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17360001326MARLBOROUGH MASSACHUSETTS MASS MA 1736. On offer is a charming relic of Marlborough Massachusetts ephemera being a manuscript dated 1736 detailing the specifics of a new road in the town. "A way laid out beginning near the dwelling house of Jeremiah Barstow & so running along between the land of Col Thomas How & the land of Simon Gates & is bounded by said Gates land by boundry mark't trees & it is Eight rods wide until it comes to that which is called the Indian land & then running across the County road along by the house of Zachariah Maynard four rods wide & still extends four rod wide along between land of Daniel Rice & land of Eliazer Rice & along through the land of Thomas Martin down where the path now goeth. Down that which is called Sandy Hill & then it is tow rods wide & then turning & then running through the land of Joshua Rice through a corner of Rice's land and then through Daniel Rice's land & the land of Thomas Martin down to that which is called the new Bridge over Fort Meadow Crook. between the meadow of Daniel Rice and the Meadows of Simon Gates & it is two rod wide to the lot granted to Abraham How as the way is mark't on the west side by markt trees & then running on westerly end of said lot granted to Said How four rods wide & so running a long through the lot of Hezekiah Bush & so running along over Sto. Low Bridge markt with trees on the east side of sd way running along the way which runs along by the Dwelling house of Peter How near Alfabeth sp River." This was accepted by the town March 3d 1729: "A True Coppy Attest Moses sp WoodsTown Ca. Marlboro Feb 27 1736." The paper document measures 9 7/8 x 6 inches and overall is G. Autograph. Manuscript. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Paperback
17970009109NEW FRANKFURT HARRISON CO. WEST VIRGINIA 1797. On offer is are two lovely and fascinating letters from a father and mother to their daughter detailing their situation mere weeks after moving to New Frankford Virginia. The letter is signed Moses Starr and Elizabeth Starr and addressed to their Dear Daughter. The first letter is dated November 17th 1797 and the second is dated December 23 1797. In the letters they describe their journey to their new home in West Virginia their home and their farm. They now live in New Frankfurt in Harrison County Simpsons Creek Eight Miles From Clarkburg. The first letter begins Dear Daughter we embrace this opportunity to wright to you informing thee that we are all in great haealth at present thanks bea to God for his tender Merceys to us ward from time to time. They write that they have we have had no letters from thee this two years.and have had no opertunity to send any. We long to see thee and hear from thee if thou art single write whether thou would incline to come upon and live with us we think of comeing Down within two years more; like wise let us know how our Relations are in them parts.The back of the letter is a short sermon like passage stating Dear child strive to ear and Love God who is able to Love the utmost oall that come to him through Jesus Christ the Redeeme of lost Man. The next letter begins with them writing that they have received her last letter which gave us some cause to rejoice of hearing from our relations in general but gave us concern of mind for the loss of Nelly Starr and the disolate state of Uncle Joseph. They then remark on the their life in what is now West Virginia. Thy mother was braught to be of a daughter the Eleventh of last month wich we call Polly. They speak of their journey to Virginia taking two weeks from when they left their home. The farming has been good a well reaping 200 bushals of Sound Corn and 150 bushals of Oats with a trifel of buck wheat. I have 20 acres of wheat and Ry in the ground this fall. The letter ends with the usual pleasantries and again is signed by Moses and Elizabeth Starr. The two letters are in fair shape both having a fair share of rips tears and discoloration. The first letter has some moth damage that affects the readability of a sentence or two. The second letter has its tears along the creases and edges but it does not affect the content at all. Neither does the discoloration on either letter though it is very noticeable it does not block out any words. The ink on both letters has faded the first more than the second but both letters are fairly easy to read throughout. These letters are an interesting little snapshot of a family life in 1790s Virginia representing a change in a brand new America and hope for a new setting in this burgeoning nation. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Manuscript. unknown
