentiments on the very 
 important situation of affairs (etc.). pp. 3, with signatures or 
 numbers. 8vo, half polished morocco. 
 
 New York. Printed by James Eivington, 1778 or 1779 
 
 Apparently undescribed bit ail bibliographers and extremely babe. 
 
 When the citizens assembled at Hick's Tavern, a committee of 23 was 
 
 appointed, by whom the above address was framed and forwarded to the 
 
Sale Monday Evening, February 26th 
 
 \Ko. 11 — Confiinied] 
 
 Earl of Carlisle, Henry Clinton and William Eden. It Is signed by David 
 Matliews, who was one of tlie committee, a Tory and a zealous supporter 
 of the British (iovernmeut. Reads in part,—"' . . His Majesty may knew 
 that he has many faithful and loyal snlijects . . . irho troiiU chearfully 
 lay cloirn life, and every human enjoyment, to restore to their country 
 that free and happy form of yorertiment, under irhich they have lived." 
 
 12. Amekicax Eevolvtiox. Eowland (David S.). Historical Eemarks, 
 witli Moral Eeflections. A Sermon, Preached at Providence, June 
 6, 1779. Wlierein are represented The remarkable Dispensations 
 of Divine Providence to the People of these States, particularly in 
 the Else and Progress of the present War, between the Confederate 
 States of America and Great-Britain. Published at the Desire of 
 many that heard it. pp. 35. 12mo, half polished morocco, gilt top, 
 several erasures in an old hand, probably that of the author himself. 
 Providence: Printed and Sold by John Carter [1779] 
 The copy in the John Carter Brown Library at Providence, is the only 
 o.\E LOCATED BY EvAxs. Not mentioned in Bartlett's Blbliographj' of 
 Rhode Island. A remarkable historical discourse, very different in its 
 contents to the usual "Sermon" of the period, with mention of the Battle 
 of Bunker Hill, General Washington, etc. — "under whose consummate 
 ivisdom our military affairs have been conducted; whose name is dear and 
 highly venerated, and whose memory ivill. I trust, be ever precious in the 
 esteem of every friend of Anwrica." Generals Lee, Cornwallis, Parker, 
 Clinton, Howe, and others of Note. 
 
 13. Amekicajst Eevolutiox. Considerations from the French and Amer- 
 ican War. In a Letter to a Member of Parliament, pp. (3), 44, 
 (3). 8vo, half polished morocco, gilt top, uncut. 
 
 London: J. Almon, 1779 
 Very eake. Violently partisan. — ". . . If two thirds of the people 
 of North America wi.ih to return to their connection with Great Britain, 
 in Ood's name what hinders them? . . . By the last muster of the Massa- 
 chusetts militia, they amounted to 89,000, and those of their neighbours, 
 in New Hampshire, to 18,000; when the tar-barrel is set on fire upon 
 Beacon-Hill, at Boston, all these felloirs begin their march, with sixty 
 rounds of powder and ball, a musquet upon their shoulders, a week's 
 provisions, a blanket, and a Bible, at their backs . . .; all covenanted 
 to one another, and all sirorn to obey their own Assembly and their 
 Congress," etc. 
 
 14. Amekican Eevolutiox. Broadside^ 1780. The Sentiments of ah 
 American Woman. [On the reverse] Ideas, relative to the manner 
 of forwarding to the American Soldiers, the Presents of the Amer- 
 ican Women. 3pp. Small folio, inlaid. 
 
 [Colophon. — Philadelphia:] Printed by John Dunlap [1780] 
 
 Exceedingly' scarce. Apparently' one of only two or three copies 
 
 EXTANT. Under the first of the above captions, "An American Woman" 
 
 proceeds at length to declare the desire of her sisters to be of practical 
 
Sale Monday Evening, February 26th 
 
 [No. 14 — Continued] 
 
 use to the soldiers In tbe field,— "Ofi the coiiiiHcncement of nctual war, 
 the Women of America maiiisfested a firm resolution to contribute as 
 much as could depend on them, to the delircrance of their country. Ani- 
 mated hi/ the purest patriotism . . .And shall n-e hesitate to wear a 
 cloathiuff more simple; heir dressed less elrgunt. while at the price of 
 this small priration, we shall deserve your itcncdictions. Who amongst 
 us. icill not renounce with the highest pleasure, those vain, ornaments, 
 when she shall consider that the raliant defenders of America ivill 6e 
 aWe to draw some advantage from the money which she may have laid 
 out on these; that they will l)e liettrr defended from the rigours of the 
 seasons . . . This is the offering of the Ladies. The time has arrived to 
 display the same sentiments which animated us at the beginning of the 
 Revolution." 
 
 We liave given date of ijrinting as that questioned by Hildeburn in his 
 "Press of Pennsylvania," but think the same to be of earlier issue, possibly 
 soon after the hard winter at Valley Forge, 1777-1778. 
 
 15. Amehicajv" Eevolution. Commonwealth M Massachusetts. In the 
 House of Eepresentatives, December 2, 1780. Whereas the Con- 
 gress of the United States have required of this Commonwealth 
 to supply the deficiency of our proportion of the Continental Army; 
 . . . Approved, John Hancock. True Copy, Attest. John Avery, 
 Sec'ty. 8pp. (last one blank). Small folio, sewn, uncut. 
 
 [Boston: Printed by Benjamin Edes and Sons, 1780] 
 Excessively rare. This is a complete copy, containing the Resolutions 
 providing for the immediate enlistment of -1240 men to serve three years, 
 or during the continuance of the war, and for their muster and main- 
 tenance, with a Schedule (2pp.) giving number of men required from 
 each township, and the additional Resolutions of the Houses of Repre- 
 sentative (Ip. ) relating to the same. No copy recorded in Book-Prices 
 Current as sold in America. Evans cites but one known copy, that in 
 the Library of Congress, and which apparently is Imperfect, having only 
 four pages, comprising the aliove Resolutions, which does not account 
 for the additional Schedule and Resolves (3pp.) Probably^ a unique 
 
 COPY, FN FINE STATE OF PRESERVATION. 
 
 16. Ameeicax Eevolutiox. Bkoadside, 1781. [Arms of ilie state.] Com- 
 monwealth of Massachusetts. The Honorable Henry Gardner, Esq; 
 Treasurer and Eeceiver-General of the said Commonwealth . . . 
 To the Selectmen ... In obedience to an Act of the Great and 
 General Court . . . begun ... at Boston . . . the Thirtieth Day 
 of May, A.D. 1781, and continued by Adjournments to the Twelfth 
 Day of September following, intitled, "An Act for apportioning 
 and assessing a Tax of Three Hundred and three Thousand Six 
 Hundred and Thirty-four Pounds and Six Pence"' . . . [Then 
 follows details as to collecting same.] Signed in the autograph of 
 Henry Gardner. Folio, slight tear in old fold. 
 
 [Boston: Benjamin Edes and Sons, 1781] 
 Rare Revolutionary' Tax Warrant. Unknown to Evans. No copy 
 listed in Book-Prices Current as sold in America. 
 
Sale Monday Evening^ February 26th 
 
 17. American Eevolutiox. Ehode Island Beoadside, 1783. By The 
 
 United States of America, in Congress assembled. A Proclamation, 
 Declaring the Cessation of Arms, as well by Sea as by Land, agreed 
 upon between the United States of America and His Britannic 
 Majesty; and enjoining the Observation thereof [Then follows the 
 text of the Proclamation.] Done in Congress, at Philadelphia, this 
 Eleventh Day of April, in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand 
 Seven Hundred and Eighty-three, and of Our Sovereignty and 
 Independence the Seventh. Blias Boudinot, President. Attest, 
 Charles Thomson, Secty. [Then follows] State of Ehode-Island 
 and Providence Plantations, Providence, April 23, 1783. The pre- 
 ceding is a true Copy of the Original, Lodged upon File in my 
 Office, which is published and transmitted to several Town-Clerks 
 by Order of his Excellency the Governor, that the same may be 
 made known to the Inhabitants. Witness. Folio, slight tear in old 
 fold. 
 
 [Colophon.] Providence: Printed by John Carter [1783] 
 The kabe Rhode Island issue of the official proclamation segaedinq 
 
 THE CESSATION OF AEMS. No COPY KECOEED IN BOOK-PbICES CuEEENT AS 
 SOLD IN AmEEICA. OnLT ONE COPY LOCATED BY EvANS, THAT IN THE RHODE 
 
 Island Histobical Society. According to Evans there were but six dif- 
 ferent issues of this Proclamation, issued during this year (1783), those 
 issued at Philadelphia, Annapolis, Exeter, Richmond, Wilmington, and 
 the one cited above, and of these he locates but one copy, as stated 
 above. 
 
 We can find no eecoed of any of the issues cited by Evans, as hav- 
 ing been sold at public sale in Ameeica. The present copy has ap- 
 parently never been used for the purpose for which it was intended, as 
 the place for the governor's signature Is left blank. It is apparently 
 the only copy extant, outside the one in the libeaey' of the Rhode 
 Island Histobical Society. 
 
 [See Frontispiece for Eeproduction.] 
 
 18. Ameeican Eevolution. Eodgers (John). The Divine Goodness dis- 
 
 played, in the American Eevolution: A Sermon, preached in ISTew 
 
 York, December 11th, 1783, appointed by Congress as a Day of 
 
 Public Thanksgiving, pp. 42. Small 8vo, half crimson morocco. 
 
 New York: Printed by Samuel Loudon, 1784 
 
 Veey bare. Mentionel by Evans, but no copy located by him. It was 
 reprinted in 1860 in "Patriot Preachers of the American Revolution." 
 
 Dr. Rodgers was chaplain to General William Heath's brigade of the 
 New York Provincial Congress, and afterwards to the Council of Safety. 
 
 19. Ameeican Eevolutiox. Porter (Eliphalet). A Sermon, delivered to 
 
 the First Eeligious Society in Eoxbury, December 11, 1783; being 
 the first day of Public Thanksgiving, in America, after the Eestora- 
 tion of Peace, and the Ultimate acknowledgement of her Indepen- 
 dence, pp. 24. 8vo, newly bound in half mottled calf. 
 
 Boston, 1784 
 Very babe. Mentioned by Evans, but no copy located by him. The 
 author is perhaps best known by his eulogy on Washington. 
 
Sale Monday Evening, February 26th 
 
 20. American Revolution. DufEeld (George — one of the Chaplains of 
 
 Congress). A Sermon preached in the Third Presbyterian Church 
 in the City of Philadelphia, On Thursday, December 11, 1783 . . . 
 a Day of Thanksgiving, for the Eestoration of Peace and establish- 
 ment of our Independence (etc.). pp. 26. 8vo, half mottled pol- 
 ished calf. Philadelphia Printed: Boston: Reprinted, 1784= 
 An historical sermon of importance, reprinted In "Patriot Preachers of 
 the American Revolution." Duffleld during the Revolution served as 
 chaplain, and fearlessly shared the dangers and privations to which the 
 army were constantly exposed. 
 
 21. American Revolution. Humphreys (Col. David). An Essay on the 
 
 Life of the Honorable Major-General Israel Putnam: Addressed to 
 the State Society of the Cincinnati in Connecticut. 12mo, half 
 polished morocco, gilt top. Other edges entirely uncut. 
 
 Hartford: Printed by Hudson and Goodwin, 1788 
 The extremely raee First Edition. Vbky fine copy. 
 
 22. American Revolution. [Grant (Mrs.).] Memoirs of An American 
 
 Lady; with Sketches of Manners and Scenery in America. Second 
 Edition. 2 vols. 12mo, full calf, contemporary, gilt and blind 
 tooled, somewhat in the manner of Edwards of Halifax, bindings 
 slightly warped. London, 1809 
 
 Mrs. Grant passed many years of her youth in the family of General 
 Schuyler in Albany. Her work is a vivid picture of contemporary Amer- 
 ican life. 
 
 23. American Seamen. Act of Congress. Broadside, 1796. (Protected 
 
 with transparent gauze.) An extract of the Act entitled "An Act, 
 for the relief and protection of American Seamen," passed in the 
 fourth Congress of the United States, at the first Session, begun and 
 held at the City of Philadelphia, on Monday the seventh of Decem- 
 ber, One Thousand seven hundred and ninety-five . . . Approved, — 
 May the twenty-eighth, 1796. Go. Washington, President of the 
 United States. Small folio, few tears in centre fold, damaging 
 some letters. Baltimore: Printed by John Hayes [1795] 
 
 24. American Shipping Ordinance. Broadside, 1782. An Ordinance, 
 
 For amending the Ordinance, ascertaining what Captures on Water 
 shall be lawful. Whereas there hath been great variance in the 
 decisions of several maritime courts within the United States, con- 
 cerning the pretentions of vessels claiming a share of prizes, as being 
 in sight at the time of capture . . . Be it therefore ordained (etc.) 
 [Then follow the rules governing the above named vessels, and the 
 proceeds derived from the sale of a captured vessel.] Done by the 
 United States in Congress Assembled, the eighth day of January, 
 in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-two. 
 
Sale Monday Evening, February 26th 
 
 [No. 24 — Continued] 
 
 and the sixth year of our independence. John Hanson, President. 
 Attest. Charles Thomson, Secretary. Small folio. 
 
 [Philadelphia: Printed by David C. Claypoole, 1782] 
 
 EXCEEDIXOLY SCARCE. No COPY RECORDED IN BOOK-PRICES CURRENT AS 
 
 SOLD IN America. Unknown to Evans and Hildebtjrn. 
 
 A ruling to limit the sharing of prizes to vessels of the United States, 
 making a capture, and to prevent vessels which were only in sight at time 
 of capture, from claiming a share of the prize mcney. which in some 
 previous cases had been awarded them by the Courts. 
 
 25. American' Tobacco Plantations. A Bill for repealing several Sub- 
 
 sidies and an Impost Xow Payable on Tobacco of the British Plan- 
 tations, And for granting an Inland Duty in lieu thereof, pp. (1)- 
 39. 8vo, half roan. Xo place : probably London, circa 1730 
 
 26. AxDEE (Majoe John). Seward (Miss). Monody on ]\Iajor Andre. 
 
 Pourth American Edition, pp. 22. 12mo, old, probably con- 
 temporary, blue wrappers, uncut. In cloth case and protecting 
 wrapper. Small tear in title. 
 
 Boston: Printed by W. Spotswood and C. P. Wayne, 1798 
 Very unusual state. 
 
