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Lot Number: 106
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“Orations, Delivered at the Request of the Inhabitants of the Town of Boston, to Commemorate the Evening of the Fifth of March, 1770; When a Number of Citizens Were Killed by a Party of British Troops, Quartered among Them, in a Time of Peace.”, Published by Wm. T. Clap, Boston A Rare Copy Owned and Signed by a Relative of Reverend Peter Thacher |
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1807-Dated Rare Second Edition Book titled, “Orations, Delivered at the Request of the Inhabitants of the Town of Boston, to Commemorate the Evening of the Fifth of March, 1770; When a Number of Citizens Were Killed by a Party of British Troops, Quartered among Them, in a Time of Peace.”, Includes John Hancock’s 1774 Boston Massacre Oration, Published by Wm. T. Clap, Boston, Very Fine. This extremely rare, prized Second Edition Book is Signed “Charles Thacher” a relative of Peter Oxenbridge Thacher (1752-1802) who was a Congregationalist Minister in Boston who served as Pastor in Malden of the First Church (1770-1784) and in Boston of the Brattle Street Church (1785-1802); Reverend Thacher actively supported the American Revolution and he participated in the drafting of the Massachusetts Constitution in 1780. His is Oration is listed immediately after Doctor Joseph Warren (page 55), located printed in this book beginning on page 71. The owner’s signature, “Charles Thacher” is nicely penned at top of the 2nd page, being owned by a family member of one of the primary orators. This book measures about 4.5” x 7”, with 200 pages, complete with its original index (page 199), Printer’s Advertisement (page 200), and custom leather gilt-labeled boards. Scattered tone spots and handling, mostly clean and well preserved, complete.A rare updated 1807 2nd edition of this collection of highly impassioned speeches delivered annually on the Anniversary of the “Boston Massacre” the Orations given from 1771-1783. It includes John Hancock’s electrifying 1774 “Boston Massacre” Oration, it being delivered only a few months after the “Boston Tea Party,” as well as historic speeches by Doctor Benjamin Church, Doctor Joseph Warren, Reverend Peter Thacher (1752-1802), William Tudor, and other important notables. Regarding the “Boston Massacre Orations” it is commented: "are some of the very few Revolutionary political speeches to survive in printed form." (Gustafson, Eloquence is Power). We note that a retail book dealer has a similar copy housed in paper covers, not with this special lettered spine leather boards, and having other defects, offered at $3,200 (this currently offered copy is of superior quality). Very scarce, especially being housed in its original custom boards with gold gilt lettered to the spine reading “BOSTON ORATIONS”. Angry American colonists carried an undimmed recollection of the bloody 1770 Boston Massacre, seeing it as a turning point in "a deliberate assault of power upon liberty" (See: Bailyn, page 117). Throughout the Revolutionary period, the annual Boston Massacre orations "created a distinctive colonial identity... Massacre orations are some of the very few Revolutionary political speeches to survive in printed form." (See: Gustafson, Eloquence is Power, 187, 187n). Orations include; Famed as the First most prominent Signer of the Declaration of Independence, and President of the Continental Congress, John Hancock (page 39) - a "key figure in securing independence and creating the republic." This book makes an electrifying call for “America's Cause” in this very scarce review of the first edition, first printing, of Hancock’s March 5, 1774 Boston Massacre Oration. Hancock proclaims: "Tell me, ye bloody butchers, ye villains high and low... Do not the injured shades of Maverick, Gray, Caldwell, Attucks and Carr... fill even your dreams with terror." In his speech, John Hancock anticipates a "strategy, which Thomas Jefferson later used to formulate the Declaration of Independence," in describing Americans as voices of "order and justice" and the British as "agents of chaos" (See: Hurm, Fourth of July). This collection also includes a speech by Perez Morton on the occasion of the April 8, 1776 re-internment of the remains of Dr. Joseph Warren, who fell at the Battle of Bunker Hill just a year before. First published in Boston by Edes and Gill in 1785. Shaw and Shoemaker 12301. Sabin 6737. (BOSTON MASSACRE) HANCOCK, John; CHURCH, Benjamin; WARREN, Joseph, et al. Orations, Delivered at the Request of the Inhabitants of the Town of Boston, to Commemorate the Evening of the Fifth of March, 1770; When a Number of Citizens Were Killed by a Party of British Troops, Quartered among Them, in a Time of Peace. Boston: Wm. T. Clap, 1807. 12mo, original pale blue boards respined with remnants of original printed paper spine neatly laid down, uncut. Housed in a custom clamshell box.$3200. Second edition of this collection of impassioned speeches delivered annually on the anniversary of the Boston Massacre from 1771-1783, including John Hancock’s electrifying 1774 Boston Massacre Oration, delivered only a few months after the Boston Tea Party, as well as speeches by Benjamin Church, Joseph Warren, William Tudor, and others. Boston Massacre orations "are some of the very few Revolutionary political speeches to survive in printed form" (Gustafson, Eloquence is Power). Scarce in original boards. Angry American colonists carried an undimmed recollection of the bloody 1770 Boston Massacre, seeing it as a turning point in "a deliberate assault of power upon liberty" (Bailyn, 117). Throughout the Revolutionary period, the annual Boston Massacre orations "created a distinctive colonial identity... Massacre orations are some of the very few Revolutionary political speeches to survive in printed form" (Gustafson, Eloquence is Power, 187, 187n). Famed as the first signer of the Declaration of Independence and President of the Continental Congress, Hancock-a "key figure in securing independence and creating the republic"-makes an electrifying call for America's cause in this very scarce first edition, first printing, of his March 5, 1774 Boston Massacre Oration. He proclaims: "Tell me, ye bloody butchers, ye villains high and low... Do not the injured shades of Maverick, Gray, Caldwell, Attucks and Carr... fill even your dreams with terror." In his speech, Hancock anticipates a "strategy, which Jefferson later used to formulate the Declaration," in describing Americans as voices of "order and justice" and the British as "agents of chaos" (Hurm, Fourth of July). The collection also includes a speech by Perez Morton on the occasion of the April 8, 1776 reinternment of the remains of Dr. Joseph Warren, who fell at the Battle of Bunker Hill just a year before. First published in Boston by Edes and Gill in 1785. Shaw and Shoemaker 12301. Sabin 6737. Faint early ink owner signature on front free endpaper, with annotations in the same hand on pp. 94 and 141. Peter Thacher was born in Milton, Massachusetts on March 21, 1752. He served as pastor in Malden of the First Church (1770-1784) and in Boston of the Brattle Street Church (1785-1802). Pastor Thacher actively supported the Patriots in the American Revolution abd its cause. He participated in the drafting of the Massachusetts Constitution in 1780. In 1794, he was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He belonged to the Massachusetts Historical Society and Massachusetts Humane Society. He was educated at Harvard College, 1765-1769. On October 8, 1770, he married Elizabeth Poole (Hawkes); they had ten children. Rev. Peter wrote many sermons and they are many memoirs written about him as a Reverend. Peter Thacher died in Savannah, Georgia on December 16, 1802 |
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Lot Number: 106
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