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178025999<p><b>Jefferson's Excessively Rare BILL FOR ESTABLISHING RELIGIOUS FREEDOM</b></p><p><b>One of the three achievements of which Jefferson was most proud as listed on his epitaph. </b></p><p>Only the <b>second known newspaper</b> printing and the <b>first front-page</b> printing. </p><p>THOMAS JEFFERSON. Prominent front-page printing of "<i>A Bill for establishing religious Freedom Printed for the Consideration of the People</i>" <i>The Providence Gazette; and Country Journal </i>Rhode Island May 13 1780 1:1-2.</p><p>Jefferson drafted the bill in 1777 and John Harvie 1742-1807 introduced it in the Virginia General Assembly on June 12 1779. James Madison reintroduced a slightly different version in October 1785 and the General Assembly adopted a further revised version on January 16 1786.</p><p>This eclipses by roughly six years the rare 1786 Paris four-page printing of the Act making it the earliest obtainable printing of Jefferson's proposed bill. It is closer to Jefferson's original text than either the amended act or Jefferson's hybrid version created in 1786.1 </p><p>Here it is introduced by a local commentator signing as "Roger Williams" in homage to America's earliest advocate of religious toleration and separation of church and state.</p><p><b>Complete Transcript of Introduction</b></p><p><i>Mr. Carter</i></p><p><i> <u>In times of public dissention wherein the exertions of municipal law are too feeble to check the encroachments of popular or despotic leaders or of factions directed to particular views the men who nobly oppose the vicious torrent give an irresistible proof of the innate excellence of human nature.</u> Commotions of every kind are near the confines of usurpation: They terminate in horror when the rights of mankind are essentially violated. Of all those rights freedom of thinking in matters religious is the most important. Actions are the necessary consequence of volition; and therefore religious establishments counteract their own intentions. Religion is relative only to the creature and the Creator: It existed the same where in the mundane or other systems coeval with nature in gradation; and consequently anteceded the objects of civil institution. <u>For governments therefore whether republican monarchical or despotic to enforce religion as pertaining to their formation is absurd and ridiculous; but more especially so when freedom is the glorious prize for which we dare to fight to bleed to die!</u>—Unhappy contrast! The first State but one in the confederated union of America is attempting to enslave the free-born mind.—The first State but one in the confederated union of America is boldly declaring the rights of humanity in the most critical of times! Happy Virginia! thy unsullied charms will smile with truth when the universal boon shall be known to all and heaven pronounce impartial freedom.</i></p><p><i> The following Sir is an <u>Act of the State of Virginia</u>: That the noble sentiments therein contained may universally prevail in the anxious prayer of your very humble servant.</i></p><p><i> ROGER WILLIAMS.</i></p><p><b>Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom as introduced June 12 1779 and printed here</b></p><p>deletions in final version in bold</p><p><i><b>A</b> <b>Bill</b></i><i>for establishing religious Freedom.</i></p><p><i><b>Printed for the Consideration of the People.</b></i></p><p><b><i>Well aware that the opinions and belief of men depend not on their own will but follow involuntarily the evidence proposed to their minds that</i></b><i> <b>Almighty God has created the mind free and manifested his supreme will that free it shall remain by making it altogether insusceptible of restraint</b></i><i>; that all attempts to influence it by temporal punishments or burthens or by civil incapacities tend only to beget habits of hypocrisy and meanness and therefore are a departure from the plan of the holy Author of religion who being Lord of both body and mind yet chose not to propagate it by coercions on either as was in his Almighty power to do <b>but to extend it by its influence on reason alone</b>; that the impious presumption of legislators and rulers civil as well as ecclesiastical who being themselves but fallible and uninspired men have assumed dominion over the faith of others setting up their own opinions and modes of thinking as the only true and infallible and as such endeavouring to impose them on others hath established and maintained false religions over the greatest part of