THE FOLLY, GUILT, AND MISCHIEFS OF DUELLING; A SERMON, PREACHED IN THE COLLEGE CHAPEL AT NEW HAVEN, ON THE SABBATH PRECEDING THE ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT, SEPTEMBER, 1804. BY... PRESIDENT OF YALE-COLLEGE.

Hartford: Hudson and Goodwin, 1805. 30pp, but lacking the half title. Untrimmed, removed, Good+.

Dwight's sermon is prefaced by a denial that it was a response to the widely publicized Hamilton-Burr duel. "Whatever may be thought of a late encounter, which has engrossed the attention of this country, it is especially to be remarked, that I do not intend to refer to it at all." Though striving for the big picture, Dwight would probably have conceded that, but for that duel, few would have listened.
Dwight takes his text from Proverbs: "A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person, shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him."
Ford, Hamiltoniana 114*. Item #33530

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