Apr 14, 2015 - Sale 2380

Sale 2380 - Lot 42

Price Realized: $ 375
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Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(AMERICAN REVOLUTION.) West, Samuel. A Sermon Preached before the Honorable Council . . . of Massachusetts-Bay . . . May 29th, 1776. [3]-70 pages. 8vo, disbound; lacks half-title and final blank, marginal wear to final leaf. Boston: John Gill, 1776
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West, the pastor of a church in Dartmouth, advocates independence in this 29 May 1776 sermon, writing, "When a people find themselves cruelly oppressed by the parent state, they have an undoubted right to throw of the yoke, and to assert their liberty" (page 21). West later served on the Massachusetts committee which ratified the Constitution. Adams, American Independence 230; Evans 15217; Sabin, 102744.