A Sermon Delivered to the First Religious Society in Roxbury, December 11, 1783; being the first day of public thanksgiving, in America, after the restoration of peace, and the ultimate acknowledgement of her independence
Boston: Adams and Nourse, 1784. Very Good-. Item #25901
Boston: Adams and Nourse, 1784. First Edition. Octavo (20cm.); removed, remnants of old leather to spine; 24pp. ([A]4 B-C4, collated complete). Textblock rather browned and foxed, a few tiny chips to margins, else Good to Very Good overall.
Early post-Revolutionary War celebratory sermon, opening with the lines "That appearance of undissembled joy, and that look of lively gratitude, which are now diffused over the face of this assembly, together with the correspondent feelings of my own heart, hasten me, my friends, to congratulate you on the business and design of this joyous day" (p. 3). The orator goes on to recapitulate the events leading up to the conflict, and the military victories that followed, with allusions to the feats of Generals John Stark and George Washington, and the perfidy of Benedict Arnold. The text concludes on the high note "And may the AMERICAN REVOLUTION, by the great and extensive advantages that shall result from it, as well as by the surprizing means and efforts by which it was accomplished, be rendered a distinguished epoch in the annals of time" (pp. 23-4).
EVANS 18736; ESTC W29186; SABIN 64243.
Price: $1,500.00