1735002177London: Printed for Richard Hett 1735. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 17 Sermons and a Conference bound together followed by contemporary hand written list of contents; full calf Cambridge binding with raised bands etc. Worn; scuffed; hinges/joints broken; ffep absent; pp. 848. Contents: 1 Popery; The Great Corruption of Christianity Barker 1735 pp. 34. 2 The Notes of the Church Considered 2nd ed. Chandler1735 pp. 57. 3 A Second Treatise on the Notes of the Church Chandler 1735 pp. 60. 4 The Supremacy of St Peter and the Bishops of Rome his Successors 2nd ed. Neal 1735 pp. 40. 5 The Church of Rome's Claim of Authority and Infallibility Examined Smyth 1735 pp. 71. 6 Scripture and Tradition Considered Wright 1735 pp. 54. 7 A discourse Concerning Transubstantiation: In jWhich the Words of the Institution of the Lord's Supper are Particularly Considered. Harris 1735 pp. 46. 8 A Second Discourse Concernign Tansubstantiation; in Which the Sixth Chapter of St John's Gospel is Particularly Considered. Harris 1735 pp. 38. 9 The Veneration of Saints and Images as Taught and Practis'd in the Church of Rome Examined. Hughes 1735 pp. 58. 10 The Sources of Corrupting both Natural and Revealed Religion Exemplified in the Romish Doctrine of Penance and Pilgrimages. Hunt 1735 pp. 40. 11 The Church of Rome's Doctrine and Practise with Relation to the Worship of God in an Unknown Tongue examin'd. Bayes 1735 pp. 48. 12 The Popish Doctrine of Auricular Confession and Priestly Absolution Considered. Burroughs 1735 pp. 48. 13 The Popish Doctrine of Merit and Justification Considered Newman 1735 pp. 48. 14 The Popish Doctrine of Purgatory Repugnant to the Scripture account of Remission through the Blood of Christ. Earle 1735 pp. 52. 15 The Principles of Popery Schismatical. Lowman 2nd ed. 1735 pp. 48. 16 Persecution and Cruelty in the Principles Practices and Spirit of the Romish Church Grosvenor 2nd ed. 1735 pp. 39. 17 The Reasons and Necessity of the Reformation Leavesly 1735 pp. 40. 18 Two Conferences.at the Bell Tavern.Between two Romish Priests a Divine fo the Church of England and Mr. Chandler and Dr. Hunt Dissenting Divines on the following Subjects. the Blashemy of many Popish Writers.Transubstantiation; Praying to Saints and Angels. 1735 pp. 28. 19 Pp. 2 hand written list of sermons. Rather a lovely volume if worn. <br/> <br/> Printed for Richard Hett hardcover
17672202030016London : Printed for Richardson and Urquhart 1767. Hardcover. Good. Rebound in modern cloth. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. 8 320 pages. London : Printed for Richardson and Urquhart hardcover
1767183112London: Richardson & Urquhart. Fair with no dust jacket. 1767. First Edition. Hardcover. Full calf rebacked; damp-stain marginal corner through more than half of book. There is not a frontpiece opposite the title page. . Richardson & Urquhart hardcover
1718050182London: John Clark 1718. First Edition. Softcover Disbound. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 8vo. Disbound pamphlet no wrappers paper age toned especially at edges but not brittle. Page '23' is misnumbered as '20. ' On the last page following the end of the text is an announcement of additional publications by James Peirce on the larger subject plus a list of other Clark publications on the verso of the last page. Size: 8vo. 47 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1 pound or less. Category: Religion & Theology; 18th century; History. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. John Clark paperback
179234603Boston: I. Thomas and E.T. Andrews 1792. 123 1 blank pp. Disbound leather spine remnant remaining. Title page lightly foxed else a clean text. Good.<br/><br/> Hemmenway was the pastor of a Congregational Church in Wells now Maine. The Discourse includes a Table of Contents. Hemmenway reviews the New Covenant the rights and privileges of church members the right of admission into the church the right of the unconverted to the privileges of external communion with an instituted church and other matters of interest. Quoting Evans includes the following: "Such is the reputation of this work that nearly two thousand subscribers for it have been obtained besides what are on more than a hundred subscription papers that are not yet returned." <br/>Evans 24389. Williamson 4412. ESTC W20143. I. Thomas and E.T. Andrews unknown books
1745014020London: London : printed for J. Noon 1745. Book measures 21x13.5.cm. viii 3662pp. Bound in half calf calf corners cloth boards raised bands leather title label. Binding rubbed scuffed worn library number and label. Internally occasional library mark or stamp. Pages in good condition. A good copy. . Second Edition. Half Calf. Good Plus. 8vo. London : printed for J. Noon Hardcover
