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[PETERS, Samuel A. (1735-1826)]. A General History of Connecticut, from its First Settlement under George Fenwick, Esq. to Its Latest Period of Amity with Great Britain, including a Description of the Country, And many curious and interesting Anecdotes. London: Printed for the Author and sold by J. Bew, 1781.
8o (225 x 147 mm). Original boards, uncut (rebacked); blue cloth slipcase.
FIRST EDITION, with the leaf of starred pages between pages 2 and 3. A TORY'S DISTORTED HISTORY OF CONNECTICUT. "Mobbed in Connecticut for his Tory activities, Peters fled to England and, in retaliation, wrote this false and vicious misrepresentation of that commonwealth. Included were the Blue laws of the New Haven colony, manufactured by his animosity, but still swallowed as true by many people" (Howes P-262). Sabin 61209 ("the first edition is very rare").
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FIRST EDITION, with the leaf of starred pages between pages 2 and 3. A TORY'S DISTORTED HISTORY OF CONNECTICUT. "Mobbed in Connecticut for his Tory activities, Peters fled to England and, in retaliation, wrote this false and vicious misrepresentation of that commonwealth. Included were the Blue laws of the New Haven colony, manufactured by his animosity, but still swallowed as true by many people" (Howes P-262). Sabin 61209 ("the first edition is very rare").