Heading: (American Imprints - Religion)
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Title: Four religious tracts with links to American historical figures
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Date Published: 1763-1801
Description: 4 items. (8vo) disbound. Comprising:
Hemmenway, Moses. A Sermon Preached Before His Excellency John Hancock, Esq; Governor, His Honor Thomas Cushing, Esq; Lieutenant Governor, The Honorable The Council, and the Honorable The Senate, and House of Representatives, of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, May 26, 178 Boston: Benjamin Edes and Sons, 1784. First Edition.
Hooper, William. A Sermon Preached in Trinity Church at the Funeral of Thomas Greene, Esq; August 5, 1763. Boston: Richard & Samuel Draper, and Thomas & John Fleet, 1763.
Linn, William. The Character of Simon the Sorcerer: A Sermon Designed to Prove that Baptism is Nor Regeneration. New York: Thomas Greenleaf, 1793.
Trumbull, Benjamin. The Dignity of Man, Especially as Displayed in Civil Government. A Sermon, Preached on the General Election at Hartford, in Connecticut, May 14, 1801. Hartford: Hudson and Goodwin, 1801.
Moses Hemmenway (1735-1811) was a somewhat liberal Calvinist and Congregational minister supporting infant baptism. William Hooper (1674-1767) had son of the same name who was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. William Linn was the first Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives. Trumbull (1735-1820) was an early American historian and preacher, best known for his Complete History of Connecticut (1818) and A General History of the United States (1810).

Varying amounts of wear with chipping, creasing, foxing, toning, wrinkled and loose or detaching pages; ownership marks including a library blindstamp; overall very good.