The First book of the American chronicles of the times.
Subtitle: Chap. III.
Contributors: Adams, Samuel, 1722-1803.
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 13110.
Publisher: Printed and sold by B. Towne.
Published: 1774
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 33
Subjects: Bible. -- O.T. -- Parodies, imitations, etc.; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Anecdotes.
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. Published Dec. 1774; cf. Evans.

"The fourth chapter will be published in a few days."--p. 33.

Last verso blank.

Evans 13110.

Hildeburn, C.R.  Pennsylvania, 2970.

Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 13110).