Boston: Printed by Russell and Cutler, 1802. First edition. American Bibliography 2490; Sabin 38076. The first book by Samuel Lorenzo Knapp (1783-1838), a series of 14 literary letters fashioned after Goldsmith and Montesquieu. Knapp writes about Mary Wollstonecraft and her influence on American women, women's rights in America, American poetry.....
Hartford: Published by Oliver D. Cooke, 1810. First edition. American Bibliography 20174. Dialogues and letters between Crispus and Gaius on moral, theological and philosophical subjects, followed by essays and conversations between Peter and James on imputation, substitution and redemption.
Worcester: Isaiah Thomas, 1803. First Isaiah Thomas edition; the first edition was published in 1788. American Bibliography 5604. Four dialogues by Universalist preacher Elhanan Winchester (1751-1797) on theological matters as discussed between a minister and a layman. They were immensely popular as teaching tools and were frequently reprinted in America.....