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The American Revolution CATALOGUE THREE HUNDRED FORTY-FIVE The American Revolution WILLIAM REESE COMPANY 409 Temple Street New Haven, CT 06511 (203) 789-8081 A Note This catalogue celebrates the publication of two new bibliographies by William Reese. The Revolutionary Hundred covers key works of the American Revolution from 1763 to 1783, and The Federal Hundred describes great printed works of the period from 1783 to the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. These two bibliographies are available for sale from us (see the last page of this catalogue for details). This catalogue is made up almost entirely of new material recently acquired. Most notable is a manuscript map of Yorktown from the collection of the Comte de Rochambeau, which would have been used by him at the fateful battle; and a re- markable letter from Thomas Jefferson to French second-in-command, the Marquis de Chastellux, about the 1783 peace treaty among other topics. Important atlases and maps by Jefferys, Le Rouge, Des Barres, Pownall, and Sayer and Bennet are included as well. There are many extremely rare political works including those by Thomas Paine, Journals of the Continental Congress, and important broadsides issued in the course of the Revolution. There are also many important laws from the colonies and states in the Revolutionary period, and important histories by Stedman, Fanning, Clinton, Weems, Godon, and others. q A portion of our stock may be viewed at www.williamreesecompany.com. If you would like to receive e-mail notification when catalogues and lists are uploaded, please e-mail us at [email protected] or send us a fax, specifying whether you would like to receive the notifications in lieu of or in addition to paper catalogues. If you would prefer not to receive future catalogues and/or notifications, please let us know. Terms Material herein is offered subject to prior sale. All items are as described and are considered to be on approval. Notice of return must be given within ten days unless specific arrange- ments are made. Connecticut residents must be billed state sales tax. Postage and insurance charges are billed to all nonprepaid domestic orders. Overseas orders are sent by air unless otherwise requested, with full postage charges billed at our discretion. Payment by check, wire transfer or bank draft is preferred, but may also be made by MasterCard or Visa. William Reese Company Phone: (203) 789-8081 409 Temple Street Fax: (203) 865-7653 New Haven, CT 06511 E-mail: [email protected] www.williamreesecompany.com ON THE COVER: 75. [Hoen, Pieter ‘t]: Kritieke Vertooning van de Tooneelspelers van Doctor Schasz. [Holland. ca. 1778]. A Forged Address Attributed to Samuel Adams 1. [Adams, Samuel]: AN ORATION DELIVERED AT THE STATE- HOUSE, IN PHILADELPHIA, TO A VERY NUMEROUS AUDI- ENCE; ON THURSDAY THE 1st OF AUGUST, 1776.... Philadelphia Printed; London, Re-printed for E. Johnson, 1776. [2],42pp. Modern paper-covered boards, printed paper label. A few light fox marks; faint stain in gutter of first text page. Closed tear in one leaf, not affecting text. Very good. In a half morocco and cloth folding case, spine gilt. A curious, and spurious, Revolutionary pamphlet, allegedly printing an oration by Samuel Adams, which was not written by him and which was never published in Philadelphia. This text was issued in the wake of the American Declaration of Indepen- dence, and whoever the author was, he was well versed in revolutionary rhetoric. Howes calls it “a London forgery designed to show that the colonies were bent on independence.” “It extols the merits of the newly independent colonies, but overtones suggest that it was actually written in England” – Adams. A Dublin edition followed the same year. AMERICAN CONTROVERSY 76-106a. HOWES A72. SABIN 344. $6750. The Elections to the First Continental Congress 2. “Agricola” [pseudonym]: TO THE INHABITANTS OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK. GENTLEMEN, IT IS AN IN- VIDIOUS TASK TO BE EMPLOYED IN DETECTING AND EXPOSING THE MANY FALSEHOODS AND ABSURDITIES, CONTAINED IN THE NUMEROUS PUBLICATIONS THAT DAILY INFEST THIS CITY...[caption title and first lines of text]. New York. July 12, 1774. Broadside, 14½ x 10¼ inches. Loss of the “o” and “e” in the first two words of the title. Minor soiling and wear. Tipped to a larger sheet. About very good. Broadside concerning the election of delegates to the First Continental Congress, responding to Alexander McDougall’s “To the freeholders, freemen, and inhabitants of the city and county of New-York” and another broadside entitled “To the freeborn citizens of New-York,” authored by someone signing himself as “A Moderate Man.” There was significant debate over whether or not to elect representatives to the first Continental Congress, followed by further debate over the best method to go about electing those representatives once the idea took hold. This broadside refutes the two others that deal with this subject, in blistering language. The author writes: “It must be a lame cause, that will admit of such lame advocates. When the blind lead blind, it is no wonder they both fall into the ditch.” ESTC records only two copies, at the New York Public Library and the Library Company of Philadelphia. We are aware of one other in a private collection. Rare. EVANS 13097. ESTC W1195. $12,500. 