Lot 22
[COLONIAL IMPRINTS]. A group of 18th-century pamphlets, many regarding New England, comprising:
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[COLONIAL IMPRINTS]. A group of 18th-century pamphlets, many regarding New England, comprising:
Memorial of the Illinois and Wabash Land Company. [Philadelphia]: [William Ross], [1797]. 8vo. Original wrappers (soft vertical folds). Sabin 34294.
[With:] PRINCE, Thomas. A Sermon at Midleborough East Precinct July. VIII. 1728...The Decease & Funeral of Samuel Prince. Boston: S. Gerrish, 1728. Sabin 65602. -- FOXCROFT, Thomas. Observations Historical and Practical on the Rise and Primitive State of New-England. [Boston]: [S. Kneeland and T. Green], [1730]. (Lacking lower portion of title page, disbound, blanks missing). Sabin notes this as "a valuable tract, compiled from original sources." Bradford 1757; Evans 3280; Howes F-309; Sabin 25399. -- BARNARD, Edward. A Sermon Preached at the Ordination of the Rev. Mr. Gyles Merrill to the Pastoral Care of the Church and Congregation in Plastow, and the North Part of Haverhill. Boston: Thomas and John Fleet, 1765. (Lacking 4 leaves at end [1D-4D]). Barnard 1720-74; Evans 9909. -- Together, 3 pamphlets, 8vo, all FIRST EDITIONS, condition generally very good except where noted.
[With:] "State of our Affairs, and of the Armies in New York and Canada." from [The Political Magazine]. [October 1780]. -- Acts and Laws, Passed by the General Court of Massachusetts. [Boston?]: Jabez Briggs and Gideon Gould, 1789. -- The Massachusetts Magazine. For November 1792. -- To the Electors of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. N.p.: N.p., [1804-1809]. Anti-New England Confederacy during Jefferson's presidency. -- Together, 4 pamphlets related to the politics of Massachusetts, 8vo, all FIRST EDITIONS, condition generally very good to fine.
[Also with:] [BULLARD, Samuel]. The Massachusetts and New-Hampshire Almanack, For the Year of our Lord, 1793. Boston: J. White and C. Cambridge, 1792. 8vo. (Lacking last leaf [2D], soiled). Original wrappers (heavy soil). RARE: OCLC lists only 9 copies. Notes on the Almanacs of Massachusetts (Charles L. Nichols) lists publication only in 1792 and 1793.
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