[Rarebooks] FS: Scarce Sam Adams, 1769, one of the most important pre-revolutionary pamphlets

[Charles Agvent]

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[ADAMS, Samuel]. AN APPEAL TO THE WORLD, OR, A VINDICATION OF  THE
TOWN  OF  BOSTON FROM MANY FALSE AND MALICIOUS ASPERSIONS....  Boston:
Edes  &  Gill  1769. First Edition. CONTAIN'D IN CERTAIN  LETTERS  AND
MEMORIALS,  WRITTEN BY GOVERNOR BERNARD, GENERAL GAGE, COMMODORE HOOD,
THE  COMMISSIONERS  OF THE AMERICAN BOARD OF CUSTOMS, AND OTHERS,  AND
BY  THEM RESPECTIVELY TRANSMITTED TO THE MINISTRY. PUBLISHED BY  ORDER
OF  THE TOWN. Recently re-sewn into marbled paper over boards,  with a
printed  paper  label  on  the front panel and  fresh  endpapers,  and
enclosed in a custom clamshell box with a gilt-lettered leather spine
label.  Adams  62A, Evans 11133, Heartman 509 ("certainly one  of  the
"), Sabin 6478. For several
years  there had been rising enmity between the Massachusetts Assembly
and  the appointed Governor of Massachusetts, Francis Bernard,  over a
number  of  issues.  Eventually  this  lead  to  serious  unrest,  the
unwelcome  presence  of  British troops, and the organization  of  the
Sons  of  Liberty.  Then a series of inflammatory  letters  were  made
public  from  Governor Bernard and others to the Earl of  Hillsborough
who  had recently been named Secretary of State for the Colonies.  The
members  of  the  Assembly,  who  felt they  had  been  "traduced  and
vilified,"  appointed  a committee to reply to the letters,  resulting
in  this  response. The title page has suffered insect damage  causing
the  loss of about half of the right side affecting the text there  as
well  as about 1/3 of the text on the verso. A facsimile of this  leaf
is  included in a special pocket in the box. The next few leaves  show
some  marginal damage but no text is affected. The remainder is clean.
Unobtrusive library markings on three pages. Very Good        $4750.00

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