Macclintock, Samuel (1732-1804) The Choice: a Discourse, Occasioned by the Present Severe Drought; the Mortal Fever which Prevails in P

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Macclintock, Samuel (1732-1804) The Choice: a Discourse, Occasioned by the Present Severe Drought;the Mortal Fever which Prevails in Portsmouth. Boston: for Thomas Adams, 1798.
First edition, octavo, 21 numbered pages, final blank and half-title both present; disbound, half-title evenly toned, final text leaf and blank with closed tears, 8 1/4 x 5 1/4 in.
[and] Aaron Bancroft (1755-1839) A Sermon, Delivered in Shrewsbury at the Interment of the Rev. Joseph Sumner, D.D. December 13, 1824. Worcester: Spy Office: S.B. Manning, April 1825, octavo, author presentation copy, "from the author" in top right corner of title, stab-stitched, untrimmed, title evenly toned, 15 numbered pages, verso of final leaf blank, 9 1/2 x 5 3/4 in. (2)
Aaron Bancroft was a minuteman who fought at the battles of Lexington and Bunker Hill; he graduated from Harvard in 1778 and settled in Worcester.
Estimate $300-500


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