THE IMPORTANCE OF RELIGION IN THE CIVIL RULER, CONSIDERED. A SERMON, PREACHED BEFORE THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT, AT HARTFORD, ON THE DAY OF THE ANNIVERSARY ELECTION, MAY 14TH, 1778. BY...PASTOR OF THE FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST IN NEW-HAVEN
by Whittelsey, Chauncey
New Haven: Thomas and Samuel Green, 1778. 23, [1 blank] pp, with the half title [which is spotted at the blank lower forecorner]. Stitched and disbound, lightly toned, Very Good. Whittelsey reflects on "the present very critical situation of affairs...The hand of God has been very conspicuous" in aiding "the now United Independent American States," formerly "thirteen disconnected, and many of them distant provinces...When we consider the weak, defenceless and unprepared state of the country when hostilities... Read More
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A DISCOURSE, OCCASIONED BY THE DEATH, AND DELIVERED AT THE FUNERAL, OF MRS. MARY CLAP, RELICT OF THE LATE REV. PRESIDENT CLAP. WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE SEPTEMBER 23D, 1769. IN THE LXVIth YEAR OF HER AGE
by Whittelsey, Chauncey
New-Haven: Printed by Thomas and Samuel Green, 1769. 24pp. Stitched into modern marbled wrappers. Toned with a little foxing. Else Very Good. With contemporary ownership signature of "Anne Williams her Book". Whittelsey was Pastor of the First Church in New Haven. Mary Clap was the widow of the President of Yale College, Thomas Clap. Reverend Whittelsey describes her excellent character; a long footnote chronicles her ancestry. Evans 11530. Trumbull 1650. Sabin 103787. ESTC W38065 [7 locations as... Read More
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THE EXILES: A TALE OF NEW ENGLAND. AN "ORIGINAL POEM" PRINTED IN 'THE NEW WORLD,' NEW-YORK, SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 1841
by [Whittier, John Greenlead]
New York: Park Benjamin, Editor, 1841. Huge elephant folio sheet, folded to [4] pages, each page printed in eight columns. Engraved masthead. Whittier's poem is printed in about one-and-a-half columns. Several significant and unsightly blotches on each page; one of them touches a small portion of the Whittier poem but does not affect legibility. Some blank margin chips. Good. "Not far from the Whittier home in Amesbury, MA, was the Macy House, about which Whittier wrote one of... Read More
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THE WOFUL CONDITION OF IMPENITENT SOULS IN THEIR SEPARATE STATE. A SERMON PREACH'D TO THE OLD OR FIRST GATHER'D CHURCH IN BOSTON, ON THE LORD'S-DAY, APRIL 4. 1731
by Whittelsey, Samuel
Boston, N.E.: S. Kneeland and T. Green for S. Gerrish in Cornhill, 1731. [vi], 1-23, [1 blank] pp. Scattered foxing, lacking the half title, else Very Good. Bound in modern cloth with old institutional bookplate on front pastedown. The preface 'To the Reader' is signed in type at the end by Thomas Foxcroft and Charles Chauncy. They "take this Occasion to express our Joy in the Increase & Flourishing of Yale-College, which may well boast of being the... Read More
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MR. WHITTLESEY'S LETTER. WASHINGTON, FEB. 18, 1839. GEN. SANDS ADAMS:..
by [Whittlesey, Thomas T.]
[Washington, 1839. 16pp, caption title [as issued]. Folded, light soil, worn along spine. Untrimmed, Good+. Neatly inscribed above the title, 'Sydney Stanley', probably the signature of the Hartford resident and Clerk of the Connecticut Legislature, born in 1805 and died in 1878. Whittlesey, a Connecticut Jacksonian, was wrapping up his only term in Congress. He had lost his bid for re-election in the fall of 1838, at least in part because he supported the Independent Treasury Bill,... Read More
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MR. WICKLIFFE'S LETTER RELATIVE TO THE EXPENDITURES OF THE GOVERNMENT, ADDRESSED TO THE EDITORS OF THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, IN REPLY TO A COMMUNICATION PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED ON THE SAME SUBJECT
by Wickliffe, C.A.
[Washington?, 1830. 8pp. Caption title [as issued]. Folded, loosened, untrimmed. Light scattered foxing. Good+. Wickliffe, a Kentucky Democratic Congressman, supported Andrew Jackson. He defends him in this Letter, rebutting Thomas Chilton's charges of profligacy in public expenditures. OCLC 12364254 [5]. Sabin 103858. Not in American Imprints.
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SPEECH OF ROBERT WICKLIFFE, JR., (OF FAYETTE,) ON THE VETO POWER, DELIVERED IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, ON THE 26TH JANUARY, 1842
by Wickliffe, Robert Jr.
