"... said to be wrote by that great patriot ... S----l A---s [i.e., Samuel Adams], Esquire, a member for this province in the Grand American Continental Congress."--from an advertisement for the work in: The Wonder of wonders ... 2nd ed., Salem, Mass. : E. Russell, 1775. A portrait of Adams appears on the title page of Russell's edition of the work (Salem, 1774). By John Leacock. Leacock's play, "The fall of British tyranny," was advertised in the Constitutional gazette, July 3, 1776, as "by the author of the American chronicles of the times." Cf. Carla Mulford's Introduction to "John Leacock's The first book of the American chronicles of the times, 1774-1775" (Newark : University of Delaware Press, 1987). Caption title. Imprint from colophon. The events preceding the American Revolution, related in mock-Biblical style. ONLINE VERSION AVAILABLE TO AUTHORIZED PSU USERS.
Other Forms:
Digital image available in the Readex/Newsbank Digital Evans series.
Reproduction Note:
Microopaque. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1955-1983. 23 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 42599).
Reviewed/Cited In:
Bristol, R.P. Supplement to Charles Evans' American bibliography, B3740 Shipton, C.K. National index of American imprints through 1800 42599