 27. AxDRE (Majok John). The Pate of Major Andre. A Letter from 
 
 Alexander Hamilton to John Laurens. Portrait of Andre in uni- 
 form, wearing cocked hat, ly J. A. O'Neill. 8vo, new half blue 
 levant morocco, gilt top. ISTew York, 1916 
 
 Heartman's Historical Series. Printed on Japan vellum paper, No. 4 
 of 10 copies so printed. 
 
 28. Article OF Confederation. Jackson (William). The Constitutions of 
 
 the several Independent States of America ; The Declaration of 
 Independence; and the Articles of Confederation between the said 
 States . . . Appendix, containing the Treaties between his most 
 Christian Majesty and the United States of America, etc. ^Vitll 
 Irilliant example of the portrait of George Washington, engraved 
 by ]V. Sharp, headed, "Don't Tread on Me." 8vo, newly bound in 
 half blue levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top. London, 1783 
 
 29. Bancroft (Edward). Eemarks on the Eeview of the Controversy be- 
 
 tween Great Britain and her Colonies, in which the Errors of its 
 Author are exposed, and the Claims of the Colonies vindicated, 
 upon the Evidence of Historical Facts and authentic Records, to 
 which is subjoined, A Proposal for terminating the present unhappy 
 Dispute with the Colonies ; Eecovering their Commerce ; Eeconciliat- 
 ing their Affection; Securing their Eights; and establishing their 
 Dependence on a just and permanexit Basis. Humbly submitted to 
 the Consideration of the British Legislature, pp. 130, 8vo, half 
 
Sale Monday Evening, February 26th 
 
 [Xo. 29 — Continued] 
 
 morocco, gilt top, other edges uncut, oeigixal paper covers 
 
 BOUXD IN. 
 
 Xew London in Xew England, Eeprinted and sold by T. Greene, 
 1771 
 A fine copy of a very rare edition. It is a reply to "The Controversy 
 betirecii Great Britain and her Colonies Re^Hewed." 
 
 30. Barlow (Joel). Joel Barlow to his Fellow Citizens of the United 
 
 States. Letter 11. On Certain Political Measures proposed to their 
 consideration, pp. 70+leaf of Advertisement, Jan. 1, 1801. 8vo, 
 half polished calf, gilt top. .Philadelphia, 1801 
 
 Laid in is a one-page folio, A.L.S., from Joel Barlow, Hartford, May 
 3, 1784. to Elisha Babcock, printer, Springfield, on printing matters, and 
 with mention of "Dwight," probably Timothy Dwlght. [Letter slightly 
 damaged.] 
 
 31. Barnard (John — Pastor of a Church in Andover, Massachusetts). 
 
 Christian Churches form'd and furnish'd by Christ. A Sermon 
 . . . Ordination of Mr. Timothy Walker to the Pastoral Office, at 
 the Xew Plantation called Pennicook (sic), Nov. 18th, 1730. pp. 
 (2), 42. 12mo, half polished morocco, gilt top. 
 
 Boston in New-England: Printed by B. Green . . . near the 
 Town-Dock, 1731 
 
 Very rare sermon, preached at Concord, New Hampshire, five years 
 after its settlement by the whites. The first printed form of the ser- 
 mon DELIVERED AT THE ORDINATION OF THE FIRST MINISTER OF PeNNBOOCK, 
 
 now Concord, New Hampshire. 
 
 Concord was first settled by the whites in 1725, on the site of the Indian 
 Village of Pennecock. It was called by this name until 1733, when it 
 was Incorporated as the town of Rumford, and became the city of Con- 
 cord in 1853. 
 
 The Reverend Timothy Walker was a graduate of Harvard, 1725, and 
 settled on November 18, 1730, as the first minister of the Plantation of 
 Pennecock. He was soon called to lead his parishioners in a legal defence 
 of the title to their farms, and- was greatly interested in the boundary 
 disputes. The Reverend Mr. Barnard, who delivered the above sermon, 
 was a graduate of Harvard, being later appointed by Governor Dudley, 
 chaplain of one of the regiments sent to reduce the forts at Port Royal, 
 Nova Scotia, during the French and Indian War. 
 
 33. Birkbeck (Morris). Notes on a Journey in America, from the Coast 
 
 of Virginia to the Territory of Illinois : with Proposals for the 
 
 Establishment of a Colony of English. Large folding map. 8vo, 
 
 old boards, totally uncut. Dublin, 1818 
 
 Bound in at the end are the author's Letters from Illinois, pp. 60. 
 
 33. Boston, Massachusetts. Broadside, 1797. Notification. The Free- 
 holders and other Inhabitants of the town of Boston ... are hereby 
 notified to meet at Fanueil-Hall, on Thursday the 11th Day of May 
 Instant [for the purpose of electing a representative to the General 
 Court]. By order of the Selectmen, William Cooper, Town-Clerk, 
 Boston, May 3, 1797. Small 4to, untrimmed. [Boston, 1797] 
 
Sale Monday Evening, February £6th 
 
 34. Boston Massacee. Hancock (John). An Oration: Delivered March 5, 
 
 1774, at the Eequest of the Inhabitants of the Town of Boston, to 
 Commemorate the Bloody Tragedy of the Fifth of March, 1770. 
 pp. 23. 8vo, blue wrappers, not original, uncut, several small por- 
 tions of margins restored. In cloth case. 
 
 Philadelphia: Printed by J. Douglas's M'Dougall, 1775 
 
 35. Beay Club Publications. (1). A Memorial representing the present 
 
 Case of the Church in Mary-Land, with relation to its establish- 
 ment by Law. Printed about 1700; (2). A Letter from Dr. Bray 
 to such as have contributed towards the Propagating Christian 
 Knowledge in the Plantations. Printed by Willia, Bradford in New 
 York, 1700?; (3). Several Circular Letters to the Clergy of Mary- 
 Land. London, Printed . . . 1701; (4). The Acts of Dr. Bray's 
 Visitation. Held at Annapolis in Mary-Land, anno 1700; (5). A 
 Memorial representing the present State of lieligion on the Continent 
 of North America. (6). Proposals for the Encouragement of Re- 
 ligion in the Foreign Plantations; (7). A General View of the 
 English Colonies in America . . . London, 1698. Together, 7 
 vols. 8vo, boards, labels on sides. 
 
 [New York:] The Thomas Bray Club, recent 
 Only fifty copies of eacli were printed. 
 
 36. British Colonies. A Concise Historical Account of all the British 
 
 Colonies in N^orth-America, comprehending their Else, Progress, 
 and Modern State; Particularly of the Massachusets-Bay (The 
 Seat of the present Civil War,) together with the other Provinces 
 of New-England . . . Accurate descriptive table {large folding), 
 exhibiting, at one view, their respective boundaries, chief towns, 
 capes rivers etc. pp. (4), 196, and Table. 8vo, half polished mo- 
 rocco, gilt back, gilt top, title repaired, light stain on inner mar- 
 gins of some pages. London : Printed by J. Bew, 1775 
 
 An iMPOKTAisiT AND RARE WORK. A note in Sabin reads, — "In the cata- 
 logue of the Brunswick library this ivork is said to be by Paul Wein." 
 
 Includes, — Canada; New England; New Jersey; Pennsylvania; Vir- 
 ginia, etc. 
 
 37. CoLMAN (Benjamin — Pastor of a Church in Boston). Ossa Joseph! ; or. 
 
 The Bones of Joseph. Consider'd in a Sermon, Preached at the 
 Lecture in Boston, After the Funeral Of the very Honourable and 
 Excellent Joseph Dudley, Esq; Late Governor of His Majesty's 
 Provinces of Massachusetts-Bay, and New-Hampshire, in New Eng- 
 land, pp. (2), IV, 44, (3). 12mo, full morocco. 
 
 Boston: Printed by B. Green for Benj. EHot, at his Shop, 1720 
 
 Very rare. Formerly in the library of Samuel Checkley, first pastor 
 of the old New South Church, Boston, with his autograph, — "Sam'l 
 Checkley, 1720," on title. 
 
 Contains a brief mention of Dudley's participation in the Narraganset 
 
Sale Monday Evening, February 26th 
 
 [Xo. 37 — Continued] 
 
 Indian War of 1675, In an account of his life, appended at end of the 
 vol., taken from the Boston News-Letter of April 11, 1720. This flatter- 
 ing notice was from the pen of "the Scottish Adventurer," John Camp- 
 bell, postmaster of Boston. 
 
 38. Colonial Taxation. Stamp Act. Beoadside. No Stamped Paper to 
 be had [Advices from Boston, October 28 ; New York, November 4 ; 
 Philadelphia, November 7, 1765.] Printed in double column, with 
 date written in ink at top of page — "November 7th, 1765." Folio. 
 
 [New York: Hugh Gaine, 1765] 
 
 Excessively babe. Apparently the only copy known outside of the 
 New Yobk Historical Society. No copy beoobded in Book-Prices Ctje- 
 bent as sold in America. No copy located by Mb. Evans, though he 
 cites title. 
 
 This Broadside was issued by Hugh Gaine in place of the regular num- 
 ber of "The Mercury," a newspaper started by him 1752. The present 
 issue being, according to Mr. Ford, No. 732, issued November 5, 1765. It 
 was printed on American made paper, and issued in disregard of the 
 Stamp-Act, being followed by two other numbers, after which, the paper 
 again resumed its publication. 
 
 Mr. Ford, in his valuable work on the imprints by Hugh Gaine, gives 
 the following interesting information regarding its publication, — 
 
 "In No. 731 of The Mercury, for October 28, 1765, which was the last 
 issue printed before the Stamp Act went into effect, Gaine notified his 
 subscribers that, — 'The Printer of this Paper, returns his hearty Thanks 
 to the PUblick in general, ... It must now cease for some Time, and 
 the Period of its Resurrection uncertain ; the Reason of which is too 
 well known to every Individual in America,' — Scarcely had this fare- 
 well been penned when the New York mob compelled the surrender of 
 all the stamped paper, and the law was thus made impossible of en- 
 forcement. Accordingly Gaine printed a news-sheet for November 4th, 
 which was the date for the next Mercury, but as a precaution, he dis- 
 carded the title, and simply headed it in big letters — 'No Stamped Paper 
 to be had.' This device he repeated on November 11th and November 
 18th, and then, with No. 735, for November 25th, he resumed the usual 
 heading The Mercury." 
 
 The Stamp Act, which went into force in the spring of 1765, required 
 that for every skin or piece of vellum or parchment, or sheet or piece 
 of paper, on which should be engrossed, written, or printed any dec- 
 laration, or other pleading a stamp should be imposed. Opposition to this 
 measure appeared in all the colonies ; the press, then assuming much 
 power, spoke out fearlessly, "stamp distributors" were insulted, and 
 their stamps seized and secreted or burned, and in Boston, the printers 
 determined to continue their papers, and risk the penalties. 
 
 The present issue gives interesting information relative to troubles 
 over the Stamp Act, including a notice from Boston, that "We hear from 
 Halifax . . . that Sunday, the 13th inst. in the morning, was discovered 
 hanging on the gallows behind the Citadel Hill, the effigies of a stamp- 
 man ;" "We have certain information from Boston, that the printers there 
 intend to continue their papers, and to risk the penalties." The local 
 New York news given is very interesting, relating to the distruction of 
 the stamp-paper in Fort George, and to the mobs taking possession of 
 the laeutenaut-Governor's carriage, placing therein his effigy, and after 
 carrying the same through the principal streets, marched to the commons, 
 where a gallows was erected, on which was suspended the effigy, which 
 was afterwards burned. 
 
 [See Keproduction.] 
 
No Stamped Paper to be^had.^ 
 
 B S r O J^, Oileier a 8. 
 
 WE hear from Halifax, in (he province of Nova-Scoita, 
 chat on Sunday, the 13th inll, in the morning, w^ 
 difcovercd, hanging on che gallows behind chc CKa'deT 
 Hill, che effigies of a ftampman, accompanied wich 
 a boot and devil, together with labels fuiiable to the occafion 
 ^which we cannot inicrr, not being favoured with the fame) this 
 we arc informed gave great pleafurc and ratisfaftion to all che 
 fiirnds of liberty and their country there, as rhey hope from this 
 inltancc of their zeal, the neighbouring colonies will be charitable 
 enough to -believe that nothing but their dependent (icuation, pre- 
 vents them from heartily and rmcerely oppofing a tax unconftitu- 
 lional in its nature, and of fo deftujftive a tendency as mull infal- 
 libly entail poverty and beggary on us and our ppdenty, if carried 
 in execution. 
 
 Onihe iidinjiatil the Great and General Ceurt met here, accord- 
 ing to adjournment ; and vie beer that almojl every member of the 
 honourable boufe of reprtfentatives have received tnflru^ions from 
 their conjitiuenls ; and that they are ef the fame import with ihoje 
 already pulilijhed. 
 
 JVe hear that the merchanJj and friends to Amerka in England, 
 •were determined to ufe their utmofi endeavours the next /effton of 
 J^arkamenl, in order 10 gel the Jlamp aiJ repealed- 
 
 NEW-YORK, November 4. 
 The Ijtc extraordinary.and unprecedented preparations in Fort 
 George, and the fecuring of the (lamped paper in that garrifon, 
 having greatly alarmed and .difpleafed the inhabitants of this city, 
 a vaft number of them allembled lad Friday evening in the com- 
 mons, from whence they marched down the fly (preceded by a 
 number of lights) and liaving flopped a few minutes at the Coffec- 
 houfc, proceeded to the Fort walls, where they broke open the 
 
 (table of the L-- t G r, took out his coach, and after 
 
 carrying the fame through the principal (Irects of the city, in 
 iriijmpli marched to the commons, where a gallows was cre3ed ; 
 on one end of which was fulpended the clHgy of the pcribn whofe 
 property the coach was ; in his right hand he held a (lamped bill 
 .of lading, and on his breaft was afilxcd a paper with the following 
 jnfcription, 7be rtbel drummer in the year 1715; At his back was 
 -fixed . a drum, the badge of his profclliun ; at the other end of 
 che gallows hung the figure of che devil, a proper companion for 
 the other, as 'iis fuppolcd it was intircly at his infligation he aSc- 
 ed : After tJiey had hung there a confidcrablc time, they earned 
 the effigies, with the gallows incirc, being preceded by the coach, 
 in a grand proceHion to the gate of the fort, where it remained 
 for fomc time, from whence it was removed to the Bowling green, 
 unHer the muzzles of the Fort guns, where 2 bon-Sre was imme- 
 diately made, and the drummer, devil, coach, &c, were confum- 
 cd amidft the acclamations of fomc thoufand fpcftators, and we 
 
 make no doubt, but the L- t G r, and his friends, had 
 
 the mortification of viewing the whole proceeding from the ram- 
 parts of the Fort : But the burinefs of the night not being yet con- 
 cluded, the whole Ijody proceeded with the greatcft decency and 
 good order to Vaux-Hall, the Houfe of M — r J — s, who, it 
 was reported, was a friend to the (lamp aA, and had been over 
 officious in his duty, (10m whence they took every individual ar- 
 ticle," to a very confidcrablc amount 1 and having made another 
 bon-fire, the whole was confumed in the flames, to the great fa- 
 iisfaflion of every pcrfon prefcnt -. after which they difperlcd, and 
 every man went to his rcfpeiftivc habitation. ■ The whole affair 
 was conduced with fuch decorum, that not the lead accident 
 happened. The next evening another very confiderable body af- 
 
 fembled at the fame place, hawing been informed that the L 1 
 
 G r had qualified himfclf for the diHribution of the (lamped 
 
 paper, were determined to march to the Fort, in order toOnfifl 
 upon his delivering it into their hands, or to declare that he would 
 not undertake to diftribute the fame ; but before this rcfolution 
 could be executed, the minds of the people were ^ed hy the 
 L--t G — r's fending the following declaration from the Fort, viz, 
 
 TH E Lieutenant Governor declares ha will do nothing in 
 relation to the (lamps, but leave it to Sir Henry Moore, 
 to do as he pleafes on his arrival. 
 