1745013894London: Printed by J. Noon 1745. Book measures 21.5x14.cm. viii 366pp 10pp booklist. Bound in modern maroon cloth with gilt title lettering. Binding in very good clean firm condition. Internally occasional library stamp or mark about 10 in all some minor spotting. Pages in good clean condition. A good clean copy. . Second Edition. Cloth. Near Very Good. 8vo. Printed by J. Noon Hardcover
1773154608London: T. Cadell 1773. 3rd edition. Very Good. octavo. full leather lil 386pp. index Substantially revised third edition. Binding worn with front board detached but present. Internally tight & very good indeed T. Cadell hardcover
1737230095London: John Noon 1737. First Edition . Leather. Fair. 8 x 10 1/2. 283 pages in quite good condition; white and very readable. Stains throughout. Outer edges and endpapers yellowed and stained. Previous owners' names and small notations on the endpapers. Brown full leather contemporary binding. Five raised bands and titles on the spine; titles are almost rubbed off. Front hinge is torn and loose but intact. Corners bumped and frayed. Edges and boards very rubbed. Binding tight. Scarce in first edition. Interior is GOOD exterior POOR. Overall FAIR <br/> <br/> John Noon hardcover
1745273905London: John Moon 1745. Hardcover. Fair. Second Edition. Full leather. Fair with well worn and stained boards and spine front board detached spine shows some loss contemporary owners name and date on torn pastedown title page and rear end paper loose overall internally good with first four pages torn and chipped at edges a few sporadic tears and spotty browing. John Moon hardcover
17732007280082London : Printed for T. Cadell in the Strand M. DCC. LXXIII 1773. 3rd. Hardcover. Good. Interesting Early Massachusetts / Revolutionary War Provenance: General Gridley's Copy Bound in contemporary polished calf. Good binding. Small chip from head of spine but sound. lii 386 2 p. ESTC T116279. Signed on title page by Richard Gridley. Gridley 1710-1796 was a soldier and engineer in the French and Indian Wars and in the American Revolution. He served as a the Chief Engineer for artillery in George Washington's Continental Army. He directed fortifications on Dorchester Heights and fought in the battle of Bunker Hill. Gridley is considered by the US Army Corps of Engineers to be America's First Chief Engineer. Later this book was owned by the Rev. Joseph Grafton 1757-1836 founder of Newton Theological Institution. Grafton served as a Baptist pastor in Newton for more than 48 years. Newton Theological Seminary stamp. Includes related ephemera about Gen. Gridley. London : Printed for T. Cadell, in the Strand, M. DCC. LXXIII hardcover
174025748Dublin: Printed by S. Powell for Edward Exshaw 1740. Very Good. Dublin: Printed by S. Powell for Edward Exshaw at the Bible on Cork-hill over-against the Old-Exchange 1740. First Dublin Edition. Octavo; full contemporary calf gilt-lettered spine in six compartments; xxxvi241-3526pp. A3 B-2X4 2Y2 2Z2 collated complete despite error in pagination. Minor scuffing to leather extremities with a few tiny chips endpapers foxed at extremities contemporary ownership signature of a Hannah Armstrong at head of title page along with that of a Will Jones dated 1803. A Very Good sound copy overall.<br /> <br /> Extensive Biblical annotations by the English nonconformist minister Moses Lowman 1680-1752. Includes the list of subscribers on pp. xxxvii-xxxviii. The previous owner Hannah Armstrong does not appear on the list of subscribers though if she had she would have been one of just two women. The latter half of p. xxxviii is devoted to the publisher's advertisements which ran from sermons to histories and something called "The Tales of the Faries" by the Countess d'Anoise in three volumes. <br /> <br /> ESTC T170485. Printed by S. Powell, for Edward Exshaw unknown
179443739Norwich CT: Thomas Hubbard 1794. First edition. Disbound. Removed from a larger volume else a very good copy faint soiling inked notation on title bottom edge trimmed from last leaf not affecting text. 64 pp. 8vo. In reply to Zephaniah Swift's anonymously published "The correspondent" concerning the case of the Rev. Oliver Dodge of Pomfret Conn. Welch is clearly on the side opposite Dodge noting there are "affidavits swore that Dodge had stated he would marry "the ugliest creature that omnipotence could form provided she was possessed of an interest of ten thousand pounds or an independent fortune." Sabin 102523. Evans 28058. Trumbull 1606. Thomas Hubbard unknown
