(AMERICAN REVOLUTION) Gordon William The Separation of the J

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(AMERICAN REVOLUTION.) Gordon, William. The Separation of the Jewish Tribes . . . a Sermon Preached before the General Court, on Friday, July the 4th. 8vo, modern 1/4 calf; moderate dampstaining, a few early manuscript notes, upper corner of half-title restored. Boston: J. Gill, 1777

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Gordon's sermon on the first anniversary of the Declaration of Independence is described by Evans as "perhaps the first anniversary sermon printed." He recalls how "we were without an army, without money and without ammunition, we are amazed that instead of being galled to the bone with the yoke of slavery, we are keeping the anniversary of our independency!" (page 25). Gordon was a minister in Roxbury, MA at the time. After the war, he returned to England and published his well-known history of the United States (see next lot). Evans 15317; Rosenbach 69; Sabin 28009.