the world and through all time; that to compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves <b>and abhors</b> is sinful and tyrannical; that even the forcing him to support this or that teacher of his own religious persuasion is depriving him of the comfortable liberty of giving his contributions to the particular pastor whose morals he would make his pattern and whose powers he feels most persuasive to righteousness and is withdrawing from the ministry those temporary rewards which proceeding from an approbation of their personal conduct are an additional incitement to earnest and unremitting labour for the instruction of mankind; that our civil rights have no dependence on our religious opinions any more than on our opinions in physics or geometry that therefore the proscribing any citizen as unworthy the public confidence by laying upon him an incapacity of being called to offices of trust and emolument unless he profess or renounce this or that religious opinion is depriving him injuriously of those privileges and advantages to which in common with his fellow citizens he has a natural right; that it tends also to corrupt the principles of that </i><i><u>very</u></i><i> religion it is meant to encourage by bribing with a monopoly of worldly honors and emoluments those who will externally profess and conform to it; that though indeed those are criminal who do not withstand such temptations yet neither are those innocent who lay the bait in their way; <b>that the opinions of men are not the object of civil government nor under its jurisdiction; </b>that to suffer the civil magistrate to intrude his powers into the field of opinion and to restrain the profession or propagation of principles on supposition of their ill tendency is a dangerous fallacy which at once destroys all religious liberty because he being of course judge of that tendency will make his opinions the rule of judgment and approve or condemn the sentiments of others only as they shall square with or differ from his own; that it is time enough for the rightful purposes of civil government for its officers to interfere when principles break out into overt acts against peace and good order; and finally that truth is great and will prevail if left to herself; that she is the proper and sufficient antagonist to error and has nothing to fear from the conflict unless by human interposition disarmed of her natural weapons free argument and debate; errors ceasing to be dangerous when it is permitted freely to contradict them.</i></p><p><i><b>We the General Assembly of Virginia do Enact</b></i><i> That no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship place or ministry whatsoever nor shall be enforced restrained molested or burthened in his body or goods nor shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief; but that all men shall be free to profess and by argument maintain their opinions in matters of religion and that the same shall in no wise diminish enlarge or affect their civil capacities. And though we well know that this Assembly elected by the people for the ordinary purposes of legislation only have no power to restrain the acts of succeeding Assemblies constituted with powers equal with our own and that therefore to declare this act irrevocable would be of no effect in law; yet we are free to declare and do declare that the rights herein asserted are of the natural rights of mankind and that if any act shall be hereafter passed to repeal the present or to narrow its operation such act will be an infringement of natural right.</i></p><p><b>"An Act for establishing religious Freedom" as adopted January 16 1786</b></p><p><i>An Act for establishing religious Freedom.</i></p><p><i>Whereas Almighty God hath created the mind free; that all attempts to influence it by temporal punishments or burthens or by civil incapacitations tend only to beget habits of hypocrisy and meanness and therefore are a departure from the plan of the holy author of our religion who being Lord both of body and mind yet chose not to propagate it by coercions on either as was in his Almighty power to do; that the impious presumption of legislators and rulers civil as well as ecclesiastical who being themselves but fallible and uninspired men have assumed dominion over the faith of others setting up their own opinions and modes of thinking as the only true and infallible and as such endeavouring to impose them on others hath established and maintained false religions over the greatest part of the world and through all time; that to compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves is sinful and tyrannical; that even the forcing him to support this or that teacher of his own religious persuasion is depriving him of the comfortable liberty of giving his contributions to the particular pastor whose morals he would make his pattern and whose powers he feels most persuasive to righteousness and is withdrawing from the Ministry those temporary rewards which proceeding from an approbation of their personal conduct are an additional incitement to earnest and unremitting labours for the instruction of mankind; that our civil rights have no dependence on our religious opinions any more than our opinions in physics or geometry that therefore the proscribing any citizen as unworthy the public confidence by laying upon him an incapacity of being called to offices of trust and emolument unless he profess or renounce this or that religious opinion is depriving him injuriously of those privileges and advantages to which in common with his fellow citizens he has a natural right; that it tends only to corrupt the principles of that very Religion it is meant to encourage by bribing with a monopoly of worldly honours and emoluments those who will externally profess and conform to it; that though indeed these are criminal who do not withstand such temptation yet neither are those innocent who lay the bait in their way; that to suffer the civil magistrate to intrude his powers into the field of opinion and to restrain the profession or propagation of principles on supposition of their ill tendency is a dangerous fallacy which at once destroys all religious liberty because he being of course judge of that tendency will make his opinions the rule of judgment and approve or condemn the sentiments of others only as they shall square with or differ from his own; that it is time enough for the rightful purposes of civil government for its officers to interfere when principles break out into overt acts against peace and good order; and finally that truth is great and will prevail if left to herself that she is the proper and sufficient antagonist to error and has nothing to fear from the conflict unless by human interposition disarmed of her natural weapons free argument and debate errors ceasing to be dangerous when it is permitted freely to contradict them:</i></p><p><i>Be it enacted by General Assembly That no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship place or Ministry whatsoever nor shall be enforced restrained molested or burthened in his body or goods nor shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief; but that all men shall be free to profess and by argument to maintain their opinions in matters of Religion and that the same shall in no wise diminish enlarge or affect their civil capacities. </i></p><p><i>And though we well know that this Assembly elected by the people for the ordinary purposes of legislation only have no power to restrain the Acts of succeeding Assemblies constituted with powers equal to our own and that therefore to declare this Act irrevocable would be of no effect in law; yet we are free to declare and do declare that the rights hereby asserted are of the natural rights of mankind and that if any Act shall be hereafter passed to repeal the present or to narrow its operation such Act will be an infringement of natural right.</i></p><p><b>Additional Content</b></p><p>This issue also includes a report that King Louis XVI had given the Marquis de Lafayette permission to rejoin the army of the United States p1/c3; rumors from London that Parliament would be dissolved p1/c3; news of John Adams' arrival in Europe as a negotiator to try to end the Revolutionary War p2/c1; the installation of the Rev. Samuel Williams as Hollis Professor of Mathematics at Harvard University p2/c2; news of raids by Native Americans in Pennsylvania skirmishes with British forces and local news of taxes and a burglary p3/c1-3; a proclamation by British Commander-in-Chief Henry Clinton offering a pardon to all those who would return to their loyalty to the Crown p4/c1; a brief letter by Lafayette to the Massachusetts General Assembly: "<i>Nothing but those particular marks of their favour and the grateful feelings they have excited could increase the happiness I enjoyed in finding myself on the American shore and the warm desire I feel of being again with my American fellow-soldiers in the defence of our noble cause.