 Council-Chamber, By Order of his Honour, 
 
 tieW'Tork, November 2, 1765. Gw.Bawvar, D. Cl.Con. 
 
 We have certain information from Boflon, that the printers 
 there intend to continue their papers, and to riJk the pcnafties — 
 and chat if any of them were to (lop on account of the (tamp 
 aft, their offices would be in danger from the enraged people. 
 
 Al a general meeting of the Freemen, inhabitants of ibt county of Ef- 
 Jex, tn New-Jerfey, at the free Borough ef Elizabeth, on the 
 2^lb day of OBober, in ibt-year of our hard 1765, hani the 
 fianivtrfarj 0^ the happy Utu£ion of his pre/ri/t Majefly King 
 
 George the Third, to (he crown of Great- Brilmn, (^e. up;nwh:tb 
 eccafien the /aid freemen unammoujly, and with one voice declared, 
 
 FIrfi. 7 hat thej have at all times heretofore, and ever 'uiould bear 
 true allegiance to bis Majejij King George the Third, and bis roy- 
 al predeceffors, and viifhed to be governed agreeable to the laws of the 
 land, and the Britijh canftitution, to vib'tcb they ever had, and fi,r 
 ever mofi ebearfully would Jubmit. 
 
 Secondly. Thai the Jlamp aS, prepared for the Briiifh colonies tn 
 Americg, in their opinion, is unconflnulienal; and fhoiild the jnme 
 take place, agreeable to the tenor of it, would be a mam fell deflruc- 
 tiott and overthrow of their long enjoyed, boajled and invaluaLle Ubei - 
 ties and privileges. 
 
 Thirdly. That they will, by all lawful-ways and means, endeaz-oiir 
 to preferve and iranfmil to pojlerity, their liberty and property, in aj 
 full and ample manner as ibey received the fane from their anceflors. 
 
 Fourthly. Tl^at they will difceunlenance and difiourage, by all law- 
 ful meafures, the execution and effeil of the {lamp ait. 
 
 Fifthly. That they will detefl, abhor, and hold in the ulmojl con- 
 Ifmpt, all and every per fan or per fans, who fhall meanly accept of any 
 empltymenl or office, relating to the flump ati , or fhall take any fhelier 
 or advantage from the fame \ and all and every jlamp pimp, inform- 
 er, favourer and encourager of the execution of the faid all , and 
 that ibey will have no communication with any fuch perfen, nor fpeak 
 to thein on any occafion, unlefs it be to inform them of tbetr vilenefs. 
 
 C I T y of N E W-Y OR K, Oftobtr ji, 17(5. 
 
 ATlBcnETil Meeting of Ihe Mcrchinli of ibe City af New-Voik, trading to 
 Great 'Br 1 1 11 n, >i ilie Houfe of Mr. George Burni, ol* ihe Taid Cay, Ino- 
 bo'Jer, to canfidcr whii wii neecDir^ \o be itone in the pr<rent Situinon t>l AITiiri, 
 witb rerpcft to tbe Stamp Act, indilie melincholy Stiie of the North -Ajnericin 
 Commerce, To greiily reltnfled by the Impofiiioni and Duliei clUblillied b> (be late 
 Atl< or Tride : They came lo ibc fullowing Refaluikin), viz. 
 
 FlKlT, That In il] Ordcn tlicy fend out ta Great-Hritain, for Goodi or Mer. 
 chandite, o(>ny Nilire, Kind or Quality whatroever, ufuilly imported from Creai- 
 Briiain, they will direft lUeir Correlpoadenti not to (hip them, anleSt ibe STuMr 
 Acr be repeated 1 It i> aeverthctefi igreed, thai all Aich Mercbanti it are Ownera 
 oT, and hue VelTelt alreidy gone, aoJ nour cleared out far Great. Britain, (hill br 
 at Liberty to bring back in ibeis, on their own Accounts, Craiei and Caflci ol 
 EirihcD Ware, GnadRonct, Pipei, antl Tucb other bulky Articles, ai Onr.cra uluiUv 
 ,£ll up their VelTeliwiib ' 
 
 SicoirDtr, Iiii ruilherunaniniDuny agreed, that ill Ordera already Tent Home, 
 Oiail be i:4>untermanded by the very Aril Conveyance ; and the Goodi and Merchan- 
 due tberthv ordeied, not to be lent, unleli upon the Condition mentioned tn the 
 forejjoing Rcrolution. 
 
 ] itiaiii.v. It i) further unjoimoufly aereed, that no Merchant will vend any 
 Good) or Mercbuidiu Tent upon CommifUon from Great- Britain, that Oiid be Ihip- 
 ped from thence ifttr theliiit Day ol January next, unlefi upon the Caodiiiun 
 meaiioDed in the firft Refalulion. 
 
 FouHrHLr. It i> Turthcr uninimouOy agreed, that the foregoing Reloluliona 
 Ota]) be binding until tlic fame are abiogaicd at a generjl Meeting hercaiier to be 
 held for that Purpore. 
 
 In Wilnefi whereof we have hereunto refbeftiirely fubfcribed our Namei, 
 [ Tliii luai {ubleribiil bj ap-wardi tj- r-wa HunJriJ fnBiifBllHliTcbaiUi. ] 
 In Coobquence ol the toregoins Rerolutioni, the Retailen of Goodi, of the City 
 
 of New- York, lublcnbed a Paper, in the Wordi following, viz. 
 1X7 E Ibe under.i*nHen, Retailer* of Gomlj, do hereby promife .ind oblige our- 
 " fetveinolto boy any Good., Warei, or MerchandiMi, of any ferfonoTper. 
 foni whillbever, that anl\ be (hipr«iJ Irora Grtil-Bntain, ader the firft Diy of Ja- 
 nuary next j unlrfi the S TA.yr Act flwll bt repealed". -At Witnefi our Hindi. 
 
 Bxlraa ij a Lrllir fitm a friacihdl Hiiiifi iit EnilanJ I* a GmllimaH tM tftvUTart. 
 rTH £ prijiai Siiualm aj lit Ciliiaiei.ii rcellj aUmrnmr it rvirr Pirfia ^ts ii largi 
 ■* Sumii It tamt /rita lita.—If^t Jill lit Fant if Iht latt AB, it a virj JifJ^bl, Maa. 
 
 ,, o*(/6.u-*(«,. y,J[,l, 
 
 net viol afn^tt Hanirii ftuni, ....ttu _ _ 
 
 "rminiJ U Jlcf ,ur HoHd, ,m lb, Exfrl IVtj. ani -wiU »( flip .ff a /,„gU SbiUmg-J 
 
 Jballbtgr.alSug.Tai, axdtsr Man»faSur,ri Ibrmt tt ibtir fatifii,, jir iuomI •/ 
 Sufttrl, ■wbiljl PtipU -wU eitfLytJ ii,m, -will atl ti ix m mmcb i,ii,r JV/uaHm Tht 
 Avnati */ Rtmiiiatcci an fiappid viiibjau, 4bid Ttadi, lit Bofii and famijaiiii, if 
 EigUnd; Wtallb, hixhTtljJhtlaf. IP, drtad lb, Cinf.qutMi, „i,d k„a^ m la ^bat 
 Falablj lut art Oifiiud. 
 
 PHILADELPHIA, November 7. 
 
 An Agmmenior the fame Kind, niih thai under the New- York Mead, rslaiine 
 to the Imjwriition of D(y Goodt, fee. Irom England, ii now on Foot here. 
 
 On Friday and Saturday l.-ift, the Oxeadvul f laaT and Sicomd Dap of No- 
 vember, our Belt were rung muffled, and other Dtmonftrationi of Grief Inevn. 
 
 From Lilbon we leuD, that Ihey hid Advice there Of Mofegong, a Snltemenf be. 
 longing 10 (he Vanugatu, on the Caill of Birbary, being beCeged by ajtronz 
 Body of Moora. 
 
 Captain Steel, from teilh, on the nth of September, in Lat. 4,! 1 10, LoDg. 17, 
 fpoke the Brig Olive Branch, CaptainKobinfan, Irom thit flice for Rotterdira, out 
 iqOayi, all well. On (he nth of OAob«r, 10 Lit. 1^117, Long. 37130, hcfpoke 
 
 the Schooner Induflry, Captain D«vi>, from Bolton for Dominica, out 11 Dayr. 
 
 In Lat 17 1 ]a. Captain Steel met with a Sloop belonging to Egg-Harboor, that bad 
 been blown off the Coafl, wilboul a Navigator on boai3, andlrouf hi ber fafe la 
 
 Captain Adami, from Barbadat, on thtifth all. olFSinepuxent, fpoke a Schooner 
 
 fromRbode-IQjDd, bound to Virginia Captain Adamt left Bndectuwo the iiih 
 
 of Oaobcr, wben the Stamped Paper for Ihai IDand wai not arrived 
 
 Cap(UB Hunter, from Lnlbon, on tbe a^lh of lalt Month, in Lat. 17 i-.i, Lonr 
 ty, fpoke two Eloopk, from New-London for Barbadot, out (hreo Day*- a third 
 Gloop waa in Company, but he did not (peak witb her. 
 
 Capfaia ICeilb, liotn Londomlerry, on the ii(h ulc. in Lat u. 1 47, fiialce a B-ie 
 from PhOadelphia lor GlaTgow. And oa the ijih, in Lai. ,1 , .., rp£e a Snow 
 
 From Bermuda we have Advice, that Captain Coppenltom, in a Sb>p from Vir- 
 ginia for LondnD, having loR her Miin-naB, ran albon, the Sixth of Sepieuibfr 
 on ihe Rock) of that Idind, wben tbe ViITel waa entirely lull, but tbe fcuule and 
 Paitof ibeCtrgoe r— ■< ' r . aro 
 
 STAMP ACT— BROADSIDE. 
 Rare issue by Hugh Gaine. 
 
 [See No. 38] 
 
Sale Monday Evening, February 26th 
 
 39. Colonial Taxation. Stamp Act. Broadside, 1766. Massachusetts 
 
 Gazette, May 29, 1766. 2pp. folio. 
 
 Boston: Printed by Eichard Draper, 1766 
 Contains Governor Bernard's speech at the opening of the General 
 Court, — '"have pleasure in being able to open this court with con- 
 gratulating you upon the repeal of the Stamp Act." Notices of celebra- 
 tions on the "Repeal," firing of cannon, meetings of the Sons of Liberty. 
 Honor to ^Ym. Pitt "the OiKirdinii of Amciioa" LIpp. folio. 
 
 40. Colonial Taxation. The Eegulations Lately Made concerning the 
 
 Colonies, and the Taxes Imposed upon Them, considered. First 
 Edition, pp. 11-1. 8vo, half roan. London, 1765 
 
 41. Colonial Taxation. Stamp Act. Protest against the Bill to repeal 
 
 the American Stamp Act, of last Session, also. Second Protest with 
 a List of the Voters against the Bill to repeal the American Stamp 
 Act, of last Session, pp. 16 and 15. 2 vols, in one, 8vo, half calf, 
 gilt top, portions of a few margins restored. Paris, 1766 
 
 42. Colonial Taxation. Stamp Act. A List of the Minority in the House 
 
 of Commons, Who Voted against the Bill To Eepeal the American 
 Stamp Act. pp. 8. 8vo, half polished calf, gilt top. 
 
 a Paris, Chez. J. W. Imprimeur, 176G 
 Includes, — John Burgoyne : Archibald Douglas ; Sir .John Mordaunt, and 
 many others. 
 
 43. Colonial Taxation. Stamp x^ct. Conduct of the late Administra- 
 
 tion Examined. With an Appendix containing original and au- 
 thentic Documents, pp. 107. 8vo, half levant morocco, gilt top. 
 London: Printed, 1767. Boston: Eeprinted and Sold by Edes 
 and Gill, 1767 
 
 Not alone a scarce volume, but one op high association intbeest, 
 having belonged to Ezra Stiles, President of Yale College, and Ablel 
 Holmes, father of Oliver Wendell, both their autographs on title-page. 
 
 Anonymous, it has been attributed to Charles Jenkinson, Earl of Liver- 
 pool, to Richard Grenville, Earl Temple, and to his brother George Gren- 
 ville, and is a formidable attacki on the "late Administration." 
 
 44. Colonial Taxation. Broadside, 1774. Province of Massachusets-Bay 
 
 [Royal Ai-ms.] The Honorable Harrison Gray," Esq; Treasurer and 
 Eeceiver-General of his Majesty's said Province. To the Select- 
 Men ... In Observance of an Act of the Great and General Court 
 . . . begun and held at Boston, ... the Twenty-fifth Day of 
 May, 1774, and in the fourteenth Year of His Majesty's Eeign, en- 
 titled. An Act for apportioning and assessing a Tax of Ten Thousand 
 three Hundred and twelve Pounds ten Shillings, &e . . . [Signed] 
 Given under my Hand and Seal at Boston, the Second Day of Au- 
 gust, 1774 . . . H. Gray (signature in his autograph). With seal. 
 Folio, untrimmed edges. [Boston, 1774] 
 
 This is the notice sent out regarding the yearly tax assessed on the 
 towns of Massachusetts, for defraying the expenses of the government. 
 
