The First book of the American chronicles of the times
Subtitle: Chap. I.
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 42597
Publisher: Sold by Edes and Gill, in Queen-Street.
Published: 1774
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. Date of publication supplied by Bristol.

Signatures: [A]⁴.

Bristol B3736

Shipton & Mooney 42597