</i>" p4/c2</p><p><b><i>The Providence Gazette and Country Journal</i></b> 1762-1817 was the first newspaper published in Providence Rhode Island. Sarah Updike Goddard ca. 1701-1770 her son William Goddard 1740-1817 and her daughter Mary Katherine Goddard 1738-1816 established the weekly newspaper in 1762. When William Goddard moved to Philadelphia to establish the <i>Pennsylvania Chronicle</i> in 1767 Sarah Goddard published <i>The Providence Gazette and Country Journal</i>with the assistance of Philadelphia-born John Carter 1745-1814 who had been a printer's apprentice to Benjamin Franklin. Carter purchased <i>The Providence Gazette and Country Journal </i>in 1768. Postmaster-General Franklin appointed John Carter as the postmaster of Providence in 1772 and Carter held the position until 1792. In 1795 Carter shortened the title of the newspaper to <i>The Providence Gazette</i> until 1811 when he restored the original title. Carter sold the newspaper to Hugh H. Brown and William H. Wilson in 1814 and the newspaper continued under that title until 1817. Successor newspapers continued into the 1830s.</p><p><b>CENSUS OF NEWSPAPER PRINTINGS BEFORE JANUARY 16 1786:</b></p><p><i>Independent Ledger and the American Advertiser.</i> April 10 1780. Boston MA p4/c1</p><p><i>Providence Gazette; and Country Journal. </i>May 13 1780. Providence RI p1/c1-2</p><p><i>Thomas's Massachusetts Spy Or American Oracle of Liberty.</i> May 25 1780. Worcester MA p2/c1-2</p><p><i>Virginia Journal and Alexandria Advertiser.</i> April 14 1785. Alexandria VA. p2/c1-2</p><p><i>Maryland Journal and Baltimore Advertiser.</i> November 18 1785. Baltimore MD p2/c32</p><br /><p>1 For Jefferson's combination of parts of the bill and act into an odd hybrid in 1786 see the editorial discussion in 82. A Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom 18 June 1779.</p><p>2 <i>The Maryland Journal and Baltimore Advertiser</i>. June 7 1785. Baltimore MD p2/c3-p3/c1 proposed the same text for a similar act of the Maryland General Assembly by "A Citizen" but since Maryland is not Virginia it is omitted here.</p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> books
1766177778London: Printed for Paul Vaillant in the Strand 1766. Leather bound. VG soiling but otherwise bright and very clean inside a superb copy. Full red leather with extensive gilt tooled border on both covers all edges gilt marbled endpapers. 5 raised bands with extensive and detailed gilt tooling in the compartments. 8 302 pages 9 unnumbered leaves of plates Tables 1-5 Plates I II III IV. The last four leaves of plates are numbered I-IV. A superb copy of a book rarely encountered either in the trade or at auction. Printed for Paul Vaillant, in the Strand unknown books
1766318208London: Printed for T. Davies 1766. First edition. "Samuel Johnson contributed the 'Advertisement' at least nine other pieces including 'The Fountains: A Fairy Tale' pp. 111-41 revised several others and was presumably responsible for the general editing and arrangement of the volume. 4 1-184pp. 4to. Bound in modern brown quarter calf and marbled boards. With library markings on title-page. First edition. "Samuel Johnson contributed the 'Advertisement' at least nine other pieces including 'The Fountains: A Fairy Tale' pp. 111-41 revised several others and was presumably responsible for the general editing and arrangement of the volume. 4 1-184pp. 4to. "Miss. Williams the blind Welsh poetess remained a member of Johnson's household from the days when she was his wife's constant companion. Johnson wrote a proposal for the work in the Gentleman's Magazine in 1750 but publication was delayed for 16 years presumably due to the lack of material by the poetess herself until Johnson arranged for contributions from many of his friends" --Maggs 1038/110. ESTC T77856; Fleeman pp. 1139-42 Courteney & Nicholl Smith p. 111 Printed for T. Davies unknown books
17661077524to. London: T. Davies 1766. 4to 4 184 pp. Title with woodcut fleuron; old waterstain to top forecorners of a few leaves at front. Handsome early or original half calf and marbled boards red morocco label lettered in gilt; slightly rubbed a very good copy. § First edition of the only book by Anna Williams 1706-1783 the blind poet and companion of Samuel Johnson. After her death Johnson wrote of her “"Her curiosity was universal her knowledge was very extensive and she sustained forty years of misery with steady fortitude. Thirty years and more she has been my companion and her death has left me very desolate.†Her Miscellanies in Prose and Verse was published in 1766 her 60th year; Johnson contributed a preface and several prose and verse pieces. “The work had been first advertised in 1750 and there were waspish claims from Anna's friends that Johnson had not exerted himself in its production but the publication was moderately successful and earned the author about £100†Oxford DNB. Justin Croft noted of his copy: “Very uncommon as one might expect from Mrs. Thrale's statement: 'I never saw it on any Table but my own.'†Fleeman pp. 1139-42 Courteney & Nicholl Smith p. 111. T. Davies hardcover books
