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Discourses on public occasions in America.
- Title
- Discourses on public occasions in America. By William Smith ...
- Author
- Smith, William, 1727-1803.
- Publication
- London, Printed for A. Millar [etc.] 1762.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Restricted use | *KF 1762 (Smith, W. Discourses on public occasions in America) | Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Ford Collection.
- Description
- xvi, vi, [7]-224, 160 [really 158] p.; 21 cm.
- Subjects
- Note
- No. 37-38 omitted in paging of Appendix.
- 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 ...
- Contains two additional discourses not found in 1st edition.
- Without the "suppressed" leaf, p. 35-36, of "A general idea of the college of Mirania."--cf. Penny packer catalogue, part 4, no. 959.
- Appendix.--I. no. 1. A letter concerning the office and duty of Protestant ministers, especially in times of public danger and calamity; written to a clergyman on the frontiers of Pennsylvania, on General Braddock's defeat.--no. 2. An earnest address to the colonies, at the opening of the campaign, 1758. --II, no. 1. A general idea of the College of Mirania; first published in the year, 1753, as a plan for a college in New York.--no. 2. Account of the College and academy of Philadelphia.--no. 3. A charge delivered to the graduates at the first anniversary commencement in the College of Philadelphia.--III. A philosophical meditation, and religious address to the Supreme Being.
- Call Number
- *KF 1762 (Smith, W. Discourses on public occasions in America)
- LCCN
- 09032163
- OCLC
- 5136441
- Author
- Smith, William, 1727-1803.
- Title
- Discourses on public occasions in America. By William Smith ...
- Imprint
- London, Printed for A. Millar [etc.] 1762.
- Edition
- 2d ed. ...
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Ford Collection.
- Research Call Number
- *KF 1762 (Smith, W. Discourses on public occasions in America)