(AMERICAN REVOLUTION) Smith William A Sermon on the Present

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(AMERICAN REVOLUTION.) Smith, William. A Sermon on the Present Situation of American Affairs. 8vo, disbound; minor foxing, cropped with partial loss of a few page numbers, later clipping pasted to blank portion of final page; partial contemporary inscription reading "by the author" on title page. Philadelphia: James Humphreys, Jr., 1775

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An important address given soon after the Battle of Bunker Hill. Smith was the first provost of what became the University of Pennsylvania. Like many other Pennsylvanians including John Dickinson, Smith was anxious for a redress of the colonists' grievances, but wary of plunging into war. This is a possible first edition--priority has not been determined between the two Philadelphia editions. Adams, Independence 196b (title in four lines); Evans 14459; Howes S697; Sabin 84651 (suggests that this is the first edition).