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1854 - Neale, J. M. (John Mason), 1818-1866. Confession and Absolution: A Lecture written for delivery in the Town Hall, Birmingham. London : Printed by Joseph Masters, 1854. [First Edition]. 8vo. 26pp. Pamphlet removed from bound volume, no wraps, one inch tear to edge of title (no loss). Leaves clean. A reply to Rev. J. C. Miller's "attack" in a lecture on Confession, delivered the previous year in the said Town Hall. Very Good. Rare. $45

1843 - Neander, August (1789-1850). The History of the Christian Religion and Church During the Three First Centuries / by Augustus Neander ; Translated from the German by Henry John Rose. Philadelphia : James M. Campbell & Co. ; New York : Saxton & Miles, 1843. [First American Edition] 4to. vii, 466 pp. In one volume, containing the introduction, the history of the persecutions of Christianity; and the history of church discipline, and of Christian life and worship, the history of Christian sects and doctrines, and an account of the chief fathers of the Church. Includes bibliographical footnotes. Original publisher's ribbed brown cloth, gilt lettered to spine. Ex-library (Bowdoin College). Gift of Thomas Treadwell Stone (1801-1895), American Transcendentalist and Unitarian Minister, his name in pencil dated Aug. 1846 to corner of front endpaper. Library bookplate to front pastedown, embossed stamp to title. 3 lines of marginal notes in pencil to bottom p. xiii in Rev. Stone's hand, initialed by Him: T.T.S. Text with examples in Greek & Hebrew. [Church history Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600] Very Good. $250

1821 - Newcome, Richard (1779-1857). National Schools, in Wales. A Sermon, Preached in the Cathedral Church of Bangor, on Sunday the 16th of September, 1821, in behalf of the Bangor Diocesan National School. / By Richard Newcome. Denbigh: Thomas Gee. 1821. 8vo. 20pp. Sewn pamphlet, no wraps. Leaves clean and bright. Fine. Rare. $75

[1706] Nicolson, William (1655-1727). Sermon Preach'd at Bow-Church London on Monday, Decemb. 30, 1706 before the Societies for the reformation of manners / by William Lord Bishop of Carslile [Carlisle]. London: Printed and Sold by H. Hills, [1706]. 8vo. 16pp. Pamphlet in modern brown wraps paper label to front cover. Corners of leaves numbered in brown ink, likely contemporary, otherwise Fine. A fiery sermon in 3 parts: I. The Sin of this People [Israelites], II. Their Punishment “War in the Gates”, III. Conclusion. “As long as Blasphemies against the most High were so loud in our streets, and the whispering Allurements of the Adulterous Women so rife in the Corners thereof, there could be no security against a return to our Whoring after other Gods; nor any encouraging View of our being wholly out of Love with our former Abominations.” [Bible. O.T. Judges V. 8.] $85

1831 - Noel, Gerard T. (Gerard Thomas), 1782-1851. A Letter to the Right Hon. Lord Teignmouth, President of the British and Foreign Bible Society, of the present Character of the Institution. By the Hon. and Rev. Gerard T. Noel. London: J. Hatchard & Son. 1831. 8vo. 64pp. Sewn pamphlet, no wraps. Inscribed by author to top of half-title. Leaves clean and bright, 2 with small chips to foredge, not affecting text. Half-title and rear leaf lightly soiled and foxed. In a letter on behalf of the Socinians, Rev. Noel urges Lord Teignmouth to allow the said establishment equal rights as any other body in the [Bible] society. Includes documents and letters; notably, extract of a letter from one of the people called Quakers, dated St. John's, Antigua, 8th Month 1st, 1808, and extract from the Connecticut Bible Society, May 10, 1810. [Antitrinitarian--Socinianism--British and Foreign Bible Society] Very Good. $115

18th Century Signed New England Indenture

1722/3 - Northampton [Mass.] Manuscript Deed. Single sheet folio. In brown ink with two wax seals. 3 fold marks. Manuscript document, conveying a homestead of 5 3/4 acres in Northampton (abutting the lands of John Bridgman and Nathaniel Strong) from Thomas Shelden Senr and his wife Mary to Joseph Hawley: "for and in consideration of three hundred and twenty five pounds currantt money." The document is "Signed seald and delivered in presence of us wittness's"- Signed by Joseph Winchel, Nathaniel Edwards and twice by Hen Dwight. Also signed by Thomas and Mary Shelden. Later docketing on verso, Springfield, April 24th. 1779, Signed: "Wm. Pynchon jun reg". William Pynchon (1723-1789), eminent Springfield lawyer and great-great-grandson of William Pynchon (1590-1662) one of the founders and patentees in the charter of the Massachusetts bay colony. A nice detailed early deed nicely penned. Lightly toned at edges, few negligible spots of foxing. Better than Very Good.

Joseph Hawley (1682 - 1735), Jonathan Edwards' (1703-1758) cousin, committed suicide during the great awakening when he was despairing over not experiencing the graces that others were. Edwards preached an incredibly moving sermon on the occasion of his death in 1735 entitled "Our weakness, Christ's strength." Nathaniel Edwards who signed this indenture was not a close relation of Jonathan Edwards... there were two Edwards lines in the town. However, he was killed by an Indian in 1724, the year after signing the deed. Henry Dwight was a prominent military captain of his time... he kept the town in order. We thank Caleb Maskell from the Jonathan Edwards Center at Yale University for the above information.

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