A LETTER TO AN HONOURABLE GENTLEMAN OF THE COUNCIL - BOARD, FOR THE COLONY OF CONNECTICUT, SHEWING THAT YALE - COLLEGE IS A VERY GREAT EMOLUMENT, AND OF HIGH IMPORTANCE TO THE STATE: CONSEQUENTLY, THAT IT IS THE INTEREST AND DUTY OF THE COMMONWEALTH TO AFFORD IT PUBLICK COUNTENANCE AND SUPPORT: AND WHEREIN SUCH OBJECTIONS ARE CONSIDERED AND OBVIATED AS WOULD PROBABLY BE MADE AGAINST THE TENOR OF SUCH REASONING. BY A FRIEND OF COLLEGE, THE CHURCH AND HIS COUNTRY.
New Haven: Printed by B. Mecom, 1766. 4to. 26, [2 blanks] pp. Stitched. Uncut, outer and lower margins untrimmed. Near Fine.
"Dexter attributes to Benjamin Trumbull, but in his sketch of Ebenezer Baldwin, states that he has also been named as the author, and that both may have been concerned in it. Written immediately after President Clap's resignation, to influence the Assembly to a new policy" [Sabin]. The author advocates public assistance for Yale, an institution whose "religious and liberal education of youth" is of inestimable advantage to the Colony.
Mecom, the printer, was Benjamin Franklin's nephew; he succeeded to James Parker's business, the first print-shop in New Haven. The last auction of this item occurred in 1975.
Evans 10511. Trumbull 985. Sabin 105935. ESTC 13496. Item #40474
Price: $1,250.00