| Series |
Early American imprints. First series ; no. 42821. ^A478749
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| General note | The events preceding the American Revolution, related in mock-Biblical style. |
| General note | Caption title. |
| General note | By John Leacock. Leacock's play, "The fall of British tyranny," was advertised in the Constitutional gazette, July 3, 1776, as "by the author of the American chronicles of the times." Cf. Carla Mulford's Introduction to "John Leacock's The first book of the American chronicles of the times, 1774-1775" (Newark : University of Delaware Press, 1987). |
| General note | "... Said to be wrote by that great patriot ... S----l A---s [i.e., Samuel Adams], Esquire, a member for this province in the Grand American Continental Congress."--from an advertisement for the work in: The Wonder of wonders ... 2nd ed., Salem, Mass. : E. Russell, 1775. A portrait of Adams appears on the title page of Russell's edition of the work (Salem, 1774). |
| General note | Imprint from colophon. Date of publication supplied by Bristol. Two booksellers are known to have had shops in Queen Street at this time: Daniel Kneeland, and the partnership of Edes & Gill. An ornament used on the title page (a paragraph mark) was used by Kneeland in his printings of the other chapters of this work. |
| References |
Bristol B3982 |
| References |
Shipton & Mooney 42821 |
| Other forms | Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 42821). |
| Genre/form | Satires. |
| Other title | American chronicles of the times. |
