The first book of the American chronicles of the times. Chap. V.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leacock, John, 1729-1802, author.

Contributor:

Adams, Samuel, 1722-1803.

Series:

Early American imprints. First series ; no. 13804.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Old Testament--Parodies, imitations, etc.

Bible.

Bible. Old Testament.

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Anecdotes.

United States.

History.

Genre:

Anecdotes.

Satires.

Parodies, imitations, etc.

Parodies (Literature)

Physical Description:

1 online resource (pages [1], 48-58)

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia: : Printed and sold by B. Towne., [1775]

System Details:

text file

Notes:

The events preceding the American Revolution, related in mock-Biblical style.

Caption title.

By John Leacock. Leacock's play, "The fall of British tyranny," was advertised in the Constitutional gazette, July 3, 1776, as "by the author of the American chronicles of the times." Cf. Carla Mulford's Introduction to "John Leacock's The first book of the American chronicles of the times, 1774-1775" (Newark : University of Delaware Press, 1987).

"... said to be wrote by that great patriot ... S----l A---s [i.e., Samuel Adams], Esquire, a member for this province in the Grand American Continental Congress."--from an advertisement for the work in: The Wonder of wonders ... 2nd edition, Salem, Mass. : E. Russell, 1775. A portrait of Adams appears on the title page of Russell's edition of the work (Salem, 1774).

Imprint from colophon. Published Feb. 1775; compare Evans.

Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Incorporated, 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; numbers 13804).

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