[Rarebooks] FS: Minot's History of Massachusetts Bay. 3 vols. in 1. 1788-1803

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(AMERICANA) Minot, George Richards. THE HISTORY OF THE INSURRECTIONS, IN MASSACHUSETTS, IN THE YEAR MDCCLXXXVI, and the Rebellion Consequent Thereon. Worcester, MA: Printed by Isaiah Thomas. 1788. 192pp. BOUND LAST AFTER: Minot, George Richards. CONTINUATION OF THE HISTORY OF THE PROVINCE OF MASSACHUSETTS BAY FROM THE YEAR 1748 [to 1765]. With an Introductory Sketch of Events from Its Original Settlement. Published According to Act of Congress. Boston: Printed by Manning & Loring. 1798-1803. 2 vols. 304;222pp. All 3 vols. bound together in cont. tree calf, brown morocco spine label. Spine rubbed & front hinge cracked but neatly reinforced and holding nicely. 3 pages of preliminary blanks with old manuscript notes on the history of the currency of Massachusetts, with mounted tables of "Scale of Depreciation." Title page of Vol. II with some foxing.	$1,000.00 (trade discount allowed)
This work by Minot (1758-1802) continues "Hutchinson's history of this province to 1765" and covers Shay's rebellion, etc. Howes M654 and M653. All the volumes here are first editions.


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