The First book of the American chronicles of the times
Subtitle: Chap. V.
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 13805
Publisher: Printed and sold by John Boyle in Marlborough-Street. 1775. Where may be had compleat setts of these chronicles.
Published: 1775
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
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.

Signatures: [A]⁴.

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