Lexington, Ky: Observer & Reporter, Print., 1842. 23, [1 blank] pp. Disbound and spotted, Good or so, with the presentation inscription, "From R. Wickliffe Jr." "The veto power stands on the portals of the Government the safest champion of popular rights and the truest defender of the Constitution." Though a Whig, Wickliffe parts company with his fellows, whose rage at President Tyler's thwarting of Whig programs led them to try to rein in the President's power to veto... Read More
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TO THE 38TH CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AN OPEN LETTER..
by Wieczorek, Dr. Rudolph
[New York, 1864. 12pp, caption title [as issued]. Disbound, else Very Good. The author wrote at the end of May 1864. He reflects on the meaning of the Declaration of Independence, and its "flagrant contradiction" with the Founders' failure "to abolish Human Slavery-- then existing in most of the States. They studiously avoid the slightest allusion to this plague-spot in the political organism," because they "were so thoroughly convinced of the utter incompatibility of Slavery with a republic,... Read More
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DR. SCOTT, THE VIGILANCE COMMITTEE AND THE CHURCH. A LECTURE BY W. CARROLL, DELIVERED IN MUSICAL HALL, SAN FRANCISCO, OCT. 12, 1856
by [Wiegand, Conrad]
San Francisco: Whitton, Towne & Co, 1856. 52pp. Disbound with light to moderate foxing, Good+. Wiegand, who entered the copyright, was the 25-year old assayer of the U.S. Mint in San Francisco. He published this Lecture, under the pseudonym ' W. Carroll,' to answer the "vituperations" of his critics; and to raise money for himself "on the eve of being turned out of office for the exercise of my constitutionally guaranteed rights as a free American citizen." ... Read More
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SOME DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERS OF THE EXTRAORDINARY AND ORDINARY MINISTERS OF THE CHURCH OF CHRIST, BRIEFLY CONSIDERED, IN TWO DISCOURSES DELIVERED AT THE PUBLICK LECTURES, IN HARVARD-COLLEGE, NOVEMBER 12TH AND 19TH. 1754. AFTER THE REVEREND MR. WHITEFIELD'S PREACHING AT CAMBRIDGE
by Wigglesworth, Edward
Boston: Thomas Fleet., 1754. 34, [2 blanks] pp, with the half title, errata statement, and final blank. "The gift of James Lovell" inscribed on the half title [the rest of the inscription is clipped]. Disbound, Good+. These discourses, plus his earlier attack on Whitefield, established Wigglesworth as "a leader among the anti-evangelical clergy" [DAB]. The first Hollis Professor at Harvard, Wigglesworth argues here that contemporary evangelists-- "modern itinerants" like Whitefield-- have little in common "with the Evangelists in... Read More
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SOME THOUGHTS UPON THE SPIRIT OF INFALLIBILITY, CLAIMED BY THE CHURCH OF ROME: OFFER'D AT THE ANNIVERSARY DUDLEIAN-LECTURE, AT HARVARD-COLLEGE IN CAMBRIDGE, MAY 11. 1757
by Wigglesworth, Edward
Boston, New - England: Printed and Sold by John Draper, in Cornhill, 1757. 31, [1 blank] pp, with the half title as issued. Stitched. Lower blank corner of half title clipped, light foxing. Faint decorative blindstamp. Else Very Good, with attractive typography. Wigglesworth was Hollisian Professor of Divinity at Harvard. Wikipedia says, "The Dudleian lectures are a series of prestigious lectures on religion at Harvard University, where they are the oldest endowed lectureship." He devotes the occasion... Read More
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THE DOCTRINE OF REPROBATION BRIEFLY CONSIDERED: BEING THE SUBSTANCE OF SOME LECTURES IN HARVARD COLLEGE
by Wigglesworth, Edward
Boston, New-England, 1763. 48pp, stitched and untrimmed. Light wear, light spotting, Very Good. Ownership signature, "Amos Moody. Dom. 1763." This piece shows "the split between conditional Arminianism, which provides salvation to those men redeemed by faith, and unconditional Calvinism...Wigglesworth, voicing distinct Arminian sentiments, answered that all election and foreordination are conditional, and that no man is 'under irresistible motions, either to good or evil.' From the point of view of theological doctrine, Wigglesworth's gradual compromise heralds the advent... Read More
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SOME DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERS OF THE EXTRAORDINARY AND ORDINARY MINISTERS OF THE CHURCH OF CHRIST, BRIEFLY CONSIDERED, IN TWO DISCOURSES DELIVERED AT THE PUBLICK LECTURES, IN HARVARD-COLLEGE, NOVEMBER 12TH AND 19TH. 1754. AFTER THE REVEREND MR. WHITEFIELD'S PREACHING AT CAMBRIDGE
by Wigglesworth, Edward
Boston: Thomas Fleet., 1754. 34pp, with the half title and errata statement, but without the final blank. Stitched, untrimmed with generous margins. Half title dusted, else Very Good. These discourses, plus his earlier attack on Whitefield, established Wigglesworth as "a leader among the anti-evangelical clergy" [DAB]. The first Hollis Professor at Harvard, Wigglesworth argues here that contemporary evangelists-- "modern itinerants" like Whitefield-- have little in common "with the Evangelists in the Apostolic Age." FIRST EDITION. Evans 7338.... Read More
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AN ENQUIRY INTO THE TRUTH OF THE IMPUTATION OF THE GUILT OF ADAM'S FIRST SIN TO HIS POSTERITY. BEING THE SUBSTANCE OF SEVERAL PRIVATE LECTURES IN HARVARD COLLEGE, ON THE THIRD ARTICLE IN THE SIER OF THE WESTMINSTER CONFESSION OF FAITH
by Wigglesworth, Edward
Boston: Printed by J. Draper, for D. Henchman..., 1738. [8], 90 pp, lacking the final blank but with the half title, which is detached, foxed, and worn. Disbound, scattered and generally light foxing, light wear. Attractive ornamentation. Good+. The renowned Professor of Divinity at Harvard warns against dogmatism. Frequently man's varied views about religious questions reflect "Our uncertain Suppositions about such things as God hath tho't fit to keep secret." Evans 4324. ESTC W31902.
