[Rarebooks] FS: Scarce 1769 Boston Imprint of "one of the most important pre-revolutionary pamphlets, " price greatly reduced

[Charles Agvent]

Price reduced to $3000 NET

[ADAMS, Samuel]. AN APPEAL TO THE WORLD, OR, A VINDICATION OF THE TOWN 
OF BOSTON FROM MANY FALSE AND MALICIOUS ASPERSIONS 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. Boston: Edes & Gill, 1769. First Edition. 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 leather spine lettering piece. Adams 62A, Evans 11133, 
Heartman 509 ("certainly one of the most important pre-revolutionary 
pamphlets"), 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 
led 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. (#013017) $4,750.00

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