Sale Monday Evening, February 26th 
 
 [Xo. 44 — Continued] 
 
 It is also the last Royal Tax Warrant issued for the Colony. The act 
 passed the following year (1775), was issued without the Royal arms, 
 having been passed by the Council which was in open rebellion against 
 the power usurped by General Gages. Veey bake. Not mentioned by 
 Evans, and no copy becorded in Book-Pbices Curkent as sold in 
 America. 
 
 45. CoNGHESs. Bboadside^ 1793. Second Congress of the United States: At 
 
 the Second Session, begun and held at the City of Philadelphia . . . 
 the fifth of November, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two. 
 An Act to regulate the claims of Invalid Pensions . . . Approved, 
 February twenty eighth, 1793. Go. Washington, President of the 
 United States. 3pp. small folio. 
 
 [Philadelphia: Childs and Swaine, 1793] 
 The Original issue, published a day or two after the passage of the act. 
 
 46. Constitution of Massachusetts. A Constitution of Frame of Gov- 
 
 ernment, Agreed upon by the Delegates of the People of the State 
 of Massachusetts-Bay, in Convention, Begun and held at Cambridge 
 on the First of September, 1779, and Continued by Adjournments 
 to the Second of March, 1780. To be submitted to the Eevision 
 of their Constituents, in Order to the compleating of the same, in 
 Conformity to their Amendments,- at a Session to be held for that 
 Purpose, on the First Wednesday in June next ensuing. Title Ip., 
 text (5) -53. Numerous annotations on margins in an old hand. 
 8vo, half polished morocco, with many uncut edges. 
 
 Boston : State of Massachusetts Bay, Printed by Benjamin Edes 
 & Sons, 1780 
 Rare First Edition. 
 
 47. Constitution of Nevt Hampshiee. Articles in Addition to the Amend- 
 
 ment of the Constitution of the State of New Hampshire, agreed 
 to by the Convention of said State, and submitted to the People 
 thereof for their Approbation, pp. 31, 8vo, half polished morocco, 
 gilt top, OTHBE EDGES UNCUT, tear in corner of title-page carefully- 
 repaired. Dover: Printed by B. Ladd, for the State, 1793 
 With the exception of the slight defect above mentioned, a fine copy of 
 this bare work. 
 
 48. Constitution of South Carolina. The Constitutionalist; or. An En- 
 
 quiry how far it is expedient and proper to alter The Constitution of 
 South Carolina. Published originally in numbers, in the City Ga- 
 zette and Daily Advertiser. By Americanus. pp. 55. 8vo, half 
 polished morocco, gilt top. 
 
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 49. Constitution oj? the United States. [Hanson (Alexander Contee).] 
 
 Eemarks on the Proposed Plan of a Federal Government, addressed 
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 TO THE People of Maryland. By "Aristides." pp. 42. 8vo, half 
 calf, small portion of title and several margins skilfully repaired. 
 Annapolis: Printed by Frederick Green, Printer to the State, 
 1786 
 Dedicated to George Washington. The author was a jurist, and v?as 
 high in the confidence of Washington, acting as his private secretary 
 for some time. He was the iirst judge of the general Court of Maryland 
 under the Constitution of 1776. Very rabe. 
 
 50. Constitution op the United States. Broadside, 1787. Proceedings 
 
 of the Fcederal Convention [Philadelphia, September 17, 1787.] 
 2pp. folio. 
 
 [Colophon. — Providence:] Printed by John Carter [1787] 
 Rake Rhode Island issue. Probably the first printed form of the 
 Constitution of the United States, as issued in the state of Rhode Island, 
 which was the last of the original states to finally ratify the same. 
 Not in Evans. No copy recorded in Book-Prices Current as sold in 
 America. 
 
 51. Constitution of the United States. Observations Leading to a Fair 
 
 Examination of the System of Government, Proposed by the Late 
 Convention; and to Several Essential and Necessary Alterations in 
 it. In a number of Letters from the "Federal Farmer" to the 
 Eepublican. pp. 40. 8vo, half polished morocco. 
 
 Printed [at New York] in the Year, 1787 [by Thomas Green- 
 leaf]. 
 "The Letters of a Federal Farmer" were to the anti-Federalists what 
 "The Federalist" \yas to the supporters of the Constitution. Lee was 
 one of the foremost of the opponents to the ConstHntion as adopted, both 
 In the Continental Congress and before the people. The letters are five 
 in number, and date from Oct. Sth to Oct. 12th, 1787. The book is 
 reprinted by Paul Leicester Ford in his "Pamphlets on the Constitution." 
 
 52. Constitution of the United States. [Nicholson (John).] A View of 
 
 the proposed Constitution of the United States, as agreed to by 
 the Convention of Delagates from several States at Philadelphia, 
 the 17th Day of September, 1787 — Compared with the present Con- 
 federation. With Sundry Notes and Observations, pp. 37. 8vo, 
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 Philadelphia: Printed by E. Aitken, 1787 
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 53. Constitution of the United States. [Webster (Noah).] An Ex- 
 
 amination into the leading Principles of the Federal Constitution, 
 proposed by the late Convention held at Philadelphia, fldth An- 
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 System. By A Citizen of America. First Edition, pp. 55. 8vo, 
 half morocco, a few light stains. Very" rare. 
 
 Philadelphia: Prichard & Hall, 1787 
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 54. Constitution of the United States. Debates of the Convention of 
 
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 ENTIBELY UNCUT. 
 
 Philadelphia: Printed by Joseph James, 1788 
 
 55. Constitution of the United States. [Jackson (Jonathan).] 
 
 Thoughts upon the Political Situation of the United States of 
 America . . . With some Observations on the Constitution for a 
 Federal Government. Addressed to the People of the Union. By 
 A Native of Boston, pp. 209. 8vo, half polished morocco, gilt top. 
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 any regard to him." 
 
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 for the United States of America, agreed upon in a Convention 
 of the States, with a Preface Ijy the Editor. A Xew Edition, cor- 
 rected, pp. 32. 8vo, new wrappers, in cloth case. 
 
 London, 1792 
 
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 General Washington and' Doctor Franklin for tlie Presideneij, and that 
 
 General Washington iras elected by a majority of 0}ie vote. We have 
 
 authority to contradict this account," etc. — Pkeface. 
 
 57. Daetmoot! Massacee. Waddell (I. H.). The Dartmoor Massacre, pp. 
 
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 at Dartmoor Prison, in England . . . in which 67 American sailors, 
 prisoners there, fell the victims to the jailor's revenge, for obtaining 
 their due allovance of bread, irhieh had been ivithheld from them by the 
 jailor's orders." 
 
 58. DucHE (Jacob). The Duty of Standing Fast in Our Spiritual and 
 
 Temporal Liberties, a Sermon . . . July Uh, 1775. Before the 
 First Battalion of the City and Liberties of Philadelphia, pp. (3), 
 23. 8vo, half polished calf, lettered up back. 
 
 Philadelphia Printed: London, Re-printed, 1775 
 Dedicated to George Washington . . . "as a .iniall tribute of respect 
 
Sale Monday Evening, February 26th 
 
 [No. 58 — Continued'] 
 
 for his many nmiahJe iHrtues as trrU as in piiilic as in private life." 
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 to Washington, urging him to abandon a forlorn hope and to "represent 
 tn Congress the indlspensahle necessity of rescinding the hasty and ill- 
 advised Declaratio)!. of Independence." 
 
 59. "Davight (Jasper) of Vermont." A Letter to George Washington, 
 
 President of the United States; containing Strictures on his Ad- 
 dress of the Seventeenth of September, 1796, Notifying his Re- 
 linquishment of the Presidential Office, pp. 48. Svo, half mo- 
 rocco, light stains. Philadelphia, 1796 
 A violent accusation against Washington, written by Colonel William 
 Duane, of Philadelphia, under the pseudonym of "Jasper Dwight, of Yer- 
 mont." — " . . . Must Americans, I say become so base as to bend the 
 neck in silence to the creatures of their loUt . . . Shall this organized 
 faction, with the secret gold of Britain at their command, subsist, and 
 the plain Ainerican whose only hope and glory is Freedom in perpetuity, 
 must be silent. Good Ood! and are such the doctrines offered hij George 
 Washington to his country!" 
 
 60. Early Americax Exgravixg. Thomson (James). The Seasons: Con- 
 
 taining, — Spring; Summer; Autumn; Winter. With Poems on sev- 
 eral Occasions ... to which are added An Account of the Life and 
 Writings of the Author. "With brii,liant original impression 
 
 OF THE PORTRAIT OF THE AUTHOR, ENGRAVED BY J. XORMAN". 8vO, 
 
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 bossed on several margin;^. Philadelphia, 1T77 
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 61. Early American Marine Insurance. Broadside, 1836. Bates of In- 
 
 surance in the Port of Boston, from March to September, 1826. 
 Printed within woodcut type border. Narrow folio, untrimmed 
 edges. " [Boston, 1828] 
 
 Gives a list of the rates of insurance on goods shipped from Boston to 
 Great Britain, France, Sweden, Denmark, the Mediterranean, and ports 
 along the Atlantic and Mexican gulf, etc. 
 
 62. Early American Poetry. [Markoe (Peter).] The Times: A Poem 
 
 . . . Imitated. To whom, you cry, are these harsh lines addressed. 
 Let ev'ry feeling reader ask his breast, pp. (4), 22. Svo, half 
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 Philadelphia: Printed by William Spotswood, 1788 
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 63. Early American Poetry. [Livingston (Brockholst).] Democracy: An 
 
 Epic Poem. By "Aquiline Nimble-Chops, Democrat." Canto First. 
 pp. 38. Svo, half polished morocco, gilt top. 
 
 New York: Printed for the Author, circa 1794 
 Privately printed and very scarce. Attributed by Sabin to Brock- 
 
Sale Monday Evening, February 26tli 
 
 \y.o. G3 — Continued] 
 
 hoist Livingston, the American jurist and soldier, who served with dis- 
 tinction in the Revolutionary War. A sou of William Livingston, Gov- 
 ernor of New Jersey. 
 
 The work was probably issued about the time of the internal troubles 
 which culminated in the insurrection in Western Pennsylvania. Ap- 
 parently this, the first canto, is all that ever appeared. 
 
 64. Early Ambeican Poetby. [Linn (John Blair).] The Poetical Wan- 
 
 derer: Containing Dissertations on the early Poetry of Greece, on 
 Tragic Poetry ... To which are added, several Poems, pp. 112 
 and 6 pages of subscriber's names. 16mo, half morocco, gilt top. 
 
 New York: Printed for the Author, 1796 
 
 Wegelin in his bibliography gives 110 pages. The above' copy contains 
 2 unpaged leaves— one of Advertisement, and one preceding the List of 
 Subscribers, one of which was probably missing in the copy collated 
 by him. 
 
 The author was a Philadelphia clergyman, a graduate of Columbia, 
 read law with Alexander Hamilton, and later entered the ministry. 
 
 65. Early AMEracAX Poetry. Stearns (Charles). The Ladies' Philosophy 
 
 of Love. A Poem, In Pour Cantos. Now first published, according 
 to Act of Congress. Written in 1774. pp. (4), 76. Small 4to, 
 half roan. 
 
 Leominster, Mass., Printed by John Prentiss & Co., for the 
 Author, 1797 
 
 An extremely eaee example or early American poetry. 
 
 "Stevens was born at Leominster in 1753, graduated at Harvard In 
 1773, became a Tutor at Cambridge 1780-81, called to the Pastorate of 
 the Church in Lincoln, Mass. and ordained Nov. 7, 1781. Harvard con- 
 ferred the degree of D.D. upon him in 1810. The Preface says: "When 
 the poem was written the author was in his twenty-second year and 
 under no obligation to any of the fair ; since that time he has been a 
 lover, a husband, a father of a numerous family, and a preceptor for 
 many years to youth of both sexes. His experiences has not disproved, 
 liut confirmed his principles." 
 
 66. Early Ajibkican AVoEK Against Liquor. [Benezet (Anthony).] The 
 
 Mighty Destroyer Displayed. In some Account of the Dreadful 
 Havoc made by the Use as well as the Abuse of Distilled Spiritous 
 Liquors. By "A Lover of Mankind.'' pp. 48, 12mo, half polished 
 morocco, gilt top, some edges uncut, light stains. 
 
 Trenton: Printed by Isaac Collins, 1779 
 
 Extremely rare. Mentioned by Evans, but no copy located by him 
 with the above imprint, the one listed by him, and reading, — "Re-printed 
 and sold T)y Isaac Collins," was probably a later issue of the work. 
 
 The author was a French-Quaker philanthropist whose parents fled 
 from France after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. In 1742 he was 
 instructor in the Friends' English School in Philadelphia. His devotion 
 to the cause of the abolition of slavery was vigorous and lasting, and 
 upon that, and other subjects, he wrote many tracts. 
 
 From the Library of the Rev. Uzal Ogden, with his autograph on title. 
 
Sale Monday Evening, February 26th 
 
 67. Baely Coast :\1aps of ^;oETH Amebioa. The First Part of the North 
 
 American Pilot, for :N'ewfoundlaiKl, Labradore, and the Gulf and 
 Ei\-er of St. Lawrence. Xew Edition. With 23 large folding charts 
 (should be 25 according to Sabin). Large folio, half calf. 
 
 London, 1799 
 A collection of charts cl^,^^yu from the original surveys, taken by 
 Captain James Cook and Michael Lane, Joseph (Jilbert, and others, 
 chiefly engraved liy Thomas Jeffevys. 
 
 68. Eclipse op the Sux. Beoadside, 1780. (Protected with transparent 
 
 gauze.) ■ A few lines composed on the Dark Day, of May 19, 1780. 
 Small folio. j\'Iatted, slight tears in margins repaired. 
 
 [Boston, 1780] 
 Rake oeigixal Broadside of w?iich xo copy is kecouded ix Book-Prices 
 
 Ct'RRENT AS SOLD IN AMERICA. APPAREXTLY UXKXOWX TO EITHER SaBIN 
 
 OR Evans. 
 
 A poetical thought or paraphrase, occiisioned l>y that stupendous and 
 unnatural darkness, or interposing cloud which obscured the sun, on the 
 19th of May, 1790. Twenty verses, each of four lines. The third stanza 
 reading, — 
 
 "Xiiictee)ith of May, gloomy day 
 When darkness reiki the slcy; 
 The sun's decline may lie a sign, 
 Some great event Is nigh." 
 
