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JAMES WARREN-Signed Title Page, Revolutionary War

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Revolutionary War President of the Provisional Congress

JAMES WARREN, Revolutionary War President of the Provisional Congress, Paymaster General, where he worked with George Washington in Cambridge, then as a member of the Continental Navy Board.
Title Page Signed, "Jas. Warren" in brown ink along the the upper right corner of "An Universal History From the Earliest Account of Time," Vol. IV, c. 1747, London, single sheet, 8" x 5", Fine. The signature is boldly written in brown ink, 2" long with a flourish beneath, and toning along the margin of the page. Obviously from Warren's library, this title page is printed on fine-laid paper, with a circular woodcut of a tower on a hill--the rest of the publication is missing.

James Warren became involved in state politics during the Stamp Act crisis of 1765; he began a 12-year term in Massachusetts General Court the following year. An outspoken opponent of British rule, Warren became an active Patriot and associated with John and Abigail Adams and Samuel Adams. After Joseph Warren's death at the Battle of Bunker Hill, Warren succeeded him as president of the Provisional Congress; he also served during the war first as Paymaster General, where he worked with George Washington in Cambridge, then as a member of the Continental Navy Board.

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