THE CHOICE: A DISCOURSE, OCCASIONED BY THE PRESENT SEVERE DROUGHT; THE MORTAL FEVER WHICH PREVAILS IN PORTSMOUTH, IN THIS NEAR VICINITY, AND IN MANY OF OUR CAPITAL, SEA-PORT TOWNS; AND THE THREATENING PROSPECT OF A CALAMITOUS WAR WITH A POWERFUL NATION. DELIVERED AT GREENLAND, SEPT. 9, 1798.
Boston: Thomas Adams, 1798. 21, [1 blank] pp, but lacking the half title and final blank leaf. One short margin tear [no loss]. some loosening. Good+.
On the fever, Macclintock counsels, "The same sins are found in the midst of us, which have brought ruin on other nations in ages past. And may we not expect that these sins, persisted in, will finally bring ruin upon us...?" The French, with whom we are at the brink of war, "have long been considered as the model of politeness and humanity to all Europe, yet...they have committed such acts of savage barbarity as are a disgrace to human nature." The British army is no better.
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