(AMERICAN REVOLUTION) Mather Samuel An Attempt to Shew that

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(AMERICAN REVOLUTION.) Mather, Samuel. An Attempt to Shew, that America must be Known to the Ancients. 8vo, later 1/4 calf; unevenly foxed; bookplate of John Carter Brown on front pastedown and 2 inked library stamps. With half-title. Boston: J. Kneeland, 1773

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Includes a 10-page appendix which protests against British oppression, and asserts that "the generous and brave Americans will be disposed and resolved to defend themselves and their rights." The main body of the work theorizes on the origins of the earliest inhabitants of America after the Great Flood, concluding that "the primary Americans were the Descendants of Magog from Japhet." Adams, American Independence 98; Evans 12861; Howes M408; Rosenbach, Judaica 59; Sabin 46792. Appears to be the only copy at auction since another was sold by Swann in 1954.