first edition of an historical play which was performed in a New York theater. BAL 4980; Evans 33652; Sabin 21296. Only one known at auction since 1944--Swann sale, 14 February 1991, lot 96.
bound with--Morse. A Sermon Preached at Charlestown. 79 pages. 2nd edition. Boston, 1799 Wells. An Oration Delivered on the Fourth of July. 22 pages. New York, 1798 two other incomplete orations Webster. An Oration Pronounced before the Citizens of New-Haven. 16 pages. New Haven, CT, [1798] and most notably Samuel Stanhope Smith, An Essay on the Causes of the Variety of Complexion and Figure in the Human Species. [4], 111, 31 pages; moderate foxing and dampstaining. First edition. "The most important work on race of its generation, argued that all the differences between the races could be accounted for by environmental factors"--Horsman, The New Republic, page 138. Austin, Medical Imprints 1776; Evans 10712; Sabin 84103. Philadelphia, 1797.