1722 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Interest. Very Rare on Psalmody and Worship Controversy. Bay Psalm Book, &c. EschatologyA wonderfully preserved scarce imprint and a distinctively American artifact. Printed officially by James Franklin, Benjamin Franklin's older brother, Benjamin not only would have had a hand in its production, but may have actually been its primary printer. How so? In 1719, James Franklin was replaced by Samuel Kneeland as the printer of the Boston Gazette. In response, James and Benjamin started what was perhaps the first truly independent press in
The poems include: On Tears Shed by a Lady
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Tract Writers - Tract Distributers - Tract Readers
Brotherly intercourse most cordial
the Battle of Bunker Hill
By addressing men's passions and flattering their prejudices - by misstating and discoloring facts - and by humouring the taste of the age