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A SEASONABLE CAVEAT AGAINST BELIEVING EVERY SPIRIT: WITH SOME DIRECTIONS FOR TRYING THE SPIRITS, WHETHER THEY ARE OF GOD. GIVEN IN TWO PUBLIC LECTURES IN THE HALL OF HARVARD-COLLEGE AT CAMBRIDGE, N. E. APRIL 22 AND 29, 1735
by Wigglesworth, Samuel
Boston: Printed for D. Henchman, 1735. [2], 33, [1- errata and advertisement] pp. Lacking the half title and final blank leaf. Scattered light foxing. Attractive ornamentation. Good plus. Wigglesworth opposed unbridled evangelism, the Great Awakening, and Reverend Whitefield. He warns his audience not "to believe every Pretender to divine Revelations to be under the Conduct of the Spirit of Truth, because he himself had Confidence to affirm it; but to examine first what Right such Persons could... Read More
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THE EXCELLENCY OF THE GOSPEL - MESSAGE; WITH THE DUTY AND DIGNITY OF THE MESSENGERS OF CHRIST. A SERMON PREACHED AT THE EAST PRECINCT IN YARMOUTH, JUNE 22. 1727. AT THE ORDINATION OF THE REVEREND JOSIAH DENNIS, M.A.
by Wigglesworth, Samuel
Boston: Printed for D. Henchman, 1727. [4], 28 pp, with the half title [which is loose]. Light rubberstamp at blank portion of half title and title page [intrusion onto border]. Disbound, Good+. Wigglesworth opposed unbridled evangelism, the Great Awakening, and Reverend Whitefield. "If Ministers are God's Messengers [as we have heard] then let them wait for those Divine Orders that make them so. It becomes them not presumptuously to invade the sacred Office, and run before the Lord... Read More
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SECESSION, AND ITS CAUSES, IN A LETTER TO VISCOUNT PALMERSTON, K. G., PRIME MINISTER OF ENGLAND
by Wikoff, Henry
New York: Ross & Tousey, 1861. 84pp. Disbound without wraps, several old rubberstamps, else Very Good. DAB's sketch of Wikoff, "an author and adventurer, of dubious origins," includes this "pamphlet dispute with Palmerston." His long, detailed discussion of the history and economics of slavery in the New World justifies the South's insistence on maintaining and expanding its Peculiar Institution. He argues that, "Free Black labor is a mere illusion!" LCP 11195. Not in Sabin, Bartlett, Work,... Read More
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A LETTER TO VISCOUNT PALMERSTON, K. G., PRIME MINISTER OF ENGLAND, ON AMERICAN SLAVERY
by Wikoff, Henry
New York: Ross & Tousey, 1861. 84pp. Original printed front wrapper. Disbound, rubberstamp in top margin of page [5], else Very Good. DAB's sketch of Wikoff, "an author and adventurer, of dubious origins," includes this "pamphlet dispute with Palmerston." Wikoff's preface is dated January 28, 1861, at the beginning of the Secession Crisis. He discusses at length the history and economics of slavery in the New World, emphasizing its introduction here by England, railing against "Northern fanaticism,"... Read More
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THE DEBATE ON A MOTION FOR THE ABOLITION OF THE SLAVE-TRADE, IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, ON MONDAY, THE SECOND OF APRIL, 1792, REPORTED IN DETAIL
by Wilberforce, William
London: Printed by W. Woodfall, and Sold at the Printing-Office of the Diary, Salisbury-Square, Fleet-Street, 1792. 178 [i.e., 186] pp. As ESTC notes, pages "145-186 misnumbered 137-178." The text is continuous. Widely scattered and generally light foxing. Bound in later dark cloth with gilt-lettered title stamped on spine. About Very Good. Responding to "a GREAT number of PETITIONS, praying for the ABOLITION of the SLAVE TRADE," the House of Commons resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole,... Read More
