The First book of the American chronicles of the times
Subtitle: Chap. IV
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 42821
Publisher: Sold opposite the Court-House, in Queen-Street.
Published: 1775
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
Subjects: Parodies, imitations; History; Humor; Bible
Other titles: American chronicles of the times.
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 Bristol. Two booksellers are known to have had shops in Queen Street at this time: Daniel Kneeland, and the partnership of Edes & Gill. An ornament used on the title page (a paragraph mark) was used by Kneeland in his printings of the other chapters of this work.

Signatures: [A]⁴.

Bristol B3982

Shipton & Mooney 42821