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245 14 a| The first book of the American chronicles of the times.n| Chap. II.;

260 a| [Boston] :b| Printed and sold by D. Kneeland, in Queen Street. Where also may be had the first & 3d chapters,c| [1775?];

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500 a| The events preceding the American Revolution, related in mock-Biblical style.;

500 a| Caption title.;

500 a| By John Leacock. Leacock's play, "The fall of British tyranny," was advertised in the Constitutional gazette, July 3, 1776, as "by the author of the American chronicles of the times." Cf. Carla Mulford's Introduction to "John Leacock's The first book of the American chronicles of the times, 1774-1775" (Newark : University of Delaware Press, 1987).;

500 a| "... 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).;

500 a| Imprint from colophon. Date of publication supplied by Bristol.;

500 a| Two states of the colophon noted. One is as given above; the other reads: Printed and sold by D. Kneeland, in Queen Street. Where also may be had the first chapter.;

500 a| A third wording of the colophon (Boston: Printed and sold by D. Kneeland in Queen-Street. Where also may be had compleat setts.) appears on a later edition (Evans 13795).;

510 4 a| Bristolc| B3976;

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The first book of the American chronicles of the times.

Author/creator	Leacock, John
Other author	Adams, Samuel, 1722-1803.
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	[Boston] : Printed and sold by D. Kneeland, in Queen Street. Where also may be had the first & 3d chapters, [1775?]
Description	pages 9-16 ; 19 cm (4to)
Supplemental Content	Evans Digital Edition
Subjects	Bible. Old Testament--Parodies, imitations, etc. United States--History. --Revolution, 1775-1783. --Anecdotes.

Series	Early American imprints. First series ; no. 42815. ^A478749
General note	The events preceding the American Revolution, related in mock-Biblical style.
General note	Caption title.
General note	By John Leacock. Leacock's play, "The fall of British tyranny," was advertised in the Constitutional gazette, July 3, 1776, as "by the author of the American chronicles of the times." Cf. Carla Mulford's Introduction to "John Leacock's The first book of the American chronicles of the times, 1774-1775" (Newark : University of Delaware Press, 1987).
General note	"... 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).
General note	Imprint from colophon. Date of publication supplied by Bristol.
General note	Two states of the colophon noted. One is as given above; the other reads: Printed and sold by D. Kneeland, in Queen Street. Where also may be had the first chapter.
General note	A third wording of the colophon (Boston: Printed and sold by D. Kneeland in Queen-Street. Where also may be had compleat setts.) appears on a later edition (Evans 13795).
References	Bristol B3976
References	Shipton & Mooney 42815
Other forms	Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction note	Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 42815).
Genre/form	Satires.
Other title	American chronicles of the times.

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