The Cape Cod Centennial Celebration at Barnstable, Sept. 3, 1839, of the Incorporation of that Town, Sept. 3, 1639. Giving a full detail of the Preliminary Proceedings of the Committees, and the Speeches and Toasts at the Dinner. Correctly reported and revised.
Barnstable [Mass]: S. B. Phinney, 1840. 92 pp. 8vo. Stitched. First edition. Removed, scattered foxing throughout, title page chipped at the tips, a good or better copy. Sabin 10734. Item #27611
The proceedings ended with a song: "But yet this barren sandy soil / a craddle was to me / and cooling breezes fann'd my brow / From yonder swelling sea."
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