Discourses on public occasions in America / by William Smith, D.D. Provost of the College and Academy of Philadelphia.

Creator:

Smith, William, 1727-1803.

Timespan:

1762; New York (State) -- New York.; United States -- French and Indian War, 1754-1763.; United States.; New York (N.Y.)

Date:

1762

Description:

Forrest copy does not have the cancelled leaf c2.; Forrest copy wanting final blank.; Culture Class Collection copy 2 does not have the cancelled leaf c2.; Culture Class Collection copy 1 has retained the cancelled leaf c2.; Culture Class Collection copy 1 wanting final blank.; Culture Class Collection copy 2 wanting final blank.

Identifier:

9939401903503681; d.n- g.7. 2.he otir (3) 1762 (R); (OCoLC)ocm05136441; (OCoLC)5136441; (PU)3940190-penndb-Voyager; 3940190

Language:

English

Provenance:

Forrest, Edwin, Estate of (donor) (Forrest copy); Hartley, Martin Pirt(?) (autograph) (Forrest copy); Lewis, S. (donor) (Culture Class Collection copy 1); Kemp, Joseph (autograph) (Culture Class Collection copy 2)

Publisher:

London : Printed for A. Millar, D. Wilson, and T. Becket and P.A. DeHondt ..., and G. Keith ..., 1762.

Subject:

History.; Learned institutions and societies.

Resource Type:

Books

Physical Description:

xvi, vi pages, 7 unnumbered pages-224, 31 pages, 5 unnumbered pages, 39-160 pages, 2 unnumbered pages; 21 cm (8vo)

Corporate Name:

Penn in the Age of Franklin (University of Pennsylvania); Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania); American Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Geographic Subject:

England -- London.

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?

Notes:

Errata on p. xvi.; Another "Second edition" printed in London in 1762 with the imprint: London : Printed for A. Millar, R. Griffiths, and D. Wilson ..., and G. Keith ..., MDCCLXII.; Signatures: A-P⁸ a-f⁸ g⁴ h-k⁸ l⁴ (l4 blank).; First edition, 1759, has title: Discourses on several public occasions during the war in America. Preached chiefly with a view to the explaining the importance of the Protestant cause, in the British colonies; and the advancement of religion, patriotism and military virtue. Among which are a discourse on adversity; and also a discourse, On planting the sciences, and the propagation of Christianity, in the untutored parts of the earth. With an appendix ...; Pages [120], 160, and 210 (4th count) misnumbered 1i,;60, and 110, respectively.; Dedicated to Thomas Penn and Richard Penn by the author.; "N.B. The discourses and essays that are marked with an asterisk, in the foregoing title page, and also one of the funeral discourses, were not in the first edition, and are to be had separately."--T.p. verso.; Online version available via Colenda; Head- and tail-pieces; factotum initials.; In some copies, leaf c2, containing part of the preface to A general idea of the College of Mirania, has been cancelled.

Physical Location:

E199 .S65 1762b AC7 Sm683 759dba AC7 Sm683 759dba copy 2

Collection:

Penn in the Age of Franklin (University of Pennsylvania); Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania); American Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)