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Sermon Preached before... Francis Bernard

"WHERE MEN… PERVERT THEIR POWER TO TYRANNICAL PURPOSES; SUBMISSION… IS A CRIME": RARE FIRST EDITION OF LEADING BOSTON PASTOR ANDREW ELIOT'S 1765 SERMON DELIVERED BARELY TWO MONTHS AFTER PASSAGE OF THE STAMP ACT

(AMERICAN REVOLUTION) (STAMP ACT) ELIOT, Andrew. Sermon Preached before… Francis Bernard. Boston, 1765.

First edition of the influential Boston pastor's most famous and most controversial work, his May 29, 1765 Election Day Sermon delivered two months after passage of the incendiary Stamp Act—boldly proclaiming "when tyranny is abroad 'submission… is a crime'"—one of only 700 copies published. $3800.

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Some Reason for the... Oath Required by... the Stamp Act

"THEY ARE BOUND BY THEIR SAID OATHS, NOT TO REFUSE SUCH OBEDIENCE"

(STAMP ACT) (FITCH, Thomas). Some Reason for the… Oath Required by… the Stamp Act. Hartford, 1766.

Scarce first edition of Connecticut governor Thomas Fitch's public defense in consenting to take the Oath to enforce the 1765 Stamp Act, handsomely bound in full morocco by Trow. This copy from the renowned Americana collection of Mr. and Mrs. Philip D. Sang, sold at that famous sale in 1985. $3800.

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