A SERMON, PREACHED BEFORE HIS EXCELLENCY JOHN HANCOCK, ESQ. GOVERNOUR; ...AND THE HONOURABLE THE SENATE, AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, MAY 28, 1788, BEING THE DAY OF GENERAL ELECTION.
Boston: [1788]. 46, [2 blanks] pp, with the half title and final blank. Stitched and untrimmed. Lightly foxed. Very Good+.
On the qualities of good rulers: good character, infused by a religious sensibility, is essential. Elective office should not be granted merely because the candidate is an instrument of a good cause or a particular interest.
FIRST EDITION. Evans 21360. Item #41834
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