An oration, upon the beauties of liberty : or the essential rights of the Americans.

Author

• John Allen
• Second Baptist Church (Boston Mass.)

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Publication Date

1773

Physical Format

online resource xiv, [1], 16-31, [1] p. ; 20 cm. (8vo) |physical_form:online resource

Document Type

Article

Comments

relators:att:person:Allen, John active 1741-1774|relators:att:person:Second Baptist Church (Boston, Mass.)|Florida Atlantic University Libraries' Marvin and Sybil Weiner Spirit of America Collection, Pamphlets: Speeches B2F13

Format

resource_types:Text

Publisher

Printed and sold by D. Kneeland, and N. Davis

Extent

xiv, [1], 16-31, [1] p. ; 20 cm. (8vo)

Page Number

10028

Description

Delivered at the Second Baptist-Church in Boston. Upon the last annual thanksgiving. Humbly dedicated to the Right-Honourable the Earl of Dartmouth. Published by the request of many. Uniform Title: Oration on the beauties of liberty, or The essential rights of the Americans.This is 2nd ed. corrected. Half-title: Oration upon the beauties of liberty delivered on the annual Thanksgiving, December 3d, 1772. Notes: Authorship based on Bumsted, John M. in "New England's Tom Paine: John Allen and the spirit of liberty," William and Mary Quarterly, vol. 21, 1964, p. [561]-570. Attributed to Isaac Skillman, pastor of the 2d Baptist church, 1773-87, by Evans; also to John Allen in: Bumstead, John M. "New England's Tom Paine: John Allen and the spirit of liberty" William and Mary Quarterly 21 (1964): [561]-570. Dedication to the Earl of Dartmouth signed: A British Bostonian. Edition statement at head of half-title, enclosed in square brackets. Signatures: [A]⁴ B-D⁴ (D4 verso blank). Engraved head- and tail-pieces, initial frame. First edition printed in Boston by D. Kneeland and N. Davis, 1773 under title: An oration on the beauties of liberty, or The essential rights of the Americans.