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A PRACTICAL VIEW OF THE PREVAILING RELIGIOUS SYSTEM OF PROFESSED CHRISTIANS, IN THE HIGHER AND MIDDLE CLASSES, CONTRASTED WITH REAL CHRISTIANITY. BY WILLIAM WILBERFORCE, ESQ., MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT FOR THE COUNTY OF YORK. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION
by Wilberforce, William
Philadelphia: Printed by John Ormrod, 1798. Contemporary marbled calf [lightly rubbed], with gilt-lettered black morocco spine label [chip beneath the lettering]. 343, [9 Index], [4 Subscribers' List] pp. Scattered light foxing, inner hinges worn. Else Very Good. This copy has a neatly written gift inscription: "Maria Sherman's Presented by Her Friend I. Hart." Reverend Ira Hart (1771-1829) gave the book to his future wife, Maria Sherman (1774-1857). Hart was a missionary of the Connecticut Society, which flourished during the... Read More
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A CHOICE DROP OF HONEY FROM THE ROCK CHRIST OR A SHORT WORD OF ADVICE TO ALL SAINTS AND SINNERS
by [Wilcox, Thomas]
New-Market, Shenandoah County, Virginia: Ambrose Henkel and Co, 1811. 30, [2 blanks] pp. Stitched in contemporary plain wrappers. Rear wrap and rear endpaper tattered, wraps loose, text lightly spotted. Woodcut printer's device on title page, woodcut tailpiece. Good+. The first edition printed in Virginia of this popular religious tract, and a superb example of Henkel's press. This copy is a reprint of the London 1738 edition. The verso of the title page is a brief introduction by G.... Read More
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A NEW AND PRACTICAL FORM BOOK: CONTAINING FORMS OF ALL THOSE LEGAL INSTRUMENTS IMPORTANT TO BE KNOWN BY THE PEOPLE OF NORTH CAROLINA; AND DESIGNED, ALSO, FOR THE USE OF JUSTICES OF THE PEACE, SHERIFFS, CLERKS, CONSTABLES, CORONERS, &C., &C. COMPILED AND ARRANGED FROM THE BEST AUTHORITIES BY...ESQ., TO WHICH ARE ADDED, THE CONSTITUTION OF NORTH CAROLINA, AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES
by Wiley, Calvin H.
Raleigh: Office of the 'Weekly Post.', 1852. 12mo. Contemporary full leather, rebacked, with original red leather spine label laid down. New endpapers. pp 199, [1 blank], xi, [1 blank], [4 publ. advts.]. Spotted endpapers, else scattered spotting and foxing. Numerical accession rubberstamp in bottom margin of A2. About Good+. Not a form book for lawyers, the author explains, but rather "a complete list of Forms of the various Instruments which the people themselves should know how to... Read More
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THE PEOPLE VERSUS SEGREGATED SCHOOLS
by Wilkerson, Doxey
New York: Published by New Century Publishers, 1955. 15, [1] pp. Original printed title wrappers and staples. Very Good. By an African American teacher, author, Communist, with former service in the Franklin Roosevelt Administration.
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WISDOM, A POEM
by [Wilkinson, Edward]
Haverhill: Peter Edes, 1794. 12mo. 16 pp. Stitched as issued. Light dusting, occasional foxing, Very Good. In a modern folding case, with gilt-lettered morocco spine label. A poem by an English surgeon and Quaker, first printed in London in 1777. Evans 28086. ESTC 15420 [3- AAS, UC Berkeley, Haverhill Pub. Lib.].
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AN ADDRESS IN LATIN, BY JOSEPH WILLARD... PRESIDENT; AND A DISCOURSE IN ENGLISH, BY DAVID TAPPAN, S.T.D. HOLLIS PROFESSOR OF DIVINITY; DELIVERED BEFORE THE UNIVERSITY IN CAMBRIDGE, FEB. 21, 1800. IN SOLEMN COMMEMORATION OF GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON
by Willard, Joseph
[Charlestown]: Samuel Etheridge, 1800. 44pp, disbound and stitched, original plain wrappers. Untrimmed and generously margined, ink numeral. Very Good. One of two 1800 printings by Etheridge, the other in 31 pages. Both include speeches by Willard, the President of Harvard, and Tappan. Evans 39100. Stillwell 261.
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