1776310481Stamford Connecticut 1776. 1 p. pen and ink on paper with receipt of pay order docketed on the verso. 8vo 6 x 8-1/4 inches. Horizontal crease from prior folding some wear and small tears at edges. 1 p. pen and ink on paper with receipt of pay order docketed on the verso. 8vo 6 x 8-1/4 inches. A Signer Writes One Month Before the Declaration of Independence. William Williams 1731-1811 delegate for Connecticut to the continental Congress and a signer of the Declaration of Independence writes on June 6 1776 as clerk for the Governor of the Council of Safety to the Connecticut Committee of Pay Table requesting a payment of £154 to Thomas Morgan "in discharge of an order for that sum drawn by Cap. John Ely . in settlement of his acct. and service to the Company under his command in Colony service" and a payment of £30 to Samuel Shelton "which is in discharge of Cap. Elys order for him ." Colonel John Ely 1737-1800 was a Connecticut surgeon and physician who invested nearly his entire wealth in the raising and outfitting of a regiment of regular troops. He was captured by the British in December of 1777 later refusing to be released in a prisoner exchange because his skills as a physician were desperately needed among his fellow captured soldiers. unknown books
17291508081Freebairn's 1729. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. A good first edition front cover detached. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase. Freebairn's hardcover books
178507935Lebanon 1785. Autograph Document Signed "Wm. Williams" one page 9" x 13" dated April 4 1785. The present legal document is regarding common land: "We the subscribers bring by the proprietors of the comon sic undivided lands in Lebanon appointed a committee and agents to sue and prosecute to final judgement and execution all persons who have committed any trespass on such common land."Light stain in lower left not affecting signature or the text of the document; wear at folds; very good with a fine bold signature. William Williams 1731-1811 graduated Harvard in 1751 was businessman partiot and Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Connecticut. <br/><br/> unknown books
170529290London: J. Smith at ye Lyon & Crown in Russel Street Covent Garden 1705. Mezzotint trimmed to plate mark excellent condition. Fine impression of this mezzotint portrait.<br/> <br/>Mr. Greville Verney 1687-1703 a handsome young aristocrat looks straight at the viewer while pointing to Hudson's Bay on the large globe with one hand and holding a print in the other. His silk cloak and dressing gown fly around him implying rapid movement. His enthusiasm for life is captured in the contentment on his face and his various interests. The original painting was done by Michael Dahl a Swedish born portrait artist who worked in London and the mezzotint was by a Welsh engraver Robert Williams one of the earliest mezzotinters.<br/> <br/>Chaloner British Mezzotint Portraits; Meridew A Catalogue of Engraved Portraits of Nobility Gentry Clergymen & Others Born Resident in or Connected with the Countyr of Warwick 1848 p. 67; Smith 53. J. Smith at ye Lyon & Crown in Russel Street, Covent Garden unknown books
179426870Walpole NH: Isaiah Thomas and David Carlisle 1794. 1st ed. 8vo. 476pp. Large folding map subscribers' list. 19th-century book label of Virginia Governor Littleton W. Tazewell 1774-1860. Contemporary calf rubbed. Recently rebacked new leather spine label. Foxed but a solid copy. HOWES W478. <br/><br/> Isaiah Thomas and David Carlisle hardcover books
176443252London: Printed for the Authors and sold by J. Wilson & J. Fell and 3 others 1764. 3 volumes folio; Vol. I: †2 a-d2 B-7K2; Vol. II: A-7Z2; Vol. III: †1 A1 B-7B2; wood-engraved frontispiece151 plates and maps including 2 folding; early 19th-century half calf over marbled paper-covered boards red and black gilt morocco spine labels marbled endpapers; boards quite scuffed and worn Vol. I back cover loose; 2-inch tear to Vol. I leaf 4H2 affecting text without loss of meaning; fore-edge of plate no. XCVI a bit frayed with a few short tears affecting image lacking approximately half of the last folding plate in Vol. III; Vol. I leaf b1 misbound after †2; early 20th-century ownership signature onf Herbert Mole on front free endpapers; a good generously illustrated set. Vancil p. 65. <br/><br/> Printed for the Authors, and sold by J. Wilson & J. Fell [and 3 others] hardcover books
