(AMERICAN REVOLUTION PRELUDE) Extracts from the Votes and P

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(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--PRELUDE.) Extracts from the Votes and Proceedings of the American Continental Congress . . . on the 5th of September 1774. [4], 12, 11, 36 pages. 8vo, disbound; moderate dampstaining to first 4 leaves; with half-title. Philadelphia: William and Thomas Bradford, 27 October 1774

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These extracts went through many printings throughout the colonies in 1774, but this was just the third edition to also include the association of 20 October, and the first to include the later resolves issued through 25 October, which conclude with a letter to General Gage protesting the fortification of Boston. Evans 13714; Howes E247 ("the forerunner of the Declaration of Independence"). Provenance: Parke-Bernet sale, 18 May 1976, lot 359, to the consignor.