first edition
1828 · Providence
by Pickering, David
Providence: Literary Cadet Office - Smith & Parmenter, printers, 1828. First edition, 8vo, pp. 24; stitched, as issued; mild dampstaining, else near fine. The appendix (pp. 21-24), contains extracts from Ezra Stiles Ely's The Duty of Christian Freemen to Elect Christian Rulers, and from publications of the American Sunday School Union concerning the relationship between church and state. Pickering attacks Ely's plan for organizing a Christian party in politics. Pickering feared the union of Church and State, and the unmerciful rigors of an ecclesiastical hierarchy. The last 2 pages of the AAS copy are mutilated. Not in American Imprints; Bartlett, p. 204; Sabin 62625. (Inventory #: 56166)