Research Catalog

Title

The law of retribution, or, a serious warning to Great Britain and her colonies : founded on unquestionable examples of God's temporal vengeance against tyrants, slave-holders, and oppressors : the examples are selected from predictions in the Old Testament, of national judgements, which (being compared with their actual accomplishment) demonstrate "the sure word of prophecy," as well as the immediate Interposition of divine providence, to recompence impenitent nations according to their works / by Granville Sharp.

Author

Sharp, Granville, 1735-1813.

Publication

London : Printed by W. Richardson, for B. White, at Horace's Head, in Fleet Street; and E. and C. Dilly, in the Poultry, MDCCLXXVI. [1776]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Richardson, William, 1735 or 1736-1811
• White, Benjamin, approximately 1724-1794
• E. & C. Dilly (Firm), bookseller.

Description

[4], 357, [3] p.; 20 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Alternative Title

• Law of retribution
• Serious warning to Great Britain and her colonies

Subjects

• Slavery > Great Britain > Colonies > Controversial literature > 1776
• Authors' presentation inscriptions (Provenance)
• Slavery in the Bible > Early works to 1800
• Slavery > Great Britain > Colonies > Controversial literature > Early works to 1800
• Slavery > Religious aspects > Christianity > Early works to 1800
• Slavery > Great Britain > Colonies > Early works to 1800
• Slave trade > Great Britain > Early works to 1800
• Slavery > Great Britain > Early works to 1800

Genre/Form

Authors' presentation inscriptions (Provenance)

Note

• With a half-title.
• Advertisements, p. [2]-[3] at end.
• Signatures: [pi]² A-2T⁴ 2U² 2X-2Y⁴ [chi]².

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Indexed In (note)

• English short title catalogue
• Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time

Provenance (note)

• inscribed: in ink on half-title page "From the Author to the benevolent Africanus." ; This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Call Number

Sc Rare 326.4G-S (Sharp, G. Law of retribution)

OCLC

• 16105678
• NYPGR16105678-B

Author

Sharp, Granville, 1735-1813.

Title

The law of retribution, or, a serious warning to Great Britain and her colonies : founded on unquestionable examples of God's temporal vengeance against tyrants, slave-holders, and oppressors : the examples are selected from predictions in the Old Testament, of national judgements, which (being compared with their actual accomplishment) demonstrate "the sure word of prophecy," as well as the immediate Interposition of divine providence, to recompence impenitent nations according to their works / by Granville Sharp.

Imprint

London : Printed by W. Richardson, for B. White, at Horace's Head, in Fleet Street; and E. and C. Dilly, in the Poultry, MDCCLXXVI. [1776]

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Indexed In:

English short title catalogue, T137101

Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time, 79826

Provenance

Copy in Sc Rare 326.4G-S (accession no. B513250) inscribed: in ink on half-title page "From the Author to the benevolent Africanus." ; This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

Local Note

Researchers are restricted to the microform copy in: Sc Micro F-16140.

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Added Author

Richardson, William, 1735 or 1736-1811, printer.

White, Benjamin, approximately 1724-1794, bookseller.

E. & C. Dilly (Firm), bookseller.

Sharp, Granville, 1735-1813, inscriber.

Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.

Research Call Number

Sc Rare 326.4G-S (Sharp, G. Law of retribution)