 69. Faxeuil-Hall Lotteey. Xewspapbe, 1764. The Boston Gazette, 
 
 and Country Journal, Xovember 5, 1764. 4pp. folio. 
 
 [Colophon.] Boston: Printed by Edes & Gill, 1764 
 The first page is devoted entirely to a list of Prizes which came up in 
 a Faneuil-Hall Lottery, being Number Three, of the same, drawn, Oc- 
 tober 1764. This lottery was undertaken for the purpose of raising 
 twelve-hundred dollars towards a fund for rebuilding Faneuil-Hall. Con- 
 tains a letter on the Stamp Act, also one on the march of the army 
 towards the Indians, etc. 
 
 70. FoBT SuMTEE. The Trip of the Steamer Oceanus to Fort Sumter and 
 
 Charleston, S. C, comprising the Incidents of the Excursion, the 
 appearance, at that time of the Citj^, etc. Illustrated. 8vo, new half 
 crimson morocco, gilt top. Brooklyn, 1865 
 
 71. Feaxklix liiPEiXT. Bechtel (Johann). Kurzer Catechisms Vor et- 
 
 liche Gemeinen Jesu Aus der Eeformirten Eeligion In Pennsylvania, 
 Die sich zum alten Berner Synods halten. pp. 42. 24mo, old, 
 probably contemporary blue boards, later resewn. Enclosed in 
 morocco slip case. 
 
 Philadelphia: Gedruckt bey Benjamin Franklin, 1742 
 
 Extremely' rare in this fine conditiox. 
 
 The work was reprinted in Germany in the same year with the same 
 title and imprint, and which reprint is often mistaken for the original. 
 The German edition can be identified by its having 44 pages instead of 
 42, and the name Franklin in the imprint spelt Francklin. 
 
Sale Monday Evening, February 26th 
 
 73. Feench and Indian Wak. D.S., Ip. folio, "Francis Bernard, Esq; 
 Captain General and Governor in Chief, in and over His Majesty's 
 Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New-England, and Vice- 
 Admiral of the same." "To Eliphalei Hardy . . . [Warrant, ap- 
 pointing Hardy Captain of the second military Company of Foot 
 in the town of Bradford. "Given under my Hand and Seal at Arms 
 at Boston, the First Day of Septemr. In the Second Year of the 
 Eeign of His Majesty George the Third, Annoq; Domini, 1762;. 
 By his Excellency's Command, Jno. Cotton D. Secry." With the 
 official seal, and the autograph signature of Francis Bernard, as 
 governor. [Boston, 1762} 
 
 A beautiful specimen of early American eugravlug in script and type, 
 Executed by Thomas Johnston, and signed by him, — "T. Johnston se." 
 In the above copy, the words quoted, with the exception of those in 
 Italics, show a part of the engraved text. On the verso is the official 
 memoranda signed by John Osgood and George Abbot, attesting to Cap- 
 tain Hardy's taking the oath of office. 
 
 Thomas Johnston, the engraver of this apparently unique item, was 
 born in Boston in 1708, and died there in 1767. He engraved Psalm 
 Tune plates and did commendable work as a heraldic painter. The present 
 work shows that his skill as engraver of text and type was of a su- 
 perior order. Exceedingly scarce. 
 
 73. French and Indian War. [Cockings (Major George).] War: An 
 
 Heroic Poem, from the Taking of Minorca, by the French : To The 
 Eeduction of the Havannah, By the Earl of Albemarle, Sir George 
 Pocock, &e. The Second Edition, to the raising The Siege of 
 Quebec: With large Amendments, and Additions. By the Author. 
 pp. (16), 190, 46. Small 8vo, half polished morocco, gilt top; 
 lacks, either blank or half-title. 
 
 Boston, N". E. Printed by S. Adams, for the Author, 1762 
 
 This, the second edition Is very rare, and contains, — "Britannia's Call to 
 her Brave Troops, and hardy Tars," which, we think, was not included 
 in the first edition. 
 
 Besides being a lengthy and interesting poem on the Conquest of Canada, 
 the work contains valuable historical foot-notes. 
 
 74. French AND Indian War. Apthorp (East). The Felicity of the Times. 
 
 A Sermon . . . August 11, 1763. Being a Day of Thanksgiving for 
 the General Peace, pp. (2), VIII, 26 pages. Small 4to, half 
 polished morocco, gilt top. Pine copy. 
 
 Boston: Printed by Green and Russell, 1763 
 Vaby bare. Mentioned by Evans, but no copy located by him. It Is 
 dedicated to William Shirley, Governour of the Bahama Islands, and 
 Lieutenant-General of His Majesty's Army. 
 
 75. French and Indian War. Howard (Middleton). The Conquest of 
 
 Quebec: A Poem. First Edition. 4to, full polished calf, gilt, 
 gilt edges. Oxford: Printed at the Theatre, 1768 
 
 Extra-Illustrated by the Insertion of "A Perspective Yieio of Quebec 
 drawn on the spot," from "The Royal Magazine;" two portraits of Gen- 
 eral Wolfe, one engraved by T. Miller ; portrait of General Townsheud • 
 "Death of General Wolfe;" "A Chart of the River St. Laurence as hiah 
 as Quehec." 
 
Sale Monday Evening, February 26th 
 
 76. Geoegja. Burton (John). The Duty and Eeward of Propagating Prin- 
 
 ciples of Eeligion and Virtue exemplified in the History of Abraham. 
 A Sermon Preach'd before the Trustees for Establishing the Col- 
 ony of Georgia in America. And before the Associates of the late 
 Eev. Dr. Thomas Bray for Convehting the Negroes in the Brit- 
 ish Plantations, and for other ' Purposes. Small 4to, half mo- 
 rocco, by Bradstreet. London: Printed by J. March, 1733 
 
 From the libraries of C. C. .Tones, the historian of South Carolina and 
 Georgia, and Edward N. Crane, the New Jersey collector, with bookplate 
 of former. Pages 33 to 50 give a general account of goods and money 
 received and expended for establishing this Colony. Many of the entries 
 are of considerable interest and include, — "-Charges of Bending 152 persons 
 to settle in Georgia, viz. 60 men, 39 women, 32 hoys, and 21 girls;" "For 
 Arms and Ammunition fo the Use of the Colony." 
 
 Many names are mentioned, that of the Rev. Mr. Samuel Wesley fre- 
 quently, James Oglethorpe, and others. 
 
 77. Georgia. Watts (George). A Sermon Preached before the Trustees 
 
 Por Establishing the Colony of Georgia, in America; At their 
 Anniversary Meeting In the Parish-House of St. Bridget, alias St. 
 Bride ... on Thursday, March 18, 1735. Small 4to, half mo- 
 rocco, gilt top, by Bradstreet. Small portions of margins of most 
 pages slightly vsrormed, skilfully repaired. 
 
 London: Printed by M. Downing, 1736 
 
 From the C. C. Jones and Edward N. Crane collections, with book- 
 plate of the former. — 
 
 "If ever, therefore, there was in reality a Colony, what it should 6e 
 by description, a refuge to the Poor, an ease and security to the Rich 
 . . . a reward to the deserving, and a reformation to the disorderly; 
 This, of all others seems most lilccly to an.ncer such a Character." 
 
 78. Georgia. Bateman (Edmund). A Sermon Preached before the Hon- 
 
 ourable Trustees For establishing the Colony of Georgia, in America, 
 and the Associates of the late Dr. Bray; at the Anniversary Meet- 
 ing, March 19, 1740-1, At the Parish-Church of St. Bride. Small 
 4to, half morocco, gilt top, by Bradstreet. 
 
 London: Printed for John and Henry Pemberton, 1741 
 
 From the C. C. Jones collection, with bookplate. Sabln errs in the 
 collation of this item, giving pp. 21. He makes no mention of a half- 
 title which is present in this copy, and the advertisements on the reverse 
 of page 21, making pp. 22. 
 
 In speaking of the Indians, Dr. Bateman said, — "But still farther Ex- 
 perience of our Countrymen should convince us, that the Indians are not 
 in fact of such untractahle dispositions, as to 6e deaf to all admonitions." 
 
 79. Georgia. King (James). A Sermon Preached before the Honourable 
 
 Trustees For Establishing the Colony of Georgia, in America, and 
 the Associates of the late Dr. Bray; at their Anniversary Meeting, 
 March 17, 1742-3. At the Parish-Church of St. Bride. Small 4to, 
 half morocco, gilt top, by Bradstreet. Slight defect, affecting a few- 
 letters on last leaf. London: Printed for John Clarke, 1743 
 From the C. C. Jones and Edward N. Crane collections, with bookplate 
 of the former. Veky lakge copy, peobably Labge Paper. 
 
Sale Monday Evening, February 26th 
 
 80. Hamiltoi^^ (Alexander). Broadside, 180-1. New York Society of the 
 Cincinnati. At a special meeting of the State Society of the Cin- 
 cinnati, held at Eoss's Hotel in Broad-street, in the City of Xew- 
 York, on Tuesday, the 17th day of July, 1804- : 
 
 This Society, deeply afflicted by the death of their President- 
 General, Alexander HA^riLxox, and earnestly desirous of testifying 
 the high respect they feel for his memory (bowing with submission 
 to the mysterious Will of Heaven) and feeling the deepest affliction 
 at an event which deprived them of their most illustrious Member 
 — their Country of its most enlightened and useful Statesman — 
 and the world of one of those extraordinary Men, which ages have 
 rarely produced; unanimously agree to the following Resolutions 
 [then follows the Eesolutions, six in number. Signed] AV. S. Smith, 
 President. W. Popham, Secretary. Small folio. 
 
 [New York, 1804] 
 
 Very rake. The first official publication of the Society of which Hamil- 
 ton at one time \vas President, relating to his death, and appointing a 
 committee of Condolence to Mrs. Hamilton. Only a few days before the 
 issue of this broadside, Hamilton had entertained the society with a 
 song, while Burr, his hated rival, who was also present, was observed to 
 be silent and gloomy. 
 
 This society had charge of the Funeral ceremonies, and of the pro- 
 cession of the 15 of July, 1S04. 
 
 81. Hamilton (Alexander). Newspaper. New York Herald, July 14, 
 1804. [No. 265.] 4pp. folio, untrimmed edges. 
 
 New York, 1804 
 
 This is the Issue, printed in mourning borders, announcing the deatli 
 of Alexander Hamilton, and contains the resolves of the city Council 
 relating to the same, official military orders, and other matter relating 
 thereto. 
 
 82. Hamilton (Alexander). Newspaper. New- York Herald, July 18, 
 1804. [No. 266.] 4pp. Folio, untrimmed edges. 
 
 New York, 1804 
 
 Contains the letters of Burr and Hamilton relating to their duel, with 
 the Will of Hamilton, probably the first publication of the same ; to- 
 gether with an account of the funeral procession. Inner pages printed 
 in mourning borders. 
 
 83. Hamilton (Alexander). A'ewspaper. New York Herald, July 21, 
 1804. [No. 267.] 4pp. Polio, untrimmed edges. 
 
 New York, 1804 
 Printed within mourning borders. The greater part devoted to the 
 duel between Hamilton and Burr; tributes of respect; statements re- 
 garding the facts in the case. etc. 
 
Sale Monday Evening, February 26th 
 
 S4. Hamilton-Buee Electiox Beoadside, 180-1. To the Electors of the 
 State of New-York. Poor Behrens: Printed in double column. 
 Large folio, untrimnied edges. Matted. [Xew York, 1804] 
 
 Exceedingly scarce. A ver.y ^•iolellt attack on Aaron Burr, and against 
 his election to the governorship of New Xorlc. It is signed "A Young 
 German." 
 
 Near the close of his term of office as A'ice-President, Burr, finding him- 
 self under a cloud with his party, sought to recover his popularity by 
 being a candidate for the governorship of New York, but was defeated by 
 Morgan Lewis. In this contest, Hamilton had put forth his utmost ener- 
 gies against Burr, opposing the latter with great bitterness. It is not 
 improbable that the present publication was inspired by him. 
 
 Among other remarks the anonymous author states the following, — 
 
 "/ have sat calmly rieioing the misrepresentations and arts used to pro- 
 mote the election of Col. Burr to the chief magistracy of our state, until 
 my lethargy has been roused t>y the interest his specious fraud has obtained; 
 my mind has revolted at the terrible situation in which we should 6e 
 placed, should, this unprincipled man succeed in his wicked purposes. 
 Although not attached to that party who are noiv labouring against his 
 vile plots, I conceive it my duty, as a natire citizen of the state of Kcir 
 York, to raise my voice against the designs of this factious and wicked 
 man." 
 
 He then relates in detail the case of Albreight Behrens, and the manner 
 of Burr's juggling with an estate of 30,000 dollars, vexing the rightful 
 heir to his death and charging him with retaining the money without re- 
 morse or the wish to pay. According to the writer, the above mentioned 
 "Behrens" was a Dutchman from Bremen, and a sugar-baker of New York 
 city, who died in 1797. 
 
 85. Hancock (John — President of the Continental Congress, and Gov- 
 
 ernor of Massachusetts). Beoadside. In Congress. The Dele- 
 gates of the United Colonies of Kew-Hampshire, Massachusetts- 
 Bay, Ehode-Island, Connecticut, iSTew York, Xew Jersey, Pennsyl- 
 vania, the Counties of ISFew-Castle, Kent and Sussex on Delaware, 
 Maryland, Virginia, North -Carolina, South-Carolina, and Georgia, 
 To all unto whom these Presents shall come, send Greeting: Know 
 Ye . . . [Signed] By Order of the Congress, (in the autograph of) 
 John Hancock, President. Oblong, 4to, inlaid. 
 
 N.p., circa 1775-1776 
 An unused issue, but with the autograph signature of John Han- 
 cock, OF one of the revolutionary warrants issued to privateersmen. 
 The original license issued by the Continental Congress. Fine 
 specimen. 
 
 86. Hancock (John). Bkoadside. Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In 
 
 Senate, November 19, 1788. Double columns. Folio, wide uncut 
 margins. Boston: Printed by Adams & Nourse, 1788 
 
 Relates to the divisions of the Commonwealth, "... for the purpose of 
 choosing eight persons to represent the people thereof in the Congress of 
 the United States. . . . Suffolk, 6e one district. Essex, one district, . . . 
 Worcester, one district," etc Printed signatures of Samuel Phillips, 
 Theodore Sedgwick, John Hancock, and John Avery. 
 
