Published by Printed by B. Mecom, New Haven, 1766
Seller: David M. Lesser, ABAA, Woodbridge, CT, U.S.A.
4to. 26, [2 blanks] pp. Stitched. Uncut, outer and lower margins untrimmed. Near Fine. "Dexter attributes to Benjamin Trumbull, but in his sketch of Ebenezer Baldwin, states that he has also been named as the author, and that both may have been concerned in it. Written immediately after President Clap's resignation, to influence the Assembly to a new policy" [Sabin]. The author advocates public assistance for Yale, an institution whose "religious and liberal education of youth" is of inestimable advantage to the Colony. Mecom, the printer, was Benjamin Franklin's nephew; he succeeded to James Parker's business, the first print-shop in New Haven. The last auction of this item occurred in 1975. Evans 10511. Trumbull 985. Sabin 105935. ESTC 13496.