Oct 02, 2012 - Sale 2287

Sale 2287 - Lot 4

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ONE OTHER COPY KNOWN, IN PRIVATE HANDS (ALMANACS.) The United States Almanack, for the Year of Our Lord 1781. [32] pages. Small 8vo, stitched; moderate wear and faint dampstaining throughout, closed tear and two small holes on title page. (JMR) Chatham, NJ: Shepard Kollock, [1780]
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An exceptionally scarce almanac. Featured are predictions on the war credited to an itinerant prophet in "A Brief History of the Allegany Philosopher"; and a 4-page original dialogue by the Rev. Uzal Ogden titled "The Nature, Necessity, and Importance of Regeneration." An oblique reference to the Revolution appears in a long quotation from Shakespeare concluding "England, that was wont to conquer others / Hath made a shameful conquest of itself," with a publisher's note asking "whether this prophecy is not now fully accomplished."
Drake 5121 (citing Evans); Evans 17009 (listing no copies, incorrectly citing "Roger Trueman" as pseudonym of author); Felcone, New Jersey Printing 330 (listing the only known copy in the author's collection). No institutional copies listed in ESTC.