(AMERICAN REVOLUTION) Gordon William The History of the Rise

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THE FIRST FULL HISTORY OF THE WAR BY AN AMERICAN (AMERICAN REVOLUTION.) Gordon, William. The History of the Rise, Progress, and Establishment of the . . . United States. 2 folding maps, with tape repairs on verso. 3 volumes. 8vo, contemporary calf, moderate wear; one front free endpaper lacking, another detached, moderate foxing, signatures of subscriber Paschal Nelson Smith (a Long Island merchant) on the page after each title, other bookplates and inscriptions on front endpapers. (JMR) New York, 1789

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first american edition. The Rev. William Gordon (1728-1807) came to America in 1770 to serve as the pastor of the third Congregational Church in Roxbury, MA, and became a strong supporter of the patriot cause. However, he worried that his history would ruffle the feathers of some American politicians, so he returned to England in 1786, and published the first edition of this work there in 1788. "To its preparation Jefferson contributed some aid"--Howes G256. Evans 21861; Sabin 28011. This is the first copy with maps known at auction since 1989.