1792WRCAM48300London 1792. Two volumes bound in one. iii-viii824; ix1511pp. Lacks half title in first volume. 19th- century three-quarter morocco and marbled boards spine gilt. Boards worn along edges and joints. Bookplate on rear pastedown. Scattered foxing. Very good. The author gives an account of Prince Madog's discovery of America about 1170 three hundred years before Columbus founding a Welsh tribe of Indians west of the Mississippi River. "The propositions of the learned author in favor of the existence of a tribe of Welsh Indians are so well sustained by veritable evidence and yet so positively known to be untrue that it makes us doubt the value of all ratiocination" - Field. HOWES W462 "aa"; W463 "aa." FIELD 1664 1665. SABIN 104276 104277. hardcover books
179427271London: Printed for W. Button 1794 & 1796 1794. First edition of both parts. Gimbel page 37. Fine copy. 2 vols in 1 8vo contemporary marbled paper boards rebacked with quarter calf red leather label gilt rules and lettering. Both half-titles present. Another response to Paine's The Age of Reason Parts I & II by the Welsh clergyman Thomas Williams 1760-1844 who defends Christianity against the salvos of freethinkers like Paine but Williams is careful to point out that he wishes no "personal abuse" to his subject "Mr. P . . . My object is rather to provide an antidote against the growing infidelity of the age." Bookplate on the front paste-down of the Congregational Chapel Milverton. <br/><br/> London: Printed for W. Button, [1794] & 1796 unknown books
1794233638Printed at Boston 1794. A-D6. Pp. 1 title-3 4-47 48 blank. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary blue boards. Last leaf torn with loss of bottom third not affecting text. Some staining throughout. A-D6. Pp. 1 title-3 4-47 48 blank. 1 vols. 8vo. The French Revolution had a great impact on Williams's own life and literary career. She went to France in the summer of 1790 and her enthusiastic book about her travels Letters Written in France 1790 would become the first of eight volumes of eyewitness accounts later known as the Letters from France 1790-96. She explained in her first book that the historic Bastille day celebration in Paris was 'not a time in which distinctions of country were remembered. It was the triumph of human kind . and it required but the common feelings of humanity to become in that moment a citizen of the world' p. 14 ODNB.<br/><br/>Scarce. Evans 28091; Shipton & Mooney 28091 noting "imprint given by Evans was assumed from advs. unknown books
1795318215London: G.G.and J. Robinson 1795. First Edition With half-titles in volumes II & III. 2 291; 4 268; 4 233pp. 3 vols. 8vo. Contemporary calf grrem leather labels gilt bird motif. Very pretty. First Edition With half-titles in volumes II & III. 2 291; 4 268; 4 233pp. 3 vols. 8vo. A 4th volumes was published in 1796. ESTC T70504 G.G.and J. Robinson unknown books
173312855Oxford 1733. Engravings. Both printed on watermarked laid paper."The North Prospect of the New Quadrangle of Christs Church in Oxford" In excellent condition with the exception of being trimmed slightly along the left margin within the image. Left margin has been remargined with contemporary paper. Trimmed along upper margin and remargined with contemporary paper. Three creases within image where it was folded into a book. Faint off-setting. Small tear in bottom margin and small tear along upper crease. Sheet size: 18 x 22 3/4 inches. "The South Prospect of the New Quadrangle of Christs Church in Oxford" In excellent condition with the exception of being trimmed slightly along the left margin within the image. Left margin has been remargined with contemporary paper. Trimmed along upper margin and remargined with contemporary paper. Three creases within image where it was folded into a book. Faint off-setting. Sheet size: 18 x 22 7/8 inches. A pair of striking views of Christ Church college from William Williams' seminal text "Oxonia Depicta."<br/> <br/>These striking studies illustrate the north and south prospect of the New Quadrangle Christ Church College Oxford. Following the success of David Loggan's "Oxonia Illustrata" published in 1675 the University commissioned William Williams to produce a similar work entitled "Oxonia Depicta". Published between 1732 and 1733 "Oxonia Depicta" is comprised of sixty-four plans and views of Oxford University's various colleges. As in this pair of images many of the engravings include blueprints for proposed buildings and renovations; some of which were carried out and some of which were left unfinished. Williams' important text is not only a fascinating architectural study; it provides a crucial record of the changing landscape of this renowned academic institution. unknown books