Sale Monday Evening, February 26th 
 
 87. Hancock (Johx). Bhoadside. Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In 
 
 the House of Eepresentatives, June 14, 1790. Double columns. 
 Folio, wide uncut margins. 
 
 Boston : Printed by Thomas Adams, 1790' 
 
 Not IX Evans. Regarcliug the division of the Commonwealtli" . . . 
 
 for the purpose of electing eight persons to represent the people thereof In 
 
 Congress of the United States Suffolk t>e one district, Essex he 
 
 one district . . York, Cvmherland. Lincoln, Washington, and Hancock, 
 to &e one district:' Printed signatures of David Cobb, Samuel Phillips, 
 John Hancock, John Avery. 
 
 88. Indian Eegulations. By the United States in Congress assembled. 
 
 August '7, 1786. An 'Ordinance for the Kegulation of Indian Af- 
 fairs. 2pp. Signed in the autograph of Charles Thomson, Secre- 
 tary, and 2pp. blank, in all 4-pp. Small folio. 
 
 [New York, 1786] 
 
 Choice copy, with the blaxk pages, op a kaee item. Evans mentions 
 same, but does not locate a copy. 
 
 Divides the Indian department in two districts,— the Southern, all below 
 the Ohio; and the Northern, all the other Indian nations West of the 
 Hudson River, with details of regulation etc. 
 
 89. Indians. Apthorp (East). Considerations on the Institution and Con- 
 
 duct of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign 
 Parts, pp. 24. 8vo, old blue wrappers, uncut. In cloth case. 
 
 Boston, 1763 
 Fine copy, seldom found in uncut state. 
 
 90. Indians. Address to the Six Xations; recommending the Gospel of 
 
 Saint John. By Teyoninhokarawen, the Translator. — London (John 
 Norton), pp. 8, 12mo, half morocco. 
 
 London, Printed : New- York, Ee-printed by Collins, Perkins & 
 Co., 1806 
 This extremely rare edition, seems to have escaped the notice of bibli- 
 ographers. The translator, a chief of the Six Nations, was of mixed 
 Scotch and Indian blood. 
 
 91. Jefferson (TtioiiAs). Broadside. President .Jeft'erson's Inaugural 
 
 Speech. Printed on silk, double columns, backed, one portion of 
 
 fold needs repairs. Washington, March 4, 1805 
 
 Printed Iiy True and Parks, and thought to be contemporary. Veey 
 
 HARE. 
 
 92. Lincoln (Abmahaji). Broadside. "Golden Sayings of Abraham Lin- 
 
 coln."' Large portrait in oval. Printed in quadruple columns. 
 Large folio, slightly torn at top. New York, 1865 
 
 93. Lincoln (Abraham). Proclamation of Emancipation. Printed within 
 
 ornate floral borders, with views of a church, locomotive, etc. Folio. 
 Chicago : Eufas Blanchard, undated, but contemporary 
 
Sale Monday Evening, February 26th 
 
 94. Lincoln (Abraham). A collection of seven eaee broadsides, relating 
 
 to Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War. Lightly hinged and mounted 
 in one vol., 4to, cloth, lettered on side, they can be detached if it 
 is so desired. 
 Contains, — 
 
 "Dan'l O'Connell on Democracy." Signed "A Democratic Working- 
 man." New Yorli, Oct. 13th, 1863. 
 
 "... The spirit of democratic liberty is defiled hy the continuance of 
 negro slavery in the United States." Etc. 
 
 "A Traitor's Peace." Signed the same as preceding. New York, Oct. 
 30th, 1863. 
 
 ". . . . The terms of peace to which you are invited Jyy the 'peace' 
 men the destruction of the Union — the giving up of Maryland, Ken- 
 tucky, and Missouri the payment of the debt of the accursed re- 
 bellion of traitors by having it 'wrung out of our hearts.' " Etc. 
 
 "Don't Unchain the Tiger." Signed the same as preceding. New York, 
 July 24th, 1863. 
 
 ". . . . When the Trai/tors of South Carolina met in convention in 
 Charleston, and passed their ordinance to abolish the American Union 
 . . . . I said to myself and to them, — Don't unchain the Tiger." 
 
 The same as preceding. German text. 
 
 "How the War Commenced, and How it Ended." With sectional map. 
 New York, undated. 
 
 "Laboring Men of New York." Signed "A Democratic Workingman." 
 (New York), July 18th, 1863. 
 
 ". . . . Comrades, Stand by the Law. Stand by good order and sense 
 . . . Any man that advises you to break the law is your enemy, and the 
 enemy of your wives and children." Etc. 
 
 "White Slaves." Signed the same as preceding. New York, Sept. 28th, 
 1863. 
 
 "It is of the greatest importance to the workingmen of the United 
 States to understand the true sentiments and objects of the leading 
 traitors of the South . . 1 challenge Hon. Fernando Wood . . . Hon. 
 C. L. Vallandigham . . . to disprove my quotations or the correctness of 
 my conclusions." 
 
 95. Lincoln (Abraham). A collection of Eulogies, Discourses, etc. on 
 
 Abraham Lincoln (as separately listed below). Together, 16 vols. 
 8vo, and 13mo, all half bound in polished morocco of varying colors, 
 mainly gilt tops, many with original wrappers preserved. 
 
 Various places and dates 
 
 Unusual and fine collection. Contains, — 
 Buckingham (J. E. ). Reminiscences and Souvenirs of the Assassination 
 of Abraham Lincoln. Illustrated. Washington, 1894 
 
 Bullock (Alex. H.). Abraham Lincoln: the True Magistrate. 
 
 Worcester, 1865 
 Bateman (Ne\\'ton). Abraham Lincoln: An Address. 
 
 Galesburg: Cadmus Club, 1899 
 Binney (William). Proceedings of the City Council of Providence on the 
 Death of Abraham Lincoln: with the Oration. Providence, 1865 
 
 Bancroft (George). In Memoriam of Abraham Lincoln. 
 
 (Washington), 1866 
 Bingham (John A.). Argument . . Trial of the Conspirators for the As- 
 sassination of President Lincoln. Washington, 1865 
 Booth (Robert R.). Personal Forgiveness and Public Justice: A Sermon. 
 
 New York, 1865 
 
Sale Monday Evening, February 26th 
 
 [Xo. O.J — Continued] 
 
 Clark (Hemv). Eulogv on the Life and Services of President Lincoln. 
 
 Rutland, 1865- 
 Cooper (James). The Death of President Lincoln: A Discourse. 
 
 Philadelphia, 1865 
 [Conkling (J. C. ).] Letter of Lincoln to. Washington, 1863 
 
 Dunning (H.). Address . . . Funeral Solemnities of the late President. 
 
 Baltimore, 186& 
 Day (P. B.). Memorial Discourse on the Character of Lincoln. 
 
 Concord, 1865 
 • Jreeley (Horace). On Lincoln, with Mr. Greeley's Letters to Charles A. 
 Dana, etc. Portrait and facsimile. New York (1893) 
 
 Deming (Henry C. ). Eulogy of Abraham Lincoln. Hartford, 1865 
 
 Heermans (J.). War Power of the President. New York, 1863 
 
 Hall ( Gordon ) . President Lincoln's Death : A Sermon. 
 
 Northampton, 1865 
 
 96. Lincoln (Abraham). Collection of Eulogies, Discourses, etc. on Abra- 
 
 ham Lincoln. Together, 16 vols. 8vo, and 13mo, all half bound 
 in polished morocco of varying colors, mainly gilt tops, many with 
 original wrappers preserved. Various places and dates 
 
 Unusual a>;d fine collection. Contains, — 
 Order of Services at Indiana-Place Chapel, April 16, 1865. 
 
 Boston, 1865 
 Trial of Abraham Lincoln by the great Statesmen of the Republic. 
 
 New York, 1863 
 The Great Issue to be decided November next. (Washington, undated) 
 
 Lincoln's Farewell Speech. No place or date 
 
 The President's Hymn. New York, undated 
 
 McCook (Henry C). Some Chacacteristics of Abraham Lincoln. 
 
 (Philadelphia) 1901 
 Lincoln's Speeches. Boston, 1898 
 
 Upham (N. G. ). Rebellion — Slavery — Peace. Concord, 1864 
 
 Letters of President Lincoln. New York, 1863 
 
 Life, Letters and Public Speeches of Abraham Lincoln. Portrait. 
 
 New York, 1860 
 The Martyr President. New York, 1865 
 
 Abraham Lincoln. Boston, 1894 
 
 Reward for the Capture of Booth. Washington, 1866 
 
 Proceedings of the Union League of Philadelphia regarding the Assassina- 
 tion of Lincoln. Philadelphia, 1865 
 Revelations: A Companion to the "New Gospel of Peace." 
 
 New York, 1863 
 President Lincoln's '\'iews. Philadelphia, 1863 
 
 97. Lincoln (Abraham). Collection of Eulogies, Discourses, etc. on Abra- 
 
 ham Lincoln. Together, 16 vols. 8vo, and 12mo, all half bound in 
 polished morocco of varying colors, mainly gilt tops, many with 
 original wrappers preserved. Various places and dates 
 
 Unusual and fi>!e collection. Contains, — 
 Hall (Charles H.). A Mournful Easter: A Discourse. 
 
 Washington, 1865 
 Kn-kland (C. P.). A Letter to the Hon. B. R. Curtis on the "Emancipa- 
 tion Proclamation" of the President. New York 1863 
 Klrkland (C. P.). A Letter to Peter Cooper . . . with a Letter' from 
 President Lincoln. New York, 1865 
 
Sale Monday Evening, February £6th 
 
 [No. 97 — Continued~\ 
 
 Mayo (A. I).). The Nation's Sacriflce : Abraham Lincoln. 
 
 Cincinnati, 1865 
 Pennell (Orrin H. ). Religious Views of Abraham Lincoln. Portrait. 
 
 Alliance (1899) 
 Raymond (Henry J.). The Life of Lincoln. New York (1864) 
 
 Seward (W. H. ). Speeches (relating to Lincoln, etc.). 
 
 Washington, 1868 
 Stdddard (R. H. ). Abraham Lincoln. An Horatlan Ode. 
 
 New York (1865) 
 Storrs (R. S.). An Oration . . . Abraham Lincoln. Brooklyn, 1865 
 
 Sumner (Charles). Eulogy on Araham Lincoln. 3 copies. Boston, 1865 
 
 Symmes (J. G. ). Address . . Loyal Leagues. 
 
 New-Brunswick, N. J., 1865 
 Street (A. B.). President Lincoln Dead. A Poem. Albany, 1870 
 
 Termansen (R. I.). Abraham Lincoln (in German). 1892 
 
 Vincent (M. R. ). Sermon on the Assassination. Troy, 1865 
 
 98. ^Mahyland. Constitution of the Maryland Society, for promoting the 
 
 Abolition of Slavery, and the Belief of Free Negroes, and others, 
 unlawfully held in Bondage, pp. 8. 8vo, new half levant mo- 
 rocco, gilt top. 
 
 Baltimore ; Printed bv William Goddard and James Angell, 
 1789 
 Ax ExcEEDiKGLY SCARCE VOLUME. Not in Sabln. The officers of the 
 Society were, — Philip Rogers ; James Carey ; Joseph Townsend ; Zebulou 
 Hollingsworth, and others. 
 
 99. Massachusetts Militia. Beoadside^ 1800. General Orders. Head- 
 
 Quarters, Boston, July 7, 1806. Among the several objects of 
 Government within the authority of the Commander in Chief, that 
 of the Militia strongly attracts his attention, and though he has but 
 recently been invested with the Command of the Public Force of 
 the State, he is not altogether unacquainted with the meritorious 
 exertions of both the Officers and Soldiers to render the jMilitia of 
 Massachusetts a respectable ililitary Body . . . [Signed] By 
 Order of the Commander in Chief, William Donnison, Adj. Gen. 
 Small folio, untrimmed edges. [Boston, 1800] 
 
 Governor Strong's first Military Order to the Militia of Massachusetts. 
 On the reverse is a manuscript copy of an order by Major-General Hull, 
 relative to the advice given in the above order. Very rake. 
 
 100. Massachusetts. Bkoadside, 1796. [Arms of the state.] Common- 
 
 wealth of Massachusetts. In the Senate, June 4, 1796. [Eesolu- 
 tions regarding Electors.] June 13th, 1796, Approved, Samuel 
 Adams. Folio, untrimmed edges. 
 
 [Bcston] Young and Minns [1796] 
 
 101. Massachusetts Tax Laws. Beoadside^ 1794. Commonwealth of 
 
 ^Massachusetts [Arms of the state.} Thomas Davis, Esquire. 
 Printed Warrant issued for the collection of "Special Tax, No. II," 
 granted June 21, 1794. Signed in the autograph of Thomas Davis. 
 
 [Boston, 1794] 
 
Sale Monday Evening, February 26th 
 
 102. Massachusetts Tax Laws, 1806. Tax for the Year 1806 [Arms of the 
 
 state. Commonwealth of Massachusetts ... An Act to apportion 
 a tax of ($133320.22). pp. 23. Small folio, sewn, uncut, first 
 two pages stained. [Boston] Young & Minns, 1806 
 
 103. Massachusetts Tax Laws. Broadsides. Printed Warrants for the 
 
 Collection of Taxes, 1797 to 1820. Together, 9 pieces. Folio, 
 untrimmed edges. [Boston, 1798-1821] 
 
 An unusually choice lot, each with the signature of the Treasurer of 
 the Commonwealth and the official seal. Comprises, the following years 
 and signatures of the vai^ious treasurers, — 1797, Thomas Davis; 1802, 
 Peleg Coffin ; 1807 and 1808, Thompson .T. Skinner ; 1810, Josiah Dwight ; 
 1812, Jonathan L. Austin (this one is of interest as relating to the ex- 
 penses of the state which include those incurred by the War with Great 
 Britain) ; 1816, John T. Apthorp ; 1819 and 1820, Daniel Sargent. 
 
 104. Mather (Cotton). Eeasonable Eeligion. Or, The Truth of the Chris- 
 
 tian Eeligion. Demonstrated. The Wisdom of its Precepts Justi- 
 iied : And the Folly of Sinning against those Precepts, Reprehended. 
 With Incontestable Proofs, That Men, who would Act Eeasonably, 
 must Live Religiously, pp." 72. 18mo, original sheep, corners of 
 all leaves cut square, not damaging text, some pages, as is usual with 
 works of this period, have slight stain. In morocco slip case. 
 
