The Relation of the Individual to the Republic. A Sermon delivered before his Excellency Marcus Morton, Governor, His Honor Henry H. Childs, Lieutenant Governor, the Honorable Council, and the Legislature of Massachusetts, at the Annual Election, 1844
Boston: Dutton and Wentworth, Printers, 1844. Pamphlet. Good. Item #015672
ISBN: noisbn
Pamphlet, lacking any wrappers issued and presumably disbound from a larger work. 36 pp. A lengthy sermon reflecting the powers of the state in relation to the person, discussing criminality and punishment by the state, political parties, and religion, eventually asserting that individuals "have a higher destiny than that of states." Edwin Hubbell Chapin was an American preacher and poet, writing religious works as well as the poem Ocean Burial. GOOD condition. Slightly ex-library, with call numbers and abbreviations on the upper front cover. Minor soiling and staining to the exterior, with some offsetting and toning. Sabin 11947.
Price: $20.00