Faithful Serving of God and Our Generation,
Item #81002
DAGGETT, Naphtali. The Faithful Serving of God and Our Generation, the Only Way to a Peaceful and Happy Death. A Sermon Occasioned by the death of the Reverend Thomas Clap, (President of Yale-College, in New-haven) Who Departed This Life, Jan. 7th, 1767; New-Haven: Printed by B. Mecom, 1767. 1st ed. 39pp. Sewn. ?-title. Light scattered foxing and toning, rear leaf tape-repaired, else very good. $750.00[a] ESTC W27436 (locates 10 copies). Evans 10597. This copy without "An Appendix, by Another Hand. An Account of the Life, Character, and Death of Mrs. Mary Clap .." 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.
Price: $750.00