A Solemn Review of the Custom of War; Showing that War is the Effect of Popular Delusion, and Proposing a Remedy

A Solemn Review of the Custom of War; Showing that War is the Effect of Popular Delusion, and Proposing a Remedy, Re-printed By Peter B. Gleason & Co for Samuel Wood, Hartford, 1815, 23 pp, The Friend of Peace, No. 1, Containing, a Special Interview Between the President of the United States and Omar, an Officer Dismissed for Duelling; Six Letters from Omar to the President; with a Review of the Power Assumed by Rulers over the Laws of God and the Lives of Men, in Making War, and Omar’s Solitary Reflections. The Whole Reported By Philo Pacificus, Printed and Sold by Samuel Wood & Sons, New York, 1816, 40 pp, The Friend of Peace No. 2, A Review of the Arguments of Lord Kames in Favour of War, 39 pp, The Friend of Peace No. 3. The Horrors of Napoleon’s Campaign in Russia, 40 pp, The Friend of Peace No. 4. Reasons for Believing that Efforts for the Abolition of War Will Not Be in Vain, 40 pp, The Friend of Peace No. 5. Review of Military Martyrdom, 38 pp, The Friend of Peace No. 6., Peace Societies Compared with Other Benevolent Institutions, 39 pp, The Friend of Peace, No. 7. Eirenikos to Philo Pacificus Letter II, 38 pp, The Friend of Peace No. 8, A Respectful Address to the Masonic Fraternity, 40 pp, full original leather, 8.5 x 5.5”, 8vo. In fair condition. Light wear to extremities with minor scuffing to edges and corners. Corners rubbed with slight loss of tips. Two small repairs to rear board with old hand inscriptions at bottom edge. Joints and ends exhibit red rot. Spine creasing with slight loss of spine label at top right corner. Leather abraded overall with numerous scratch marks. Old hand notations and ownership throughout end papers and textblock. Stamp of J.W. Brougher, Oakland, Cal stamp on pastedown and title. Lacking fly. Numerous instances of age staining, dampness staining and foxing throughout. Toned at edges with finger soiling in the margins. Binding remains intact. Please see photos. A collection of pacifist lectures by noted clergyman Noah Worcester (1758-1837). He published several important tracts on religious subjects, and appears to have had some unorthodox views of the Holy Trinity. Worcester reflected on the effects of war and became a pacifist after the War of 1812. In this work he argued that violence and destruction of war was inconsistent with Christian values. He found the Massachusetts Peace Society, and went to forefront a popular anti-war movement that emerged in American after the War of 1812. Scarce.…