179443739Norwich CT: Thomas Hubbard 1794. First edition. Disbound. Removed from a larger volume else a very good copy faint soiling inked notation on title bottom edge trimmed from last leaf not affecting text. 64 pp. 8vo. In reply to Zephaniah Swift's anonymously published "The correspondent" concerning the case of the Rev. Oliver Dodge of Pomfret Conn. Welch is clearly on the side opposite Dodge noting there are "affidavits swore that Dodge had stated he would marry "the ugliest creature that omnipotence could form provided she was possessed of an interest of ten thousand pounds or an independent fortune." Sabin 102523. Evans 28058. Trumbull 1606. Thomas Hubbard unknown books
179817799Dedham: Mann and Adams 1798. Disbound. 28pp minor foxing. Attractive ornamentation at top of page 3. Very Good. Adams warns Wright that "the spirit of the times creates and promotes much bitterness in society highly unfavorable to religion." He faces the possibility of "persecution"; mean-spirited people hope American ministers will "meet the same treatment which has been dealt to the clergy in France." FIRST EDITION. Evans 33265. Not in Jenkins. Mann and Adams unknown
179817799Dedham: Mann and Adams 1798. Disbound. 28pp minor foxing. Attractive ornamentation at top of page 3. Very Good. Adams warns Wright that "the spirit of the times creates and promotes much bitterness in society highly unfavorable to religion." He faces the possibility of "persecution"; mean-spirited people hope American ministers will "meet the same treatment which has been dealt to the clergy in France." FIRST EDITION. Evans 33265. Not in Jenkins. Mann and Adams unknown books
178441998Boston: Benjamin Edes 1784. 52pp with the half title. Disbound occasional light toning. Else Very Good. <br /> <br /> In this first Massachusetts Election Sermon after the peace with England Hemmenway counsels that God has ordained human liberty. "God has called us to liberty." The Christian has "a new covenant right to the common privileges of humanity." But Liberty means freedom from tyranny under the authority of a just government and God; it does not consist of "lawless licentiousness." We are all "subject to the obligation of the law of God." <br /> The sermon cautions against the "abuse of liberty." Hemmenway was the pastor of a Congregational Church in Wells then in Massachusetts and now in Maine.<br /> FIRST EDITION. Evans 18526. Williamson 4411. ESTC W29297. Benjamin Edes unknown
174641568London: Dublin Printed: London Reprinted for J. Brindley Bookseller to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales 1746. 4to. 24pp. Disbound worming at blank upper right corners. Good plus.<br /> <br /> ESTC locates copies only at the British Library the Bodleian and National Library of Ireland. The Sermon celebrates the final defeat of the Jacobite uprising of 1745 and the British government's victory at the Battle of Culloden defeating the attempt to restore the Stuarts to the throne.<br /> ESTC T7344. OCLC 562604828 2 copies at the British Library. Dublin, Printed: London, Reprinted, for J. Brindley, Bookseller to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales unknown
177236416Boston: Edes and Gill 1772. 43 1 blank pp but lacking the half title. Disbound light to moderate foxing. Good. Ownership signature "Chas. Stearns 1780" at head of title. <br /> <br /> A desirable pre-Revolutionary War sermon. Parsons locates God's hand in all events "either when we enjoy the advantages of good civil government or find that it is altered and become grievous." The British heritage of good civil government is now disturbed: "The scene is changed- Grievances are complain'd of- In Great Britain- In Ireland- In America- In this Province.- The day is become gloomy and dark and the waters are troubled." <br /> Even in England "A King may be misled by evil counsellors- He may be corrupted by bad ministers and give into those measures which are injurious to the subject." As God has brought us safely out of the "howling wilderness" He will do so today when "our liberties have been invaded and hostile measures made use of to bring us to submit to things which are grievous." <br /> FIRST EDITION. Evans 12502. ESTC W29233. Edes and Gill unknown
