[New Brunswick: George F. Hopkins], 1795. 22, [2 blanks] pp. Stitched. Early library rubberstamp on title page, lightly toned, else a Very Good copy. Our colleague Joseph Felcone has explained the dispute that gave rise to this pamphlet; and has identified Aristides [not William Griffith, as Gaines and Evans..... More

Philadelphia: Carey, Stewart and Co., 1790. Volume VII, Numbers I-VI [January 1790 - June 1790]. 344, 44 [Appendix I- Poetry], 44 [Appendix II- Public Papers], 44 [i.e., 40; Appendix III- Proceedings of Congress], 40 [Appendix IV- Foreign Intelligence], iv [Index] pp. Mild foxing and toning. Appendix IV [Foreign Intelligence] is..... More

Boston: Green and Russell, 1765. 59, [1 blank] pp, with the half title [which is loose]. Disbound, light to moderate foxing, Good+. Eliot's powerful election sermon, reprinted in London in the same year, infused the increasingly widespread American ideas of Natural Rights and self-government "with more direct power and gave..... More

[Boston: Thomas Adams, 1793]. Folio broadside, 8-1/4" x 13-1/2". Signed twice in type by John Hancock, and twice in manuscript by John Avery, Junior, Secretary. Old folds with some light splitting but no text affected. Paper seal obscures several words. "Wrentham" is inserted in two blank portions of the printed..... More

Boston, N.E. Printed by S. Kneeland & Green for S. Gerrish, 1736. Contemporary calf [hinges starting, spine chip], covers bordered by gilt rules. Raised spine bands, gilt-lettered 'I' stamped on spine. [10], xi, [1], 20, 104, [2], 254 pp. Title printed in red and black. Rear free endpaper lacking; front..... More

Boston: T. and J. Fleet, in Cornhill, and J. Gill... 1779. 38pp, with the half title [which has loosened]. Disbound. Else Very Good. Stillman had been an original trustee of Rhode Island College [later Brown University] and, after the Revolution, served as one of Boston's twelve delegates to the..... More