J. 147
Gorton’s Scriptural acc
t. of the Millenium.
12
mo.
1815 Catalogue, page 65. no. 65, as above.
Gorton, Benjamin.
A Scriptural Account of the Millennium: Being a Selection from the Prophecies concerning Christ’s Second Coming, and personal
glorious Reign on Earth a Thousand Years. To which are added a number of Arguments to shew that this Event has not yet taken
place: Also, some observations, calculated to stimulate man to an enquiry into the matter, and to make the necessary preparation
for that all-important event. By Benjamin Gorton . . .
Troy: Printed by
Moffitt & Lyon, for the author,
mdcccii
. [1802]
BT890 .G6
First Edition. 12mo. 118 leaves, collating in sixes; list of errata at the end.
Original tree sheep. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I (actually on sig. I
3--the third leaf of each sheet has a small signature capital, repeating the large capital of the first leaf of the sheet).
On the inside cover is written:
50 Cents by the quantity 62½ Cents single. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.
Presentation copy from the author, who wrote to Jefferson from Troy on December 22, 1802: “I have taken the liberty to present you with a Scriptural account of the Millennium or Christs Reign on Earth a Thousand years,
not that I suppose you ignorant of that important event--but fearing you like many others may not have sufficiently contemplated
the subject in all its parts--have as a friend to your never dying soul thought propper to put you in remembrance more fully
of that important day . . .
"If therefore on perusal of this Book you can say any thing in its behalf separate from any advantage of mine please to do
it and God will reward you if done to his Glory . . .”
[1609]
J. 148
Fessenden’s Science of sanctity.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 64. no. 138, as above.
Fessenden, Thomas.
A Theoretic Explanation of the science of sanctity. According to reason, scripture, common sense, and the analogy of things:
containing an idea of God: of his Creations, and Kingdoms: of the Holy Scriptures: of the Christian Trinity, and of the Gospel
System. By Thomas Fessenden, A.M. Pastor of the Church in Walpole, (New Hampshire.) . . .
Brattleboro: Printed by
William Fessenden, for the Author,
1804.
BR121 .F55
First Edition. 8vo. 156 leaves, collating in fours. “Published according to Act of Congress.” printed on a slip and pasted on the
back of the title.
Not in Sabin.
Gilman, page 92.
Rebound in half morocco. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. A few small corrections in ink occur. This book was entered twice in Jefferson’s manuscript catalogue, the first entry being partially erased.
Thomas Fessenden, 1739-1813, a native of Cambridge, Mass. and educated at Harvard, was pastor of the church at Walpole for forty-seven years.
[1610]
J. 149
Campbell’s something new in 8. letters.
12
mo.
1815 Catalogue, page 63. no. 66a, as above.
CAMPBELL,
Samuel.
Something New, in eight letters to Joseph Meeker Elizabeth-Town. Occa-
