Dwight, Timothy:

VIRTUOUS RULERS A NATIONAL BLESSING. A SERMON, PREACHED AT THE GENERAL ELECTION, MAY 12TH, 1791. BY...PASTOR OF A CHURCH IN FAIRFIELD.

Hartford: Hudson and Goodwin, 1791. 42pp, lacks the half title. Disbound. Closed tears through title and line of text on verso [no text loss], scattered foxing, small mold spots on first six leaves, hence Good only.

Dwight was "the dominant figure in the established order of Connecticut" during his presidency of Yale, 1795-1817. DAB. The Call to government service is "the noblest of all employments, the first of all the stages of usefulness," and "a singular honour to be summoned by God, to the office."
FIRST EDITION. Evans 23341. Item #17742

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