A Sermon Delivered Before the Convention of the Clergy of Massachusetts, in Boston, May 26, 1796
by Jeremy Belknap
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About This Item
Boston: Samuel Hall, 1796. Good. Boston: Samuel Hall, No. 53, Cornhill, 1796. First Edition. Octavo; removed; 29,[3]pp. (lacking half title page, otherwise collated complete). First two leaves separated but present, contemporary ownership at head of the same, faint dampstaining, else a Good or better copy.
Sermon listing the "afflictions of the gospels" in the United States, the fifth being "the resentment of pretended patriots, when we oppose their views in endeavouring to serve our country." The accompanying footnote to this statement maintains that "Had this discourse been delivered twenty or twenty-five years ago, it might have been conjectured that the politicians here meant were tories, and under British influence! The same language is now held by some who think themselves the best friends of America!" (p 15).
EVANS 30052; SABIN 4438.
Sermon listing the "afflictions of the gospels" in the United States, the fifth being "the resentment of pretended patriots, when we oppose their views in endeavouring to serve our country." The accompanying footnote to this statement maintains that "Had this discourse been delivered twenty or twenty-five years ago, it might have been conjectured that the politicians here meant were tories, and under British influence! The same language is now held by some who think themselves the best friends of America!" (p 15).
EVANS 30052; SABIN 4438.
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- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (US)
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- Title
- A Sermon Delivered Before the Convention of the Clergy of Massachusetts, in Boston, May 26, 1796
- Author
- Jeremy Belknap
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
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- Publisher
- Samuel Hall
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1796
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