A sermon, delivered Jan. 1, 1801; containing a brief review of some of the distinguishing events of the Eighteenth Century

Hartford: Hudson and Goodwin, 1801. Presentation copy inscribed by Mrs. Backus to Sally Kimball. 31, [1]pp. Half-title. 8vo. Stitched self-wrappers. Presentation copy inscribed by Mrs. Backus to Sally Kimball. 31, [1]pp. Half-title. 8vo. "As eighteen hundred years from the birth of Jesus Christ have passed, and as we, on this day, according to common computation, begin the Nineteeth Century, it is proposed to take a brief review of some of the events which distinguised the last hundred years..." (p. 6). Includes the discovery of Beering's strait, electrical experiments by Franklin, the success of the American Revolution and much on the state of religion in the world. Scarce. Shaw 93