171624725London: / Printed for J. Roberts 1716. First Edition. Hardcover. Four volumes bound in one. 131pp with three pagination errors; xvi 4 156pp; 6 83pp publisher's advertisement; 60pp. Recent mottled half calf over marbled boards spine decorated and lettered in gold. Marbled edges. Head-pieces tail-pieces and initials in the second volume. All the titles except the first are first editions. Old dedication on the verso of the title page of volume one reads: "B. Judd to Rev. Francis Vinton." Toning to text blocks some scattered foxing and staining minor annotations on the last page of the first two volumes old repairs to two of the leaves of the first volume. In all a very good copy. Uncommon. ; Octavo. <br/><br/> / Printed for J. Roberts hardcover books
1794WRCAM9633Walpole N.H.: Isaiah Thomas and David Carlisle Jun. 1794. 416pp. plus folding map. Modern three-quarter morocco and marbled boards spine gilt. Foxed heavily at times and tanned else quite good. Includes chapters on the natural resources climate vegetable production with a scientific treatise on the effect of trees on the environment natural history native Indians early settlement relations with the neighboring states social institutions and customs government and the American Revolution. The attractive map of the state is by J. Whitelaw. HOWES W478 "aa." SABIN 104350. TAXONOMIC LITERATURE 17789. Isaiah Thomas and David Carlisle, Jun.... hardcover books
17941005948vo later half calf and marbled boards original endpapers morocco lettering piece copper engraved folding map xvi 17-416 pp. front free endpaper creased with short tear foxing; else very good. This work includes an attractive 12 ½ x15 folding copper engraved map by James Whitelaw done in 1793. Evans indicates this map was also sold separately. Howes reports a second edition was printed in Vermont in 1809. Isaiah Thomas and David Carlisle hardcover books
1791286883London: Printed for E. and R. Brooke 1791. First Edition. Full Leather. Very Good binding. First Edition of Francis Williams Sanders' Essay on the Nature and Laws of Uses and Trusts. "A professional treatise of deservedly high repute" DNB. Collates complete with index and advertising leaf at the rear; 2 v 3 564 16 pp. Joints cracked but holding well. Name label pasted on the spine. Contemporary full calf binding with a red leather label. ESTC T100936. DNB XVII 747. Very Good binding. Printed for E. and R. Brooke unknown books
1746697491746. The First Full And Clear Reporter of Chancery Cases" Williams William Peere 1664-1736. Williams William Peere Jr. Editor. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery And of Some Special Cases Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench: Collected by William Peere Williams Late of Gray's Inn Esq; Published with Notes and References And Two Tables to Each Volume; One of the Names of Cases The Other of the Principal Matters: By his Son William Peere Williams Of the Inner Temple Esq; Corrected With Additional References. London: Printed by Henry Lintot 1746. Two volumes. xv 788 lxxxiii; ix 687 71 pp. Copperplate portrait frontispiece. Folio 12-1/4" x 8". Contemporary calf rebacked in period style lettering pieces gilt-edged raised bands and blind ornaments to spine hinges mended. Some rubbing and scuffing to boards corners bumped and worn later owner bookplate to front pastedowns. Moderate toning light foxing in places early owner signatures Geo. Hayward and an illegible name dated 1784 to title pages. An attractive set. $500. Second Edition. Covers the period from 1695-1736. "These reports embracing a term of time when a succession of eminent men presided in Chancery and when Equity was assuming and in a considerable degree had assumed the character of a science were regarded as one of the most perspicuous useful and interesting repositories of equity law to be found in the language. . 'We may perhaps regard Peere Williams' says my valued correspondent Mr. Heterick 'as the first full and clear reporter of chancery cases that is.'": Wallace The Reporters 498-499. English Short-Title Catalogue T94601. unknown books
