AN ABRIDGMENT OF THE HISTORY OF NEW ENGLAND; for the use of young persons, now introduced into the principle schools in this town

1807 · Boston

by ADAMS, Hannah
Boston: Etheridge & Bliss, 1807. Second edn. 8vo, 188pp, Bound in contemporary calf with chipped leather label, leaves toned but a very good copy. Sabin 207; Imprints 11931. "Hannah Adams (1755-1831), compiler of historical data, the first American woman who sought to support herself by her pen, is remembered also as one of the principals in a controversy with the geographer Jedidiah Morse which embittered relations between liberals and orthodox in the Unitarian controversy within the congregational churches of Massachusetts... " She wrote her Summary History of New England in 1799"[NAW]. The Morse/Adams controversy raged for almost 10 years and concerned (truncated)
... cont’d.
Second Life Books, Inc.
Offered by

Second Life Books, Inc.

55 Quarry Rd., P.O. Box 242
Lanesborough, MA 01237
email orders@secondlifebooks.com
phone number(413) 447-8010
Specializing in English, American & Continental Literature & Antiquarian Books, Books by & about Women, Americana, Abolition & other Social Reform Movements.
More from this seller
THE BEATS; First editions of Kerouac, Ginsberg, Burroughs, Corso, Snyder, McClure, Cassady, Norse, Whalen, Kesey, Ferlinghetti, Holmes, Orlovsky, Charters, Frank, Brossard, Creeley, DiPrima, Baraka, Bremser, Huncke, Leary, Solomon, Micheline, Waldman, Welch & others
Signed 

THE BEATS; First editions of Kerouac, Ginsberg, Burroughs, Corso, Snyder, McClure, Cassady, Norse, Whalen, Kesey, Ferlinghetti, Holmes, Orlovsky, Charters, Frank, Brossard, Creeley, DiPrima, Baraka, Bremser, Huncke, Leary, Solomon, Micheline, Waldman, Welch & others

by KEROUAC, Jack, et. al.


(click for more details about THE BEATS; First editions of Kerouac, Ginsberg, Burroughs, Corso, Snyder, McClure, Cassady, Norse, Whalen, Kesey, Ferlinghetti, Holmes, Orlovsky, Charters, Frank, Brossard, Creeley, DiPrima, Baraka, Bremser, Huncke, Leary, Solomon, Micheline, Waldman, Welch & others)
THE FALL RIVER TRAGEDY.; A History of the Borden Murders. A plain statement of the material facts pertaining to the most famous crime of the century, including the story of the arrest and preliminary trial of Miss Lizzie A. Borden and a full report of the Superior Court trial, with a hitherto unpublished account of the renowned Trickey-McHenry affair compiled from official sources and profusely illustrated with original engravings
First Edition 

THE FALL RIVER TRAGEDY.; A History of the Borden Murders. A plain statement of the material facts pertaining to the most famous crime of the century, including the story of the arrest and preliminary trial of Miss Lizzie A. Borden and a full report of the Superior Court trial, with a hitherto unpublished account of the renowned Trickey-McHenry affair compiled from official sources and profusely illustrated with original engravings

by PORTER, Edwin H.

Fall River (MA) : Buffinton , 1893
(click for more details about THE FALL RIVER TRAGEDY.; A History of the Borden Murders. A plain statement of the material facts pertaining to the most famous crime of the century, including the story of the arrest and preliminary trial of Miss Lizzie A. Borden and a full report of the Superior Court trial, with a hitherto unpublished account of the renowned Trickey-McHenry affair compiled from official sources and profusely illustrated with original engravings)
View all from this seller>

The ABAA
Promise

You can be confident that when you make a purchase through ABAA.org, the item is sold by an ABAA member in full compliance with our Code of Ethics. Our sellers guarantee your order will be shipped promptly and that all items are as described. Buy with confidence through ABAA.org.