 Boston, in N". E. Printed by T. Green, for Benjamin Eliot, at his 
 Shop under the Well End of the Town-House, 1700 
 
 The veky rabe oeiginat. edition, of which no copy has hitherto ap- 
 peared FOR PUBLIC SALE IN AMERICA. Evans locates but one copy, that in 
 the Boston Public Library. 
 
 106. Mathek (Eichard). Church-Government and Church-Covenant dis- 
 cussed, In an Answer of the Elders of the several Churches in New- 
 England To Two and Thirty Questions ... pp. 84, after which a 
 new title-page reads : An Apologie of the Churches in ISTew-England 
 for Church Covenant . . . sent over in Answer to Master Bernard 
 in 1639, pp. 46, after which a new title-page reads: An Answer of 
 the Elders of the several Churches in New England unto nine Posi- 
 tions. Old portrait of Hugh Peters^ inserted. Small 4to, half mo- 
 rocco, gilt top, small portions of title (margin only) and several 
 other marginal restorations. London, 1643 
 
 Without this book the "Platform" never would have been published. 
 Increase M'ather says, — "There is a book which bears the title of, 'An 
 Answer of the Elders,' etc. Printed in the year 1643. Of which book my 
 father (Richard) Mather was the sole author. And he wrote it in the 
 primitive Times of these Churches (in 1639) as himself assured me. What 
 he wrote was approved of by other Elders, especially by Mr. Cotton." 
 Having the consent of the Elders, of the "Bay" it becomes therefore 
 of the greatest value as evidence regarding the earliest Congregationalism 
 of New England. As the address to the reader is signed by "H. Peters," 
 the work has sometimes been wrongly ascribed to him. 
 
Sale Monday Evening, February 26th 
 
 106. Matheb. (Samuel). Vita B. August! Hermanui Franckii, S.S. Theolo- 
 giae in Academia Fridericiana Nuper Professoreis eximii; Nee non 
 V.D.M. apud Glaucham, etc., props Hallam Magdeburgicam : Cui 
 adjecta est, JSTarratio Eerum Memorabilium in Ecclesiis Evangelicis 
 jier Germaniam, etc. pp. (2), IV (31), (11), 1. 
 
 Bostoni, Nov-Anglorum, Typis Samuelii Kneeland et Timothei 
 Green, MDCCXXXIII 
 Eai'ly and important example of I^atin printing in America. 
 
 107'. New Hampshike. The | Governor's Commission | of Vice-Admiral. | 
 George the Third | By the Grace of God, | Of Great-Britain, France 
 and Ireland, King, | Defender Of the Faith, and so forth. | To Our 
 Well-Beloved, | John Wentworth, Esq; | Onr Captain General, and 
 Governor, in Chief, in and over | Our Province of New-Hamsphire,. 
 in America. Greeting. | [The above caption at top of the first 
 page, the first three lines being in a wood-type border, then follows 
 the text of the Commission, which occupies the balance of the 
 first page, and the following four pages, in all nearly five pages, at 
 the foot of the commission, page 5, is the following] Given at 
 London, in the High Court of Our Admiralty of | England afore- 
 said, under the Great Seal thereof. Ninth Day of | August, in the 
 Year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and | Sixty Six, 
 and of Our Eeign the Sixth. | Godf. Lee Farrant Eegistrar. | Copy 
 Examined, | Theodore Atkinson, Secretary. [The last page (6) 
 is blank.] Bound in one vol. small folio, half blue morocco, lettered 
 up back. 
 
 [Portsmouth: Printed by Daniel and Robert Powle, circa 1767- 
 1770] 
 Excessively raee, and possibly unique, an item of which ^\e can 
 
 LOCATE XO OTHER COPY. UNDOUBTEDLY PROM THE PRESS OF DaNIEL FoWLE, 
 
 New Hampshire's first printer, who established his press in 
 Portsmouth, in 1756. A comparison of this work with that of Parker's 
 sermon on Jonathan Eames, printed by the Fowles at Portsmouth in 
 1759, shows them to be of the same type, with the same characteristics 
 of tlie smaller letters appearing in both works, the peculiar formation of 
 the small "e" and the small "a" being very marked. 
 
 This is undoubtedly an earlier issue of the same Commission, which 
 appears in the "Acts and Laws of New Hampshire," printed by the Fowles 
 in 1771, but where the collation, as given by Hideburn, is Spp. The 
 present issue is complete in the 5pp. as cited above. 
 
 108. New Hampshire. Bhoadside, 1783. State of New Hampshire. In the 
 House of Eepresentatives, June 20th, 1783. An Address To the 
 People of the State of New Hampshire. Whereas the United States 
 in Congress assembled, have taken into Consideration so much of 
 the eighth Article of the Confederation . . . [An acceptance by the 
 State of New Hampshire of the Eesolution of Congress fixing a 
 ratio of payment by the states for the charges of the war]. In 
 Council . . . Josiah Bartlett, President P. T. Folio, untrimmed 
 edges. ■ Matted. [Colophon.] Printed at Exeter [1783] 
 
 Rare broadside of which Evans locates but one copy. 
 
Sale Monday Evening, Fehruary 26th 
 
 109. IS'ew Hampshiee. BpiOADSIDE. An Elegy Composed on the Death of Elder 
 Josiah Shepard, of Gilmanton — X. H. Royal 4to, uutrimmed edges. 
 Matted. 
 
 [Colophon.] Concord, ATew-Hampshire — Printed by A¥m. Hoit, 
 Jun. one door north of Eobert Harris' Store [1813] 
 A metrical composition, 40 stanzas, four lines each, on the life and 
 death of Reverend Josiah Shepard, reading in part, — 
 
 Josiah Shepard is the man. 
 
 Whose sholcing death I'll strive to pen; 
 
 When thirteen years of time he'd spent, 
 
 In warning sinners to repent. 
 
 He then to marriage did incline; 
 
 And mov'd his dear companion home, 
 To live awhile -upon the farm. 
 After some study in our mind. 
 To build a Still ive were inelind ; 
 
 Knotoing that he was here confin'd," 
 Prophesying his death in two years the poem goes on to say, — 
 
 "When these two years irere past and gone, 
 
 The cruel tyrant came along; 
 
 And said, 'Josiah, I am death 
 
 You must to me resign your breath.' 
 
 The cause of this you now may knotv. 
 
 The liquor boiling hot did floio 
 
 Out of the Copper, as it came. 
 
 It set his body all on flame,'' 
 Josiah Shepard, the subject of this poem, was born in 17S2. As a 
 "Free Baptist" minister he began to preach in 1799, being later ordained 
 at Gilmanton, in 1808, after which he became an Itinerant preacher in 
 New Hampshire. He died at Gilmanton, April 23, 1813. 
 
 110. New Hampshire. Beoadside, 1816. Flaming Sword, Or a Sign from 
 
 Heaven ! Being a Remarkable Phenomenon seen in the State of 
 Xew Hampshire in May last. Signed Thomas C. Prentis. Wood- 
 cut. Eolio, matted. M'.p., circa 1816 
 The vision rebukes and warns the people, just delivered from Britain, 
 against their internal divisions and lusts. The writer admits having vis- 
 ited a public house in Plymouth, on his way from Boston to Grafton, 
 New Hampshire, and the vision suggests the mixture of a "rare bit" 
 dream and the book of Revelations. Curious New Hampshire imprint, 
 decoration with cut of the vision. 
 
 111. Xew Jeeset. Proprietary Lands of East Xew Jersey. General Instruc- 
 
 tions by the Surveyor-General, to the Deputy Surveyors of the 
 Eastern Division of New-Jersey. Woodcut diagram, drawn to the 
 scale of tivo chains to the inch. pp. 6. Folio, half levant morocco, 
 UNCUT. Tiny holes (2), slightly affecting 2 letters on last leaf. 
 
 [New York: Printed by James Parker, 1747] 
 With the exception of the very slight defect above mentioned, a ee- 
 
 MAEKABLT FINE COPY OF THIS EXTEEMELT BAEE PUBLICATION OF THE COUNCIL 
 
Sale Monday Evening, February 26th 
 
 I Xo. Ill — Continued] 
 
 OF East Jersey- peophietors. TIxkxown to Evans. Although without 
 date or printer's mark, the typographical work Is undoubtedly that of 
 James Parker. dis[ilaylng the characteristics and make-up as found In 
 his, — 'U Bin ill Chiniceiji of Xeir Jcrseij, at the Suit of John, Earl of 
 Stair." 
 
 Collation, — Caption title, ix 1; Instruction (XVII), pp. 1-4; Example, 
 referred to in preceding Instructions (diagram with explanation), p. 5: 
 Proclamation (relating to "Instructions") of George II. "The Eleventh 
 Day of Mail in the Twnitieth Year of our Reign" (1747), p. (6). 
 
 The contentions between the Proprietors of East New Jersey and the 
 purchasers of land under the Indian Deeds culminating in the Riots by 
 the '■Clinker Lot Right Men." in 1747, mentioned in the above "Bill," led 
 to this Proclamation and to thei Instructions by James Alexander, Sur- 
 veyor-General of the Eastern Division of New Jersey. 
 
 The last page contains the following notice. — 
 
 "Gboege the Second, by the Grace of God, of Great-Britain. France and 
 Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, etc. To all to whom these Pres- 
 ents shall come or concern, greeting : Whereas it may greatly tend, to 
 prevent Frauds and Abuses, and to the Security of the Properties of our 
 Subjects, that the Surveyor General of the Eastern Division of New- 
 Jersey for the Time being, and his lawful Deputies, be impowered to 
 swear all Chain-bearers and Markers, by them to be employed, to the 
 due Execution of these their Offices : And we being willing to grant, 
 whatsoever tends to the doing of equal Justice amongst our Subjects, have 
 given and granted, and by these Presents do give and grant, to .Tames 
 Alexander, Surveyor General of the Eastern Division of New-Jersey, and 
 to the Surveyor General of the Eastern Division of New-Jersey, for the 
 Time being, duly qualified pursuant to the Laws of our Province of New 
 Jersey, and our Royal Instructions in that Case made ; and to his and 
 their lawful Deputies, and to every of them, full Power and Authority at 
 all Times hereafter to administer, to all Chain-bearers, and Markers 
 by them or any of them to be employed, an Oath, or Affirmation if 
 Quakers, that they will well and truly to the best of their Knowledge and 
 Judgment, perform those Offices," etc. 
 
 112. New York State. Beoadsidb, 1820. The Voice of Truth. To the 
 
 Electors of the State of N. York. [Signed] By order of the Corres- 
 ponding Committee, Philip S. Parker, Chairman. Leonard H. 
 Gansevoort, Secretary, Albany, March 16, 1820. Printed in double 
 columns. Xarrow folio, a few small holes in text. 
 
 [Albany, 1820] 
 
 Interesting election broadside regarding the "accounts of Daniel D. 
 Tompkins, Vice-President of the United States, and Governor of New 
 York, 1807-1816, mentions Van Buren's connection with the same, and 
 states that "it appears that he (Tompkins) is now a Public Defaulter 
 for monies to the State which he has had, to the amount of One Hundred 
 and Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars." 
 
 113. Xew York City. Broadside. Authentic. View of the Bar Boom, in 
 
 the Log Cabin, Broadway, Xew York. Head Quarters of the 14th 
 Ward Tippecanoe Club. }Yitli a large woodcut view. Below the 
 above caption and view, is a descrijDtion of the same, in which it 
 is stated that the view is that of the interior of a AYhig log cabin in 
 'New York City. Large folio. [New York, circa 1840] 
 
 An election broadside opposed to the election of William H. Harrison 
 as president of the United States. 
 
Sale Monday Evening, February 26th 
 
 114. Pirates of Xew Peaxce. Le Sage (Alain Eene). Les Avantures de 
 ^Monsieur Eobert Chevalier, dit De Beauchene, Capitaine de Plibus- 
 tiers dans la nouvelle France. With 6 plates by Scotin, after Bon- 
 navd. The extremely hake Pihst Edition. 2 vols. 12mo, full 
 polished calf, gilt, gilt edges. Pine copy. Paris : Ganeau, 1732 
 
 This, the genuine first edition, is not listed in Sabin. It contains an 
 account of the author's residence among the Indians of North America, 
 and his being sold as a slave in New England. The plot of the French 
 play — "Leg Manages de Canada," first produced in 1734, is founded 
 on this work. Gagnon in his Canadian bibliography says (translation), 
 "These adventurer written Tjy a eclehrated author from notes given him, 
 so he says, liy the iridov: Beaueht'iic. must he in a Canadian librarp some- 
 where, though they may seem to he of a purely fictitious nature. This 
 fiVihuster was no myth. He was horn near Montreal, and lived in Can- 
 ada, where he spent an uproarious life amassing a considerahle amount 
 of money. He wasted it all, and spent the remainder of his life in Paris, 
 merry-making, as usual . . . The first chapter in volume 2 . . . gives 
 i)t.teresting and!) unusual information regarding the marriage laws prev- 
 alent in Canada at the end of the XVIIth century." 
 
 115. Pkesidkxtial Election'. BaoAnsinE, 1825. Wanted, Not until 
 March 4tli 1825, an honest, intelligent and faithful ilan Ser- 
 vant, to serve the People of the United States as their President, 
 for the next term of four years. He must have the follovinng 
 character. Printed in double column. 4to, untrimmed edges. 
 
 N.P., circa 1825 
 A very curious and interesting broadside, probably the first of its kind 
 issued in the United States. Among the requisites essential for oflice 
 are, — A College education will not be insisted on ; The less he has to 
 do with the Banks, the better; It is expected that he will call things 
 by their right names ; If he has been in a Foreign Court, it is hoped he 
 has not got his head as full of Kings. Queens, and Knaves, as a pack of 
 cards ; Above all things he must be a Republican. 
 
 116. Quakers in America. Broadside. Extract from the Epistle of the 
 
 I\leeting for Sufferings in London, ... To the Quarterly and 
 Monthly Meeting of Friends in Great-Britain, Ireland, and 
 America. Large folio, slightly worn in the folds, lower margin 
 of left torn away, not injuring text however. 
 
 Philadelphia: Printed by Joseph Cruikshank . . . opposite 
 the Work-House (1751) 
 Unknown to Evans. Published the same year (1751), as the very 
 rare publication of 8 pages "To the Quarterly and Monthly Meetings of 
 Friends," printed by Benjamin Franklin and D. Hall, and probably ex- 
 tracts from that work. 
 
