At the present period it is not desirable to multiply appeals to the charitable feelings of the community
Subtitle: but a painful circumstance, connected with the war in which we are involved, has imposed on us an obligation, which, as Christians and Americans, we should be anxious to discharge. It is generally known, that a number of the Bibles bearing the stamp of the British and Foreign Bible Society, and designed for charitable distribution in the neighbouring British provinces, were taken by an American privateer and sold at public auction ...
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 27937
Publisher: [s.n.]
Published: 1813
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Subjects: Publication and distribution; Societies; Privateering; History; Religious aspects; Prizes; Massachusetts Bible Society; British and Foreign Bible Society; Bible
Notes: Appeal for contributions to replace the Bibles, "computed at about six hundred dollars ... By a vote of the 'Bible Society of Massachusetts' this subscription is opened. Boston, July 17th, 1813."

Shaw & Shoemaker 27937

Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.