THE ADDRESS OF THE EPISCOPAL CLERGY OF CONNECTICUT, TO THE RIGHT REVEREND BISHOP SEABURY, with the Bishop's Answer. And, a Sermon, Before the Convention at Middletown, August 3d, 1785. By ... Jeremiah Leaming. Also, Bishop Seabury's first charge, to the clergy of his diocese, delivered at Middletown, August 4th, 1785. With a list of the Scot's bishops, from the Revolution 1688, to the present time.
New Haven: Thomas and Samuel Green, 1785.
Hardcover. Very good. Item #56400
8 1/8 x 4 3/4”. 46pp. Bound-up pamphlet from 1785. Includes: THE ADDRESS…: 8pp.; A SERMON: 18pp.; BISHOP SEABURY’S FIRST CHARGE…:15pp.; A LIST OF THE CONSECRATION…:5pp. Plain brown leather with marbled paper end-papers. Plain tan paper blanks (later). Title page and first and last pages toned. Title page has tear to corner. A few pages have mild crease. Some off-setting and foxing, but a well preserved copy of rare pamphlet.
Seabury was appointed the First Episcopal Bishop in North America. A loyalist, he is best known for writing a series of letters under a pen name defending the crown and attacking the Continental Congress. Alexander Hamilton retorted, and a public battle of words ensued. He appears as a character in the recent musical “Hamilton”.
Price: $300.00