Books and Manuscripts

Extracts From the Votes and Proceedings of the American Continental Congress, Held at Philadelphia, on the Fifth of September, 1774…
Philadelphia Printed. London: Reprinted for J. Almon, 1774. First English edition. (ii), 82 pp.; half-title and ads wanting. Three-quarter brown calf over brown cloth-covered boards, brown morocco spine label, stamped in blind and in gilt; all edges trimmed; title-page trimmed close, just touching letters in “Extracts”. Howes E-247; Sabin 15528; Adams, The American Controversy 74-83b

First English edition of the important actions of the First Continental Congress, “the forerunner of the Declaration of Independence.” (Howes)

Provenance
Private Collection, Gwynedd Valley, Pennsylvania