Item #2304977 The History of Princeton, Worcester County, Mass., from Its First Settlement, with a Sketch of the Present Religious Controversy in That Place. Designed for the Use of the Inhabitants. Charles Theodore Russell.

The History of Princeton, Worcester County, Mass., from Its First Settlement, with a Sketch of the Present Religious Controversy in That Place. Designed for the Use of the Inhabitants.

Boston: Henry P. Lewis, 1838. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. Item #2304977

First edition (Sabin 74311, Howes R533). Appears to have been rebound with new end sheets. Leather spine over marbled paper-covered boards, gilt titles. Lightly foxed throughout, ink stamp on title page and first text page.

viii, 130 pp. A history of the Massachusetts town named after Thomas Prince. During King Philip's War in 1676, Native Americans brought their captive Mary Rowlandson to Princeton to release her to the colonists at Redemption Rock.

Price: $150.00

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