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Adams, Hannah (1755-1831) Summary history of New-England

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00177.02 Author/Creator: Adams, Hannah (1755-1831) Place Written: Dedham, Massachusetts Type: Book Date: 1799 Pagination: 516 p. , 6 p. of plates ; 22 x 14.5 cm. Order a Copy

Title continues: "from the First Settlement at Plymouth, to the acceptance of the Federal Constitution. Comprehending a General Sketch of the American War." First edition, printed by H. Mann and J.H. Adams of Dedham, Massachusetts, for the author. Signed by the subscriber, Eliza Price. Collateral to John Adams, Defence of the Constitutions (see GLC00177.01). Rebacked.

Howes A-50.

Adams, Hannah, 1755-1831
Price, Eliza, fl. 1799
Mann, Horace, 1796-1859

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