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The First book of the American chronicles of the times. Chap. I.

Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks Am 1774 Ame AR74 F53
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Adams, Samuel, 1722-1803
Language:
English
Physical Description:
12p. ; 8°.
Place of Publication:
Philadelphia : Printed and sold by B. Towne, [1774]
Notes:
The events preceding the American Revolution, related in mock-Biblical style.
Caption title.
".. 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 ed., 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. The first edition, published Oct. 1774; cf. Evans.
Local Notes:
HSP in LCP.
Cited in:
Evans 13104; Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 2970

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