THE FRIEND OF PEACE: CONTAINING A SPECIAL INTERVIEW BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND OMAR, AN OFFICER DISMISSED FOR DUELLING; SIX LETTERS FROM OMAR TO THE PRESIDENT; WITH A REVIEW OF THE POWER ASSUMED BY RULERS OVER THE LAWS OF GOD AND THE LIVES OF MEN, IN MAKING WAR, AND OMAR'S SOLITARY REFLECTIONS. THE WHOLE REPORTED BY PHILO PACIFICUS, AUTHOR OF "A SOLEMN REVIEW OF THE CUSTOM OF WAR"
by [Dueling]; Philo Pacificus [i.e. Noah Worcester]
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About This Item
Cambridge: Printed and sold by Hilliard and Metcalf, 1815. First Edition. 42 pp. plus one page of publisher's advertisements. Original self-wrappers, stitched. Stamp of Providence Library on front wrapper. Small nicks in front wrapper, edges worn, open tear in lower margin of pp. 35/36. Toned throughout, unevenly in front wrapper and lower outer corner of first several leaves. Good to very good, untrimmed.
The propsectus and first issue of Noah Worcester's FRIEND OF PEACE quarterly journal, which ran to 1827. Worcester (1758-1837) was a Revolutionary War veteran and Unitarian Congregationalist pastor who helped lay the foundation for American peace movements with his 1814 tract, A SOLEMN REVIEW OF THE CUSTOM OF WAR. Sabin 105253.
The propsectus and first issue of Noah Worcester's FRIEND OF PEACE quarterly journal, which ran to 1827. Worcester (1758-1837) was a Revolutionary War veteran and Unitarian Congregationalist pastor who helped lay the foundation for American peace movements with his 1814 tract, A SOLEMN REVIEW OF THE CUSTOM OF WAR. Sabin 105253.
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- Title
- THE FRIEND OF PEACE: CONTAINING A SPECIAL INTERVIEW BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND OMAR, AN OFFICER DISMISSED FOR DUELLING; SIX LETTERS FROM OMAR TO THE PRESIDENT; WITH A REVIEW OF THE POWER ASSUMED BY RULERS OVER THE LAWS OF GOD AND THE LIVES OF MEN, IN MAKING WAR, AND OMAR'S SOLITARY REFLECTIONS. THE WHOLE REPORTED BY PHILO PACIFICUS, AUTHOR OF "A SOLEMN REVIEW OF THE CUSTOM OF WAR"
- Author
- [Dueling]; Philo Pacificus [i.e. Noah Worcester]
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Printed and sold by Hilliard and Metcalf
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1815
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Americana, religion, Christianity, Unitarianism, social movements, pacificism, dueling, ephemera, pamphlet
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana; Religion; Social Movements;
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