Sermon Preached Feb. 25, 1761.
Item #80999
CUMMING, A[lexander]. A Sermon Preached Feb. 25, 1761. By A. Cumming, A.M., at His Instalment in the Pastoral Charge of the South Church, in Boston; Collegue with the Reverend Joseph Sewall, D.D., to Which Is Added, the Charge, by the Rev. Dr. Sewall; and the Right Hand of Fellowship by the Rev. Mr. Pemberton. Boston, N.E.: Printed and Sold by Benjamin Mecom, 1761. 1st ed. 58pp. 1/2-title. Disbound. Faint scattered foxing, else very good. Evans 8830. ESTC W29334 locates 30 institutions with copies. Printed by Benjamin Mecom, son of Benjamin Franklin's favorite sister, Jane. Mecom (1732-1766) had been apprentice to Franklin's partner James Parker in New York. His uncle set him up as a printer in Antigua, a venture in which Mecom failed. Mecom returned to America, where he unsuccessfully had presses in Boston, New York, and New Haven.
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