The Simple Cobler of Aggawam in America. Willing To help Mend his Native Country, lamentably tattered, both in the upper-Leather and sole, with all the honest stitches he can take. And as willing never to be paid for his work by Old English wonted pay. It is his Trade to patch all the year long, gratis. Therefore I Pray Gentlemen keep your Purses. The Fifth Edition, with some Amendments.

Language: English

Published by Peter Force, Washington, D.C.

Seller: Barry Cassidy Rare Books, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.Barry Cassidy Rare Books

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Original publisher's beige paper pamphlet. Text printed in black ink. Several pages unopened. Pamphlet composed of separate signatures but is complete. No date, circa 1844. 6 1/4" x 9 1/2." Fifty-eight pages, complete. Pages are very clean and intact except for light age toning, slight wear to extremities, and occasional spots of foxing or discoloration. A Very Good copy. This is a pamphlet published by Peter Force that reprints a satirical work of fiction, The Simple Cobler of Aggawam in America, by Nathaniel Ward (1578-1652), an English Puritan clergyman. Ward wrote this work under his pseudonym, Theodore de la Guard. In this work, Ward promotes his belief that a theocratic form of government is better than one based on democracy. The original document this pamphlet reprints was originally published in 1713 with the first edition being published in 1647. Peter Force (1790-1868) was an American printer, publisher, editor, and historian. Force is perhaps best-known for his comprehensive collection of early American historical documents and for publishing them. This pamphlet is an example of one of Force's publications that became a part of a his four-volume publication of reprinted historical documents titled, Tracts and Other Papers, Relating to the Origin, Settlement, and Progress of the Colonies in North America, that was published between 1836 and 1846.…

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Title
The Simple Cobler of Aggawam in America. Willing To help Mend his Native Country, lamentably tattered, both in the upper-Leather and sole, with all the honest stitches he can take. And as willing never to be paid for his work by Old English wonted pay. It is his Trade to patch all the year long, gratis. Therefore I Pray Gentlemen keep your Purses. The Fifth Edition, with some Amendments.
Author
de la Guard, Theodore (pseudonym of Nathaniel Ward)
Publisher
Peter Force, Washington, D.C.
Condition
Very Good
Binding
No Binding
Language
English
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Foreign Lands, Philosophy and Religion, U.S. History

Barry Cassidy Rare Books

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