179058294London: Printed for H.D. Simmons Pater-Noster Row 1790. Fifth edition. Frontispiece portrait of Prince of Wales on back of title page and five other plates. iv 2 159 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Polished contemporary tree calf gilt spine. Bookplate of E.J. Daniell. Repairs to title page with small loss and last leaf without loss. Fifth edition. Frontispiece portrait of Prince of Wales on back of title page and five other plates. iv 2 159 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. ESTC T16984 Printed for H.D. Simmons, Pater-Noster Row unknown books
179219529London: Printed for J. Owen No. 168 Piccadilly; and Symonds Paternoster Row 1792. First edition. Some light soiling and foxing to the leaves; cloth somewhat sunned and label slightly rubbed; a very good copy. 8vo later library coarse linen and red leather spine label lettered in gilt 2 23 1 pages. A trial held in front of Lord Kenyon on July 9 1792; Rose a minister of the exchequer and supporter of Pitt had been involved in a controversy over election fraud and payments in March and an unsuccessful Parliamentary inquiry had been launched against him on March 13 1792. See the DNB. The Morning Post ran a squib on March 15 that "The worthy Secretary of the Treasury was clearly convicted in the House of Commons on Tuesday of having made the terrors of Excise an instrument for subverting the Freedom of Election"--which Rose took as a reference to himself. Williams and Tattersall were both found liable for damages of £100--something of a hard blow for Tattersall who had earlier that day been found liable for £4000 for a libel against Lady Elizabeth Lambert after the Morning Post had alleged she was unchaste after her elopement with a footman. An ex-library copy with the violet ink stamp and embossed stamp to the title page of the Association of the Bar Library of the City of New York. Bound without the half-title. ESTC notes six locations; OCLC would seem to add two further locations. Not found in McCoy. Printed for J. Owen, No. 168, Piccadilly; and Symonds, Paternoster Row, unknown books
1744WRCAM45244Boston: Printed by Rogers and Fowle for D. Henchman 1744. 4151pp. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards. Lightly worn at extremities. Lacks blank endpapers. A bit of light scattered foxing but quite clean internally. A very good copy in unsophisticated condition. Solomon Williams was a pastor at the First Congregational Church of Lebanon Connecticut and father of William Williams Connecticut delegate to the Continental Congress and signer of the Declaration of Independence. He published many works in his lifetime including the present volume which argues that salvation is possible not through works but only through faith and conscience. EVANS 5521. ESTC W37757. Printed by Rogers and Fowle, for D. Henchman hardcover books
1800018582Greenfield MA: Printed and sold by Thomas Dickman 1800. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. Sixth edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 248 pages of text. Original full leather calf binding with maroon leather spine label; moderately rubbed at the extremities. Minor foxing and soiling scattered throughout the text with a small stain to the top corner of the final few pages. The Sixth Edition with the added Sketch of Deerfield. Howes W461: "One of the most famous and most popular captivity narratives. Williams a Harvard graduate in charge of the church at Greenfield when it was attacked by Indians in 1703 was taken with others to Canada his wife and two children being tomahawked on the way. As a powerful picture of Indian cruelty ranks next to the Rowlandson captivity narrative." Field 1672; Ayer Suppl. 1 137. Previous owner's name neatly on front endpaper: R. Marilla Metcalf Mansfield. Printed and sold by Thomas Dickman Hardcover books
177125148Boston: Richard Draper. 1771. Half title 31 1 blank pp. Disbound. Lightly foxed. Very Good. <br/><br/> "As we are made rational and accountable creatures the care of ourselves and of our own happiness is the first natural and reasonable concern of every man. A rational self love though distinct from is not inconsistent with the more noble principles but subserves and promotes them." A footnote states that Hilliard succeeded Reverend Joseph Green who served the Barnstable church from 1725 until his death in 1770. <br/>FIRST EDITION. Evans 12289. 664 NUC 0319346 6. Richard Draper... unknown books