177236416Boston: Edes and Gill 1772. 43 1 blank pp but lacking the half title. Disbound light to moderate foxing. Good. Ownership signature "Chas. Stearns 1780" at head of title. <br/><br/> A desirable pre-Revolutionary War sermon. Parsons locates God's hand in all events "either when we enjoy the advantages of good civil government or find that it is altered and become grievous." The British heritage of good civil government is now disturbed: "The scene is changed- Grievances are complain'd of- In Great Britain- In Ireland- In America- In this Province.- The day is become gloomy and dark and the waters are troubled." <br/> Even in England "A King may be misled by evil counsellors- He may be corrupted by bad ministers and give into those measures which are injurious to the subject." As God has brought us safely out of the "howling wilderness" He will do so today when "our liberties have been invaded and hostile measures made use of to bring us to submit to things which are grievous." <br/>FIRST EDITION. Evans 12502. ESTC W29233. Edes and Gill unknown books
1784100723Pamphlet 8vo lacks half title 52 pp. Removed dbd normal aging and browning library seal on title some wrinkling of pages; otherwise very good. Moses Hemmenway 1735-1811 was a Calvinist and Congregational minister that was born in Framingham Massacusetts. He graduated from Harvard in 1755 and became the minister at the Fourth Congregational Church in Wells Maine where he remained until his death. He was a somewhat liberal thinker in church circles and supported infant baptism which he published a pamphlet on in 1788. Despite the fact that he published almost 20 sermons or pamphlets none of his titles have appeared at auction since the 1970s. ANB Shipton & Mooney 18526 Benjamin Edes and Sons unknown books
1794667471794. London : printed for T. Evans Paternoster Row and J. Stead at the Naval and Military Printing-Office Gosport 1794 8° 8 XX 170 pp. Halbledereinband d.Zt.; Rücken erneuert. Rare First Edition! "A treatise on the blood or general arrangement of many important facts relative to the vital fluid. With some cursory observations on the theory of animal heat. Interspersed with pathological and physiological remarks from the inductions of modern chemistry. By Hugh Moises surgeon of the Western Regiment of Middlesex Militia and Late Senior Pupil to the General Hospital Nottingham." "With the general acceptance of the Lavoisier-Crawford theory of animal heat as a resultant of respiration or slow combustion much of the subsequent search for the site of body heat production revolved about two questions. What happens to the inspired oxygen Or alternately where in the body was the carbonic acid first formed A subsidiary and often perplexing question asked at what temperatures the products of combustion carbonic acid and water actually could be formed The last question is of particular interest because the heats of combustion of carbon and hydrogen were utilized in the early nineteenth century attempts to establish the respiration theory of animal heat. Séguin citing Priestley and Bertholet had argued that these combustions could occur at ordinary body temperature. Hugh Moises in his Treatise on the Blod 1794 was equally emphatic : We know of no experiment which might authorize us to suppose that carbon can unite with oxygene in a temperature of 97°-99° or that hydrogene and oxygene air combine and form water in so low a temperature." "The early studies of this limited problem suggested solutions based on the ability of the different gases to cause the color changes observed in blood. Both Girtanner and Hassenfratz had attempted to show that venous blood became bright red upon the absorption of oxygen and thereby demonstrated their contention that the blood took up oxygen in the lungs. Another line of experimentation attempted to recover gases from the blood. Hugh Moises for instance confined arterial blood in bottles with gases containing no oxygen and claimed to find oxygen in the residue." Everett Mendelsohn: The Controversy over the Site of Heat Production in the Body. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 105/4 1961 pp. 412-420 Hugh Moises M.D. "Surgeon of the Western Regiment of Middlesex Militia.- An Inquiry into the Abuses of the Medical Department of the Militia. Lond. 1794 8vo.- A Treatise on the Blood; or General Arrangement of many important Facts relative to the Vital Fluid . Lond. 1794 8vo. 5s. - An Appendix to the Toilet; or an Essay on the Management of the Teeth. Loud. 1799 8vo. 2s. 6d." R. Watt: Bibliotheca Britannica. 4. V. 1824 unknown
179053953James Phillips London 1790. Fifth Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Size: 18mo 5 1/2 - 6 1/2". 46 pp. Binding firm with minor wear to spine. Previous owner's address in ink. Edges foxed and browned. Marbled paper covers. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 250 grams. Category: Religion & Theology; 18th century; Sociology & Culture. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 53953. . James Phillips paperback