A Sermon, Delivered at the Ordination of the Reverend Henry Channing, A.M. to the pastoral Charge of the Congregational Church, in the City of New-London, May 17, 1787

  • New-London: T. Green, 1787
By Ezra Stiles
New-London: T. Green, 1787. Very Good. New-London: T. Green, 1787. First Edition. Octavo; new blue wrappers; 41,[1]pp. (lacking final blank, else collated complete). Textblock rather browned, damp-spotted and foxed with light wear to margins, contemporary ownership signature at head of title page trimmed, else a Very Good, sound copy.

Post-Revolutionary War ordination sermon concluding with a reflection upon the progress of the city of New London in the wake of the hostilities: "We rejoice in the recovery of the city from the ruins and desolation of the late war" (p. 33).

ESTC W003052; EVANS 20730; SABIN 91745; TRUMBULL 1423.

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