| Series |
Early American imprints. First series ; no. 42815
Early American imprints. First series ; no. 42815. ^A478749
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| General note | The events preceding the American Revolution, related in mock-Biblical style. |
| General note | Caption title. |
| 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. |
| General note | Two states of the colophon noted. One is as given above; the other reads: Printed and sold by D. Kneeland, in Queen Street. Where also may be had the first chapter. |
| General note | A third wording of the colophon (Boston: Printed and sold by D. Kneeland in Queen-Street. Where also may be had compleat setts.) appears on a later edition (Evans 13795). |
| General note | Signatures: [A]⁴. |
| References |
Bristol B3976 |
| References |
Shipton & Mooney 42815 |
| Reproduction note | Joyner- Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 42815). |
| Genre/form | Satires. |
| Other title | American chronicles of the times. |
