The First book of the American chronicles of the times
Subtitle: Chap. I.
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 13107
Publisher: Printed by J. Davis.
Published: 1774
Place of publication: Newbern [N.C.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 15
Subjects: Parodies, imitations; History; Humor; Bible
Notes: The events preceding the American Revolution, related in mock-Biblical style.

Caption title.

"... said to be wrote by that great patriot ... S----l A---s [i.e., Samuel Adams], Esquire, a member for this province in the Grand American Continental Congress."--from an advertisement for the work in: The Wonder of wonders ... 2nd ed., Salem, Mass. : E. Russell, 1775. A portrait of Adams appears on the title page of Russell's edition of the work (Salem, 1774).

Imprint from colophon. Date of publication supplied by Evans.

Signatures: A⁸.

Evans 13107

McMurtrie, D.C. North Carolina, 71