 117. Providence, Rhode Island. Broadside. Catalogus Eorum qui in Col- 
 
 legio Ehod. Ins. et Prov. Plant, ab Anno 1769, ad Annum 1789. 
 Printed in quadruple columns, with black borders. Folio, wide uncut 
 margins, worn in the folds, with slight damage to text. 
 
 Providentiae : Typis Bennett Wheeler (1789) 
 
 Mentioned by Evans, but no copy located by him. Unknown to Sabin 
 
 Relates to Rhode Island College, afterwards Brown University. Many 
 
 prominent names are on the list of Alumnae, — John Hancock ; Thomas 
 
 Jefferson ; Nathanael Green, and others. 
 
Sale Monday Evening, February '26th 
 
 118. Peovidence, Ehode Island. Beoadsidb. Viro Amplissimo, Jabez 
 
 Bowen, Armigero, Collegii Ehod. Insulae quod Providentiae est, 
 Cancellario ; . . . Hasce Theses Juvenes in Artibus initiati . . . 
 Daniel Warren, Enochns Hazard (and 18 others) . . . Theses 
 Technologicae, Theses Grammaticae, Theses Bhetoricae (and 7 
 others). Printed in triple columns. Large folio, wide uncut mar- 
 gins. 
 
 Providentiae: Typis Carter et Wilkinson, M,DCC,XCIV (1T94) 
 
 A VERY BARE BROADSIDE, APPARENTLY UNKNOWN TO SaBIN, AND HITHERTO 
 NOT OFFERED FOR PUBLIC SALE. RELATES TO RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE, AFTER- 
 
 w^ARDS Brown University. 
 
 119. Eevenue Act of the United States. Supervisor's Office, Massachusetts 
 
 District. Boston, March 35, 1801. Printed letter sent out to the 
 various surveyors of the Revenue by J. Jackson, Supervisor, with the 
 latter's autograph signature, and a manuscript copy of a letter by 
 Thomas Perley, of the third division district of Massachusetts (in- 
 cluding the town of Boxford), relating to the said district. 4pp. 
 folio. [Boston, 1801] 
 
 The first two pages contain the printed letter, which relates to cer- 
 tain acts regarding duties, etc., of the surveyors, as passed by a late 
 Congress of the United States. The third page contains the manuscript 
 copy of Perley's letter, and the last page contains the address of Perley, 
 showing that the present co*py was sent to him, as Surveyor of Revenue. 
 
 120. Sabin's Dictionj\ry OF Ameeicana. Sabin (Joseph). A Dictionary of 
 
 Books relating to America, from its Discovery to the Present Time. 
 A— Smith (Henry H.). Vols. 1 to 19 and Vol. 20, part I. 19 vols. 
 8vo, original wrappers or sheets, uncut. Each volume separately 
 wrapped in brown paper, ready for binding. 
 
 New York, 1868-1892 
 One of the great monuments of bibliography, and indispensable to 
 
 ALL interested IN LITERATURE RELATING TO AMERICA. 
 
 Complete and perfect set, as far as published. 
 
 121. Salem, Massachusetts. Broadside, 1782. Salem, December 10, 1782. 
 
 Gentlemen, A Bill has passed the House of Eepresentatives, by a 
 small Majority, to remove the July Court of Common Pleas from 
 this Town to Ipswich, and the Supreme Court from Ipswich to 
 Newburv-Port ; but it was stopped at the Senate, to know the general 
 Voice of the County upon the Subject. AVe are desired by this 
 Town to write to you to desire you to call a Meeting of your Town 
 . . . Signed in the autograph of Wm. West, Jno. Appleton, Josh 
 Ward, Jerathu. Pierce, Jonathan Ward, Selectmen of the town of 
 Salem. To the Moderator of the Parish ileeting in Byfield. Small 
 4to. [Salem, 1782?] 
 
Sale Monday Evening, February 26th 
 
 122. Sh-\rp (John). A Sermon preached at Trinity-Church in New York, 
 in America, August 13, 1706, at the Funeral of the Eight Honour- 
 able Katherine Lady Cornbury . . . wife of Plis Excellency Edward 
 Lord Viscount Cornbury, Her ilajesty's Captain General, and Gov- 
 ernor in Chief of the Provinces of New York, New Jersey, and 
 Territories depending thereon in America. Title within a mourning 
 lovdcr. p. 16. 12mo, half polished calf, gilt. 
 
 London: Printed and Sold by H. Hills ... for the Benefit 
 of the Poor, 1706 
 
 The husband of Lady Cornbury was of such malodorous reputation 
 that when, as Governor of New York, he made application to its General 
 Assembly for a grant for a public funeral for his wife, the.y declined, but 
 at the same time informed his Excellency that "they would readily respond 
 at any time to a similar request for himself." 
 
 123. Smith (Josiah — Pastor of a Church in Bermuda). A Discourse De- 
 livered at Boston, on July 11, 1726. Then occasion'd by the Au- 
 thor's Ordination. And now Published at the Eequest of several 
 Gentlemen, who were present at the Delivery of it. pp. (2), IV, 22. 
 12mo, half morocco, small portion of one leaf slightly defective. 
 Boston: Printed for S. Gerrish . . . near the Draw-Bridge, 
 1726 
 
 124. ViEGiN-iA. Leland (John). The Virginia Chronicle: with Judicious 
 
 and Critical Eemarks Under XXIV Heads, pp. (1), (5)-46 (2). 
 8vo, three-quarter brown levant morocco, gilt top, light stain on a 
 few pages, old writing on reverse of title. 
 
 Fredericksburg: Printed by T. Green, 1790 
 
 Very babe. The two final pages (usually missing), are present in the 
 above copy. They contain, — "The Address of the Committee of the 
 United Baptist Churches in Virginia, assembled in the City of Richmond, 
 August 8, 1789," to George Washington, and Washington's answer, which 
 fills about two thirds of the last page. 
 
 The above work must not be confounded with a work bearing a similar 
 title, pp. 7, printed at Norfolk, according to Sabin, 1789. The copy in 
 the John Carter Brown library, at Providence, is the only one of the 
 Fredericksburg edition, located by Evans. 
 
 The "Heads" include, — "A Description of Virginia" ; "The Number of 
 Inhabitants" ; "Of the Tiinlcers"; "Of Dress," etc. 
 
 125. Virginia. Proceedings of the Virginia Assembly, on the Answers of 
 
 Sundry States to their Besohitions, passed in December, 1798. pp. 
 60 (the final leaf being Advertisements). 8vo, half blue levant 
 morocco, gilt top. Philadelphia : James Carey, 1800 
 
 Fi^-B COPY. Rare. One of the first, if not actually the first, discussion 
 of the doctrine of State-Rights. 
 
Sale Monday Evening, February 26th 
 
 136. Virginia ConteiNtion. Beoadside, 1788. Virginia, to wit: In Gen- 
 eral Assembly, Friday, the 20tli ISTovember, 1788. Sir, The Freemen 
 of the Commonwealth in Convention Assembled, having at the same 
 time that they ratified the Federal Constitution, expressed a desire 
 that many parts which they consider exceptionable should be 
 amended . . . They have accordingly agreed upon an application, 
 to be presented to the Congress ... As we conceive that all the 
 good people of the United States, are equally interested in obtaining 
 those ammendments . . . Signed by Order and on Behalf of the 
 General Assembly (in the autograph of) John Jones (and) Thomas 
 Mathews. Small 4to, inlaid. 
 
 N.p., n.d., but probably printed at Kichmond, by Augustine 
 Davis, printer to the Convention, 1788 
 Historical paper, relating to the Federal Constitution. 
 
 127. War oe 1812. Broadside, 1810. Boston, February 20th, 1810. Gen- 
 tlemen, At a numerous and respectable meeting of Republican 
 Citizens from all parts of the Commonwealth, assembled at Bos- 
 ton, on the 8th day of February instant, the duty has been assigned 
 to us to make known to you their unanimous determination to 
 support the Hon. Elbridge Gerry, Esq. as candidate for Governor, 
 and the Hon. William Gray, Esq., late of Salem, as candidate for 
 Lieutenant-Governor . . . With printed signatures of Aaron Hill, 
 and six others, members of the Central Committee. Small folio. 
 
 [Boston, 1810] 
 
 128. War of 1812. Broadside. Meeting of Citizens in the Park [New 
 York] Wednesday, August 10, 1814. Public Meeting. On Wednes- 
 day, pursuant to public notice, there was assembled in the Park, 
 in front of the City-Hall, an immense Concourse of citizens. Col. 
 Henry Eutgers was unanimously called to the Chair, and Oliver Wol- 
 cott, Esq. appointed Secretary . . . Col. Willet, standing near the 
 Chairman, and the flag of the nation waving over his head, delivered 
 an address . . . He then proceeded. [Then follows the address of 
 Col. Willet, the address of Mr. Eiker, and the Eesolutions adopted.] 
 Printed in three columns, and signed by the chairman and secre- 
 tary of the meeting. Polio. Matted. [New York, 1814] 
 Among other remarks of Col. Willet, are the following, — 
 "Three-score and forty years have brought with them some bodily in- 
 firmities ... A life of 74 years has afforded me opportunities of seeing 
 many great and surprising changes, . . . Forty years ago I was at a 
 meeting of citizens assembled on this green. The acclamation then was 
 'join or die.' . . . Instead therefore, of cavelling at the measures or 
 operations of the war, let us rather unite to banish envy ..." 
 Among the resolutions passed are the followiiig, — 
 "That the citizens here assembled will to the last extremity defend the 
 city. 
 
Sale Monday Evening, February 26th 
 
 [Jfo. 128 — Continued] 
 
 "To complete tlie voluntary enrollments of persons exempted by law 
 from military service. 
 
 "That Henry Rutgers, Oliver Wolcott (and others) be a committee to 
 confer with such committees as may be apiminted by the corporation 
 ... to adopt all measures essential to the public safety." 
 
 Vekv hake broadside relating to the defence of New York City, from 
 A threatened invasion by the BiiiTisH troops. 
 
 129. Wak of 1812. Embargo BEOADsruE, 1808. Answer to the Governor's 
 
 Speech. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, House of Representatives, 
 June 9, 1808. May it Please your Excellency (etc.) Printed in 
 double column. Polio, untrimmed edges. [Boston, 1808] 
 
 This is the answer of the Massachusetts House of Representatives to 
 the address of Governor James Sullivan, relative to the pending troubles 
 with Great Britain, and the Embargo laws, — "The American nation will 
 not yield its Independence or become tributary to any other power." 
 
 130. Wae OF 1812. [Lowell (John).] Mr. Madison's War. A dispassionate 
 
 Inquiry into the Eeasons alleged by Mr. Madison for declaring an 
 Offensive and Euinous War against Great Britain. By A New 
 England Parmer. Pirst Edition, pp. 10-f63. 8vo, half blue 
 straight grained morocco, gilt top. Boston, 1812 
 
 From the Edwin B. Holden collection, with bookplate engraved by E. 
 D. French. 
 
 131. Washington (George). Broadside^ 1789. Speech of the President 
 
 of the United States, &c. Printed in double columns. ISTarrow folio, 
 three edges untrimmed. 
 
 Providence: Printed by J. Carter [1789] 
 Rare original Rhode Island broadside issue of Washington's first 
 speech to both houses, made in the Senate chamber. New York, May 
 1, 1789. Preceding the speech is an account of the ceremony of the in- 
 troduction of Washington to the presidency. Very' rare. No copy listed 
 IN book-prices current as sold in America. Unknown to Evans. 
 
 132. West Point. Eagland (Thomas — Cadet). Defence before a General 
 
 Court-Martial, held at West-Point, in the State of Few- York, 
 in the month of May, Eighteen Hundred and Nineteen, pp. 29. 
 8vo, half polished morocco. 
 
 Fewburgh: Printed by Uriah C. Lewis, 1819 
 
 133. West Point. An Expose of Facts concerning Eecent Transactions, 
 
 relating to the Corps of Cadets of the United States' Military Acad- 
 emy, at West-Point, New York. pp. (7), 68. 8vo, half polished 
 morocco, gilt top. Light stains. 
 
 Newburgh, N. Y. : Printed by Uriah C. Lewis, 1819 
 On title is written, — "Presented to James Cook. By Isaac H. WUUam- 
 son, Esq., Governor of New Jersey. February 12th, 182" — (figure of last 
 date cut away). 
 
Sale Monday Evening, February £(Jth 
 
 134. West Point. Memorial to Congress, pp. 0. 8vo, half polished mo- 
 
 rocco. No place, probably New York, circa 1820 
 
 ■'. . . the uiidcrHigiicd, lute Cadets in the service of the United States 
 . rcspectfvUi/ represent and declare: That a true statement of the 
 situation of the Military Academy has been withheld from the Congress 
 of the United States," etc. Signed by Nathaniel Hall Loring, Thoma.s 
 Raglanci, and 3 others. In addition there are seven certificates, each 
 signed. 
 
 135. Whisky Insurrection. The Proceedings of the Executive of the United 
 
 States respecting the Insurgents. lT!)-4. 8vo, new half mottled calf, 
 gilt back. Philadelphia, 1795 
 
 Unusually fine copy of this rare volume. 
 
 136. Whitaker (Nathaniel). An Antidote against Toryism, or. The Curse 
 
 of Meroz. Dedicated to his Excellency, General Washington, pp. 34. 
 8vo, half mottled calf, gilt top, other edges uncut. 
 
 Newbury-Port : Printed by John My call, 1777 
 Fine copy of this rare work, with the half-title. The author, a gradu- 
 ate of Princeton, was an ardent whig, zealously supporting the cause of 
 the Colonists during the Revolution. 
 
 137. Yale College. [Dana (Samuel Whittlesey).] Y'ale-College subject 
 
 to the General Assembly, pp. 44. 8vo, old, probably original wrap- 
 
 })Ors, ENTIRELY UNCUT AND MAINLY UNOPENED. 
 
 New-Haven: Printed by Thomas & Samuel Green, 1784 
 A remarkably fine copy of a very RARE WORK. The caption title com- 
 mences, — "The right of the General Assemlilii to inspect, regulate and re- 
 form the wrporatioa. of Yale-College in New-Haven, considered on prin- 
 ciples of law and equitg." It was written by Samuel Whittlesey Dana, 
 a graduate of Yale in 1775 and a distinguished lawyer, elected to Con- 
 gress as a Federalist. In his work, the author, differing from the 
 opinion of Thomas Clap, the famous president of the College, claims the 
 right of the General Assembly of Connecticut to alter the Charter of the 
 College, basing his opinion on legal arguments. 
 
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