The First book of the American chronicles of the times
Subtitle: Chap. III
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 13110
Publisher: Printed and sold by B. Towne.
Published: 1774
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 33
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. Published Dec. 1774; cf. Evans.

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

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