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Hilliard, Timothy:

A SERMON DELIVERED DECEMBER 10, 1788, AT THE ORDINATION OF THE REV. JOHN ANDREWS, TO THE CARE OF THE FIRST CHURCH AND SOCIETY IN NEWBURYPORT, AS A COLLEAGUE-PASTOR WITH THE REV. THOMAS CARY. BY TIMOTHY HILLIARD, A.M. PASTOR OF THE FIRST CHURCH IN CAMBRIDGE. PUBLISHED AT THE DESIRE OF THE CHURCH AND SOCIETY.

Newburyport: Printed by John Mycall, 1789. 52pp, with the half title, as issued. Disbound with light scattered foxing, else Very Good. Contemporary ownership signature on half title: "Nabby Goodhue's." This pamphlet wins the award for the first example of three-color printing in America. Page 5 includes two ornaments, one in..... More

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["Jew Bill"] Brackenridge, H[enry] M[arie]:

SPEECHES ON THE JEW BILL, IN THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES OF MARYLAND, H. M. BRACKENRIDGE, COL. W. G. D. WORTHINGTON, AND JOHN S. TYSON, PHILADELPHIA.

Philadelphia: 1829. [4], 236 pp. Untrimmed and generously margined. Early leaves margin-spotted; otherwise lightly foxed or dusted, generally in the margins. Very Good in modern quarter calf and speckled pale boards, with gilt-lettered spine title on black morocco. Brackenridge had a remarkable career-- as a lawyer in Maryland and Pennsylvania..... More

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North Carolina:

JOURNALS OF THE ANNUAL CONVENTIONS OF THE DIOCESE OF NORTH CAROLINA, 1860-1870. PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH.

1860. Eleven Journals, 1860-1870. All printed in North Carolina, with the following imprints: 1860-1864, Fayetteville [by Hale]; 1865, Raleigh [Gorman]; 1866-1868 & 1870, Fayetteville; 1869, Raleigh [Littlefield]. Each Journal @60-128 pp. Bound together in later buckram. First editions, scattered fox and tan, none with original wrappers. Light scattered wear, corner..... More

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[Washington, George]:

FOURTEEN EULOGIES AND ORATIONS ON THE DEATH OF GEORGE WASHINGTON.

[various places]: 1800. This lot of fourteen items is detailed below with titles, pagination and condition. Additional details are available upon request. 1. Brooks, John: AN EULOGY, ON GENERAL WASHINGTON... Boston: 1800. 15, [1 blank] pp, with the half title. Disbound and untrimmed, with wide margins. Contemporary signature on final..... More

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Well-wisher of the Country's Peace, A:

AN ESSAY, UPON THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS. QUEST. WHAT POWER HAS THE MAGISTRATE, ABOUT SACRED THINGS? QUEST. 2. DO THE FAULTS OF RULERS RENDER THEIR AUTHORITY VOID AND NULL? QUEST. 3. ARE WE TO BE OBEDIENT TO MAGISTRATES OF A DIFFERENT RELIGION FROM OUR SELVES? AND IF SO, QUEST. 4. WHAT OBEDIENCE IS TO BE GIVEN TO THEM?

Drumfries: Printed by Robert Rae... 1715. 4to. [4], 27. [1 blank] pp. Disbound, lightly toned and dusted, portions of several lower blank margins spotted. Very Good. Observing "That by Disputes about Religion, Contentions only are inflamed," the author seeks a solution to this "thornie" issue. "That both Church and State..... More

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Wheelock, Eleazar D.D.:

A CONTINUATION OF THE NARRATIVE OF THE INDIAN CHARITY SCHOOL, BEGUN IN LEBANON, IN CONNECTICUT; NOW INCORPORATED WITH DARTMOUTH-COLLEGE, IN HANOVER, IN THE PROVINCE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. WITH A DEDICATION TO THE HONORABLE TRUST IN LONDON. TO WHICH IS ADDED AN ACCOUNT OF MISSIONS THE LAST YEAR, IN AN ABSTRACT FROM THE JOURNAL OF THE REV'D MR. FRISBIE, MISSIONARY. BY...PRESIDENT OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE.

Hartford: Printed by Ebenezer Watson, near the Great Bridge, 1775. vii, [1 blank, [9]-31, [1 blank] pp, as issued. Untrimmed, generously margined, title leaf with some foxing. Else Very Good in later half morocco with gilt rules, marbled boards, and gilt-stamped title on front cover. Engraved bookplate of Lucius Barnes..... More

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