Apr 16, 2013 - Sale 2310

Sale 2310 - Lot 126

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(COLONIAL WARS.) [Dunster, Isaiah.] Fast sermon preached upon the Treaty of Paris, which ended the French & Indian War. 34 manuscript pages. 12mo, original wrappers, later sticker on front; numerous emendations, with one revised page pinned into the volume. [Harwich, MA?], 14 April 1763
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The Treaty of Paris ended the French and Indian War on 10 February 1763. By April, news was just reaching the English colonies. This sermon was delivered from Daniel 2:20-21, which reads in part "He changeth ye times & ye seasons; He removeth kings, & setteth up kings." The sermon reminds us that "we no longer hear ye alarm of war, but hope for ye establishment of peace on very advantageous terms to us who dwell in this land. Let us consider yt it is God who hath given us this quietness."
This sermon is not signed, but Dunster's name is penciled on the wrapper, and the handwriting matches Dunster manuscripts held at Harvard University. Isaiah Dunster (1720-1791) was a Congregational minister at Harwich on Cape Cod from 1748 until his death in 1791. A notation on the front cover shows that he delivered this sermon again in 1773 and 1786.