first edition Pamphlet
1803 · Providence
by Peres Fobes
Providence: Bennett Wheeler, 1803. First Edition. Pamphlet. Very good. Dr. Fobes' sermon at the installation of the Rev. John Hill. 32pp., removed, with half-title. Fobes (1742-1812) was professor of natural philosophy and vice-president of Brown in 1786. Harvard graduate, he was ordained as a pastor of a Congregational church in Raynham, MA where he remained for the rest of his life. Shaw and Shoemaker 4209. (Inventory #: 1369)