3. [Almon, John]: A LETTER TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE CHARLES JENKINSON. London. 1781. [3]-51,[1]pp. Quarto. 20th- century blue morocco, gilt, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Light wear to extremities. Modern bookplate on front pastedown. Minor scattered foxing and soiling. Very good. Lacks the half title. Third edition. A criticism of the British government, with extensive references to the failures in America, attributed to John Almon. “A trenchant exposure of the evil influence of Jenkinson upon the King and the administration of the fleets and armies in America, being a scorching historical and critical review of the mal- administration of political and military arrangements from the Boston tea party to the surrender of Cornwallis, and interesting personal gossip respecting Burgoyne, Howe, Clinton, Franklin, Washington, Young, Lawrence, etc., especially in New York and the South” – Sabin. Only a handful of copies are listed in ESTC. ESTC N2510. AMERICAN CONTROVERSY 81-1c. SABIN 40520. $1000. The Revolution Changes the Form of Prayer: Remarkable Manuscript Revisions to the Book of Common Prayer in a Maryland Parish to Eliminate References to the British Crown 4. [American Revolution]: [Book of Common Prayer]: THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER, AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE SAC- RAMENTS, AND OTHER RITES AND CEREMONIES OF THE CHURCH, ACCORDING TO THE USE OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND.... [Oxford: T. Wright and W. Gill, 1768]. [34],[340],[24]pp. [bound with:] A NEW VERSION OF THE PSALMS OF DAVID FITTED TO THE TUNES USED IN CHURCHES. London: Charles Rivington, 1763. [44 (of 46)]pp. Lacks final leaf. Large folio. Modern speckled calf, gilt, with original gilt morocco label on front cover reading: “King and Queen Parish 1771.” Lower half of titlepage in expert facsimile. First and last few leaves repaired in gutter margin; final leaf with some facsimile restoration. Manuscript slips neatly repaired with tissue on verso. Very good. This remarkable copy of the Book of Common Prayer from King and Queen Parish, Maryland has been annotated with paste-over slips to modify the form of prayer from offering prayers to King George III and his wife to new text praying for the United States. It is an extraordi- nary piece of evidence demonstrating the impact of newly declared independence on the religious life of the new United States. Although the Lords Baltimore, who established of the colony of Maryland, were Catholic, the colony’s charter pro- vided for worship of both Catholic and Protestant. The Anglican congregation at King and Queen Parish was estab- lished in 1640, shortly after the colony was founded. The Glorious Revolution of 1688, which ended any chance of Ca- tholicism being reestablished as the of- ficial religion in England, paved the way for similar changes in the colonies. In Maryland, which became a royal colony in 1691, the Act of Establishment of 1692 declared the Church of England the official church of the colony, creating thirty Anglican parishes and stripping Catholic citizens of most of their rights. Because the King of England was head of the Anglican Church, members of the Church of England in America faced special difficulties during the American Revolution. Anglican priests, in fact, swore allegiance to the King at their ordina- tion. The Book of Common Prayer offered prayers for the monarch, which could be construed as treason to the American cause. In an effort to remain loyal to the cause of Independence and conform to the new political realities, patriotic American Anglicans set about revising the Book of Common Prayer on the spot. On May 25, 1776 the Maryland Convention voted “that every Prayer and Peti- tion for the King’s Majesty, in the book of Common Prayer...be henceforth omitted in all Churches and Chapels in this Province.” George Goldie, the rector of Christ Church (then called Chaptico Church) in King and Queen Parish of St. Mary’s County from 1773 to his death in 1791, modified the present volume by inserting new prayers, written in manuscript, into the Litany. Four inserted slips modify the Litany to instruct for prayers to guide Congress and the governor of the state, as well as prayers for religious and civil liberty. These are affixed over prayers for King George III, Queen Charlotte, the Prince of Wales,
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