Item #2326937 Biographical Sketches of Eminent Lawyers, Statesmen, and Men of Letters. Samuel L. Knapp.
Biographical Sketches of Eminent Lawyers, Statesmen, and Men of Letters

Biographical Sketches of Eminent Lawyers, Statesmen, and Men of Letters

Boston: Richardson and Lord, 1821. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair / No Jacket. Item #2326937

First edition. Binder's copy. Boards and some pages soiled, loss to spine head.

360 pp. Sabin 38070. Brief biographies of John Eliot, Cottom Mather, Benjamin Church, etc. Despite 'end of volume 1" statement on final page, this was the only volume ever published. CONTENTS: Preface; Introduction; Theophilus Parsons; Increase Sumner; Joseph Warren; Joseph Green; John Eliot; Cotton Mather; Francis Knapp; Mather Byles; Rev. John Adams; Thomas Kilby; John Osborn; Benjamin Church; Joseph Orne; James Allen; John Read; Benjamin Pratt; John Lothrop; Jeremiah Gridley; Samuel Sewall; Joseph Hovey; Benjamin West; Two Elisha Cookes; James Sullivan; Tristram Dalton; James Otis; Elkanah Leonard; Timothy Ruggles; John Sprague; Peleg Sprague; Joseph Cushing; George Leonard; Thomas Hammond; James Washburn; Michael Hodge.

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