Progress to the present day. By Thomas Brown, of Cornwall, Orange County, State of New-York . . .
Troy: Printed by
Parker and Bliss,
1812.
BX9771 .B8
First Edition. 12mo. 226 leaves collating in sixes; subscribers’ names on 3 pages; the last sheet with
Hymns composed by several members of the church called Shakers.
Sabin 8567.
MacLean, page 23, no. 10.
Original tree sheep, gilt bars on the back (back scorched), sprinkled edges; initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With
the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.
Purchased from
N. G. Dufief. Ordered in a letter dated from Monticello August 16, 1814, sent from Philadelphia September 1. Cost $
1.00.
[1707]
J. 185
Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.
1815 Catalogue, page 64. no. 97, English Grounds of Christianity, with Cary’s review, 12.
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sic
--
Ed.
]
i. ENGLISH,
George Bethune.
The Grounds of Christianity Examined, by comparing the New Testament with the Old. By George Bethune English, A.M. . . .
Boston: Printed for the author,
1813.
BL2775 .E63
First Edition. 12mo. 104 leaves only, should be 110; lacks sig. 7 (6 leaves); with the blank B
6 and the last leaf with list of errata.
Bound for Jefferson in tree calf, gilt ornaments on the back, with the title and name of author lettered in gilt, marbled
endpapers. Not initialled by Jefferson. The autograph signature of the author on the Copy-right page, and a correction in his hand in the text. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.
George Bethune English, 1787-1828, American writer, soldier and diplomat.
[1708]
ii. CARY,
Samuel.
Review of a Book entitled, “The Grounds of Christianity examined, by comparing the New Testament with the Old, by George Bethune
English, A.M.” By Samuel Cary, one of the Ministers of the Chapel, Boston . . .
Boston: Published by
Isaiah Thomas, Jun.,
J. T. Buckingham, Printer,
November, 1813.
BL2775 .E63 C3
First Edition. 12mo. 68 leaves collating in sixes.
Not in Sabin.
Sprague VIII, page 425.
Bound for Jefferson in tree calf, gilt ornaments on the back, with the title and author’s name lettered on the calf in two
compartments, marbled end papers, sprinkled edges. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.
In the lower margin of page 48 Jefferson has written in pencil (slightly cut into in the foremargin):
true miracles prove true doctrines.
58. doctrines not true prove the miracles not true the miracles prove the doctrines & the doctrines prove the miracles, circularly.
Samuel Cary, 1785-1815, Unitarian Congregational minister.
[1709]
iii. ENGLISH,
George Bethune.
A Letter to the Reverend Mr. Cary, containing Remarks upon his review of the Grounds of Christianity examined, by comparing
the New Testament with the Old. By the Author of that work . . . [A Letter respectfully addressed to the Reverend Mr. Channing,
relative to his Two Sermons on Infidelity. By George Bethune English, A.M.]
Boston: Printed for the author,
1813.
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